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Milestones and Objectives: Past, Present and Future!

 

Current: 

 

  1. IEEE Technical Small Project Proposal on Wireless Power Transfer : Proposal submitted to IEEE/TAB Future Directions Committee on April 2019.

  2. 1st Wireless Power Week (WPW), Montreal: Bringing together three major wireless power events: IEEE MTT-S Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power (WoW) and the Wireless Power Congress of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), June 2018

  3. 2nd Wireless Power Week (WPW), London :Bringing together the two major wireless power events: IEEE MTT-S Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC) and IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power (WoW), June 2019 (https://www.wpw2019.org/). 1st Wireless Power Transfer School: Organized during WPW in London

  4. 3rd Wireless Power Week (WPW), 2nd Wireless Power Transfer School and Virtual Air-Fuel Alliance (AFA) Forum, Seoul: November 2020 (http://wpw2020.org/).

 

 Next:

 

  1. Topical Workshops: Promote several topical workshops co-located with other IEEE society flagship conferences.

  2. Memorandum of Understanding for Wireless Power Week (WPW) event: In preparation.

  3. Co-operation beyond IEEE: Explore and initiate collaboration with non-IEEE academic and industrial entities.

  4. Young Researchers: Promote WPT initiatives among young researchers and scientific communities around the world. Engage Young Professionals in this topic and discussions.

 

Future:

 

  1. Database of WPT activities worldwide: Compile activities supported by different IEEE societies as well as other international and local organizations.

  2. General Public: Promote WPT awareness with the general public.

  3. Educational services: Develop a graduate student short course on WPT, allowing students to obtain credits towards their University degrees.

 

Wireless Power Transfer Economics:

The commercialization of wireless power transfer solutions is an increasing reality, with market analysis already available. Reports and relevant blog entries can be found here.