The conference is designed for manufacturers of fuel cells and fuel cell components, utility staff and decision makers, the fuel cell research community, the business and investment community, educators and students with the goals to (1) exchange information, experiences, and insights from research to application, (2) provide a forum for discussion on advances, (3) identify barriers to accelerate the technology development, and (4) further stimulate research activity in this emerging field of fuel cell systems and components for stationary, mobile and portable power generation applications.