Focus and Special Sessions

Focus Sessions

Focus sessions are typically technical in nature and encompass a wide range of topics. They may include an emerging technology that is of interest to the MTT community or may group together multiple technologies/techniques that have relevance to a common application.

Examples of past focus sessions are:

• Microacoustic Frontend Technologies
• Advances in GaN Technology
• Advances in Microwave Systems for Deep Space Missions
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• TeraHertz Integrated Circuits
• Trends for Future Radar Systems with Electronically Scanned Arrays
  
  
  

Special Sessions

Special sessions are different from focus sessions in that they may be historic in nature to highlight the technical achievements in a specific technical area, application space or region of the world. Additionally, special sessions may be in memory of an MTT member to honor the technical and/or service contributions to the MTT community.

Examples of past special sessions are:

• History of MIC/MMIC Inventions
• Microwave/Millimeter-Wave Activities in the Pacific Rim
• A tribute to Dr. Leo Young
• Submillimeter Wave Radio Astronomy and Mauna Kea
• 50 Years of Microwaves in the San Francisco Bay Area
  
  
  

General Guidelines

• Each session is 80 minutes long to accommodate four 20 minute papers or three 20 minute papers and two 10 minute papers, for a maximum of five papers.
• Organizers and speakers will be required to register for at least one day of the conference and no financial support for travel or lodging will be provided.
• Paper submissions for Focus and Special sessions will be subject to the normal paper review process. When submitting papers via the website, in addition to the subcommittee technical areas, the titles of the Focus/Special sessions will be listed for the authors to choose. A subcommittee will be assigned to review the papers based on the technical area of the session.

Submission Process

Please email Focus/Special Session proposals to the Focus/Special Session Chair, Timothy Hancock at hancockt@ieee.org by September 19, 2008. A submission template indicating the required information for evaluation of the proposal can be downloaded here.