APEC 2025 Plenary Session announced

The Plenary Session for APEC 2025 (March 16-20, Atlanta) will take place Monday afternoon, March 17th, in the Georgia Congress Center’s Sidney J. Marcus Auditorium from 1:30 to 4:30 PM.

The Plenary Session will open with a welcome message by APEC 2025 General Chair Aung Thet Tu, followed by plenary introductions by APEC 2025 Program Chair Jin Wang. Designed to engage a global audience hailing from all sectors of the power electronics industry, the sessions will include interactive Q&As at the end of each presentation. After the Plenary Session, all registered APEC attendees are invited to attend the Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall being held from 4:30 to 7:30 PM. The APEC 2025 Plenary Session speakers and presentations are:

• A Technology’s Journey: 40 Years of APEC John G. Kassakian, Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (The first and second APEC General Chair, 1986 and 1987)
• Emerging Applications for Power Electronics in Efficient, Resilient Buildings Wyatt Merrill, Technology Manager for Solid-State Lighting and Building Electric Appliances, Devices and Systems (BEADS), US Department of Energy
• The Role of Power Electronics in Achieving a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy Francisco Canales, Corporate Research Fellow, ABB Switzerland, Ltd.
• Integrated Magnetics and Heterogenous Integration Enabling Vertical Power Delivery for High Performance Computing Cian Ó Mathúna, Research Director, Integrated Power and Energy Systems Embedded and Integrated Magnetics, Tyndall National Institute

“On behalf of the APEC 2025 Conference Committee, we are grateful that such notable industry experts will help us commemorate our 40th anniversary,” said APEC 2025 General Chair Aung Thet Tu. “Starting with John Kassakian–our very first APEC General Chair–the plenary topics will touch on the important milestones and visionary solutions to future challenges in power electronics. We encourage everyone to join us in Atlanta.”