Vacuum Electronics Conferences 1955 -1995
IEEE EDS International Electron Device Conference
- An annual, prestigious, highly selective international conference hosted papers on vacuum electronics from 1955 to 1995
Microwave Power Tube Conference (Monterey Conference)
- A biennial, classified, US-only conference launched in 1974 was sponsored by the DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED)
Tri-Service Cathode Workshop
- A biennial workshop started in 1978, with military services as rotating hosts, sponsored by DoD AGED
International Vacuum Microelectronics Conference
- An international conference Initiated in 1988 by Henry Gray and Capp Spindt, with IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) sponsorship
- Primarily focused on field-emission devices and applications
European Space Agency (ESA) Space TWT Workshop
- An international, triennial workshop founded in 1989 that was sponsored by the ESA European Space Research and Technology Centre
IEEE Plasma Science Society International Conference on Plasma Science
- Vacuum electronics was a subset of this annual, international conference, which began in 1973
The 1990s Bring Changes
- NASA added to the host rotation for Cathode Workshop in 1990
- NASA replaced the Air Force as sponsor in 1994
- NASA tasked by AGED to terminate Cathode Workshop and turn it into an IEEE conference
- IVESC initiated in 1996 sponsored by IEEE EDS
The International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 1997-present
- Technical Committee was given oversight of technical conferences
- First IVEC conference held in Monterey in 2000
- IVEC meets biennially in the US and has alternated between Europe and Asia every fourth year
IVEC Locations 2000-2020
YEAR |
LOCATION |
General Chair |
Technical Program Chair |
2000 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. James A. Dayton Jr., Hughes Electron Dynamics |
Dr. Richard True, Litton |
2001 |
Noordwijk, The Netherlands |
Dr. Marco Guglielmi |
Dr. James A. Dayton Jr., Hughes Electron Dynamics |
2002 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. Richard True, Litton |
Dr. Dan M. Goebel, Jet Propulsion Lab. |
2003 |
Seoul, South Korea |
Dr. Gun-Sik Park, Seoul National Univ. |
Dr. Myeun Kwon, Korea Basic Science Inst. |
2004 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. Dan M. Goebel, Jet Propulsion Lab. |
Dr. Carol L. Kory, Calabazas Creek Research/Analex Corporation/NASA GRC |
2005 |
Noordwijk, The Netherlands |
Dr. Pierre Waller |
- |
2006 |
Monterey, USA |
Mr. Bob Fickett, CPI |
Dr. Baruch Levush, Naval Research Lab. |
2007 |
Kitakyushu, Japan |
Dr. Takao Kageyama, FAIS |
Co-chairs: Dr. Yaogen Ding, CAS |
2008 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. Baruch Levush, Naval Research Lab. |
Dr. Carol L. Kory, Calabazas Creek Research/Teraphysics Corp. |
2009 |
Rome, Italy |
Dr. Marinella Aloisio, ESA |
Dr. Claudio Paoloni, Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata |
2010 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. Carol L. Kory, Teraphysics Corp. |
Dr. William L. Menninger, L3 |
2011 |
Bangalore, India |
Co-chairs: Dr. Lalit Kumar, MTRDC |
Co-chairs: Dr. K.S. Bhat, MTRDC |
2012 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. William L. Menninger, L3 |
Dr. David K. Abe, Naval Research Lab. |
2013 |
Paris, France |
Dr. Marinella Aloisio, ESA |
Dr. Philippe Thouvenin, TED |
2014 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. David K. Abe, Naval Research Lab. |
Dr. David Whaley, L3 |
2015 |
Beijing, China |
Dr. Tiechang Yan, BVERI |
Dr. Jinjun Feng, BVERI |
2016 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. David Whaley, L3 |
Dr. Monica Blank, CPI |
2017 |
London, UK |
Dr. Natanael Ayllon, ESA |
Dr. Claudio Paoloni, Lancaster Univ. |
2018 |
Monterey, USA |
Dr. Monica Blank, CPI |
Dr. Jagadishwar R. Sirigiri, Bridge12 Tech. |
2019 |
Busan, South Korea |
Prof. Gun-Sik Park, Seoul National Univ. |
Prof. Jin Joo Choi, Kwangwoon Univ. |
2020 |
Virtual |
Dr. Jagadishwar R. Sirigiri, Bridge12 Tech. |
Dr. Jack Tucek, Northrop Grumman |
2021 |
Virtual |
Co-chairs: Dr. Natanael Ayllion, ESA |
Co-chair: Prof. John Jelonnek, KIT |
2022 |
Monterey, USA |
Chair: Dr. Jack Tucek, Northrop Grumman Corporation |
Co-chair: Dr. Max Mankin, Modern Electron Corporation |
2023 |
Chengdu, China |
General chair: Yubin Gong, UESTC |
Technical program chair: Yaxin Zhang, UESTC |
2024 |
Monterey, CA |
General chair: Max Mankin |
Technical program chair: Rich Kowalczyk |
Compiled by Dr. James A. Dayton, Jr., the founder of IVEC