[June 19, 2019]

IMS2019 Highlights Microwaves/RF Role in 5G, Autonomous Vehicles, Health Monitoring and More

Over 9,500 attendees attended this year's IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), the world's largest event for RF and microwave technology, to discover the newest products and services being offered in the RF/microwave industry. This represents a 16% increase in technical attendance over IMS2018 and a record breaking 650 exhibiting companies. IMS, the annual conference and exhibition of the IEEE (News - Alert) Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT-S), is the flagship conference of Microwave Week featuring innovators and disruptors in microwave and RF theory and practice.

This year's conference was co-located with IEEE's Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) and ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference. Events featured include the IEEE 5G Summit, RF Bootcamp, the Startup Pavilion, Women in Microwaves, Young Professionals and several notable keynote speakers.

Attendees included RF designers, researchers, developers, and academics representing more than 50 countries including China, Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea and the United States. Of the attendees at this year's IMS, 38% were first time attendees and 34% were Young Professionals. This year's symposium is the first to feature tracks and events to highlight RF and microwave startups including the 'Startup Pavilion,' a stand-out space on the exhibit floor dedicated to young innovative companies in the wireless industry. Also new this year is the "Next Top Startup Competition," which provided a platform for entrepreneurs to pitch their concepts to expert judges active in the startup ecosystem including investment firms, tech startup incubators and experts in RF technologies. This year the "Best Startup of IMS2019" was JETCOOL Technologies, provider of high-performance cooling technology for high power electronics.

"Year after year IMS brings together companies and industry-leading speakers dedicated to advancing wireless communications across all industries," said Mark Gouker, IMS2019 General Chair. "The IMS2019 Steering Committee took pride in matching the traditions of IMS with new technologies, industries and applications to focus on creating the best experience for all attendees."

The stellar speaker lineup was a highlight of the symposium. Dr. William Chappell, Special Assistant to the Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) kicked off IMS with a talk entitled, "The Mind and Body of RF." Dr. Chappell's keynote address focused on what's needed in the physical layer (hardware) to keep up with the ambitions for the intersection of article intelligence (AI) and the RF spectrum. The 5G Summit and Evening Panel Session showcased industry experts focusing on the discussion of current 5G challenges and the evolution and details of cutting-edge 5G innovation to overcome these challenges. The summit concluded with an exiting interactive panel session. The MTT-S Awards Banquet opened with Dr. Ryan Chin, the CEO of Boston-based autonomous vehicle startup Optimus Ride discussing how self-driving vehicles will transform every aspect of mobility in our cities and communities. The show wrapped up with a keynote presentation entitled "Health Monitoring with Machine Learning and Wireless Sensors" given by MIT's (News - Alert) Dr. Dina Katabi.

The IMS2019 Best Industry Paper was awarded to Jared Williams Jordan and a team of researchers from Cubic/Nuvotronics and Nokia for their paper titled "Monolithically Fabricated 4096-Element, PolyStrata® Broadband D-band Array Demonstrator". Their paper demonstrates the largest reported flat panel 130 to 175 GHz array suitable for advanced communications networks.

The RFIC 2019 Best Industry Paper was awarded to Dr. Renzhi Liu and a team of Intel (News - Alert) researchers for their paper titled "An 802.11ba 495µW -92.6dBm-Sensitivity Blocker-Tolerant Wake-up Radio Receiver Fully Integrated with Wi-Fi Transceiver". Their paper demonstrates the first-ever prototype of an 802.11ba-based wake-up radio receiver integrated with a Wi-Fi transceiver for low power IoT sensor networks.

IMS2020 will be held June 21-26, 2020 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA (News - Alert). Booth selection is currently underway, with 85% of exhibit space already sold.

About IMS
The International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is the annual conference and exhibition of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). IMS features a large commercial exhibition featuring over 650 companies and a technical program offering technical sessions, interactive forums, plenary and panel sessions, workshops, short courses, application seminars, and a wide variety of other technical and social activities. The program covers the latest microwave and RF advancements in emerging areas such as 5G, automobile radar, wearable electronics, the Internet of Things, wireless HDMI, medical applications, satellite communications, and more. IMS2020 will be held June 21-26 in Los Angeles. For more information, visit https://www.ims-ieee.org/ or follow IMS on LinkedIn, Facebook (News - Alert), Twitter and Instagram.

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