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The RTS became SPRTS – “International Conference on Ship Propulsion and Railway Traction Systems” (Bologna, Italy). The topics were extended to include marine applications.

The conference was held in Tokyo, Japan, with great interest shown from academia and industry.

The Conference topics were expanded to include aircraft applications, and the Conference title was changed to “Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway and Ship Propulsion (ESARS)” (Bologna, Italy). The Conference has attracted large number of papers and, from 2010 onwards, it was sponsored by IEEE.

The ESARS conference took place again in Bologna, Italy.

The ESARS conference took place in Aachen at RWTH was held in RWTH Aachen University, at the Institute of Automation of Complex Power Systems.

The conference was held in Toulouse, France, seeing the inclusion of “Road Vehicles” topics. The conference was combined with International Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC) sponsored by IEEE. The number of papers presented in 2016 was 130 and the Conference included several industrial workshops and industrial tours.

The conference was held in Nottingham, UK and since then it became the European Edition of IEEE “International Transportation Electrification Conference” with a new, full name of “IEEE ESARS-ITEC Europe 2018″.

The conference was held in Venice, IT. After a forced stop due to the pandemic, the conference restarted as European Edition of the IEEE “International Transportation Electrification Conference” with the name “IEEE ESARS-ITEC Europe 2023′′.

The conference was held in Naples, IT, as European Edition of the IEEE “International Transportation Electrification Conference” with the name “IEEE ESARS-ITEC Europe 2024′′.