IEEE Power Electronics Council Message from the President

The IEEE Power Electronics Council (PEC) is now in its second full year of operation. The definition of an IEEE Technical Council can best be summarized by referring to IEEE Bylaw 503. “Technical Councils may be established… for the purpose of providing a continuing mechanism for two or more IEEE Societies to work together in a multidisciplinary technical area of mutual interest primarily through conferences and publications…” “A Technical Council has no individual members, but in other respects it operates generally like a Society. The representatives on the Technical Councils are to be designated by the member Societies and are to elect their own President and other officers…” The Power Electronics Council currently has ten member Societies. The Society representatives and the Council officers, collectively known as the Council Administrative Committee (AdCom), are listed below.