Invitation to Submit Proposals for Special and Focus Sessions: Special and Focus Sessions will be an integral part of the IEEE MTT-S 2011 International Microwave Symposium technical program. Proposals for Special and Focus Sessions on topics that will be of high interest to the Symposium or relevant to the microwave community in the Washington DC/Baltimore area are invited.

Focus Sessions: The purpose of Focus Sessions is to highlight emerging new technical topics that are gaining importance and may be of significant interest to the microwave community. Focus Sessions encompass a wide range of topics and may involve a specific emerging technology or may cover several technologies that are relevant to a common application. Examples of Focus Sessions include:

• Terahertz Integrated Circuits
• Carbon Electronics
• Remote Sensing
• Green technology

Special Sessions: The purpose of Special Sessions is to recognize events of historical significance to the microwave community as well as highlight the technical achievements in a specific technical area, application space or geographical region of the world. Special Sessions may also recognize the life work of an MTT member by honoring their technical and/or service contributions to the microwave community. Examples of Special Sessions at recent symposia include:

• History of Microwaves in the Baltimore/Washington DC area
• A Tribute to ...
• Industry/University Collaboration

Submission Instructions:

• Proposals for Focus and Special Sessions must be submitted by email to specialsessions@ims2011.org
• Download the MSWord Proposal submission form which indicates all of the required information necessary for evaluation of the proposal.
• It is expected that there will be sessions of both 80 minutes and 100 minutes in duration, which can accommodate four and five 20-minute papers, respectively, or three and four 20-minute papers and two 10-minute papers, for a maximum of five and six papers, respectively.
• The deadline for submission of all proposals for Focus and Special Sessions is September 17, 2010.
• All authors of Special and Focus Session papers must meet all paper submission requirements. There will be no exceptions, no matter how distinguished the author.