For more than 35 years, APEC has been renowned for kicking off with a Plenary Session that addresses the issues of most interest and concern to engineers engaged in applied power electronics technology. The four-hour session comprises plenary talks given by six industry luminaries representing government, industry and academia. Open to all attendees, this year’s Plenary Session will take place Monday, March 21st in Houston, prior to opening of the APEC 2022 Exhibition and Conference Sessions. The following is lineup of Plenary Session presenters and their topics:
Space M: The Magnetics Universe and Challenges — Alix Gerfer, Chief Technology Officer Wurth Electronics
Power Infrastructure for the Lunar Surface: Challenges for Power Management Electronics — John M. Scott, Principal Technologist – Power and Energy Storage NASA Technology Mission Directorate
Driving Plasma: Advancing Power Conversion in Critical Semiconductor and Medical Applications — Gideon (DON) van Zyi, Technology Fellow Advanced Energy
Energy Access: Challenges, Opportunities and Our Contributions — Jelena Popovic, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, IEEE Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) II University of Twente, Netherlands; Liuchen Chang, Professor Emeritus and President, IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) University of New Brunswick
History of the PSMA Power Technology Roadmap: From AAA TripTik to Google Maps — Riyu Sodhi, Consultant, Power Transistor R&D, PSMA Roadmap Committee ROHM
Inverters for the Future Grid -Challenges and Opportunities — Deepakraj (Deepak) Divan, John E. Pippen Chair Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar
Director, Georgia Tech Center for Distributed Energy, ECE Georgia Institute of Technology
For more information about the Plenary Session, please go to: apec-conf.org/conference/sessions/plenary. To register for the APEC 2022 conference and exhibit, please go to: apec-conf.org/conference/registration.
As “The Premier Event in Applied Power Electronics™,” APEC focuses on the practical and applied aspects of the power electronics business. This is not just a designer’s conference. APEC has something of interest for anyone involved in power electronics:
Equipment OEMs that use power supplies and dc-dc converters in their equipment
Designers of power supplies, dc-dc converters, motor drives, uninterruptable power systems, inverters and any other power electronic circuits, equipment and systems
Manufacturers and suppliers of components and assemblies used in power electronics
Manufacturing, quality and test engineers involved with power electronics equipment
Marketing, sales and anyone involved in the business of power electronics
Compliance engineers testing and qualifying power electronics equipment or equipment that uses power electronics