The Australasian University Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) will be held on the 28th of September to the 1st of October at Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia. This conference is co-sponsored by the Centre of Smart Grid and Sustainable Power Systems, Australasian Committee for Power Engineering (ACPE), the Australian Power Institute (API), ABB (Platinum sponsor), Curtin University, School of Engineering at Edith Cowan University (Gold sponsor), Murdoch University (Gold sponsor), University of Western Australia and IEEE Western Australia Section. The conference organizing committee takes great pleasure to cordially invite researchers and practitioners worldwide to submit papers for review and possible presentation. We have prepared a fantastic program with impressive keynote speakers including: Prof Ewald F. Fuchs, University of Colorado Boulder (UCB), USA. Prof Mohammad Shahidehpour, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA. Dr Eduard Muljadi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, USA. Prof João P.S. Catalão, University of Beira Interior (UBI), Covilha, Portugal.. The Conference will feature special sessions and tutorials by international experts on smart power grid applications. The Conference scope covers but is not limited to the following topics: Power Systems, Power Electronics and Drives, Electrical Machines, Transmission and Distribution, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Development, Sustainable Technologies, Energy Management, Energy Efficiency, Power Quality & Harmonics, Power Systems Control & Protection, Modelling and Simulation, Computer Applications in Power, Industrial Automation and Control, Power System Operation and Planning, AI Applications in Power Systems, and High Voltage.