or thirty-five years, APEC has established itself as the leading power electronics conference and exposition and has evolved to be the annual get-together event for applied power electronics professionals for knowledge exchange and networking. APEC 2020 will be held at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA, March 15 - 19, 2020 and, like its predecessors, APEC 2020 will once again offer attendees an extraordinary program of seminars, technical and industry sessions, forums and social events.

APEC 2020 is still scheduled to be held as scheduled from March 15-19, 2020 in New Orleans. We encourage you to review the conference's Travel Information page for tips and travel recommendations.

The APEC 2020 Conference Committee has put together:

• The Plenary Session on Monday, March 16 that will feature world-class presentations to keynote our week-long conference. And, if you can't make to the Monday plenaries in person, you can watch them on streaming video, courtesy of IEEE.tv.
• Eighteen Professional Development Seminars on Sunday, March 15 and Monday, March 16, presented by world-class experts designed to bring you up to speed on critical power electronics design technologies and techniques.
• 40 Presentation Sessions from Tuesday March 17 through Thursday March 19 plus a Dialog (Poster) event during the Thursday hosted lunch.  There will be over  600 high-quality, peer-reviewed papers  presented.
• 23 Industry Sessions running concurrently with the Technical Program will cover the latest developments presented by  the industry's leading innovators.
• Three controversial topics will be covered in the annual Rap Sessions held on Tuesday, right after the exhibits close at 5:00 p.m. Grab a cool beverage and bring your questions for the panelists.
• A busy exhibit hall packed with the latest power electronics products.
• The annual MicroMouse contest pitting teams from around the world to solve the maze the fastest with their intelligent motorized mice.
• A terrific social event that brings us all together at Mardi Gras World on Wednesday evening.

On the Saturday prior to the start of APEC2020, PSMA and PELS will again be sponsoring two workshops: the fifth High Frequency Magnetics Workshop "Power Magnetics @ High Frequency" and the third Capacitor Workshop "How to Choose and Define Capacitor Usage for Emerging Applications". For more information see the articles on each workshop in this issue of the UPDATE.

Speaking for all of us on the APEC Conference Committee, I invite you to come to New Orleans to be part of our annual gathering. You really don't want to miss it.  As the folks in New Orleans like to say, "Laissez le bon temps rouler." Check the APEC website for details (www.apec-conf.org).

Provided by Greg Evans, APEC 2020 Publicity Chair

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