Welcome to the MWE 2008
On behalf of the Microwave Workshops and Exhibition (MWE 2008) steering committee, it is my honor to welcome you to Yokohama for three days from Wednesday, November 26th to Friday, November 28th, 2008.
MWE is the only comprehensive event in Japan covering technology, industries and education related to microwave, which has provided workshops giving an overview of the state-of-the-art technologies and future visions, basic educational courses for young engineers, and an exhibition of the latest products since 1991.
The keynote concept of the MWE 2008 is "Start on a Microwave Journey". In the opening ceremony, keynote speeches will be presented by Professor Itoh and Dr. Hashimoto, who are leaders in educational and industrial fields, based on the concept for the conference.
Prof. Tatsuo Itoh (UCLA) will give a talk on "Challenges in Microwave Education." Recent technological advances have had significant impact upon how the prospective microwave engineers should be educated. He will give an example of recent attempts to cope with such educational requirements at UCLA Electrical Engineering Department.
Dr. Akira Hashimoto (NTT DOCOMO, INC.), the chair of the ITU-R SG5 will give the second talk entitled "Global trend of the radio spectrum use." He will introduce recent outcomes of the WRC-07, standardization activity within ITU toward development of Recommendations on IMT-Advanced and prospect of the new radio technologies to be addressed at the upcoming WRC. He will also discuss Japanfs expected role in standardization activities.
Followed by the keynote speeches, 5 tutorial sessions intended for beginners, 19 technical workshops focusing on the latest microwave technology, and one panel session will be presented during the MWE 2008.
In addition to these sessions, more than 400 companies, from both Japan and overseas, and about 30 universities and colleges will exhibit their new products, technologies, and research activities.
The history exhibition and the system exhibition will demonstrate how microwave technologies have contributed to social infrastructures. Some of the exhibitors will also give seminars regarding their products.We believe that the contents of workshops and exhibitions will be further enhanced. So, please come and enjoy your microwave journey in the MWE 2008.
In closing, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who has been supporting us in organizing the MWE 2008.
Masahiro Muraguchi,
MWE 2008 Steering Committee Chair
(Tokyo University of Science)