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.

Conference Tracks
Chair
Vehicular Electric Power Systems and Loads Abul Masrur
Vehicular Power Electronics and Motor Drives Taehyung Kim
Advanced Vehicles Fang Z. Peng
Energy Storage Components/Systems Sonya Gargies
Modeling, Simulation, Dynamics, and Control David Gao
Special Sessions (Proposals are accepted) Fang Z. Peng

Important Dates
Abstract and digest (optional full paper): March 1, 2009
Notification of acceptance: May 1 , 2009
Camera ready copy due: July 1, 2009
Author Registration: July 15, 2009

Submission Guidelines of Regular Papers
Prospective authors are asked to submit their paper through the conference website (http://www.vppc09.org/). Papers should make a timely contribution to state-of-the-art technology, be of high technical and editorial quality, and be devoid of commercialism. Each paper proposal must include: technical track number and name, paper title, name(s) of author(s), business affiliation(s), mailing address(es), phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address(es) and corresponding author.

An abstract of 50-100 words and a digest of 3-5 pages (including figures and tables) stating the objective of the paper, outlining the problem requiring solution or the method of approach to research, being explicit with respect to the type of data to be included in the full paper, and summarizing the conclusions being made. Author may optionally choose to submit a full paper for review.

Technical Forum
Authors who would like to present their work but do not wish to contribute a regular paper may select to do so. The abstract deadline is the same as the regular paper (50-100 words). Authors must indicate so during the process of submission of their abstracts.

Research still in early stages and doctoral research proposals can choose to submit their work to this technical forum. A regular paper is not required.

Tutorials
Proposals for tutorials must be submitted directly to the Workshop Chair no later than April 15, 2009. The workshops and tutorial will be open to all conference registrants (including students) free of charge. Please email to kravi@kettering.edu.

Exhibition and Ride-n-Drive
An exhibition and ride-n-drive will be featured at the conference. Companies wish to display their products and sponsor the conference should contact the sponsorship/exhibition chair. Please contact Bob Mitchell of Kettering University for ride-n-drive opportunities (bmitchel@kettering.edu).

International Program Committee/ VPPC Steering Committee
For more information, please see conference web site:

www.vppc09.org