International Electric Propulsion Conference
The International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC) is a biennial scientific conference in the field of electric space propulsion . It was originally organized by the American Rocket Society (ARS) and later by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as an American conference with international participation. Since 1976 it has been called "international", and in 1984 it was held outside the USA for the first time. Currently, every second IEPC is held in the US and every second outside of the US. The organizer is the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS), whose members vote four years in advance on the venue. The number of participants at the IEPC is usually a few hundred. The subject of the conference is both technical developments and the economic environment of electric space propulsion.
List of IEPC and its predecessor conferences
| No. | Beginning | The End | Conference location | Conference venue | Name of the conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 3, 1960 | Nov 4, 1960 |
 United States
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Monterey , CA | ARS Electrostatic Propulsion Conference | |
| 2 | March 14, 1962 | March 16, 1962 |
United States
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Berkeley , CA | ARS Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 3 | March 11, 1963 | March 13, 1963 |
United States
|
Colorado Springs , CO | Broadmoor Hotel | AIAA Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 4th | Aug 31, 1964 | Sep 2 1964 |
United States
|
Philadelphia , PA | AIAA Fourth Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 5 | March 7, 1966 | March 9, 1966 |
United States
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San Diego , CA | AIAA Fifth Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 6th | Sep 11 1967 | 13 Sep 1967 |
United States
|
Colorado Springs , CO | AIAA Electric Propulsion and Plasmadynamics Conference | |
| 7th | March 3, 1969 | March 5th 1969 |
United States
|
Williamsburg , VA | AIAA 7th Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 8th | Aug 31, 1970 | Sep 2 1970 |
United States
|
Stanford , CA | AIAA 8th Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 9 | Apr 17, 1972 | Apr 19, 1972 |
United States
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Bethesda , MD | AIAA 9th Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 10 | Oct 31, 1973 | Nov 2, 1973 |
United States
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Lake Tahoe , NV | AIAA 10th Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 11 | March 19, 1975 | March 21, 1975 |
United States
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New Orleans , LA | AIAA 11th Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 12 | Nov 14, 1976 | Nov 17, 1976 |
United States
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Key Biscayne , FL | AIAA International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 13 | Apr 25, 1976 | Apr 27, 1976 |
United States
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San Diego , CA | AIAA / DGLR 13th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 14th | Oct. 30, 1979 | Nov 1, 1979 |
United States
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Princeton , NJ | Princeton / AIAA / DGLR 14th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 15th | Apr 21, 1981 | Apr 23, 1981 |
United States
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Las Vegas , NV | AIAA / JSASS / DGLR 15th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 16 | Nov. 17, 1982 | Nov 19, 1982 |
United States
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New Orleans , LA | AIAA / JSASS / DGLR 16th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 17th | May 28, 1984 | May 31, 1984 |
 Japan
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Tokyo | JSASS / AIAA / DGLR 17th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 18th | Sep 30 1985 | Oct 2, 1985 |
United States
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Alexandria , VA | AIAA / DGLR / JSASS 18th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 19th | May 11, 1987 | May 13, 1987 |
United States
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Colorado Springs , CO | 19th AIAA / DGLR / JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 20th | Oct 3, 1988 | Oct 6, 1988 |
 Germany
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 20th DGLR / AIAA / JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 21st | Sep 18 1990 | Sep 20 1990 |
United States
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Orlando , FL | 21st AIAA / DGLR / JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 22nd | Oct 14, 1991 | Oct 17, 1991 |
 Italy
|
Viareggio | 22nd AIDAA / AIAA / DGLR / JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 23 | 13 Sep 1993 | 16 Sep 1993 |
United States
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Seattle , WA | 23rd AIAA / AIDAA / DGLR / JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 24 | 19 Sep 1995 | 23 Sep 1995 |
 Russia
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Moscow | 24th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 25th | Aug 24, 1997 | Aug 28, 1997 |
United States
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Cleveland , OH | 25th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 26th | Oct 17, 1999 | Oct 21, 1999 |
Japan
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Kitakyushu | 26th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 27 | Oct 15, 2001 | Oct 19, 2001 |
United States
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Pasadena , CA | 27th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 28 | March 17, 2003 | March 21, 2003 |
 France
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Toulouse | Pierre Baudis Congress Center | 28th International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 29 | Oct 31, 2005 | Nov 4, 2005 |
United States
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Princeton , NJ | Princeton University | 29th International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 30th | 17 Sep 2007 | Sep 20 2007 |
Italy
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Florence | Villa Vittoria | 30th International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 31 | Sep 20 2009 | Sep 24 2009 |
United States
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Ann Arbor , MA | University of Michigan | 31st International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 32 | Sep 11 2011 | Sep 15 2011 |
Germany
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Wiesbaden | Kurhaus | 32nd International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 33 | Oct 7, 2013 | Oct 10, 2013 |
United States
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Washington , DC | George Washington University | 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 34 | July 7, 2015 | July 10, 2015 |
Japan
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Kobe | Kobe International Conference Center | 34th International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 35 | Oct 8, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 |
United States
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Atlanta , GA | Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center | 35th International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 36 | Sep 15 2019 | Sep 20 2019 |
 Austria
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Vienna | University of Vienna | 36th International Electric Propulsion Conference |
| 37 | June 20, 2021 | June 24, 2021 |
United States
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Cambridge , MA | 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference | |
| 38 | 2023 |
 People's Republic of China or France
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Beijing or Toulouse | 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference | ||