Conferences and Meetings

CURENT hosts a variety of meetings annually to connect research with industry collaborators.

Click here to go to the Seminar Series page.

Click here to go to the Industry Retreats page.

2024 Industry Conference

The 2024 Industry Conference will be held Tuesday, April 30th & Wednesday, May 1st

Go to the event page.


Past Conferences and Meetings

2023 Industry Conference

The 2023 Industry Conference will be held Tuesday, April 18 & Wednesday, April 19

Go to the event page.


2021 Annual Industry Conference 

The 2021 Industry Conference was held virtually Wednesday, October 27 & Thursday, October 28 (11am – 5pm each day) via WebEx.

Go to the event page.


2020 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

The 9th Annual Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit was held virtually on Nov. 6 and Nov. 9-10, 2020. Visit the event page


2019 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

The 8th Annual Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit took place in Knoxville, TN on Nov. 5-6, 2019. Visit the event page


2018 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

Our 2018 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit was held on Dec. 4-7 at the Hilton in downtown Knoxville, TN. Visit the event page.


CURENT 2018 Summer Strategic Planning Meeting

Aug. 9-10, 2018

Doubletree by Hilton Portland

1000 N.E. Multnomah

Portland, OR 97232


CURENT 2018 Winter Strategic Planning Meeting

February 5-6, 2018    

Double Tree by Hilton Grand Key Resort

3990 South Roosevelt Blvd.

Key West, FL 33040

305-293-1818 (t)


2017 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

Our 2017 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit was held on Nov. 14-17 at the Hilton in downtown Knoxville, TN.


CURENT 2017 Summer Strategic Planning Meeting

July 20-21, 2017

Westin Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL


CURENT 2017 Strategic Planning Meeting

April 9-11, 2017    

Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel

100 Braumbaugh Street

San Juan, Puerto Rico (PR) 00910-2620


2016 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

Our 2016 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit was held on Nov. 15-16 at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Knoxville, TN.


2015 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit

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Oct. 6-8 was our . Click here to find out more and see the agenda. 


2015 Joint JST-NSF-DFG-RCN Workshop on Distributed Energy Management Systems – April  20-22

For further information, click here.


CURENT’s 2015 Strategic Planning Meeting

CURENT’s 2015 Strategic Planning Meeting was March 12-13, 2015 at Energy Systems Integration Facility in Lakewood, CO. 


Next Generation Grid Data Architecture and Control Workshop

The Next Generation Grid Data Architecture and Control Workshop was Nov. 17, 2014

Click here for additional information.


2014 Industry Conference & NSF/DOE Site Visit – May 12-16, 2014

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Click here for registration, lodging recommendations and the event agenda.


CURENT’s Year 4 Strategic Planning Meeting

Please mark your calendars for CURENT’s Year 4 Strategic Planning Meeting, which will take place in Rosemont, Illinois, immediately following the upcoming NASPI Work Group Meetings in October.

Where: Rosemont, Illinois.

When: October 24-25, 2013, immediately following the NASPI Work Group Meetings.


Second Annual Site Visit and Industry Conference

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April 16-17th, 2013

The research group and staff at CURENT recently wrapped up their second annual Site Visit and Industry Conference. The three day event overlapped two major meetings in the center, and brought together nearly 200 faculty, students, and industry representatives from across the country.

The first day offered an opportunity for CURENT to showcase its research portfolio to industry partners and companies looking for potential collaborations. Invited speakers with an expertise in power systems and power electronics presented on CURENT-related research topics, and students in the center also had an opportunity to present their ongoing projects.

The second leg of the event brought representatives from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy to campus to review the overall progress of the center. NSF and DOE personnel met with UT administrators, CURENT’s leadership team, industry members, and students in the center to discuss benchmarks and future growth.

Partner school faculty and students from Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Tuskegee University were also in attendance to highlight their related research. Students from all four universities participated in research presentations, presented posters during the lab tour segment, and got a chance to meet and network at a student awards banquet.

This year’s event was held at the Worlds Fair Park Holiday Inn, the Four Points Hotel, and the Min H. Kao Building on UT’s campus. The 2014 Site Visit and Industry Conference at CURENT will take place in Knoxville again next April. CURENT-Logo_Transparent-tiny.png

2013 Site Visit & Industry Conference List of Papers