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February 21, 1951
First meeting of the IRE Industrial Electronics Group
May 8, 1951
Name change to IRE Professional Group on Industrial Electronics (PG-IE)
Year 1951
Published the first volume of the Transactions on Professional Group on Industrial Electronics
August 21, 1963
IRE merged with AIEE and become IEEE. The PG-IE approved the merger of IRE's PG-IE and AIEE's group on control instrumentation (GCI)
August 22, 1963
The merger of the PG-IE and the GCI into Professional Group on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation (PG-IECI) was approved by the IEEE Executive Committee
October 14, 1964
Name change to Group on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation (PG-IECI)
Year 1975
First IECON was held in Philadelphia. Until then there had been only a sponsored session at the Industry Aplications Society Conference
March 20, 1978
Name change to Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation Society (IECIS)
June, 1982
Name change to Industrial Electronics Society
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