SS1: Empower Billion LivesSession Chairs:  Deepak Divan, Georgia Institute of Technology, Szilard Liptak, Georgia Institute of Technology.

A: Tuesday, October 1 | 8:30AM – 10:10AM . . . .   . . Room 328
B: Tuesday, October 1 | 10:30AM – 12:10PM . . . . . . Room 328
C: Tuesday, October 1 | 2:00PM – 3:40PM . . . . . . . . Room 328
D: Tuesday, October 1 | 4:00PM – 5:40PM . . .  . .  . . Room 327

SS2: Aircraft Hybridization and Electrification RoadmapSession Chair:  Sara Roggia, SAFRAN, France.

Wednesday, October 2 | 2:00PM – 3:40PM . . . . . . . . Room 327

SS3: Current Status and Future Prospects of GaN Power HEMTsSession Chairs: Tanya Gachovska, Solantro Semiconductor Corp, Ruxi Wang, GE Aviation.

Wednesday, October 2 | 4:00PM – 5:40PM . . . . . . . . Room 327

SS4: CyberPELS:  Cyber and Hardware Security for Power Electronics in a Changing WorldSession Chairs: Somasundaram Essakiappan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas, Madhav Manjrekar, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Taesic Kim, Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

A: Wednesday, October 2 | 8:30AM – 10:10AM . . . Room 329
B: Wednesday, October 2 | 10:30AM – 12:10PM . . Room 329

SS5: DC Circuit ProtectionSession Chair:  Z. John Shen, Illinois Institute of Technology.

A: Wednesday, October 2 | 8:30AM – 10:10AM . . . Room 328
B: Wednesday, October 2 | 10:30AM – 12:10PM . . Room 328

SS6: Bidirectional DC-DC Converters for Medium and Low Voltage DC Power SystemsSession Chairs: Kai Sun, Tsinghua University, China, Jung-lk Ha, Seoul National Univerity, Korea.

A: Monday, September 30 | 12:30PM – 2:10PM . . . Room 329
B: Monday, September 30 | 2:20PM – 4:25PM . . . . Room 329

SS7: Grid-Forming Inverters in Modern Power Grids: Modeling, Control and Advanced TestingSession Chairs: Xiaonan Lu, Temple University, Xiongfei Wang, Aalborg University.

A: Wednesday, October 2 | 2:00PM – 3:40PM . . . . Room 329
B: Wednesday, October 2 | 4:00PM – 5:40PM . . . . Room 329

SS8: Sustainable Energy Systems and Opportunities for Power ElectronicsSession Chair: Sudip K. Mazumder, University of Illinois.

A: Monday, September 30 | 12:30PM – 2:10PM . . . Room 328
B: Monday, September 30 | 2:20PM – 4:25PM . . . . Room 328

SS9: Improved SiC and GaN Device and Module Performance, Packaging, ReliabilitySession Chairs: Victor Veliadis, PowerAmerica, Jim LeMunyon, PowerAmerica.

Wednesday, October 2 | 10:30AM – 12:10PM . . . . . . Room 327

SS10: Challenges and Successes in Accelerating the Adoption of Wide Band Gap Power ElectronicsSession Chairs: Victor Veliadis, PowerAmerica, Jim LeMunyon, PowerAmerica.

Wednesday, October 2 | 8:30AM – 10:10AM . . . . . . Room 327

SS11: The Role of Simulation Software for Power Electronics Control Design in EducationSession Chair: Tony Lennon, MathWorks.

A: Thursday, October 3 | 8:30AM – 10:10AM . . . . Room 327
B: Thursday, October 3 | 10:30AM – 12:10PM . . . . Room 327

SS12: The Trend, Requirement and Development of DC Technologies for Medium and Low Voltage DC GridsSession Chair: Jun Liang, Cardiff University, United Kingdom.

Wednesday, October 2 | 4:00PM – 5:40PM . . . . . . . Room 336

SS13: Go Real: Power Electronics from Simulations to Experiments in HoursSession Chairs: Qing-Chang Zhong, Illinois Institute of Technology & Syndem LLC, Beibei Ren, Texas Tech University.

A: Wednesday, October 2 | 8:30AM – 10:10AM . . Room 336
B: Wednesday, October 2 | 10:30AM – 12:10PM . Room 336

SS14: Electrification of Aircraft – From More Electric to All Electric PropulsionSession Chairs: Bulent Sarlioglu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kaushik Rajashekara, University of Houston.

Wednesday, October 2 | 4:00PM – 5:40PM . . . . . . . Room 328

SS15: Evolution of the PowertrainSession Chair: Lakshmi Varaha lyer, Magna International.

Wednesday, October 2 | 2:00PM – 3:40PM . . . . . . . Room 336

SS16: Virtual Factory ToursSession Chair: Ira J. Pitel, Magna-Power Electronics.

Tuesday, October 1 | 8:30AM – 10:10AM . . . . . . . . . Room 327

SS17: Power Electronics: Enabling Integrated Battery Storage Systems towards 100% Renewable Energy Based Society, Session Chairs: Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida, Haibing Hu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Wednesday, October 2 | 2:00PM – 3:40PM . . . . . . Room 328

SS18: Launching of ITRW 1.0, Session Chairs: Braham Ferreira, Delft University of Technology, Peter Wilson.

Monday, September 30 | 12:30PM – 2:10PM . . . . . . Room 327