Electrical Engineers have a number of conferences they can attend to teach, learn and network. Quite a few are at the beginning of the year but if you haven’t yet attended any - and even if you have - there are still a few conferences that are great for Electrical engineers to attend in 2016. Here is OnlineComponents.com’s  list for the remainder of 2016:

 

1. 

Name of Conference: IEEE - Coated Conductors for Applications

Location: Aspen, CO

Dates:  September 11 - 14 2016

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/cca2016aspen/

Expected # of Attendees: 150

Summary (per site)  
The CCA16 conferences purpose is to discuss the current status and future direction of the development of coated conductors. The majority of the conference will focus on applications of coated conductors that include high-field magnets, power grid applications and much more. Researchers and representatives from various related industries from all over the world will attend the conference.

Specialty: People passionate about where the coated conductors industry is going and how it is transforming.

Featured speaker: Herman Ten Kate – Project Leader CERN / University Twente

Cost:  IEEE Members: $625.00 , Non-members: $675.00

 

2. 

Name of Conference: IEEE – ESMO -  International Conference on Transmission and Distribution

Location: Columbus, OH

 

Website: http://ieee-esmo.com

# of Attendees(estimated) : 100+

Summary (per site): ESMO is the premier event for electric utility professionals, contracting, construction and consulting companies who are interested in the hands-on solutions for the engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of the world’s power delivery systems.

Specialty:  This conference is great electrical utility professionals specifically.

Featured panel: An Update on IEEE 1048 Guide For Protective Grounding of Power Lines

Cost:  $500.00 USD – IEEE member, $650.00 IEEE non-members

 

3. 

Name of Conference: ECIA Executive Conference “Growth Through Innovation”

Location: Chicago, IL (Rosemont)

Dates: October 23-25 2016

Website: http://www.ecianow.org/executive-conference

# of Attendees: 300-350

Summary: Join the senior management teams of leading edge electronics companies for an informative, results-oriented conference. There is no other industry conference that offers an in-depth look at the industry and is geared towards education and fostering relationships throughout the supply chain network. The meeting offers personal access to industry experts, ample time to discuss important issues and critical networking opportunities.

Great for/Specialty: Keynote/Featured speaker: Massimo Banzi, co-founder of Arduino

Cost:  ECIA Members $895, -, non-Members: $1375.00 before 9/30/16

 

4. 

Name of Conference: IDTECHEX Show

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Dates: November 16 - 17, 2016

Website: http://www.idtechex.com/idtechex-wearable-usa/show/en/

# of Attendees: 3500

Summary: At first, as we were doing our research we were calling this the Wearable show. Then we discovered the Printed Electronics USA show was happening during the same dates also in Santa Clara when we came across a 3^rd conference focused on 3-D printing, same time, also in Santa Clara we determined there must be something going on here. Apparently, the company IDTECHex is a market research and business intelligence organization has been around for some time and focuses on covering emerging technologies. So much so they are marketing the same conference to 9 different sub-niches in the electronics field. Those mini-conferences are as follows:

• Printed Electronics USA
• Energy Harvesting USA
• Graphene & 2D Materials
• 3D Printing USA
• Internet of Things Applications USA
• Wearable USA
• IDTechEx Sensors USA
• Energy Storage Innovations
• Electric Vehicles – Everything is changing
   

Specialty: If you are looking for what is emerging tech across a wide swath of emerging industries this is the conference (or conferences) to attend.

Keynote/Featured speaker: Ms Heidi Dohse  - Program Manager - Google 
 

Cost:  Ranges greatly from $495.00 for students up to $4399 for the top tier package.

 

5.

Name of Conference: IEEE World Forum on internet Of Things

Location: Reston, VA

Dates: December 12-14 2016

Website: http://wfiot2016.ieee-wf-iot.org/

# of Attendees (estimated) : 100+

Summary(from site): This event is designed to examine key critical innovations across technologies which will alter the research and application space of the future. The Internet of Things envisions a highly networked future, where every object is integrated to interact with each other, allowing for communications between objects, as well as between humans and objects, which enables the control of intelligent systems in our daily lives.

Great for/Specialty: Those supplying or creating the IoT space.

Keynote/Featured speaker: Vint Cerf – one of the “Fathers of the internet”

Cost:  $600 IEEE member, $725 non-Member

If you know of other conferences for electrical engineers that we missed. Please share the details in the comments section.

 

 

 

Notes:

All costs are based on pricing listed on website initially many have early bird pricing with increases as the conference approaches.

Sources:

https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=37049&WT.mc_id=uem_icce

http://www.ecianow.org/

dconyers@ecianow.org

http://www.husseinabbass.com/ieee-wcci2012/