On behalf of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and its Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS), Radiation Effects Steering Committee (RESG) and the 2025 Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) committee, I am pleased to invite you to attend NSREC to be held July 14-18, 2025. The conference will be held the Nashville Renaissance in downtown Nashville adjacent to the famous 5^th and Broadway. Nashville, nicknamed, Music City, is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and home to Vanderbilt University. Legendary country music venues include the Grand Ole Opry House, home of the famous “Grand Ole Opry” stage and radio show. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and historic Ryman Auditorium are steps away from the Renaissance.

The conference begins Monday, July 14, with a one-day Short Course titled, “Radiation Effects in Modern and Emerging Technologies.” The Short Course is organized by Matthew Marinella (Arizona State University) and features four parts taught by experts from our community. This Short Course will introduce the basic radiation effects on devices and systems, from cumulative effects, transient effects and total dose. In addition, it will offer a valuable perspective of radiation studies and a perspective for future challenges coming from radiation effects in contemporary technologies and devices.

The main technical program is from Tuesday, July 15 to Friday, July 18. Andrew Sternberg, Vanderbilt University, is the conference Technical Program Chair. He, along with his technical committee, has chosen an outstanding set of contributed papers organized into 9 sessions of oral presentation and a poster session encompassing papers from all 9 sessions. In addition to the main technical sessions, the technical committee has also selected outstanding papers for the Radiation Effects Data Workshop. This is an additional poster session describing radiation effects data on electronics and photonic devices and systems and new simulation or test facilities. Finally, Andrew has invited three speakers to give talks of more general interest to start each morning from Wednesday to Friday.

The Industrial Exhibit, organized by Pierre Maillard, AMD, opens Tuesday morning and concludes Thursday around lunchtime. Attendees will be able to visit the booths during scheduled breaks and a lunch on Tuesday. Attendees and guests are invited to attend a cocktail reception in the exhibit hall on Tuesday evening. The exhibit showcases the products and capabilities of the exhibitors in areas such as semiconductors, systems, modeling, and test resources.

I hope that you will enjoy our social program in Nashville organized by Andrew Kelly, BAE Systems. Two companion tours are scheduled, Tuesday going to Imagine Records to sit in a recording session with a recording artist, then off the Belmont Mansion, and Thursday going to Cheekwood for tours of their amazing gardens and Mansion. On Wednesday evening, we have planned a night at the Country Music Hall of Fame, with a live performance to cap off the night, for all attendees. In addition, the conference hotel is well located downtown Nashville, where there are many other fabulous food and museum options.

Your 2025 Conference Committee looks forward to seeing you in Nashville this July.