Global Communications Conference

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The Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) is an annual international academic conference organised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Communications Society. The first GLOBECOM was organised by the Communications Society's predecessor in 1957, with the full name of "National Symposium on Global Communications".[1] The seventh GLOBECOM, in 1965 was called the "IEEE Communications Convention" and after that the conference was renamed as the International Conference on Communications (ICC) and GLOBECOM was no longer organised.[2][3]

By 1982, the need for a second annual international conference on communications was apparent, and so the IEEE National Telecommunications Conference was re-organised to be international in scope, and renamed to the "Global Communications Conference", resurrecting the GLOBECOM acronym. GLOBECOM has been held annually since.[3]

Recent GLOBECOMs have been attended by about 1,500 people. IEE has more than 400,000 members in 150 countries.[4][5]


Past and Upcoming Conferences edit

History of the GLOBECOM conference
Year City Country (Region) Date
2024 Cape Town South Africa 8-12 December
2023 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 4-8 December
2022 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 4-8 December
2021 Madrid Spain 7-11 December
2020 Taipei Taiwan 7-11 December
2019 Waikoloa, Hawaii United States of America 9-13 December
2018 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 9-13 December
2017 Singapore Singapore 4-8 December
2016 Washington D.C. United States of America 4-8 December
2015 San Diego United States of America 6-10 December
2014 Austin United States of America 8-12 December
2013 Atlanta United States of America 9-13 December
2012 Anaheim United States of America 3-7 December
2011 Houston United States of America 5-9 December
2010 Miami United States of America 6-10 December
2009 Honolulu United States of America 30 November - 4 December
2008 New Orleans United States of America 30 November - 4 December
2007 Washington, D.C. United States of America 26-30 November
2006 San Francisco United States of America 27 November - 1 December
2005 St. Louis United States of America 28 November - 2 December
2004 Dallas United States of America 29 November - 3 December
2003 San Francisco United States of America 1-5 December
2002 Taipei Taiwan 17-21 November
2001 San Antonio United States of America 25-29 November
2000 San Francisco United States of America 27 November - 1 December
1999 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 5-9 December
1998 Sydney Australia 8-12 November
1997 Phoenix, Arizona United States of America 3-8 November
1996 London United Kingdom 18-22 November
1995 Singapore Singapore 14-16 November
1994 San Francisco United States of America 28 November - 2 December
1993 Houston United States of America 29 November - 2 December
1992 Orlando, Florida United States of America 6-9 December
1991 Phoenix, Arizona United States of America 2-5 November
1990 San Diego United States of America 2-5 December
1989 Dallas United States of America 27-30 November
1988 Hollywood, Florida United States of America 28 November - 1 December
1987 Tokyo Japan 15-18 November
1986 Houston United States of America 2-4 December
1985 New Orleans United States of America 2-5 December
1984 Atlanta United States of America 26-29 November
1983 San Diego United States of America 28 November - 1 December
1982 Miami United States of America 29 November - 2 December

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "IEEE Communications Society History, 1952-1964". IEEE Communications Society. Retrieved 2006-03-25.
  2. ^ "IEEE Communications Society History, 1964-1972". IEEE Communications Society. Retrieved 2006-03-25.
  3. ^ a b "History of the IEEE Communications Society". IEEE Communications Society. Archived from the original on March 12, 2005. Retrieved 2006-03-25.
  4. ^ "GLOBECOM 2004 details". IEEE. Retrieved 2006-03-25.
  5. ^ "GLOBECOM 2005 details". IEEE. Retrieved 2006-03-25.