IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2018

GAYLORD NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD

Autotestcon is sponsored annually by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and its associated Societies, the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society and Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

Conference and Venue

AUTOTESTCON is the world’s premier conference that brings together the military/aerospace automatic test industry and government/military acquirers and users to share new technologies, discuss innovative applications, and exhibit products and services.

AUTOTESTCON will be held at the Gaylord Convention Center Hotel in National Harbor, MD, USA, on September 17-20, 2018.

Technical Program

The technical program for AUTOTESTCON 2018 will be determined by the interests of those participants submitting for publication, presenting a technical paper or organizing a technical session. Plenaries, papers and sessions will be presented over three busy days and will cover appropriate topics dealing with system readiness, automatic test technology and cybersecurity, and other relevant topics.

We will have three plenary sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  The Tuesday session will include Kenneth D. Watson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy and Programs and an update from the major services on ATE trends. Wednesday’s subject will be Trends in ATE and Thursday’s will be the increasingly important Cybersecurity in the ATE environment.  During the Technical Session periods, over 70 papers will cover a broad spectrum of technical topics..

Exhibits

The Exhibit Hall currently has 111 booths representing 46 companies and the US Air Force, US Army, Marine Corp., and the US Navy.

The hall has room for additional exhibitors, and multiple booths can be accommodated.  Contact jeffreylrubin@gmail.com for booth information.

Activities

Our conference begins on Monday evening September 17 with a Wine and Cheese Networking event hosted by Teradyne Corporation, and a Monday night football Extravaganza hosted by Astronics Test Systems. 

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning will focus on Technical Sessions, with extensive time for interaction in the Exhibit Hall.  Tuesday lunch will be in the Exhibit Hall, as will all coffee breaks.  Wednesday will include our Awards Luncheon and will culminate with an evening reception in the Exhibit Hall.

Reservations

Registration for the conference will commence in early May, please register as soon as you can commit and know that our committee looks forward to a successful conference in a terrific location.  Additional Information can be found at autotestcon.com.