28 -29 January 2026, Hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CALL FOR PAPERS
It is with great pleasure that we announce the 34th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference (SAUPEC 2026). This flagship Southern Africa regional conference will be hosted by the School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu Natal in conjunction with the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) and IEEE South Africa Section. SAUPEC brings together experts from the industry, academics and students in engineering, computer science and information technology to present research papers, network, and expand the fraternity that has been built as part of the SAUPEC legacy.
SAUPEC 2026 will be using the Microsoft Conference Management Toolkit (or MS CMT) for the conference. For authors to submit their papers, please log in to the MS CMT via this link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SAUPEC2026
TECHNICAL TOPICS
We invite you to submit original research papers in any area of power engineering, including but not limited to:
Topics of Interest:
• Power System Analysis, Planning, Operation, and Control
• Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Energy Power System
• Data Science Applications to Power System
• Internet of Things (IoT) in Power System
• Smart Grids, Microgrids, Utility Applications and Virtual Power Plants
• Business Model for Smart Grids and Microgrids
• Power System Dynamics, Stability and Modeling
• Industrial Automation, Mechatronics and Robotics
• Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Control Center Applications
• Electrical Machines and Drives
• Power Electronics and Energy Conversion
• Emerging Technologies in Power Systems
• Transmission, Distribution and Reticulation Networks
• HVDC and High Voltage Engineering
• Protection, Relaying and System Automation
• Lightning Protection of Power and Transportation Systems
• Power System Security and Risk Analysis
• Cyber-physical Energy Systems and Cyber-security
• Power Assets and Risk Management
• Power Quality, Reliability and Condition Monitoring
• Load Modelling and Demand Side Management
• Energy Efficiency, Conservation and Savings
• Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Storage, Devices and Systems
• Electric Vehicles and Transportation Electrification
• Distributed and Embedded Generation
• Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
• Power Systems Communication
• Energy Markets, Economics, Tariffs, Grid Codes and Policies
• Power Engineering Education
WEBSITE
The conference website is at https://www.saiee.org.za
PAPER FORMAT
Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality papers in the above research fields. Papers, with maximum length of six pages, are to be prepared in accordance with the IEEE format available on the conference website. Authors must upload their papers to the Paper Submission website: The Microsoft CMT services: Papers will go through a “double-blind review”, please note that no author(s) name(s) should appear on the paper submitted for review.
CMT ACKNOWLEDGMENT: The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support
The paper template is available at
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
The paper submission website:
REVIEW POLICY
Full papers will be assessed by at least two reviewers. Papers accepted by the review panel will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers not accepted by the review panel may be presented as posters but will not be included in the proceedings. The full review policy is available on the conference website. Papers will be submitted to IEEE to be uploaded on IEEE Xplore after IEEE has approved the conference.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The full conference program will be made available on the conference website.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
General Chair : Prof Akshay Kumar Saha
Program Chairs : TBC
Technical Chairs : TBC
Publication Chairs : TBC
Publicity Chairs : TBC
Conference secretariat: Mrs Gerda Geyer (geyerg@saiee.org.za )
VENUE: TBC
REGISTRATION
The registration fee includes the following:
• Conference proceedings in electronic format.
• Lunch and break refreshments.
• Gala dinner on 28 January 2026.
• The registration form will be made available on the conference website and from the secretariat.
• Deadline to register for SAUPEC 2026 is on/before 20 January 2026
IMPORTANT DATES
01 June 2025: 1 st Call for papers
18 November 2025: Paper submission closes
15 December 2025: Notification of acceptance
22 December 2025 : Camera-ready papers due and registration opens
28-29 January 2026: Main conference