Editorial to the Proceedings of the First International Conference on Power Engineering Computing and CONtrol, PECCON-2017, 2-4 March 2017

• Published in: Energy procedia Vol. 117; pp. 1 - 2
• Main Authors: Sreedevi, V.T., Hemamalini, S., Vaithilingam, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2017
• ISSN: 1876-6102; 1876-6102
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.05.244

This Energy Procedia includes the papers presented at the PECCON -2017 Conference which took place between 2-4 of March, 2017, in VIT University, Chennai, India. The Conference was organized by the School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Chennai in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. The organizing committee and the editors are grateful to the delegates who had submitted and presented papers. The eminent professors, Dr. Anders Malmquist, Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat, Dr. Akhtar Kalam, Dr.Khaled Ahamed and Ms. Nikita Hari delivered impressive keynote lectures on subjects pertaining to the theme of the conference. The organizing committee fulfilled the expectations of the delegates by making them to witness such inspiring lectures. The key note lectures and the papers presented were focusing on the theme of the conference "Conceptualizing Green Energy Solutions for smart world". The sessions of the conference addressed the topics such as Power Electronics, Power Systems, Renewable Energy, Smart Grids, Special Machines, Controllers for electrical systems and computing algorithms. The PECCON Conference provided a forum to the young researchers to share their research findings and to refine their ideas by interacting with fellow researchers. The presence of other international delegates opened new avenues for possible research collaborations in the future.