Institute activities: Increasing attendance and interest maintained at 1940 Winter convention

CONTINUING the 1939 policy of an enlarged technical program the 1940 AIEE winter convention, held at New York, N. Y., January 22–26, included 18 technical sessions, one more than last year, and eight technical conferences, an increase of three over last year. A brief session on Tuesday afternoon, January 23, for presentation of the Alfred Noble prize, and the special evening program previously announced, which included presentation of the Hoover and Edison medals and a demonstration lecture, were the only nontechnical sessions. Registered attendance, which totaled 1,626, was slightly above the 1939 figure and the highest since 1924. A varied group of inspection trips and the usual entertainment features were included in the program. Statistics on attendance will be found in the accompanying tabulations. More than 80 technical papers were presented at the sessions, besides conference papers. Since all technical papers, except a few that were noted on the program as available only in advance-copy form, ultimately will be published in Transactions, along with their related discussions, no reports on the technical sessions are published here.