The 11th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS’2008) will be held on October 17-20, 2008, at Shangri-La Hotel, in Wuhan, P. R. China. The Department of Electrical Machine and Drives at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) is pleased to host this conference under the technical co-sponsorships of IEEE Industry Applications Society (IEEE-IAS) and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IEEE-IES). The conference is a forum for specialists and engineers engaged in the field of electrical machines and drive systems to exchange their latest achievements and experiences of developments, trends and applications. During the conference, researchers share and exchange a wealth of knowledge through oral and poster presentations. The conference’s proceedings will be included in the IEEE Xplore Database and indexed by EI Compendex and ISTP. Excellent papers are eligible for review and publication in the IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications.