Welcome Letter from Chair Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to personally welcome you to the inaugural IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), which will be held in the heart of the Silicon Valley in San Jose, California, USA, on September 20-24, 2009. The Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition provides a forum for the exchange of information among practicing professionals in the energy conversion business. We have put significant focus to bring together the users and researchers of energy conversion systems and sub systems with an emphasis on the technical content of the papers and on the quality of the exposition. The conference scope includes all technical aspects of the design, manufacture, application and marketing of devices, circuits, and systems related to electrical energy conversion technology. The Tutorial Committee has arranged an excellent list of eight tutorials on Sunday, focusing on providing solutions to solving industry problems. We are fortunate to have two prominent members of the Energy Conversion sector to kick off the Monday morning Plenary Session: Daniel Kammen, Founding Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley and Martin Eberhard, the founder of TESLA Motors, will provide an overview of different issues faced by the energy conversion industry. Three rap sessions will provide opportunities to discuss and exchange ideas on topics such as smart grids, advanced transportation challenges, and Green loads. The Technical committee has organized 600 high quality papers selected from a large number of submissions. These papers are organized into both oral and poster presentation formats, which covers the breadth and depth of research activities in numerous energy conversion topics. Also be sure to visit our dynamic exposition floor that showcases new technologies, concepts, and applications covering all aspects of energy conversion. “Student Day at ECCE” is on Tuesday, where we invite local area (and long distance) students to attend and be part of this excellent conference free. Students will also get an opportunity to show case their own relevant projects that will be of interest to the Energy Conversion Industry. There are official programs for these students to interact informally with professors and industry leaders. In addition, several social functions are also arranged. The Sunday evening welcome reception is an excellent opportunity for all to renew old friendships and to create new ones. The Wednesday night conference banquet is a more formal social event and will feature the performance by the San Jose Symphony Choir. On Thursday, we will honor our colleagues who have made significant contributions to the energy conversion technologies at the award ceremony. We have also planned two industry tours that will be of significant interest to the participants of IEEE ECCE. The organizing committee of the IEEE ECCE 2009 promises that this conference and exposition to be an excellent opportunity for networking, technical learning, and cross pollination of ideas.
Tomy Sebastian
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