SLED 2027 invites proposals for tutorials to be held the 8 September 2027, the first day of the symposium. Tutorials offer an in-depth, educational treatment of a topic in sensorless control of electrical drives, and are aimed at researchers, PhD students and engineers from academia and industry.

Tutorial proposals are welcome on all topics of the symposium, including but not limited to:

• Sensorless control methods and position estimation techniques;
• Power converters and energy storage with minimal-sensing drives;
• Applications and future perspectives of sensorless drives;
• Design techniques enhancing sensorless operation.

Duration: 90 minutes, including questions and discussion.

Language: English

Tutorials are open to all registered conference participants

Each tutorial will receive a total honorarium of 500€, to be shared among its presenters, and one complimentary conference registration for one of its presenters. Travel and accommodation expenses are not covered.

Please submit a proposal of at most 3 pages (PDF) including:

• Title of the tutorial;
• Presenters: names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of all presenters;
• Abstract (max. 300 words), to be published on the conference website and in the program;
• Outline of the tutorial content, with approximate time allocation and the presenter of each part;
• Target audience and prerequisite knowledge;
• Material provided to attendees (e.g., slides, lecture notes);
• Previous presentations, if the tutorial has been given elsewhere;
• Short biography of each presenter (max. 150 words per presenter).

Tutorial proposal deadline: 15 March 2027

Notification of acceptance: 2 May 2027

Tutorials: 8 September 2027

Please send your proposal by e-mail to the Tutorial Chairs:

• Radu Bojoi, Politecnico di Torino – radu.bojoi@polito.it;
• Luca Zarri, University of Bologna – luca.zarri2@unibo.it;
• Marko Hinkkanen, Aalto University – marko.hinkkanen@aalto.fi.

For general inquiries: info@ieee-sled2027.org.