The Israeli chapter of the AOC was founded officially in February 1996 by Dr Abner Ephrath, after consulting with the former president – Mr. Craig Johnson in the national conference in 1994 (Washington, DC). The chapter’s charter was presented to the membership by Mr. Paul J. Westcott, then VP of the AOC, on Aug. 8, 1996. Back then membership was about 30 members.

Since then we set the goals of the chapter, increased membership dramatically – there are about 140 AOC members in Israel, and established our pattern of activities, which is not so easy here. Though we still have a long way ahead of us, we managed to achieve some important milestones, the most significant of which is our open national meeting in September 1998, the Israel Jubilee conference. The program and abstract booklet of this meeting is attached to this proposal, and probably speaks for itself. However, few remarks are in place here.

• The conference included two full days of lectures: one day of history sessions, as suitable for the occasion of our fifty years of independence, and one day of technical sessions.
• Attendance was about 120, including invited professionals and ten members from out of the country, Americans and Europeans.
• Satisfaction of attendees was beyond and over all expectations in every measure, at least these were the impressions and feedback.
• The cost was very low and thanks to the great support from the major four companies and the Association of Electronics Industry in Israel, we ended up with a nice profit. This is quite an achievement for such a young chapter as we were back then.

We are now ready for the big challenge – hosting the International AOC conference in our country.

IAOC Executive Board

• Mr. Shuki Yehuda
• Dr. Nissan Maskil
• Dr. Abner Ephrath
• Mr. Jacob Limor
• Mr. Eli Shvili
• Mr. Lior Pinsler – LCO
• Mr. Assa Beitler
• Mr. Yariv Gafni - Col(R)

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