The IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) was first held in 1959. Organized by the IEEE EMC Society, it has been held annually since then at various locations worldwide as you can see below.
Next year, in 2022, we will celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the Symposium in beautiful Spokane, Washington! Special events will be held to commemorate this important milestone. Join us!
1st 25 YEARS |
| YEARS | DATES | LOCATION | CHAIRMAN |
| 1959 | June 15-16 | New York, NY | Samuel J. Burruano |
| 1960 | June 13-14 | Washington, DC | James S. Hill |
| 1961 | June 12-13 | Washington, DC | Donald R. J. White |
| 1962 | June 28-29 | San Francisco, CA | P. F. Spencer |
| 1963 | June 4-5 | Philadelphia, PA | C. J. Fowler |
| 1964 | June 9-11 | Los Angeles, CA | Richard R. Stoddart |
| 1965 | June 28-30 | New York, NY | Milton Kant |
| 1966 | July 11-13 | San Francisco, CA | G. Ottinger, Richard B. Schulz |
| 1967 | July 18-20 | Washington, DC | R. L. Clark |
| 1968 | July 23-25 | Seattle, WA | Richard B. Schulz, George R. Ufen |
| 1969 | June 17-19 | Asbury Park, NJ | John J. O’Neil |
| 1970 | July 14-16 | Anaheim, CA | George R. Ufen |
| 1971 | July 13-15 | Philadelphia, PA | Robert D. Goldblum |
| 1972 | July 18-20 | Arlington Heights, IL | Howard L. Wolfman |
| 1973 | June 20-22 | New York, NY | S. Perry |
| 1974 | July 16-18 | San Francisco, CA | V. Siegfried |
| 1975 | October 7-9 | San Antonio, TX | W. E. (Gene) Cory |
| 1976 | July 13-15 | Washington, DC | W. C. Green |
| 1977 | August 2-4 | Seattle, WA | B. L. (Len) Carlson |
| 1978 | June 20-22 | Atlanta, GA | James C. Toler |
| 1979 | October 9-11 | San Diego, CA | Fred J. Nichols |
| 1980 | October 7-9 | Baltimore, MD | Andrew Farrar |
| 1981 | August 18-20 | Boulder, CO | H. E. (Bud) Taggart |
| 1982 | September 8-10 | Santa Clara, CA | A. Nalbandian |
| 1983 | August 23-25 | Washington, DC | A. H. Sullivan, Jr. |
2nd 25 YEARS |
| YEARS | DATES | LOCATION | CHAIRMAN |
| 1984* | April 24-26 | San Antonio, TX | Melvin Johnson |
| 1984 | October 16-18 | Tokyo, Japan | Prof. Risaburo Sato |
| 1985 | August 20-22 | Wakefield, MA | Chester L. Smith |
| 1986 | September 16-18 | San Diego, CA | Herbert K. Mertel |
| 1987 | August 24-27 | Atlanta, GA | Hugh W. Denny |
| 1988 | August 2-4 | Seattle, WA | Donald A. Weber |
| 1989 | May 23-25 | Denver, CO | John Adams |
| 1990 | August 21-23 | Washington, DC | Thomas Doeppner |
| 1991 | August 12-16 | Cherry Hill, NJ | Donald N. Heirman |
| 1992 | August 17-21 | Anaheim, CA | Terry Cantine |
| 1993 | August 9-13 | Dallas, TX | Edward Vance |
| 1994 | August 22-26 | Chicago, IL | H.R. (Bob) Hofmann |
| 1995 | August 14-18 | Atlanta, GA | John Rohrbaugh |
| 1996 | August 19-23 | Santa Clara, CA | David Hanttula |
| 1997 | August 18-22 | Austin, TX | John D.M. Osburn |
| 1998 | August 24-28 | Denver, CO | R. Barry Wallen |
| 1999 | August 2-6 | Seattle, WA | Bill Gjertson |
| 2000 | August 21-25 | Washington, DC | Bill Duff |
| 2001 | August 13-17 | Montreal, Canada | Benoit Nadeau |
| 2002 | August 19-23 | Minneapolis, MN | Daniel D. Hoolihan |
| 2003 | May 11-16 | Istanbul, Turkey | Elya B. Joffe |
| 2003* | August 18-22 | Boston, MA | Jon Curtis |
| 2004 | August 9-13 | Santa Clara, CA | John B. Howard |
| 2005 | August 8-12 | Chicago, IL | Thomas Braxton |
| 2006 | August 14-18 | Portland, OR | Henry Benitez |
| 2007 | July 9-13 | Honolulu, HI | Janet O’Neil |
| 2008 | August 18-22 | Detroit, MI | Kimball Williams |
3rd 25 YEARS |
| YEARS | DATES | LOCATION | CHAIRMAN |
| 2009 | August 17-21 | Austin, TX | Dave Staggs |
| 2010 | July 26-30 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Fred Heather |
| 2011 | August 14-19 | Long Beach, CA | Ray Adams |
| 2012 | August 5-10 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mike Oliver |
| 2013 | August 5-9 | Denver, CO | Danny Odum |
| 2014 | August 4 - 8 | Raleigh, NC | Bruce Archambeault |
| 2015* | March 15-20 | Santa Clara, CA | Caroline Chan |
| 2015 | August 16-22 | Dresden, Germany | Hans Krauthauser |
| 2016 | July 25-29 | Ottawa, Canada | Kris Hatashita |
| 2017 | May 14-17 | Singapore | Er Ping Lei |
| 2017* | August 7-11 | Washington, D.C. | Mike Violette |
| 2018 | July 30-August 3 | Long Beach, CA | Ray Adams |
| 2019 | July 22-26 | New Orleans, LA | Dennis Lewis |
| 2020 | July 27-31 | Virtual | Darryl Ray, Alistair Duffy |
| 2021 | July 26 - August 20 | Virtual | Alistair Duffy, Bruce Archambeault |
