Hereby we are very glad to invite you to participate in the 15th International Doctoral School of Energy Conversion and Saving Technologies organized by Riga Technical University from the 29th to the 30th of May 2026. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for doctoral students to study scientific innovations, share scientific experience, meet and discuss their own recent achievements in various fields of research and knowledge with other doctoral students and field professionals.
We wish you great success in your PhD work and look forward to meet you in Ronisi, Latvia.
Doctoral school organizers
Registration! "Opened"
Doctoral school event
| Friday, May 29 | |
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| 08:00-09:00 | Transport from Riga, Kipsala, Azenes 12/1 |
| 09:00-10:00 | Registration / Accommodation / Coffee |
| Chair: Dr.habil.sc.ing., prof. Leonīds Ribickis | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome Speech: Dr.sc.ing., professor Oskars Krievs |
| 10:15-11:15 | Invited speaker: R. De Doncker, Tim Karsten (presenter), "Impedance-Based Analysis of Converters and DC Grids", RWTH AACHEN |
| 11:15-11:45 | Invited speaker: A.Blinov, "Direct current – the next step for street lighting", TalTech |
| 11:45-12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00-13:00 | PhD student presentation session I: Hans Anniste (TalTech), Mihkel Tumpu (TalTech), Alexander Rink (TalTech); Endriu Dereviagin (RTU) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00-15:30 | PhD Thesis defense: Promotional paper defense: I. Ušakovs, SMART THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, scientific advisor prof. I.Galkins. Reviewers: prof.L. Ribickis (RTU), prof. D. Vinnikov, (TalTech); Asoc. Prof. G. Svinkunas (KTU) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:15 | PhD student presentation session II: Armands Sīlītis (RTU), A. Pumpurs (RTU), Vladimir Beliaev (RTU), Andrejs Stupāns (RTU) |
| 17:15-18:30 | Sport activities (sportswear is recommended) |
| 19:00-21:00 | Welcome Reception in RTU Sports Campus “Ronisi”, Dinner |
| 21:00-... | Social Activities |
| Saturday, May 30 | |
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| 09:00 – 10:00 | Breakfast (Please, return the key of your room back to the registration office by 12:00) |
| Chair: Dr.sc.ing., professor Oskars Krievs | |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Invited speaker: (to be confirmed) |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Invited speaker: R. De Doncker, Lukas Leucker (presenter), "High-Power Battery Emulation Enabled by Modular Three-Phase Dual-Active Bridge" , RWTH AACHEN |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Coffee Break and Discussions |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Promotional paper pre-defense: R.Grants (RTU), "Decision support system development for reliability-oriented dynamic electric vehicle charging point assignment", scientific advisor prof. N.Kuņicina |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | PhD student presentation session III: S. Burtovojs (RTU), U. Krištopāns (RTU), Mārtiņš Marcinkēvičs (RTU) |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Discussions / Awarding ceremony |
| 15:15 | Departure from Ronisi |
Live – All attendees are physically present in the event location!
Participation fee is 150 EUR
To receive an invoice, please contact to aija.laicane@rtu.lv and we will send an Invoice to your e-mail.
PRESENTATIONS this year should be presented by all doctoral students.
Your presentation should include and answer: -> About topic (for all presenters): Why? Methods? What do I recommend? What am I adding? What did I find? -> General information (only for RTU students) about how many "Conference participations", "scientific publications" and "Thesis is ready XX % (percent)".
Time: 15 min (presentation) + 5 min (for questions)
Note: Presentation must be uploaded in to "presentation PC" at least 15 min before appropriate session.
Live in person event - "Ronisi", Klapkalnciems, Latvia