International Conference on Communications explained

The International Conference on Communications (ICC) is an annual international academic conference organised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Communications Society. The conference grew out of the Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) when, in 1965, the seventh GLOBECOM was sponsored by the Communications Society's predecessor as the "IEEE Communications Convention". The following year it adopted its current name and GLOBECOM was disbanded (it has since been revived).^[1] The conference was held in the United States until 1984 when it was held in Amsterdam; it has since been held in several other countries.^[2]

Some major telecommunications discoveries have been announced at ICC, such as the invention of turbo codes.^[3] In fact, this ground breaking paper had been submitted to ICC the previous year, but was rejected by the referees who thought the results too good to be true.^[4]

Recent ICCs have been attended by 2500–3000 people.^[5] ^[6]

Conferences

History of the ICC conference
Year	City	Country	Date
2027		United States	30 May–3 June
2026		United Kingdom	24-28 May
2025		Canada	7-13 June
2024		United States	9-13 June
2023		Italy	28 May-1 June
2022		South Korea	16–20 May
2021		Canada	14–18 June
2020		Ireland	7–11 June
2019		China	20–24 May
2018		United States	20–24 May
2017		France	21–25 May
2016		Malaysia	23–27 May
2015		United Kingdom	8–12 June
2014		Australia	10–14 June
2013		Hungary	9–13 June
2012		Canada	10–15 June
2011		Japan	5–9 June
2010		South Africa	23–27 May
2009		Germany	14–18 June
2008		China	19–23 May
2007		United Kingdom	24–28 June
2006		Turkey	11–15 June
2005		Korea	16–20 May
2004		France	20–24 June
2003		United States	11–15 May
2002		United States	28 April - 2 May
2001		Finland	11–14 June
2000		United States	18–22 June
1999		Canada	6–10 June
1998		United States	7–11 June
1997		Canada	8–12 June
1996		United States	23–27 June
1995		United States	18–22 June
1994		United States	1–5 May
1993		Switzerland	23–26 May
1992		United States	14–18 June
1991		United States	23–26 June
1990		United States	16-19 April
1989		United States	11-14 June
1988		United States	12-15 June
1987		United States	7-10 June
1986		Canada	22-25 June
1985		United States	23–26 June
1984		The Netherlands	14-17 May

Notes and References

Web site: IEEE Communications Society — History . IEEE Communications Society . 2006-03-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050312124208/http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/documents/chapmanual/cm_1_2.html . March 12, 2005 .
Web site: ICC. IEEE Communications Society. 2006-03-22.
Near Shannon limit error-correcting coding: turbo codes. Berrou, C. . Glavieux, A. . Thitimajshima, P. . Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications. May 1993. 1064–1070. 2. 10.1109/ICC.1993.397441. 0-7803-0950-2.
Turbo-codes: the ultimate error control codes? (In particular, Section 2, pg. 156). Alister Burr. Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal. August 2001. 13. 4. 155–165. 0954-0695. 10.1049/ecej:20010402.
Web site: ICC 2004 details. IEEE. 2006-03-22.
Web site: ICC 2005 details. https://web.archive.org/web/20050309053525/http://webapps1.ieee.org/conferenceSearch/details.do?tagNo=9490. dead. March 9, 2005. IEEE. 2006-03-22.