This paper traces the origins of the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA), its structure and mandate, its activities and accomplishments, and its anticipated activities related to the future directions of the field of particle physics.
@article{arxiv.1809.09718,
title = {The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA): History and the Future},
author = {Pushpalatha C. Bhat and Roy Rubinstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09718},
year = {2018}
}