What Is the Industrial Electronics Society Newsletter?

The Industrial Electronics Society Newsletter is a periodic member communication published by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) to keep its global membership informed about society activities, professional opportunities, technical developments, and community recognition. It serves as the informal voice of the IES alongside its peer-reviewed journals and magazine, providing timely announcements, event notices, and highlights of member achievement that fall outside the scope of formal publication. The newsletter occupies a distinct role in the IES communication portfolio by targeting engagement and awareness rather than primary research dissemination. Its readers include IEEE members worldwide who work in manufacturing, power electronics, robotics, automation, and adjacent engineering disciplines.

Purpose and Content

The newsletter's editorial scope centers on the activities of the Society and the professional interests of its members. Typical content includes calls for nominations for IES awards and leadership positions, announcements of upcoming conferences and summer schools, recognition of fellows and award recipients, coverage of chapter activities from around the world, and summaries of new calls for papers in IES journals. Unlike the Society's research publications, the newsletter does not carry peer-reviewed technical papers. Its function is connective: it links distributed members, regional chapters, and committee volunteers into a shared awareness of Society-level events and decisions.

ITeN and Digital Publication

The current digital incarnation of the IES member newsletter is the IEEE Industrial Electronic Technology News (ITeN), an online publication distributed monthly since at least 2020. ITeN extends the newsletter concept by including extended abstracts drawn from recent issues of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, and IES conference proceedings. This dual function serves both as a news vehicle and as a lightweight access point to current research directions for members who follow the field broadly rather than tracking individual journal issues. The platform maintains a searchable archive of past issues, making it possible to trace the evolution of Society priorities, award recipients, and community events over time.

Role Within the IES Publication Portfolio

The IES publication portfolio includes the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, and the Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society. The newsletter sits apart from these formal outlets as an unreviewed member-facing communication rather than an archival publication. This distinction matters for citation and archiving purposes: technical claims in IES research draw on the journals and conferences, while organizational history, award records, and community news draw on the newsletter and magazine. Together the outlets serve the dual mandate of advancing technical knowledge and sustaining the professional community that produces it.

Applications

The Industrial Electronics Society Newsletter supports the IES community in a range of ways, including:

• Announcing open calls for IEEE IES award nominations
• Distributing information about IECON and other IES-sponsored conferences
• Highlighting research summaries from IES transactions for broad member audiences
• Reporting on chapter formation, elections, and regional activities
• Communicating governance decisions and Society policy updates