It has been in existence for over 35 years, and has grown into the premier annual conference for this application field. The conference also has an expanded focus into commercial areas that share a common technical base, including aerospace, vehicle and automotive, and commercial factory test applications. The attendance profile includes hardware and software engineers, scientists and marketing officials in commercial industry, government, and military.
Heavy focus is given to manufacturing and maintenance testing environments.
A third sponsor is the local Council, Section or Chapter in the physical location that the conference is held.