ISGEC combined the preexisting International Society for Genetic Algorithms and the Genetic Programming conference organization into one organization, in order to:

	operate an annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation conference (GECCO)
	support and periodically operate other specialized conferences and events
	support the Evolutionary Computation journal and the Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines journal
	provide support for students participation in the activities of the organization
	provide educational activities
	promote public information about the field of genetic and evolutionary computation.

New Fellows and Senior Fellows Inducted during GECCO-2004
(left to right) Lee Spector, Marc Schoenauer, Una-May O´Reilly, Erik Goodman