The European Microwave Week will be held in Spain for the first time

The European Week of High Frequency Technologies (Radio Frequency, Microwaves and Millimeter Waves) will take place at IFEMA (Madrid) from September 23 to 28.

Among the next September 23 and 28 scientists, technologists and professionals high frequency technologies sector (radio frequency, microwaves and millimeter waves) from all over the world will meet at IFEMA (Madrid) in the European Microwave Week with the aim of discussing and analyzing the new developments in communications systems, both terrestrial and aerospace, the new architectures of radar systems, as well as wireless technologies, sensor systems and the latest developments in the field of semiconductors and materials for these technologies, along with their applicability in the most diverse fields including the areas of space, security and defense.

La prestigiosa European Microwave Week (EuMW) groups three Congresses: the European Microwave Conference (EuMC), the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), and the European Radar Conference (EuRAD). In addition to these three major conferences, training workshops (Workshops), courses and seminars are held during the week for participants from both the industry and the scientific-technological sector. A fourth event is also being held, the Defense, Security and Space Forum.

The European Microwave Week will also have an important industrial exhibition, the second largest and most complete in the world, first in Europe, in the radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter wave technologies sector, in which companies from all over the world participate.

It is the first time that this event, which is always organized in European capitals (last editions in Nuremberg, London, Paris...) is organized in Spain with the format described. IFEMA will host around 4,000 attendees, 7,000 m² of industrial exhibition space with more than 300 exhibitors international (including Asia-Pacific, USA and Europe). Likewise, 1,600 delegates will have the opportunity to present their recent research or technological results and generate contacts and business opportunities.

At EuMA

The European Microwave Week is promoted by the European Microwave Association (European Microwave Association, EuMA), international non-profit association, with a scientific, educational and technical purpose, with headquarters in Brussels. The EuMA develops training and research activities in an interdisciplinary manner, promotes the aforementioned technologies at a European level and facilitates communication and connections between professionals in the sector. EuMA provides a unique voice to European scientists and engineers involved in high frequency technologies (RF, microwave and millimeter waves), promotes public awareness, and helps achieve full recognition of these disciplines by the European Union. This association organizes symposiums at European level and, in particular, the European Microwave Conference (EuMC) and the European Microwave Week (EuMW), as well as other associated events.

Prior to the founding of the EuMA, the EuMC had been held biennially since 1969, first in London, then in Stockholm and later in Brussels. In 1974 it became annual, with an organizing committee with representation from each European country (or group of countries). In 1993 it was held in Madrid. But it was only in 1997, when the EuMA was founded, when this conference began to form part of what is now known as European Microwave Week (EuMW), where it is integrated with the European Conference on Microwave Integrated Circuits (EuMIC) and the European Radar Conference (EuRAD), and which will be held in this format this year in Madrid.

EuMA Awards

The EuMA awards three awards to recognize professionals who have made exceptional contributions to the microwave community: the Distinguished Service Award to recognize an individual who has performed outstanding service for the benefit of the European microwave community and, in particular, for the advancement of the European Microwave Association, the Outstanding Career Award to recognize a person “who throughout his or her career has obtained outstanding achievements in the field of microwaves,” and the Pioneer Award which recognizes an individual “responsible for a notable advance in the field of microwaves that has had a lasting and significant effect on the microwave community.”