Conference history

The IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference is the merger of two conferences; the International Power Modulator Symposium and the High Voltage Workshop. The first joint meeting of 25th International Power Modulator Symposium and the 19th High Voltage Workshop was held in 2002. The 2004 conference was run under the name of IEEE Power Modulator Conference, and its conference proceedings were entitled the 26th International Power Modulator Symposium and the 2004 High Voltage Workshop. Until this time, the conference was only technically sponsored by IEEE, in which Power Modulator Symposium by IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) and High Voltage Workshop by Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS). The combined conference held in 2006 was the 1st conference that had the full financial sponsorship of IEEE, through IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, and added the technical Co-Sponsorship of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society (NPSS) in its sponsorship list of IEEE societies, making it reach many interdisciplinary researchers, scientists and practicing engineers. A list is provided giving the dates, locations, and Conference Chairs of the predecessor conferences.