Conferences and Meetings
CURENT hosts a variety of meetings annually to connect research with industry collaborators.
Click here to go to the Industry Seminar page.
Click here to go to the CURENT 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. Visit the event page.
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 (website)
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. Visit the event page.
2015 Industry Conference and NSF/DOE Site Visit
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.
For further information, click here.
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
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
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. 
