The International Conference on Electrical Fuses and their Applications (ICEFA) will be held for the ninth time, in September 2011 in Maribor (Slovenia). Following the previous eight conferences, this conference is being organized in close collaboration with the FUSE CLUB, founded many years ago to increase and exchange knowledge about fuses.
The conference will provide a forum for fuse manufacturers, users, researchers, and people concerned with safety and standardisation, and will last for three days (Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th September). Each day will begin with a state-of-the-art Keynote Address from an expert. There will also be presentations of technical papers, poster sessions and social activities. On the following day a trip around Slovenia will be organised.
The main organizers of the Conference are the University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences – Power Engineering Laboratory and ICEM-TC . Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is a scientific institute with explicitly regional, national and international significance. Its regional significance is reflected in its close co-operation with industry in and around Maribor. International significance is reflected in the faculty's participation in international research activities with numerous projects, exchange of students and professors, publications in respected scientific magazines, participation at international conferences and the organization of the same. Laboratory for energetics is engaged in production, transmission, distribution and usage of electric power. ICEM-TC is an independent institute, which was founded in 2001 with the help of the Faculty. The Institute's activities are of applicative, research, development, consultation, educational and informative nature - documentation, publication, promotional work, testing and measurements in the field of energy industries, telecommunication, measurement and switching technology.

Desired are applied articles connected with actual industrial work.