Editorial Conference Comments by the General Chair.

The 56th IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) was held on July 8–12, 2019, at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in San Antonio, TX, USA. The NSREC is recognized as one of the premier international conferences on radiation effects in electronic materials, devices, and systems. The 2019 conference continued this tradition with a strong technical program, a one-day tutorial short course, a radiation effects data workshop, an industrial exhibit, and the meetings for the IEEE Women in Engineering and Young Professionals Organizations. The conference was sponsored by the Radiation Effects Committee of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) and supported by Aerospace Corporation, BAE Systems, Boeing, Cobham, Harris, Intersil Space Products, IR HiRel Products, an Infineon Technologies company, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Southwest Research Institute, and VPT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]