HISTELCON 2017, the 5th in its series (after HISTELCON 2008 in Paris, HISTELCON 2010 in Madrid, HISTELCON 2012 in Pavia, and HISTELCON 2015 in Tel Aviv) will be held on August 7 & 8 in 2017 at Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan. The HISTELCON is a flagship biennial-conference of the IEEE Region 8, but this time it will be hosted by the IEEE Japan Council History Committee, cosponsored by all IEEE Sections in Japan and technically cosponsored by the IEEE Region 8.

The campus of Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, and the surrounding Kobe Port-Island Area, with their intensive high-tech activities including the RIKEN's K computer, one of the highest caliber of supercomputers in the world, offer an excellent venue for this meeting.

The main objective of this HISTELCON is to increase the understanding of the origins as well as the early developments of high-tech within IEEE's areas of interest. Thus, HISTELCON 2017 welcomes all papers on the history of high-tech in electrical engineering and computing, featuring the historic expertise of any scientific and technological achievement, which has already been approved as an IEEE Milestone or may be a possible candidate for the IEEE Milestone. The conference program will also feature high-profile keynote presentations, oral and poster sessions, and a number of exhibitions of IEEE Milestones sponsored by Japanese companies.