The IEEE Holm Operating Committee is pleased to announce that the 68th Holm Conference will be held on-site at the Hyatt Olive 8 in Seattle, WA, USA between Oct 8th-11th. The Intensive Course on Electrical Contacts will also be held in the same location from October 4-7, 2023.

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of United States. It is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

The Holm conference provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments in the field of electric contacts and the application of recent advances in materials and processes in electric, electronic and telecommunication equipment. Attendees to the conference include leading researchers from academia, government and industry.

Practicing designers, engineers, physicists and research scientists – those new to the field and those experienced will find this conference very beneficial for learning as well as providing opportunities for international networking. The international contributors come from universities and industries in USA, Austria, Canada, Japan, China, France, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom and other countries. These papers provide the attendees with up-to-date information on a wide range of subjects that makes this conference so attractive to the practicing engineer.