IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference WAMICON 2015 General Chair Ray Pengelly raypengelly@gmail.com General Vice-Chair Jing Wang, Univ. of South Florida jingw@usf.edu Technical Program Co-Chairs Ed Takacs etakacs@cox.net Bill Graves, Trak Microwave wgraves@trak.com Xiaoguang Liu, University of California, Davis lxgliu@ucdavis.edu Special Sessions Chair Craig Sapashe, Agilent Technologies craig_sapashe@agilent.com Tutorials Chair Joel Johnson, Harris Corp. wjohns19@harris.com Invited Papers Chair Mohamed Sayed mmsayed@sbcglobal.net Poster Session Chair Xun Gong, Univ. of Central Florida xun.gong@ucf.edu Paper Competition Co-Chairs Rhonda Franklin, University of Minnesota rfranklin@umn.edu Jason Boh, Agilent Technologies Jason_Boh@agilent.com Local Arrangements Chair Kim McPeek, Trak Microwave kmcpeek@trak.com Exhibits & Sponsorship Co-Chairs Alen Fejzuli, Electro Technik Industries alen.fejzuli@electrotechnik.com Jim Assurian, Reactel jassurian@Reactel.com Publicity Chair Michael Hallman, Microwave Journal mhallman@mwjournal.com Publications Chair Gary Breed, AY Technologies gary@aytechnologies.com Registration Chair Sergio Melais, Tampa Microwave s.melais@tampamicrowave.com Finance Chair Heather Quinones, ATK heather.quinones@atk.com Website Chair Sarah Miller, Cree Inc. sarah_miller@cree.com Henning Award Chair Tom Weller, Univ. of South Florida weller@usf.edu April 13th to 15th 2015 Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Cocoa Beach, Florida FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Submission Deadline: January 5, 2015 The 16th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON 2015) will be held in Cocoa Beach, Florida from April 13th through 15th 2015. The conference will address up-to-date multidisciplinary research needs and interdisciplinary aspects of wireless and RF technology. The program includes both oral and poster presentations as well as tutorials and special sessions. Prospective authors are invited to submit original and high-quality work for presentation at WAMICON 2015 for publication in IEEE Xplore. The technical program will cover emerging RF/microwave technologies, active and passive components and systems as well as wireless communications. TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE Power Amplifiers High-Efficiency PAs, Linearization and Efficiency Enhancement Techniques and Topologies, Novel PA Architectures, High-Power Devices, Linear and Nonlinear Device Modeling and CAD, Thermal Considerations and Reliabilities, PA Applications Active Components and Systems Transceiver Design, Multi-Band RF Circuits and Systems, System-On-Chip, System-In-Package, Low-Power IC, Low-Noise IC, Radar RF/MMIC Electronics, Terahertz Electronics, Active (Non-Foster) Filters and Non-Foster Impedance Matching Passive Components and Antennas Filters, Transmission Line Components, MEMS, Advanced Packaging, Antennas and Arrays, Meta-Materials, Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures Wireless Communications Cognitive Radios, Wireless Networking, 3G/4G, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), MIMO, Multi-Carrier, Spread Spectrum, Channel Characterization and Modeling, Software Defined Radios (SDR) Emerging RF and Microwave Technologies Biomedical Applications, Wireless Sensing, Energy Harvesting, Wireless Power Transfer, Nano Devices and Circuits PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Authors are asked to submit papers electronically in .PDF format. In order to be considered for publication by the Technical Program Committee, an initial submission of 3 pages, clearly describing the concept and results must be submitted before the deadline of January 5, 2015. The final manuscript, which has a page limit of 3–6 pages, will be requested only after the paper is accepted. The conference webpage at www.wamicon.org has complete details of submission requirements. Submissions will be evaluated for originality, significance of the work, technical soundness, and interest to a wide audience. Papers Due: January 5, 2015 Author Notification: January 26, 2015 Final Papers Due: February 9, 2015