IMS 2014 IEEE International Microwave Symposium
The IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is the premier annual international meeting for technologists involved in all aspects of microwave theory and practice. It consists of a full week of events, including technical paper presentations, workshops, and tutorials, as well as a full set of social events. The symposium also hosts a large commercial exhibition featuring over 550 companies.
The IEEE MTT-S Microwave Week has several conferences that are co-located at the Tampa Convention Center or other local venues. Besides the flagship IMS Conference, Microwave Week also hosts the IEEE RFIC and ARFTG conferences. Besides the flagship IMS Conference, Microwave Week also hosts the IEEE RFIC, ARFTG andWAMICON conferences.
2014 is coming! Join us in Tampa, Florida to experience the IEEE International Microwave Symposium in a tropical climate. IMS2014 will be the centerpiece of Microwave Week, 1 - 6 June 2014. IMS2014 offers technical sessions, interactive forums, plenary and panel sessions, workshops, short courses, industrial exhibits, application seminars, historical exhibits, and a wide array of other technical and social activities.
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The IMS2014 team is developing a world-class technical program that will bring RF/microwave researchers and practitioners from around the world to Tampa, Florida in June 2014. IMS2014 will continue to offer technical sessions, interactive forums, plenary and panel sessions, workshops, short courses, application seminars, and a wide variety of other technical and social activities.
Technical Program Overview
• The traditional IMS Plenary session will be held Monday evening of Microwave Week, in conjunction with the IMS Welcome Reception.
• Technical Sessions comprise podium-presented papers, both full-length (20 min.) and short (10 min.).
• Interactive Forum (IF) papers are evaluated through the same process as the regular session papers, and provide an opportunity for authors to present their work in a poster format and conduct detailed discussions in an informal manner with interested colleagues.
• Presented papers, both regular and IF, are archival. They are included in the symposium digest and are made available via IEEE Xplore.
• Student-authored papers that primarily represent the student’s own work may be eligible for participation in the popular IMS Student Paper Competition. (The deadline for application has passed.)
• Authors may also consider submitting expanded versions of their papers to the IMS Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
• Focus Sessions highlight emerging new technical topics that are gaining importance and may be of significant interest to the microwave community. Focus Sessions may involve a specific emerging technology or may cover several technologies that are relevant to a common application. Focus Session papers are ORIGINAL works and are evaluated according to the same standards as regular paper submissions.
• Special Sessions are designed to recognize events of historical significance to the microwave community and to highlight achievements in a specific technical area, application space, or geographical region of the world. Special Sessions may also recognize the life work of an MTT member by honoring his or her technical and/or service contributions to the microwave community.
• Panel Sessions are one hour and twenty minutes long, usually held during lunchtime. They showcase technical leaders from industry, academia and government debating hot, and typically controversial, topics in the RF/microwave community. Audience interaction is highly encouraged.
• Student Design Competitions: IMS registered student teams from around the world will have the opportunity to demonstrate the application of strong RF/microwave engineering design principles in the development of elegant and efficient hardware designs. Student Design Competitions are proposed and organized by specific Technical Committees of the MTT-S. (The deadline for application has passed.)
• Workshops provide an in-depth and vibrant forum for academic researchers and industry experts to share in detail their recent research and development experiences and results on specific challenging and emerging RF/microwave engineering topics.
• Short Courses offer opportunities for attendees to acquire a fundamental level of knowledge of specific technical topics from excellent instructors. Short courses can address any technical area within MTT-S, including new microwave subject areas, as well as related fields that directly impact the microwave community.
• Microwave Application (MicroApps) Seminars serve as a forum for exhibitors at the IMS to present the technology behind their commercial products and their special capabilities. The MicroApps seminars are conducted in conjunction with the IMS Exhibition.
Come experience the many vendors and learn about recent advances within the Microwave industry.
The annual IMS Exhibition is held in conjunction with the IMS, RFIC,and ARFTG Technical Symposia and offers an excellent opportunity for all segments of the microwave community to meet. It is the synergy of the Exhibition in conjunction with the Technical Symposia that makes Microwave Week the premiere international gathering for everyone involved in technologies associated with RF, microwave, millimeter wave, and THz frequencies.
The IMS Exhibition typically consists of over 550 Exhibitors who represent the state-of-the-art when it comes to materials, devices, components, and subsystems as well as design and simulation software and test and measurement equipment. Whatever you are looking to acquire, you will find the industry leaders ready and willing to answer your purchasing and technical questions.
The IMS Exhibition also includes the Microwave Applications Seminars (MicroApps) which are a series of applications engineering technical seminars describing state-of-the-art products and processes of interest to the microwave community. All registered Exhibitors may propose seminar topics. These seminars are open to all who register for the Exhibition or the Technical Symposia.
The Tampa Convention Center is located at 333 S. Franklin Street - Tampa, FL 33602
(http://www.tampaconventioncenter.com/)
Exhibition Dates and Hours
Microwave Week 2014 is all about Connections… From social media to downloading papers in real time we’ve got you covered!
Are you an IMS INSIDER?
Back for IMS2014, we will be hosting “IMS Insider Missions” where you can win prizes daily, Monday – Thursday, with a special grand prize for the attendee with the most participation at the end of the conference! Plus, the first 200 participants to complete a mission will receive a limited edition “IMS Insider” special gift!
Click here for more information!
IMS2014: There’s an app for that! Download papers in real time!
The Android and iOS versions of the IMS2014 app will be out of beta testing in late May. Prior to leaving for Tampa, simply visit the app store on your mobile phone or tablet and search for “ims2014.”
Microwave Week isn't just IMS!
While IMS is the centerpiece of Microwave Week, there are many other great events happening throughout the week! Microwave Week is also home to the RFIC, ARFTG, andWAMICON Conferences as well as the world's largest RF and Microwave Exhibition.
As a result of this co-location, Microwave Week has countless opportunities to connect with other members of this growing community. No other event in the industry offers access to as many technical experts, and product representatives, or provides as good a forum to exchange ideas and meet the people who truly move the industry forward.
The IMS2014 Registration is OPEN.
Please note: Housing is now closed. If you submitted your hotel request through the IMS2014 Housing Bureau, you will be receiving your hotel confirmations the week of 12 May 2014.
Warning: Please note there are fraudalent Housing Companies targeting IMS Exhibitors.
IEEE MCE is the official housing company for IMS2014. Solicitations from anyone but IEEE MCE are not endorsed by IMS. Use due diligence to protect against solicitations from unauthorized housing companies offering discounted IMS hotel rooms. If you are contacted please notify the MPA office so we can track the solicitations.
