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Exhibitor Workshops and Microwave Application Seminars Call for Presentations

The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society’s 2017 International Microwave Symposium (IMS2017) will be held 4 - 9 June 2017 in Honolulu, Hawai‘i as the centerpiece of Microwave Week 2017. New for IMS2017 are the Exhibitor Workshops that provide IMS exhibitors a unique opportunity to present in-depth technical topics, via two-hour sessions, held in a meeting room off the exhibit floor. Exhibitor Workshop access is open to all IMS registrants for a nominal fee. Microwave Application Seminars (MicroApps) returns as a forum for IMS exhibitors to present the technology behind their commercial products and their special capabilities. MicroApps presentations will be held, on the exhibit floor, Tuesday through Thursday, 6-8 June, and are open, free of charge, to all conference and exhibit attendees. 

IMS2017 exhibitors are invited to submit applications engineering workshop proposals and technical paper abstracts describing state-of-the-art products and processes of interest to the microwave community, to be considered for oral presentation, as well as electronic distribution, to IMS attendees.

Submissions for Exhibitor Workshops and MicroApps presentations are limited to paid exhibitors registered for IMS2017.

Electronic Submission: Exhibitor Workshop submissions must be submitted via email to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. MicroApps technical papers must be submitted via email to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 All submissions must be in PDF form – hard copies not accepted.

A submission must include:

1. Author information: name(s), title(s), company affiliation, telephone number, and email address.

2. A 100–300 word abstract (in English) in PDF format. No zip files. Describe the product or process, its importance to the microwave community and how it advances the state of the art in an application.

3. A statement using company letterhead authorizing IMS2017 to print your abstract and to publish your technical presentation in the IMS2017 Exhibitor Workshop Digest or IMS2017 MicroApps Virtual Proceedings and other official IMS2017 electronic publications.

The decision to accept a seminar or workshop for presentation is based on this summary, its novelty, and overall number of submissions received, as well as confirmation that your company is a registered and paid exhibitor at IMS2017.

Exhibitor Workshop Selection Criteria: Exhibitors are invited to submit an abstract detailing a workshop presentation. All submissions must be in English, and should outline the two-hour session, including products, processes, and techniques to be covered. Novel or noteworthy state-of-the-art components, new technologies, manufacturing and design techniques incorporating the exhibitor’s products and technologies should also be included. All submissions will be reviewed by the Exhibitor Workshop Committee. Workshops are open to all IMS registrants for a nominal fee and should appeal to the exhibit attendees. The selection criteria include: relevance and interest to MTT-S members and IMS2017 exhibition attendees, cross section and novelty of topics, and equitable representation of exhibitors.

MicroApps Selection Criteria: Exhibitors are invited to submit an abstract detailing an applications presentation. All submissions must be in English, and may cover new products, noteworthy state-of-the-art components, new technologies, and manufacturing and design techniques incorporating the exhibitor’s products and technologies. All submissions will be reviewed by the MicroApps Committee. Papers are open to all IMS registrants and should appeal to the exhibit attendees. The selection criteria include: relevance and interest to MTT-S members and IMS2017 exhibition attendees, novelty of topic (avoidance of duplicate material from prior years), and equitable representation of exhibitors.

Exhibitor Workshop Presentation Format: PowerPoint Presentation formats are flexible. AV equipment including projector & screen with audio inputs will be available. Workshops take place in designated meeting rooms on Level 3 of the Hawaii Convention Center. Seating will be arranged in classroom style. Workshops are two-hours in length. Presentation schedule will be set by the Exhibitor Workshop Committee. The file for the electronic media should not exceed 100MB. Additional materials may be distributed to participants at the time of the Workshop. Presentation should be by digital projection using either your own laptop or the session PC and are due 24 February 2017. 

MicroApps Presentation Format: PowerPoint presentations (or their equivalent PDF output) are required. Embedded animations/videos are encouraged. The presentations are made in the MicroApps Theater located on the exhibit floor. Acoustics will be employed that permit everyone inside the theater to hear the presentation and exhibitors outside to conduct normal business. Your company will be given the opportunity to invite people to hear your presentation using a free IMS2017 “Exhibition Only” pass. For an additional fee, presentations will be recorded and original files will be provided to your company following IMS. Seminar presentations are typically 10–15 minutes in length. Time allocations for each presentation will be set by the review committee. Allotted presentation time may be reduced for multiple submissions from the same exhibitor. The file for the electronic media should not exceed 100 MB. The electronic media is offered free of charge to all MicroApps attendees. Presentation should be by digital projection using the session PC and are due by 21 May 2017. 

Notification: Exhibitor Workshop and MicroApps authors will be notified, by email, of the evaluation results in February 2017.