Technical Conferences and Symposia

Only conferences open to all researchers worldwide are listed here. In particular, DARPA conferences and other military symposia with classified sessions, or sessions open only to citizens of certain countries, are not listed. Conversely, we may list any other symposia of interest to RF and microwave engineers, even if they are not blessed by the IEEE or are commercially motivated. However, we'll warn you about such meetings when we think it's appropriate.

Virtually all conferences these days have web sites, which are the primary sources of conference information. We list only conferences that have web sites. If a conference has no web site, the organizers are probably so technologically backward that you shouldn't consider attending their show, anyway. 

Predictably, we provide our usual irreverent commentary on many of the symposia. Note to the organizers of symposia we don't like: We're pretty easy to please, so if we don't like your show, no one else does, either. Deal with it.

Conferences Organizers: If you would like your conference listed here, please put us on your regular mailing list. Click here for contact information. We do not retain conference information from year to year, so we must be reminded each time the conference is given. Also, please send us the relevant information at least a few months beforehand. There is no point in listing it for only a couple of weeks. 


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IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)

18-21 September, 2011; San Jose, California, USA

Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE2011)

19-23 September, 2011; Berlin, Germany

Semiconductor Conference Dresden 2011 (SCD 2011)

27-28 September, 2011; Dresden, Germany

36th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

2-7 October, 2011; Houston, Texas, USA

22nd European Symposium on Reliability of Electron Devices, Failure Physics and Analysis

3-7 October 2011; Bordeaux, France

International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable, and Broadcasting Services (TELSIKS 2011)

5-8 October, 2011; Nis, Serbia

IEEE Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM)
October 9-11, 2011; Atlanta, Georgia, USA

European Microwave Week 2011

9-14 October 2011; Manchester, UK

At the risk of a little provinciality, I might call this the European IMS. It is the largest microwave-oriented symposium in Europe, consisting of a cluster of three conferences. It cycles between several large European cities. Last time it was in the UK, it was moved from London to Manchester to reduce the hotel costs; looks like the same thing is happening again. While Manchester isn't as exciting as London, it still is a good location. Be sure to visit the Industrial Museum!

IEEE Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium: CSICS 2011

16-19 October, 2011; Hawaii, (the "big island"), Hawaii, USA

A long trip for Europeans, but definitely worth it. The conference should be good, too.

IEEE Conference on Communications, Antennas, and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2011)

7-9 November, 2011; Tel Aviv, Israel

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference

5-8 December, 2011; Melbourne, Australia

GeMIC 2012: German Microwave Conference

12-14 March, 2012; Ilmenau, Germany

IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference: WAMICON 2012

16-17 April, 2012; Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA

2012 IEEE Radar Conference

7-11 May, 2012; Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Wireless @ Virginia Tech

30 May - 1 June, 2012; Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium, RFIC Symposium, and ARFTG

17-22 June, 2012; Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Future Symposia:

This is the big tamale. Check out the official web site for the party line, then click here for the unofficial one, to find out how it all really works.

The ARFTG conference is traditionally held on Friday of IMS week.

APS/URSI : Antennas and Propagation and the Union of Radio Science

8-14 July, 2012; Chicago, Illinois, USA

URSI and APS have held a combined symposium for many years. 

Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and mmW Circuits Conference INMMIC

3-4 September, 2012; Dublin, Ireland

This is a small, high-quality workshop covering all aspects of nonlinear circuit analysis and modeling.