International Electric Propulsion Conference

Last updated June 11, 2024

The International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC) in its current form is a biennial academic conference in the field of electric space propulsion and hosted by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS). It was originally organized by the American Rocket Society (ARS) and later by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as a US-American national conference and was expanded starting in 1976 to its current international character with the joining of international space engineering societies. Currently, few hundred engineers and scientists join the conference and present and discuss the latest developments and research results regarding electric propulsion.

List of electric propulsion conferences

Electric Propulsion Conferences
#	Start	End		Venue	Original name and comment
1	3 Nov 1960	4 Nov 1960	Monterey, CA		ARS Electrostatic Propulsion Conference
2	14 Mar 1962	16 Mar 1962	Berkeley, CA		ARS Electric Propulsion Conference
3	11 Mar 1963	13 Mar 1963	Colorado Springs, CO	Broadmoor Hotel	AIAA Electric Propulsion Conference
4	31 Aug 1964	2 Sep 1964	Philadelphia, PA		AIAA Fourth Electric Propulsion Conference
5	7 Mar 1966	9 Mar 1966	San Diego, CA		AIAA Fifth Electric Propulsion Conference
6	11 Sep 1967	13 Sep 1967	Colorado Springs, CO		AIAA Electric Propulsion and Plasmadynamics Conference
7	3 Mar 1969	5 Mar 1969	Williamsburg, VA		AIAA 7th Electric Propulsion Conference
8	31 Aug 1970	2 Sep 1970	Stanford, CA		AIAA 8th Electric Propulsion Conference
9	17 Apr 1972	19 Apr 1972	Bethesda, MD		AIAA 9th Electric Propulsion Conference
10	31 Oct 1973	2 Nov 1973	Lake Tahoe, NV		AIAA 10th Electric Propulsion Conference
11	19 Mar 1975	21 Mar 1975	New Orleans, LA		AIAA 11th Electric Propulsion Conference
12	14 Nov 1976	17 Nov 1976	Key Biscayne, FL		AIAA International Electric Propulsion Conference
13	25 Apr 1978	27 Apr 1978	San Diego, CA		AIAA/DGLR 13th International Electric Propulsion Conference
14	30 Oct 1979	1 Nov 1979	Princeton, NJ		Princeton/AIAA/DGLR 14th International Electric Propulsion Conference
15	21 Apr 1981	23 Apr 1981	Las Vegas, NV		AIAA/JSASS/DGLR 15th International Electric Propulsion Conference
16	17 Nov 1982	19 Nov 1982	New Orleans, LA		AIAA/JSASS/DGLR 16th International Electric Propulsion Conference
17	28 May 1984	31 May 1984	Tokyo		JSASS/AIAA/DGLR 17th International Electric Propulsion Conference
18	30 Sep 1985	2 Oct 1985	Alexandria, VA		AIAA/DGLR/JSASS 18th International Electric Propulsion Conference
19	11 May 1987	13 May 1987	Colorado Springs, CO		19th AIAA/DGLR/JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference
20	3 Oct 1988	6 Oct 1988	Garmisch-Partenkirchen		20th DGLR/AIAA/JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference
21	18 Sep 1990	20 Sep 1990	Orlando, FL		21st AIAA/DGLR/JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference
22	14 Oct 1991	17 Oct 1991	Viareggio		22nd AIDAA/AIAA/DGLR/JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference
23	13 Sep 1993	16 Sep 1993	Seattle, WA		23rd AIAA/AIDAA/DGLR/JSASS International Electric Propulsion Conference
24	19 Sep 1995	23 Sep 1995	Moscow		24th International Electric Propulsion Conference
25	24 Aug 1997	28 Aug 1997	Cleveland, OH		25th International Electric Propulsion Conference
26	17 Oct 1999	21 Oct 1999	Kitakyushu		26th International Electric Propulsion Conference
27	15 Oct 2001	19 Oct 2001	Pasadena, CA		27th International Electric Propulsion Conference
28	17 Mar 2003	21 Mar 2003	Toulouse	Pierre Baudis Congress Centre	28th International Electric Propulsion Conference
29	31 Oct 2005	4 Nov 2005	Princeton, NJ	Princeton University	29th International Electric Propulsion Conference
30	17 Sep 2007	20 Sep 2007	Florence	Villa Vittoria	30th International Electric Propulsion Conference
31	20 Sep 2009	24 Sep 2009	Ann Arbor, MI	University of Michigan	31st International Electric Propulsion Conference
32	11 Sep 2011	15 Sep 2011	Wiesbaden	Kurhaus	32nd International Electric Propulsion Conference
33	7 Oct 2013	10 Oct 2013	Washington, DC	George Washington University	33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference
34	7 Jul 2015	10 Jul 2015	Kobe	Kobe International Conference Center	34th International Electric Propulsion Conference
35	8 Oct 2017	12 Oct 2017	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center	35th International Electric Propulsion Conference
36	15 Sep 2019	20 Sep 2019	Vienna	Universität Wien	36th International Electric Propulsion Conference
37	2022		Cambridge, MA		37th International Electric Propulsion Conference
38	23 Jun 2024	28 Jun 2024	Toulouse	IEPC 2024	38th International Electric Propulsion Conference
39	2025		London	Imperial College London	39th International Electric Propulsion Conference
40	2027		Los Angeles		40th International Electric Propulsion Conference

Proceedings of the recent conferences are available on the website of the ERPS: IEPC archive.

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