In 1995 the International Congress on High-Voltage and Electrical Insulation, ALTAE, was celebrated for the first time. Since then, ALTAE has taken place in different countries on eight occasions:

ALTAE1995, Venezuela and Cuba; ALTAE1996, México; ALTAE1997, Venezuela; ALTAE1999, Colombia; ALTAE2001, Cuba; ALTAE2003, Costa Rica; ALTAE2005, Panama; ALTAE2007, México.

The last version of ALTAE, celebrated in Cuernavaca, México, had the participation of 207 people from three continents.

This year the IX International Congress on High-Voltages and Electrical Insulation, ALTAE2009, will take place in the city of Medellín, Colombia, from Monday November the 23rd to Friday November the 27th.