CPES Power Electronics Annual Conference

April 3-5, 2011

The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center

Blacksburg, VA

Online conference registration available through   March 27, 2011.

From the Center Director

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2011 CPES Annual Power Electronics Conference at Virginia Tech, sponsored by the CPES industry consortium.  I would like to express my personal gratitude to all industry members, research sponsors, alumni and friends for their continued support, as well as to our students, faculty and staff, whose work and dedication have provided significant contributions to the Center's continuing growth and success.

As before, the CPES Conference will provide a comprehensive overview of the Center's research conducted over the past year. The program will begin on Sunday afternoon with research thrust overviews by CPES faculty.   There will be an Invited Plenary Session with 3 invited talks on Monday morning, followed by 73 technical papers presented in 5 Technical Sessions and 5 Dialogue/Poster Sessions that will continue into Tuesday.  Our conference program is being updated on an ongoing basis.  Please be sure to check back for more details. (Preliminary conference agenda at-a-glance.)

For additional opportunities to mingle with CPES students and faculty, we welcome all participants to join the Industry-Student Forum on Sunday afternoon. To stimulate meaningful interactions, CPES industry members are invited to bring tabletop displays to feature company products. 

The Conference Reception and Dinner will be on Monday evening and all participants are invited. 

On Wednesday following the 2011 CPES Conference, CPES will officially launch the newly-expanded mini-consortium program, with research reviews presented in 3 parallel sessions.  Interested conference participants are welcomed to pre-register and join us.  The 3 CPES mini-consortia are:

• Power Management Consortium (PMC)
• High Density Integration (HDI)
• Renewable Energy and Nanogrids (REN)

We hope to see you in April!