A Historical View of meetings held by other than the Section and its Chapters, since about 1975.

FWCS, the Florida West Coast Section (Tampa Bay) has been host to many IEEE meetings over the years. The Board of Directors met here in the fall of 1989 at Innisbrook, in Tarpon Springs and its Major Organizational Units met at the Hyatt Westshore November 15-18, 2000. Different committees of the board such as IB&SC have met here at least 3 times, as has the Admissions and Advancement Committee. IEEE USA and its predecessor USAB have met here as OpCom and various committees over the years. The IEEE USA PACE conference was held here Labor Day weekend at the Vinoy in 1997.

The Region 3 Conference, "SoutheastCon," a major event of Students, Professionals and the Region Committee, met here in 1987 and 1996. The IEEE Florida Council has met here many times.

The PES Winter Meeting was held in Tampa January and February 1998 with the Hyatt Westshore as Headquarters. Prior to that the PES ExCom met in St. Pete Beach at the Don Cesar. The PES Insulated Conductors Committee has met at the Don Cesar 21 times starting in 1978 through 2000 and will be back in 2002. The Substations Committee met in Tampa in 2001.

In 1984 The Vehicular Technology Society Annual Meeting was held in Tampa, organized by Dr. Alan Gondeck. The Instrumentation and Measurement Society held its annual Conference here in March of 1985. The President Elect of the Institute, Bruno Weinschel was present at that meeting, as was your historian, then the Division II Director. Our Dr. Robert Ashley served as chairman of the steering committee and helped run that meeting. Dr. Ashley also succeeded in bringing the 1985 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing to Tampa and served as local arrangements chairman.

The Industry Applications Society, IAS, Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Department, I&CPS, met in St. Petersburg at the Hilton in 1993. It returned for a second conference in Clearwater Beach at the Sheraton Sand Key in 2000. I&CPS will be returning to Clearwater Beach for its 2004 meeting. The IAS Cement Industry Committee held a very successful meeting at Innisbrook in May, 1990. The Conference Secretary was our Bob Harwell.

Other societies have held meetings here. The National Safety Council Committee, Z244, on Lockout/Tagout of Energy Sources has held many meetings in Tampa Bay starting in 1974 continuing through 2000.

Looking ahead, Southcon™ a Major Conference and Exposition, half owned by IEEE, was held in Tampa in the Spring of 2003. The IEEE Sections Congress will meet here in October 2005 and the IEEE, Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting will be here in October 2006, both at the Tampa Marriott Waterside. A major Computer Society meeting will be held in Tampa in November 2006.

We know that there have been IEEE meetings held here by some of the IEEE Societies that we have been unaware of. If you know of any please contact James Beall, Section Historian