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atop the 400-year old castle. The last
destination was the Adachi Museum of
Art, a graceful Japanese garden that
has been chosen as the best Japanese
garden for 16 straight years. After
enjoying the garden's stunning beauty,
the participants were led to a reception venue decorated in a Japanese traditional style. Throughout the day, the
participants made new researcher connections and friends.

Day 4: 23 May
At the closing session on the final
day, a conference wrap-up was followed by an award session that recognized the six best presenters,
three each for oral and written presentations, with the aim of further
motivating the awardees and promoting future dc technology. Also
new this year for ICDCM was the
launch of a travel support grant for
students. This grant was established
as part of the IEEE's Applied Power

Electronics Conference and Exposition 2019 efforts to foster young
researchers and increase the number of PELS members. Approximately 10 new members joined
PELS during ICDCM 2019, which
was a major achievement.
Since ICDCM is a new conference
(this was its third year) that explores
relatively new research fields, developed and developing countries can
equally participate in the discussions
on the technology. The number of
ICDCM 2019 participants, as mentioned previously, was approximately 270, which made it possible for the
attendees to get to know each other
by name and recognize faces over the
four days. Large international conferences have been increasing worldwide, but how large a conference is
must be carefully considered to maximize participants' benefits. At the
beginning, many expressed concerns
about holding ICDCM 2019 in Matsue,

a relatively small city, even for Japan.
However, we are all confident that its
participants from all over the world
understood why we held IDCDM 2019
here. It would be a safe choice to
have an international conference in
convenient urban cities, such as Tokyo and Osaka. However, we chose
Matsue with the hope that we could
offer as many participants as possible with an opportunity to experience Japanese culture and traditions,
and we're glad that this location was
a success.
The ICDCM 2019 committee has
already received a great deal of favorable feedback on the conference. We
will use the valuable comments and
opinions to improve the next ICDCM.
My deepest appreciation is given to all
the volunteers who worked with me,
members of the IEEE PELS, and local
committee members for their tremendous contribution and dedication. I
truly thank you.

by Ashok Bindra

Brightest Minds to Converge
at the 11th IEEE ECCE

he 11th annual Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) will be held in
Baltimore, Maryland, from 29 September to 3 October. Considered a
pivotal international conference and
exposition on electrical and electromechanical energy conversion,
ECCE will feature both industrydriven and application-oriented
technical sessions. Approximately
35 exhibitors will display the latest
technologies and products. ECCE
will bring together practicing engiDigital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPEL.2019.2928063
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neers, researchers, and other professionals for interactive and multidisciplinary discussions on the late s t ad vances in var ious ar eas
related to energy conversion.
The IEEE Industry Applications
Society (IAS) and the IEEE Power
Electronics Society (PELS) are cosponsors of the ECCE. Also, Baltimore, Maryland is the same location
where both the IEEE IAS and ECCE
will host their annual meetings. IAS
and ECCE will each hold their annual meetings in Baltimore at the
same time as the ECCE. Attendees
can choose to register for ECCE
alone, or they can register for both the

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ECCE and the IAS Annual Meeting at
a reduced combined rate.
In a greeting message to all power
electronics engineers and researchers, including members of PELS and
IAS, ECCE 2019 General Chair Prof.
Yan-Fei Liu said, "We bring together
a multidisciplinary group of researchers, engineers, and scientists from
all over the world to present and exchange breakthrough ideas related
to energy conversion systems and
technologies. The ECCE is unique
in our emphasis on integrated systems, presenting the best in applied
integrated systems research together
with innovations in individual energy

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