European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications 2027 Exhibitor List

Dr. Ilknur Colak is a Senior Member of IEEE and serves as the CTO for MV Converters at Schneider Electric. She holds both M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. With over two decades of experience in power electronics and energy systems, Dr. Colak has contributed to leading organizations including ABB, CERN, TÜBİTAK, and MR. She is the author of numerous scientific publications and holds multiple patents in the field of power electronics. Her technical expertise includes modular multilevel converter topologies in medium voltage, insulation coordination, reliability engineering, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Dr. Colak is widely recognized for her leadership in advancing power electronics technologies and for her commitment to fostering inclusive and innovative engineering environments.

Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt is a Professor of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Based in the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB), he is one of the members of the directive board of CITCEA-UPC research and innovation center where he co-leads the AC-DC grids group focused on the analysis of modern power systems dominated by renewables, power electronics and hybrid AC-DC grids. Since 2020, he is an ICREA Academia researcher. In 2022, he co-founded the start-up eRoots Analytics focused on the analysis of modern power systems. The company is focused on software development and practical implementation of the research developed at UPC. He is a Fellow of IEEE and has been involved in multiple research projects and technology transfer contracts with several companies worldwide.

José A. Cobos is a retired Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), where he founded the Centro de Electrónica Industrial (CEI-UPM) in 2006 and served as Past Chair of its Industrial Council, coordinating research and education with more than 20 industry partners worldwide. He is currently Founder & CEO of Differential Power S.L. (DPx), a spin-off from UPM developing IP for next-generation power delivery architectures for AI and HPC chips. His research contributions span power supply systems for industrial, aerospace, telecom, automotive, renewable energy, and medical applications, with particular emphasis on high-frequency conversion, magnetic and piezoelectric components, and transcutaneous energy transfer. He has published over 300 technical papers and holds patents co-invented with seven companies. He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2019. In 2016–17 he was an RCC Fellow at Harvard University and a Fulbrighter at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the Steering Committee Chair and was General Chair (2020) of IEEE-APEC, the largest power electronics conference and exhibition in the Americas.

Thomas Neyer holds a PhD from Technical University in Vienna from 1995 and worked for more than 30 years for several leading corporations like Fairchild, HH-Grace, onsemi and Infineon on Power Technologies, Product Testing, Process/Device Development. Through his career Thomas held multiple senior R&D and Manufacturing leadership roles and contributed significantly to the advancement of Silicon SuperJunction and Trench IGBT platforms, shaped the development of leading edge Silicon carbide Diodes and Mosfets and today leads the development of Gallium Nitride Technology and Products at Infineon