The Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) is an annual international academic conference

Academic conference

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 organised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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' Communications Society

IEEE Communications Society

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. The first GLOBECOM was organised by the Communications Society's predecessor in 1957, with the full name of "National Symposium on Global Communications". The seventh GLOBECOM, in 1965 was called the "IEEE Communications Convention" and after that the conference was renamed as the International Conference on Communications

International Conference on Communications

The International Conference on Communications is an annual international academic conference organised by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Communications Society...

 (ICC) and GLOBECOM was no longer organised.

By 1982, the need for a second annual international conference on communications was apparent, and so the IEEE National Telecommunications Conference was re-organised to be international in scope, and renamed to the "Global Communications Conference", resurrecting the GLOBECOM acronym. GLOBECOM has been held annually since.

Recent GLOBECOMs have been attended by about 1,500 people.

History of the Conference

History of the GLOBECOM conference
Year	|Country	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....	United States of America	26-30 November
2006	San Francisco	United States of America	27 November - 1 December
2005	St. Louis	United States of America	28 November - 2 December
2004	Dallas	United States of America	29 November - 3 December
2003	San Francisco	United States of America	1-5 December
2002	Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...	Taiwan	17-21 November
2001	San Antonio	United States of America	25-29 November
2000	San Francisco	United States of America	27 November - 1 December
1999	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	Brazil	5-9 December
1998	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Australia	8-12 November
1997	Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...	United States of America	3-8 November
1996	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	United Kingdom	18-22 November
1995	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Singapore	14-16 November
1994	San Francisco	United States of America	28 November - 2 December
1993	Houston	United States of America	29 November - 2 December
1992	Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...	United States of America	6-9 December
1991	Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...	United States of America	2-5 November
1990	San Diego	United States of America	2-5 December
1989	Dallas	United States of America	27-30 November
1988	Hollywood, Florida Hollywood, Florida -Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...	United States of America	28 November - 1 December
1987	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	Japan	15-18 November
1986	Houston	United States of America	2-4 December
1985	New Orleans	United States of America	2-5 December
1984	Atlanta	United States of America	26-29 November
1983	San Diego	United States of America	28 November - 1 December
1982	Miami	United States of America	29 November - 2 December