VPPC’2017 General Chairs
Prof. Daniel Hissel – General Chair – Univ. Bourgogne Franche Comté, MEGEVH – France
Mr. Samuel Hibon – General Co-Chair – ALSTOM, MEGEVH – France
VPP Standing Scientific Committee
VPP-TC Chair
Prof. Alain Bouscayrol – VPPC’10 chair, Univ. Lille1 – France
VPP-TC Members
Dr. Philippe Barrade – HES SO Valais – Switzerland
Prof. Loïc Boulon – VPPC’15 chair, Univ. Québec à Trois-Rivières,Canada
Prof. C.C. Chan – VPPC’08 chair, Univ. Hong Kong – Hong Kong
Prof. Daniel Hissel – VPPC’15 co-chair, Univ. Bourgogne Franche Comté, MEGEVH – France
Dr. Theo Hofman – Technische Univ. Eindhoven – The Netherlands
Dr. Christophe Espanet – VPPC’10 co-chair, VPPC’14 TPC chair – Sonceboz – Switzerland
Prof. Paulo Pereirinha – VPPC’14 chair – Polyt. of Coimbra, INESCC – Portugal
Dr. Aymeric Rousseau – Argonne National Laboratory – USA
Dr. Luis Silva – Univ. Nacional de Río Cuarto – Argentina
Dr. Rochdi Trigui – VPPC’10 co-chair – IFSTTAR – France
Prof. Joeri Van Mierlo – Vrije Univ. Brussel – Belgium
Prof. Chunbo Zhu – VPPC’08 co-chair – Harbin Institute of Technology – China
Prof. Zi-Qiang Zhu – Univ. Sheffield – UK
Technical Program Committee
TPC Chairs
Prof. Marie-Cécile Péra – TPC Co-Chair – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, MEGEVH, France
Prof. Joao Trovao – TPC Co-Chair – Univ. Sherbrooke, Canada
Dr. Samir Jemei – Special session chair – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, MEGEVH, France
Dr. Arnaud Gaillard – Tutorial chair – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Prof. Christophe Espanet – Publication chair – Sonceboz, Switzerland
Dr. Tony Letrouve – Award Co-Chair – SNCF, France
Dr. Ke Li – Award Co-Chair – Univ. Notthigham, UK
Track chairs
Track T1 – Energy storage and generation, components and systems
Prof. Maxime Dubois – Univ. Sherbrooke, Canada
Dr. Noshin Omar – Vrije Univ. Brussels, Belgium
Track T2 – Power electronics motordrives and electric power systems
Dr. Alexandre De Bernardinis – IFSTTAR, France
Prof. Giovanni Spagnuolo – Univ. Salerno, Italy
Prof. Jian-Xin Shen – Zhejiang Univ., China
Track T3 – Vehicular electronics and intelligent transportation systems
Dr. Franck Gechter – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Reiner Kriesten – Univ. Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, Germany
Track T4 – Control and energy management of transportation systems
Dr. Rochdi Trigui – IFSTTAR, MEGEVH, France
Dr. Federico Zenith – SINTEF, Norway
Track T5 – Modeling, analysis and simulation of transportation systems
Prof. Loic Boulon – Univ. Québec Trois Rivières, Canada
Dr. Giambattista Gruosso – Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Dr. Ricardo De Castro – DLR, Germany
Track T6 – Charging systems and infrastructures
Prof. Luiz AC Lopes – Concordia Univ., Canada
Prof. Qinfen Lu – Zeihang Univ., China
Track T7 – Hydrogen refueling infrastructures and fuel cell vehicles
Dr. Andreas Friedrich – DLR, Germany
Dr. Ray-Lee Lin – National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan
Dr. Alexandre Ravey – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Track RR – Recent results
Dr. Marina Perigao – IT-Univ. Coimbra, Portugal
Dr. Lijuan Wang – NREL, USA
Local Organisation Committee
Industrial Relations
Dr. Frédéric Gustin – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Samir Jemeï – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Béatrice Bouriot – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Prof. François Lanzetta – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Social Program
Mrs. Isabelle Christen – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Daniela Chrenko – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Damien Paire – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Prof. Mickaël Hilairet – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Prof. Didier Chamagne – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Communication
Dr. Robin Roche – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Youcef Aït-Amirat – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Samir Jemeï – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Abdesslem Djerdir – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Nadia Steiner – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Daniela Chrenko – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Prof. Didier Chamagne – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Prof. Daniel Hissel – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Carbon Care Initiative
Dr. Damien Paire – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Arnaud Gaillard – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Finances
Mrs. Sophie Granon – CNRS, France
Mrs. Isabelle Christen – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Mr. Bruno Riccio – CNRS, France
Dr. Robin Roche – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Prof. Daniel Hissel – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Prof. Didier Chamagne – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Papers / Keynote Speakers / Tutorials
Dr. Frédéric Dubas – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Arnaud Gaillard – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Youcef Aït-Amirat – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Prof. Marie-Cécile Péra – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Prof. Daniel Hissel – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
General Organisation – Conference Days
Mrs. Laurence Mary – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Mrs. Karine Diez – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Mr. Vincent Hubert – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Mr. Bruno Riccio – CNRS, France
Dr. Damien Paire – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Abdesslem Djerdir – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Michael Guarisco – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Alexandre Ravey – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Dr. Daniela Chrenko – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM, France
Prof. Daniel Hissel – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
EU GiantLeap Workshop
Dr. Argyro Karathanou – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
Dr. Nadia Steiner – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France