General Chairpersons

Hubert Wo, USA
Heping Xie, China

International Advisory Board

J. David Irwin (chair), U.S.A.
Jim Hung, USA
Carlo Cecati, Italy
Chi-hou Chan, Hong Kong
Mo-yuen Chow, USA
Michael Condry, U.S.A.
Carlos Couto, Portugal
Charles Einolf, USA
Leopoldo Garcia Franquelo, Spain
Hiromasa Haneda, Japan
Fumio Harashima, Japan
Joachim Holtz, Germany
Takamasa Hori, Japan
Rokuya Ishii, Japan
Okyay Kaynak, Turkey
Khiang-wee Lim, Singapore
Ju-Jang Lee, Korea
Jang Myung Lee, Korea
Kwai-man Luk, Hong Kong
Ren Luo, Taiwan
Istvan Nagy, Hungary
Kouhei Ohnishi, Japan
Krishnan Ramu, U.S.A
Imre Rudas, Hungary
Javier Uceda, Spain
Yusheng Xue, China
Bing-zhong Wang, China
Ping Wang, China
Alfred Weaver, U.S.A.
Bogdan (Dan) Wilamowski, U.S.A
Ji’an Wu, China
Guofu Xi, China
Edward K.N.Yung, Hong Kong
Richard Zurawski, USA

Technical Program Committee

Kim F. Man (Chair), Hong Kong
Kiyoshi Ohishi (co-chair), Japan
Giuseppe Buja, Italy
Mo-yuen Chow, USA
Michael Condry, U.S.A
Ming Ding, China
Tak S Chung, Hong Kong
John Y. Hung, U.S.A.
Xiaohong Guan, China
Yousef Ibrahim, Australia
Ping Ju, China
Sam Kwong, Hong Kong
Aleksander Malinowski, USA
Mariusz Malinowski, Poland
Terry Martin, USA
Nobuyuki Matsui, Japan
Yong Min,China
Yue Sun, China
Xiaofan Wang, China
Baohui Zhang, China
Luowei Zhou,China

Local Arrangements Committee

Junyong Liu, Chengdu, China
Huaqiang Li, Chengdu, China
Qu Sun, Chengdu, China
Liyuan Zeng, Chengdu, China

Publication Chair

Mo-yuen Chow, USA

Publicity Co-chairs

Carlos Coutos, Portugal
Leopoldo Garcia Franquelo, Spain
Takamasa Hori, Japan

Industry Affairs

Xianyong Xiao , Chengdu, China

Treasurer

Allen C J Chen, USA
Chang Guo, Chengdu, China

MAIN THEME:

The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for presentation and discussion of emerging technology in industrial electronics. In addition, it serves as a conduit for channeling advanced technology to the region. The following technical areas are included, but are not limited to:

Industrial Informatics

(Chair: Sam Kwong, Hong Kong ; Co-chair: Zhidong Deng, China)

Robotics, industrial vision, motion control, autonomous mobile robots, electrical vehicles, intelligent transportation, factory communications, flexible manufacturing system, industrial automation, process automation, CAD/CAM/CAT/CIM and LANs, industrial application of internet technologies, multimedia, wireless communications, data privacy and security, authentication, authorization and federation.

Computer and Control Systems

(Chair: Terry Martin, USA; Co-chair: Yusheng Liu, China)

Advanced control and measurement, computer and microprocessor-based control, signal processing, estimation and identification techniques, application specific IC's, automotive electronics, non-linear control systems, industrial applications of neural networks, fuzzy algorithms, evolutionary computing.

Power Electronics and Energy Conversion

(Chair: Mariusz Malinowski, Poland; Co-chair: Jinjun Liu, China)

Power Electronics devices and systems, high frequency power converters, digital control of power electronics, energy systems, electrical drives, static VAR and harmonic compensations, power management, and analytical and simulation methods.

Robotics and Mechatronics

(Chair: Kiyoshi Ohishi, Japan; Co-chair: Qixin Cao, China)

Intelligent sensors and actuators, multi-sensor fusion, micro/nanotechnology, microsensors and microactuators, instrumentation electronics, industrial antennas and electromagnetic devices, MEMS and system integration.

Power Systems

(Chair: Tak S Chung, Hong Kong; Co-chair: Ping Ju, China)

Power system analysis and control, HVDC and FACTS, Power market, Power distribution network and automation, Power protection, SCADA, EMS, WAMS and substation automation, Green power.

PLENARY SPEAKERS:

Distinguished specialists will be invited to give plenary speeches on various technical subjects.

Industrial Tour: A trip to visit various industrial manufacturing companies in Chengdu, China.

WORKING LANGUAGE: English

AUTHORS SCHEDULE:

Deadline for submission of full paper is 13 October, 2007 . Notification of acceptance and mailing of authors kits : 15 December 2007. Deadline for final manuscript : 15 January 2008 . Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers (six pages maximum) in English, including names, affiliations, addresses, telephone, fax and e-mail addresses using the online paper submission system located at http://ieee-ies.org/icit08/. The conference website is http://icit08.scueei.net/.