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On behalf of Technical Program Committee, I cordially welcome you to APMC 2002 in Kyoto. The 2002 APMC Technical Program Committee has organized a highly qualified and exciting program covering wide varieties of microwave technologies.
This year, a total of 511 papers from 31 countries were submitted to APMC 2002, which is the highest number in APMC’s history. Due to the high professional quality of these papers, it was an extremely difficult task for the Technical Program Committee to select the 372 papers (208 for oral presentations, 164 for open forums), the maximum allowable number in this location and this period. This time, by developing the electronic paper submission /review/programcoordinate system, 416 reviewers around the world participated the paper review and selection processes.
The technical activities begin Tuesday morning November 19, at 8:30 am, with workshops and short courses, which have been selected from the most exciting topics in our fields. This year there are 10 workshops and 2 short courses. APMC regular sessions commence Wednesday morning November 20, at 8:50 am, with four parallel sessions. Totally 44 oral presentation sessions and 2 open forum sessions are scheduled for paper presentations. The plenary session is scheduled on Wednesday morning, at 10:50 am. At that time, Dr. Makoto Nagao, President of Kyoto University, will present the keynote address entitled "Communication Technology and Culture". This year we have also invited 12 speakers who are very active in their field.
The Technical Program Committee has worked hard to make APMC 2002 successful and memorable. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the members and reviewers of the Technical Program Committee for their dedication in organizing the technical program. We are looking forward to meeting you at the conference.
Kazuhiko Honjo
Technical Program Committee Chair
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