Greetings and Welcome to the beautiful city of Raleigh, North Carolina, where the fourth IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition will be held on September 16-20, 2012.  The brand new Raleigh Convention Center, located near the newly renovated Fayetteville Street in the heart of downtown Raleigh, will serve as the location for our 2012 conference and exposition site. The downtown Raleigh Marriott is our selected conference hotel, and there is an abundance of other nearby hotels. 

Raleigh, long known as one of the nicest places in America to live, is also a charming, unexpectedly fun place to visit. Experience our incredible climate, the intellectual pulse and wonder of the local universities and Research Triangle Park. North Carolina’s Capital city and surrounding areas are overflowing with things to do. World-class museums, best of Broadway shows, live concerts, historic sites, professional and amateur sports and a shopping Mecca of nine major retail spots. Not to mention a downtown pulsing with nightclubs, hipster hangouts, and incredible eateries. There is so much to do and so little stress. You will be surprised.

Raleigh is also conveniently easy to get to, with the Raleigh-Durham International Airport just a few minutes away. Plus, you’re only a 2 hour drive from North Carolina’s gorgeous beaches and 3 hours away from our beautiful mountains. So when the conference is done, you might want to pencil in an extra day or two for your own little escape before heading back home.

Raleigh and the surrounding Research Triangle Park is also the home for many leading edge companies focusing on power conversion, smart grid, alternative energy and advanced transportation technologies.  Companies such as Cree, Delta Electronics, ABB, Siemens, Eaton, Elster, Itron as well as many more call this area home.

So come and join us in September 2012 for ECCE 2012 for a great experience in scholarship, friendship and networking. Don’t miss out on this one. 

ECCE2012 provides a world class opportunity for authors to present and attend high quality technical presentations and tutorials. The program is replete with distinguished plenary speakers, tutorials given by experts from industry and academia, panels of experts in rap session, and ample opportunity to network and make new acquaintances in the energy conversion field. Technical sessions fall into two major categories of Energy Conversion Systems and Components and Subsystems with a host of topical areas, each ranging from alternative and renewable energy to grid ancillary services, power electronic enabled applications, lighting, electrified transportation systems, smart grid, energy efficiency, energy storage and more.

Please plan to join us in Raleigh in 2012 to learn more about this critically important facet of society in the 21st century – energy and its sustainability. More details can be found on the conference website: www.ecce2012.org or contact Dr. Alex Huang, General Chair, at aqhuang@ncsu.edu or Dr. Iqbal Husain, co-General Chair, at iqbal_husain@ncsu.edu. Together, we can contribute to a more sustainable and energy efficient future.  See you in Raleigh in 2012!