Electron tubes provide subject for first of AIEE conferences

More than 280 people attended the AIEE conference on electron tubes for instrumentation and industrial use, which was held at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, in Philadelphia, Pa., March 29–30, 1948. This was the first of a new type of national meeting — the AIEE conference — designed specifically to meet the needs of certain technical committees who wish to attract the attention of as many engineers in a certain field as possible on some of their definite projects (EE, Feb ´48, p 189).