Region 9 members,

We have the pleasure of inviting you to submit your technical research works for PEPQA 2023. The 5th IEEE International Workshop on Power Electronics and Power Quality Applications will be held on Oct 5-6, 2023, at Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, (Cali, Colombia). This biannual workshop provides a space for students, academics, and industry professionals to collaborate on meeting the ever-increasing power electronics and power quality challenges in the Latin America region. The event is organized by Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad de Los Andes with sponsors IAS Chapter of SB Uniandes.

The workshop covers but nor limited a range of topics as:

• PE impact on transmission and distribution: Grid following and grid forming converters in Inverter Based Resources (IBR) and Renewable Energy Systems (RES).
• PQ in energy efficient motors: adjustable speed drives, motors.
• Power converters in smart grids: controller, topologies.
• Power Quality and Power Electronics in industrial Power Systems: Design, modeling, and simulation. 
• Digital twin in power electronics and power quality. 
• Education in PE/PQ 

Papers are peer-reviewed and selected on the basis of technical quality, topic affinity, and applicability to the industry. Submissions are restricted to a minimum of four and a maximum of six pages (English or spanish) will be considered for publication. It is important to highlight that, since the first edition, PEPQA's proceedings are indexed by IEEEXplore and selected papers will be eligible for review an publication in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications or IEEE Industry Applications Magazine. 

Paper submission deadline: August 15, 2023 
Acceptance notification: September 1st, 2023 
Camera-ready: September 22, 2023 
Conference: October 5 – 6, 2023

Submission via EasyChair. #PEPQA2023