PAC 2024: IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7-11, 2024 |
| Conference website | https://ieee-powerafrica.org/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pac2024 |
| Submission deadline | April 15, 2024 |
PowerAfrica 2024 is the leading conference on the African continent focused on addressing its power and energy challenges. The conference provides a forum for researchers, engineers, policy makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond to share and discuss research findings, innovative ideas, emerging technologies and solutions to pressing challenges in the African energy sector. We invite researchers who work outside of the continent to come learn from the energy innovations emanating from Africa and share innovations and experiences from other regions of the world.
The 11th IEEE PES & IAS PowerAfrica Conference (PAC 2024) will be hosted in South Africa from October 07 to 11, 2024. The conference theme is Towards Ensuring Energy Security in Africa.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers: Full papers report on original research in full. Literature reviews relevant to the conference themes may also be considered. Full papers may be up to 5 pages in length following the IEEE conference paper format.
- Short Papers: Short papers are limited to 3 pages in length and may present early or complete research results, case studies, best practices and perspectives relevant to the conference themes. Practitioners, policy makers and private sector actors are encouraged to use this as a venue to share best practices, case studies and perspectives from practice in the field
- Post Graduate Forum Papers: Papers submitted to the postgraduate forum should follow the same guidelines as full papers.
List of Topics
Topic 1: Renewable Energy and Conversion Systems/Technologies
- Renewable energy
- Energy harvesting, power electronics, off-grid systems
- Power electronics in renewable energy systems
Topic 2: Use of Data Science and AI in Power and Energy Systems
- Application of artificial intelligence in energy system studies
- Predictive modelling for power system planning and operation
- Applications of remote sensing techniques to power system planning and measurement.
Topic 3: Nexus of electricity and other infrastructure systems
- Integrated planning and operation of electricity, water, agriculture and other infrastructure systems
- Complementarity of infrastructures and services in enabling socio-economic development such as productive use and social services
- Climate change impacts and mitigation at the nexus of energy, water and agriculture
Topic 4: Power Systems and Energy Storage Systems
- Power generation, transmission, and distribution technologies
- Power system stability, failure analysis in power grids, energy prediction, electric fault forecasting
- Security in Smart grid networks
- Energy storage technologies for renewables integration
Topic 5: Electric Mobility
- EV system, battery technology and management system
- Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technologies
- Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), IoT and Communication
- Electric Vehicle Routing Problem
- Control system, drives, electric system and charging station
- Sustainable transport safety; EV socio-economic impacts
Topic 6: Distributed Energy Systems, Micro-grid Systems and Energy Access in Africa
- Strategies and initiatives towards SDG7 in Africa
- Geospatial electrification planning
- National grid interconnection within and between regional African power pools
- Energy integration and emerging technologies
- Grid integration of off-grid systems
- Grid encroachment policies
Topic 7: Control and Cyber-physical Systems in Power and Energy Systems
- Power line communication
- Control strategies
- Digital twin in power systems
- Security in Smart grid networks
- Energy conservation in connected vehicles
- DCS/SCADA system design
Topic 8: Other topics on Energy and Applications
- Including Green Hydrogen, Decarbonisation of mining and industrial processes
Topic 9: Postgraduate forum
Topic 10: Short papers
- Case studies, technical findings, finance, safety …
Venue
The conference will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to mary.ahunah@gmail.com, enocklulea1@gmail.com