International Conference on Environmental Systems

ICES logo from 1971 to 2023
ICES logo since 2024

The International Conference on Environmental Systems, or ICES (known prior to 1990 as the Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems), is an annual technical conference focusing on human spaceflight technology and space human factors. Session topics include: Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS), thermal control, life sciences, extra-vehicular activity (EVA) systems (including space suit design and human-robot interaction), space architecture, and mission planning for exploration.

Since 1971 the conference has taken place every year except for 2020, when it was canceled due to the Covid pandemic.

History

The first ICES conference was held in San Francisco in 1971, after three years of work by members of Environmental Control and Life Support System specialist committees representing four different societies: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA). It replaced three other meetings held each year as part of various society conference programs and since then it has been held every year. In 1972, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) became the fifth and final co-sponsoring society for ICES.[1]

Prior to 1990, ICES organization was US-only. In 1990 it became international, by merging the American conference with a similar conference held in Europe, and ICES started to be held abroad (for the first time in Germany in 1994). Since 2000, the ICES conference takes place four times out of five in the US and once in five years outside US (so far in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016).

For its first 39 years, the main ICES organizer was the Society of Automotive Engineers; from 2010 through 2013, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics filled the role of main organizer, supported by American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and ICES International Committee. Starting in 2014, the conference became an independent entity that was organized by Texas Tech University.[2] in 2014 and 2015. In 2016, the conference became independent with its own website at http://www.ices.space whilst AIAA, AIChE, ASME, and the ICES International Committee continue organizing the conference sessions. As of 2024, ICES is organized by the ICES Steering Committee and five technical committees, with financial support coming from the sponsorship of several private companies.[3]

Papers presented at ICES are published every year in the conference proceedings, from 1971 to 2009 by SAE, then from 2010 to 2013 by AIAA. These papers are available and searchable online respectively at the SAE and AIAA websites. Since 2014, proceedings, hosted by Texas Tech University, are publicly accessible from the ICES conference website.

Conference locations

US conference locations map
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue, Washington
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts
Calgary, Alberta
Calgary, Alberta
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Danvers, Massachusetts
Danvers, Massachusetts
Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Monterey, California
Monterey, California
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota
San Antonio
San Antonio
San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Vail, Colorado
Vail, Colorado
Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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North American conference locations as of 2024. Cities in blue have hosted multiple times.
Europe conference locations map
Barcelona
Barcelona
Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen
Rome
Rome
Toulouse
Toulouse
Vienna
Vienna
Prague
Prague
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European conference locations as of 2025.

The conference is located primarily in the United States, and was located exclusively on the west coast of the US for its first 19 years. Since 1994, the conference has taken place in Europe roughly once every five years.

Year Location
1971 San Francisco, California[1]
1972 San Diego, California[1]
1973 San Diego, California[4]
1974 Seattle, Washington[4]
1975 San Francisco, California[5]
1976 San Diego, California[6]
1977 San Francisco, California[7]
1978 San Francisco, California[8]
1979 San Francisco, California[9]
1980 San Diego, California[9]
1981 San Francisco, California[9]
1982 San Diego, California[10]
1983 San Francisco, California[11]
1984 San Diego, California[9]
1985 San Francisco, California[5]
1986 San Diego, California[12]
1987 Seattle, Washington[13]
1988 San Francisco, California[14]
1989 San Diego, California[14]
1990 Williamsburg, Virginia[15]
1991 San Francisco, California[15]
1992 Seattle, Washington[15]
1993 Colorado Springs, Colorado[16]
1994 Friedrichshafen, Germany[17]
1995 San Diego, California[15]
1996 Monterey, California[15]
1997 Lake Tahoe, Nevada[18]
1998 Danvers, Massachusetts[19]
1999 Denver, Colorado[20]
2000 Toulouse, France[21]
2001 Orlando, Florida[22]
2002 San Antonio, Texas[22]
2003 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[23]
2004 Colorado Springs, Colorado[24]
2005 Rome, Italy[25]
2006 Norfolk, Virginia[26]
2007 Chicago, Illinois[27]
2008 San Francisco, California[28]
2009 Savannah, Georgia
2010 Barcelona, Spain[29]
2011 Portland, Oregon
2012 San Diego, California[30]
2013 Vail, Colorado[31]
2014 Tucson, Arizona[2]
2015 Bellevue, Washington[2]
2016 Vienna, Austria[32]
2017 Charleston, South Carolina[32]
2018 Albuquerque, New Mexico[32]
2019 Boston, Massachusetts[33]
2020 postponed to 2021[34]
2021 Virtual[35]
2022 St. Paul, Minnesota
2023 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2024 Louisville, Kentucky
2025 Prague, Czech Republic

Organization

The ICES conference is organized by the following committees:[36]

  • ICES Steering Committee
  • AIAA Life Sciences and Systems Technical Committee
  • ECLSS and ISRU Committee (formermly AIChE Environmental Systems Committee)
  • ICES Crew Systems (ICS) Technical Committee (formerly ASME Crew Systems Technical Committee)
  • ICES Thermal and Environmental Control Systems Committee[37] (initially SAE Committee SC 9, Spacecraft Environmental Control and Life Support Systems, then SAE Space Environmental Systems Committee, then AIAA Space Environmental Systems Program Committee)
  • ICES International Committee (IIC)

Initially the conference was co-organized also by the AsMA Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Branch Executive Committee,[1] now discontinued.

See also

References

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