Welcome Message from the Steering Committee Chair

Toshihiro Nomoto (Tohoku Institute of Technology)

20 Years of APMC / MWE  −Past and Future−

Tsukasa Yoneyama (Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University & Tohoku Institute of Technology)

In early winter of 1990, the 3rd APMC was held in Japan successfully. At the International Committee of the conference, it was agreed that APMC should be repeated every four years in Japan and every eight years in other Asian-Pacific countries. In order to fill up the vacant years, a domestic meeting, MWE, was also organized in Japan. This is the origin of the APMC / MWE Complex. APMC / MWE has been developed to cover all over the microwave world together with IMS and EuMC.

In this presentation, the historical happenings in APMC / MWE will be mentioned. The expectation for the further growth of APMC / MWE will also be discussed.

Outlook and Issue of Radio Use in the 2010s　
−Strategy for Creating New Radio Industry−

Charley K. Watanabe (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

In the 2010s, it is foreseen that new systems and services incorporating innovative radio use technologies will come into the market, and the quality and quantity of radio wave use will increase dramatically. Anticipated at the same time is the emergence of new applications developed to contend with such wide-ranging social issues as the declining birthrate and growing proportion of elderly people, environmental issues, local revitalization, and creation of a new radio industry.

With these in mind, the outlook and issues of radio wave use in the 2010s will be discussed together with international trends and the progress being made in radio use technologies.