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Short History of the IMTA

The first Military Testing Association (MTA)  conference was convened in October 1959 at the US Naval Examining Center at Great Lakes, Illinois. The Center invited some 60 military and civilian representatives of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard to discuss areas of common interest in the field of job proficiency evaluation.  So successful was this conference in providing exchanges of ideas and information that the conferees established the MTA as a continuing entity.  It was decided that an annual conference of the MTA membership and guests should be hosted by each of the armed services in turn.

In 1993 the Steering Committee changed the name to the International Military Association (IMTA) to reflect the increasing involvement of countries around the world. Currently the Steering Committee is comprised of representatives from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, participants at recent IMTA meetings have also included representatives from Finland, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, and Sweden.  Annual meetings of the IMTA have been hosted by Australia, Canada, the European Community, and the United States.

The IMTA has become an increasingly important forum for the exchange of ideas among uniformed and civilian researchers and practitioners.  The annual meeting brings together representatives of many countries to report, exchange, and discuss research results, ideas, and techniques.  Areas of interest are much broader than the name conveys and include aptitude and job proficiency testing, training, occupational analysis, leadership and organizational behavior, human factors, personnel trends, and manpower analyses.  The meeting is organized to include invited addresses, symposia, individual papers, and time for interaction among participants.