Technical Program Committee Chairperson Y. Hori Univ. of Tokyo Vice Chairpersons Y. Sato Tokyo Inst. of Tech. T. Koseki Univ. of Tokyo Track Chairpersons Track 1 T. Yatsuo Hitachi, Ltd. M. Takeuchi Toshiba Co. Semiconductor Co. Track 2 R. Uchida Mitsubishi Electric Co. M. Matsui Tokyo Inst. of Polytechnics Track 3 H. Akagi Tokyo Inst. of Tech. T. Shimizu Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. T. Takeshita Nagoya Inst. of Tech. Track 4 S. Ozaki Fuji Electric Corp. R&D Ltd. S. Saito Toshiba Co. Power Systems & Services Co. H. Kubota Meiji Univ. Track 5 K. Ohishi Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. K. Fujita Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. R. Oguro Yaskawa Electric Co. Track 6 S. Nishikata Tokyo Denki Univ. M. Itoh Hitachi, Ltd. A. Chiba Science Univ. of Tokyo Track 7 T. Nakajima Tokyo Electric Power Co. S. Irokawa Toshiba Co. Power Systems & Services Co. Track 8 T. Ishikawa CRIEPI H. Ohsaki Univ. of Tokyo Track 9 I. Miyashita Toyo Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. K. Matsuoka Railway Technical Research Inst. Track 10 A. Kawamura Yokohama Nat'l Univ. T. Ashikaga Meidensha Co. Track 11 S. Muroyama NTT Power & Building Facilities, Inc. K. Onda Hitachi, Ltd. Track 12 M. Hattori Nippon Steel Co. K. Fujikawa Toyo Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. Track 13 S. Okuma Nagoya Univ. S. Nakagawa Tokyo Denki Univ. Track 14 M. Nomura Meidensha Co. M. Hombu Hitachi, Ltd. Members P. Acarnley Univ. of Newcastle V. Agelidis Curtin Univ. of Tech. I. Ando Akita Nat'l College of Tech. T. Aoki NTT Power & Building Facilities Inc. J. Arau CENIDET M. Asano Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. M. Ashiya Mitsubishi Electric Co. I. Barbi Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina I. Batarseh Univ. of Central Florida S. Ben-Yaakov Ben-Gurion Univ. of Negev A. Bhat Univ. of Victoria F. Blaabjerg Aalborg Univ. S. Bolognani Univ. of Padova G. Buja Univ. of Padova G. Capolino Univ. of Picardie D. Chen Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. S. Chen General Motors R&D Center B. Cho Seoul Nat'l Univ. B. Choi Kyungpook Nat'l Univ. J. Cobos Univ. Politecnica de Madrid I. Cohen Lambda Electronics A. Consoli Univ. of Catania R. Duke Univ. of Canterbury M. Ehsani Texas A&M Univ. M. Elbuluk Univ. of Akron J. Enslin Univ. of Stellenbosch R. Erickson Univ. of Colorado at Boulder N. Ertugrul Univ. of Adelaide E. Fuchs Univ. of Colorado Y. Fujimoto Yokohama Nat'l Univ. T. Funaki Osaka Univ. G. Gierse Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Geb. F. Guinjoan Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya T. Habetler Georgia Inst. of Tech. T. Haneyoshi Tokyo Denki Univ. W. Hazen BH Power Protection T. Higashi Kumamoto Univ. I. Hirota Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. K. Hirotsu Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. S. Hiti General Motors R. Hoft Univ. of Missouri-Columbia Y. Honda Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. T. Hoshino Kyoto Univ. A. Huang Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. J. Hudgins Univ. of South Carolina K. Ide Yaskawa Electric Co. S. Igarashi Fuji Electric Corp. R&D Ltd. S. Iida Tokyo Denki Univ. T. Ise Osaka Univ. M. Ishida Mie Univ. R. Itoh Fukuoka Univ. H. Iwamoto Mitsubishi Electric Co. M. Iwasaki Nagoya Inst. of Tech. A. Jack Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne T. Jahns Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison K. Jezernik Univ. of Maribor G. Joos Concordia Univ. T. Kai Meidensha Co. M. Katayama Shindengen Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. N. Kato Denso Co. A. Katsuki Kyushu Inst. of Tech. T. Kawabata Ritsumeikan Univ. M. Kazimierczuk Wright State Univ. M. Kekura Meidensha Co. A. Kelley North Carolina State Univ. Y. Kim Chung-Ang Univ. G. Kimura Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. J. Kolar Tech. Univ. of Vienna H. Konishi Hitachi, Ltd. L. Kreindler Polytechnic Univ. of Bucharest Y. Kuroe Kyoto Inst. of Tech. J. Lai Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. W. Leonhard Tech. Univ. Braunschweig Y. Liu ASTEC Advanced Power Systems R. Lorenz Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison A. Lotfi Bell Laboratories D. Martins Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina H. Matsuo Nagasaki Univ. K. Matsuse Meiji Univ. P. Mattavelli Univ. of Padova I. Miki Meiji Univ. M. Milanovic Univ. of Maribor H. Minakata Chiba Inst. of Tech. O. Miyashita Tokyo Denki Univ. H. Mohr Univ. Federal de Santa Catarina A. Monti Politecnico di Milano J. Moreira Whirlpool Co. M. Morimoto Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. S. Morimoto Osaka Prefecture Univ. K. Murata Kumamoto Inst. of Tech. B. Murty General Motors R&D Center I. Muta Kyoto Univ. M. Nagao Kumamoto Inst. of Tech. A. Nakagawa Toshiba Co. T. Nakagawa Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. M. Nakahara Kumamoto Inst. of Tech. D. Naunin Inst. of Electronics & Lighting Tech. C. Nayar Curtin Univ. of Tech. M. Nelms Auburn Univ. K. Ngo Univ. of Florida Y. Nishida Nihon Univ. T. Noguchi Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. S. Nonaka Kyushu Electric College H. Ogai Japan Science & Tech. Co. Y. Ogiwara Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. T. Ogura Toshiba Co. M. Ohshima Tokyo Electric Power Co. K. Ohyama Daikin Industries, Ltd. O. Ojo Tennessee Tech. H. Omori Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. B. Ooi McGill Univ. C. Osawa Fuji Electric Corp. R&D Ltd. C. Pan Nat'l Tsinghua Univ. T. Pana Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca F. Peng Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab. D. Perreault MIT W. Portnoy Texas Tech. Univ. F. Profumo Politecnico di Trino V. Rajagopalan UQTR V. Ramsden Univ. of Tech., Sydney M. Rashid Univ. of West Florida R. Redl ELFI S. A. G. Rim Korea Electrotech. Research Inst. P. Rossel LAAS/CNRS J. Sabate Philips Research E. Sakai Kumamoto Inst. of Tech. S. Sanders UC Berkeley V. Sankaran Ford Motor Co. Y. Sawada Kogakuin Univ. S. Sawahata Shindengen Electric Co. D. Schroeder Tech. Univ. Munich T. Sekigawa Electrotechnical Lab. P. Sen Queen's Univ. T. Senjyu Univ. of the Ryukyus D. Shortt Cedarville College M. Shoyama Kyushu Univ. D. Silber Univ. of Bremen T. Sloane Alpha Technologies, Inc. N. Sokal Design Automation, Inc. A. Stankovic Northeastern Univ. R. Steigerwald GE Co. R&D N. Stojadinovic Univ. of Nis J. Sun Rockwell Collins, Inc. H. Suzuki Tokyo Electric Power Co. D. Tan TRW Y. Tanaka Kitakyushu Nat'l College of Tech. P. Tenti Univ. of Padova M. Terashima Meidensha Co. A. Trzynadlowski Univ. of Nevada Y. Tzou Nat'l Chiaotung Univ. J. Uceda Univ. Politecnica de Madrid S. Ueda Hitachi, Ltd. H. Ukai Nagoya Inst. of Tech. P. Vas Univ. of Aberdeen F. Vasca Univ. di Napoli G. Verghese MIT M. Wada Kyosan Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. E. Watanabe Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro T. Watanabe Railway Technical Research Inst. J. Wu SineTec Tech. Co., Ltd. T. Yachi NTT, Tele. Energy Lab. H. Yamamura Hitachi, Ltd. K. Yamasawa Shinshu Univ. K. Yamazaki Chiba Inst. of Tech. D.H. Xu Zhejiang Univ. Z. Zhao Tsinghua Univ. J. Zhu Univ. of Tech., Sydney A. Zuckerberger ABB Industry