Welcome to IEEE VPPC 2009 in Dearborn, Michigan, the Heartland of the Automotive Industry

The 2009 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC09) will be held in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. The conference is co-sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS). This year the conference will feature the theme of sustainability: hybrid, plug-in, fuel cell and battery technology. The conference also features keynote speakers from top executives of the major automotive companies, and a banquet at the Henry Ford Museum.

On behalf of the VPPC’09 organizing committee, I welcome all of you to join us in Michigan on September 7-11, 2009 for a great event dedicated to the sustainability of future transportation through the developments and applications of hybrid, plug-in and battery powered and propelled vehicles.

The conference will be held in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit at the first-class Fairlane Center conference facility of the University of Michigan-Dearborn and at the 4-star Ritz-Carlton official conference hotel.

We feature a number of great authoritative speakers and luminaries invited from government, OEMs, and suppliers to keynote our luncheons, dinners and plenary sessions.

Additionally, a unique feature for this conference is the introduction of the "Technical Forum" to allow those that do not wish to write a regular paper to present their work in parallel with a large number of regular technical sessions.