Remembering IMS 2000 — Looking Toward IMS 2009
Dr. Glenn Thoren, General Chairman IMS 2000

When the MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2009 Chairman Fred Schindler asked me to write this article I wondered why anyone would be interested in reminiscences from the IMS 2000. Then it dawned on me, many microwave engineers and scientists may not have been there. That is too bad. The IMS 2000 was in Boston and Boston has a long tradition of simply outstanding and excellent microwave events.

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Paper Submission Guidelines

Technology papers for this symposium must be submitted via the IMS 2009 website, www.ims2009.org. Complete information on how to submit a paper and register for conference, as well as other important information, can be found at http://www.ims2009.org/cfp.html.

On the Right Tracks
Mark Gouker, TPC Co-Chair
One of the innovations for this year's symposium is the introduction of Focus Tracks. We have grouped the technical content of the symposium into four areas: Active Components, Microwave Modeling, Passive Components and Microwave Systems.

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OMMIC: A First Time Exhibitor's View
Derek Smith, Director of Marketing & Sales, OMMIC
While OMMIC has a truly global market (more than half of the company’s sales come from outside Europe), 2008 was the first time that OMMIC has participated as an exhibitor at the MTT-S IMS event.

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History of Boston: Early English Settlement and How the City Got Its Name
David Vye, 2009 Steering Committee Member & IMS Insider Editor
Boston is a unique American city with a rich history and a style somewhat reminiscent of European cities. The first Euro-American settlement in the immediate area of Boston was a short way across Boston Harbor at Charlestown. Boston's deep harbor and advantageous geographic position helped it to become the busiest port in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, eventually surpassing Plymouth and Salem.

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