The IEEE Power Electronics Society is hosting the Design Methodologies Conference, bringing together Design Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cyber-Physical Security methodologies for power electronics applications. The PELS has witnessed a significant and growing interest in advanced Design Methodologies for Power Electronics in recent years, and it has hosted several independent initiatives in the areas of Design Automation, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and, consequently, the time has come to make a crucial, decisive step forward and organize a single specialized conference dedicated to these emerging concepts.