30th International Conference on Electrical Contacts - ICEC ...

I N VI TAT I ON – C A L L F OR A BST RACTS

30th International Conference
on Electrical Contacts
June 15th–18th, 2020 | St. Gallen-Rorschach, Switzerland

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ICEC2020

The ICEC2020 conference committee invites you to submit an abstract of a presen-
tation to be held at the ICEC2020. Prospective authors should submit a brief abstract
(200 words maximum) online before October 1, 2019. Authors whose abstracts are
accepted will be asked to submit a full paper.

The 30th conference ICEC2020 will be held in St. Gallen-Rorschach at the lake of
Constance in Switzerland during June 15 – 18, 2020.

Papers will be reviewed to meet scientific citation requirements and proceedings will
be uploaded to all relevant data bases.

The conference proceedings will be submitted for coverage under the Conference Pro-
ceedings Citation Index CPCI. The proceedings will be treated as Open Access (OA)
journal which means you can disseminate your paper to your needs. All submissions
must be of original research and we solicit papers that highlight new ideas and findings.
We welcome papers from academia as well as from the industry.

For abstract submissions and the latest information regarding the conference, please
visit the ICEC2020 homepage at www.ICEC2020.com

Topics and Technical Areas

 1   Basic Contact Phenomena and Fundamentals
     Contact Conductivity / Resistance
     Contact Design and Surface Finishing
     Switching Behaviour
     Sliding and Fretting
     Thermal Effects and Diffusion
 2   Arc Interruption / Design
     Circuit Breakers
     Vaccum Interruptors
     Contactors
     Micro-Arcing
     Hybrid Switches
     Fault Arc Quenching Systems
     Reed Switches
 3   Switching Behaviour
     Electrical Contact Life
     Arcing Behaviour
     Dynamic Welding
 4   Contact Materials and Design
     Contact Materials
     Base Materials
     Surface Coating
     Switching in Air, other Gases, Vacuum
     Reduction of Noble Metal use
 5   Power Contacts
     Spring Loaded Terminals
     Crimp Terminals
     Bus Bars
 6   Low Power Contacts
     Relays
     High Frequency Relays
     DC-Switching
 7   Connectors and Terminals
     High Frequency
     High Speed Data
     Lubricants
     Aluminium Connectors

8   Interactions of Arc, Contact and Insulation Materials
     Wear of Insulation
     Contact Resistance
     Partial Discharges
     Dielectric Breakdown
 9   Modeling / Simulation
     Thermal and Magnetic Effects
     Electrical Field Stress in Contact Systems
     Contact Erosion
10   Sliding Contacts
     Slip Ring / Brush
     Materials
     Lubricants
11   New Technologies
     Arc Fault Safety
     MEMS, Micro Switches
     Nano-Technology
     Switching Strategies
12   Specific Applications
     Automotive
     PWM Power
     Medical
     HV-DC Switching
     Aerospace
13   Environmental Effects
     Contamination (Particles, Dust)
     Vibration / Shock
     Corrosion
14   Diagnostics and Reliability
     Diagnostics and Testing
     Degradation Mechanisms
     Monitoring
     Life Prediction
     Reliabilty of Electrical Products

Location

St. Gallen in the heart of Eastern Switzerland has a wide variety of tourist attractions.
Discover the diversity of the region from Lake Bodensee and the Four-Countries Region
to the gently rolling pre-Alpine landscape with Mount Säntis.

St. Gallen, the small metropolis of Eastern Switzerland, is in many ways, like a large
cosmopolitan city. And this title suits it well. It owes this reputation not just to the
monastery complex, which is a World Cultural Heritage Site, but also to the success of
its textile industry.

Rorschach by Lake Bodensee is a vibrant and bustling little lakeside town with pretty
town houses and the Forum Würth with its unique art collection.

The conference takes place in the Würth Haus Rorschach Conference Centre, which
invites visitors to experience inspiring moments between architecture, art and nature.

Further details can be found under www.wuerth-haus-rorschach.ch/en/

Würth Haus Rorschach Conference Centre
Churerstrasse 10
9400 Rorschach – St. Gallen
Switzerland

Information

          Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline        October 1, 2019
Abstract acceptance letter          November 15, 2019
Paper deadline                      January 15, 2020
Deadline early bird registration    March 15, 2020
Deadline author registration        March 15, 2020
Paper acceptance                    April 15, 2020
Conference                          June 15–18 2020

          Correspondence Address:

Electrosuisse
Luppmenstrasse 1
8320 Fehraltorf
Switzerland
info@ICEC2020.com
www.ICEC2020.com
Tel. +41 44 956 1150

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www.icec2020.com