Welcome to the 2005 Microwave Workshops and Exhibition（MWE 2005）

It is a great pleasure for us to announce that the Microwave Workshops and Exhibition (MWE 2005) will be held over a three-day period from Wednesday, November 9th through Friday, November 11th, 2005, at the Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan.

MWE is the only comprehensive exhibition in Japan covering technology, industries and education related to microwave. With contributions from frontline researchers, it offers overviews of state-of-the-art techniques and future visions of microwaves, as well as provides fundamental education for engineers. The content will be enhanced further this year to get a lot of active discussions in the workshop and people's participation in the exhibition of state-of-the-art technology.

>> The keynote concept of MWE 2005 is "Global Networks with Microwaves".
The present and futuristic world of an expanding microwave technology that is more closely related to social and economic activity will be viewed.

>> In the opening ceremony, the keynote addresses by two lecturers are planned in accordance with the keynote concept. They are "Broadband Mobile Wireless Techniques" by Dr. Fumiyuki Adachi(Professor of Tohoku University), and "Digital Broadcasting and Beyond" by Dr. Kazumasa Enami(Director-General of NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories).

>> In addition, there will be 18 technical workshops focusing on the latest microwave technologies, two panel sessions, and five tutorials intended beginners.

>> More than 400 companies, from both Japan and overseas, and over 30 universities and colleges are scheduled to participate in MWE 2005, exhibiting new products, technologies, and research activities. The customary historical exhibition and the system exhibition will be held to show the big wave of microwave technology and its contribution to the social infrastructure. The technical seminars held by participating companies will be valuable for both engineers and exhibitors.

The MWE has been held annually since 1991, and is affiliated with the APMC(Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference) which is held every four years in Japan. In these years, the precious opinions of many people have contributed to the development of  MWE. Basic technologies, the latest technologies, future visions, and new products can be viewed at the same time. And you will get everything about microwave technology.

In closing, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who is supporting us in organizing MWE 2005.

2005, April

Tadashi Takagi
Chairman, MWE 2005 Steering Committee
(Tohoku University)