ECCE 2024 Stimulates With Provocative Plenary and Special Sessions, Presents Latest in Conversion Technologies

This feature provides a summary of IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE) 2024, which was held in Phoenix, AZ, 20–24 October. Besides covering the four provocative plenary talks by distinguished industry and academic world leaders in some details, the article also investigates special sessions on emerging technologies and other important industry-oriented topics. This includes luminaries special session to honor the contributions of two esteemed scholars in the field of power electronics: Dr. John Kassakian, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and Distinguished Professor Hirofumi (Hiro) Akagi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. In addition, the multifaceted technical program was filled with educational tutorials, student demos, timely and topical poster papers, and novel technical sessions on next-generation power and energy conversion technologies. Plus, it uncovers latest in GaN products displayed on the exhibit floor.