Professor Lall will serve as the General Chair of the IEEE PHM 2015 Conference to be held in Austin, TX in June 22-25, 2015.  The conference focuses on prognostics health management systems for a broad array of electrical and electronic systems with emphasis on principles, system design,  implementation, applications.   The conference will bring together persons from Industry and Academia, including engineers, scientists and managers from around the world to share and discuss the state of the art, state of practice, and future of Prognostics and Health Management.  The program includes Tutorials, Panel Sessions, and Papers that address the wide-ranging, interdisciplinary topics related to PHM technology and application. There will be a special working session on the in-process development of a PHM Standard.  Additional information about the conference is available on the conference web site at: phmconf.org.