The Industry Forum started in 2008 as a separate event and since then has be co-located as part of the IEEE Industry Electronics Society key conferences. Starting in 2010 the Forum also hosted exhibits from vendors with a small conference sponsorship. This turned out to benefit both the industry partners and the conference as well and will be continued in future Industry Forums.

As Noted, the Industry Forum started in 2008 with separate event followed in subsequent years with sessions integrated into the primary IES conferences. Agendas from prior conferences follow:

• Industry Forum 2008 - Santa Clara, CA USA
• Industry Forum 2009 - Porto, Portugal
• Industry Forum 2010 - Phoenix, AZ USA
• Industry Forums 2011 - at IECON and ISIE
• Industry Forum 2012 - at ISIE in Hangzhou, China
• Industry Forum 2012 - at IECON in Montreal, Canada

Please refer to the current conference web site for the dates, travel, and particulars of the Industry forms at upcoming conferences.