The IEEE HISTELCON (HISTory of ELectrotechnology CONference) is a flagship biennial-conference of the IEEE Region 8, this time the IEEE Japan Council History Committee will host HISTELCON 2017, the 5th in its series (after HISTELCON 2008 in Paris, HISTELCON 2010 in Madrid, HISTELCON 2012 in Pavia, and HISTELCON 2015 in Tel Aviv), which will be held on August 7-8, 2017, at the Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, in Kobe, Japan, and cosponsored by all of nine IEEE Sections in Japan and technically cosponsored by the IEEE Region 8.

The main objective of HISTELCON 2017 is to increase the understanding of the origins as well as the early developments of high-tech within IEEE’s areas of interest. HISTELCON 2017 welcomes all papers on the history of high-tech in electrical engineering and computing, featuring the historic expertise of any scientific and technological achievement, which has already been approved as an IEEE Milestone or may be a possible candidate for the IEEE Milestone.

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2017; Early Registration: 7 May 2017.

More Information at: http://www.ieee-jp.org/section/kansai/histelcon2017/