1. Submission Deadline: February 14, 2014 The 15th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON 2014) will be held in Tampa, Florida on June 6, 2014. The conference is co-located with the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Conference (www.ims2014.org) and ARFTG (www.arftg.org). 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. Prospective authors are invited to submit original and high-quality work for presentation at the WAMICON for publication in IEEE Xplore. The technical program will cover emerging RF/microwave technologies and wireless communication systems.www.ims2014.orgwww.arftg.org TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE Emerging RF and Microwave Technologies Authors are especially encouraged to submit papers on Biomedical Applications, Wireless Sensing, Energy Harvesting, Wireless Power Transfer, Terahertz Technologies, Nanodevices and Circuits. Other emerging wireless and microwave topics will also be considered. Wireless Communications Authors are also encouraged to submit papers on Cognitive Radio, 4G and Advanced Data Networks, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), MIMO, Multi-Carrier, Spread Spectrum, Channel Characterization and Modeling as well as Software Defined Radios (SDR). Also papers on High power RF/Microwave systems and applications, Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Systems including MESH Sensor Networks will be supported. 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 February 14, 2014. 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. Submissions will be evaluated for originality, significance of the work, technical soundness, and interest to a wide audience. www.wamicon.org OUTSTANDING SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Sponsor various opportunities at WAMICON 2014 – just contact the Sponsorship Co-Chairs by their emails on the left! IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference WAMICON 2014 Co-located with the International Microwave Symposium and ARFTG June 6, 2014 Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina Tampa, Florida 2 nd CALL FOR PAPERS Papers Due: February 14, 2014 Author Notification: March 10, 2014 Final Papers Due: March 30, 2014 General Chair Ray Pengelly, Cree Inc. ray_pengelly@cree.com General Co-Chair Jing Wang, Univ. of South Florida jingw@usf.edu Technical Program Co-Chairs Jane Gu, University of California, Davis jgu@ucdavis.edu Ed Takacs, Array Wireless etakacs@arraywireless.com Poster Session Chair Xun Gong, Univ. of Central Florida xun.gong@ucf.edu Paper Competition Co-Chairs Rhonda Franklin Drayton, Univ. of Minnesota rfranklin@umn.edu Jason Boh, Agilent Technologies Jason_Boh@agilent.com Local Arrangements Chair Joel Johnson, Harris Corp. wjohns19@harris.com Sponsorship Co-Chairs Alen Fejzuli, Electro Technik Industries alen.fejzuli@electrotechnik.com Jim Assurian, Reactel jassurian@Reactal.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 Kim McPeek, Trak Microwave kmcpeek@trak.com Awards Chair Tom Weller, Univ. of South Florida weller@usf.edu WAMICON Advisors Richard Abrahams, Harris Corp. rabrah01@harris.com Tom Weller, Univ. of South Florida weller@usf.edu