The conference emphasizes professional development, learning, sharing of experiences, and networking with peers. This year’s conference promises to be very rewarding offering several technical papers’ oral presentations, poster sessions and tutorials. This conference is specifically designed for the practicing engineer interested in this field. Annual Meeting papers are solicited on subjects pertaining to the scope of the participating Technical Committees of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, as listed in the ‘Call for Papers’ section.

Furthermore, this year’s IAS Annual Meeting will again be collocated with the 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). Note that while the 2018 IAS Annual Meeting and the 2018 Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition will be collocated in Portland, the technical programs at these conferences will be separate and will complement each other.  However, the IAS Annual Meeting delegates will have the opportunity to attend selected ECCE activities and a joint registration to both events at a preferential rate is possible. This offers a unique opportunity for sharing of new experiences and networking with peers.