2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
Technical Program Committee
Guidelines for Workshop
Organizers
1.
Workshop Proposal Submission:
Workshop proposal can be submitted
only via the web at www.ims2006.org/wksubmission. A copy can be simultaneously
submitted to a Technical Committee for sponsorship with a copy for information
to the workshop chair. The Workshop Committee will contact the Technical
Committee for their comments. The Workshop Committee will actively work to
encourage the combining of similar subject submissions. Please note that the
workshop chair will be the primary contact for any questions on the workshops.
2.
Workshop Classification:
2.1 Tutorial vs.
Advanced?
In general, workshops are intended
to share information from experts in the field with the microwave community,
but must not promote commercial products, for which mAPS is the right venue. Besides
sharing information, workshops are also expected to motivate the attendees to
discuss the subjects promoting an atmosphere of participation. Specifically, a
workshop is classified as Advanced or Tutorial.
An Advanced workshop is targeted
to engineers already experienced in the specific subject. Therefore, it is
expected to contain the most recent results of the technology to be shared with
the participants.
A Tutorial workshop has the
primary goal of educating microwave engineers in new areas of microwave
technology. Therefore, the material will be mostly a revision of previously
published information, reviewed in an updated format.
2.2.Full day or Half day
A typical half-day advanced
workshop is characterized by 4 speakers, with a presentation time of
approximately 40 minutes per speaker including questions. A typical full-day
advanced workshop is characterized by 9 speakers, with a presentation time of
40 minutes per speaker including questions. These guidelines can fluctuate by
+/- 1 speaker and +/- 10 minutes per speaker.
Recommendation for the number of
instructors for a full day tutorial workshop is between 2 and 6.
3. Number of
slides:
The number of slides for
publication in the book will be limited to 40/presentation. If the number of
speakers is lower than the maximum, the number of slides can be increased as
long as the limit of 360 slides for full day and 200 slides for half day is not
exceeded. They should be provided as handouts with 2 slides per page in pdf
format and one slide per page in pdf format for publication in CD-ROM.
4.
Speaker Selection:
Speakers are expected to be
selected from well-known contributors in the field. It is expected the speakers
are well experienced with publications and presentations in professional
technical conferences. The organizers are responsible for selecting speakers
with good presentation skills. Organizers are expected to submit the list of
speakers, presentation titles and outline/abstracts to the primary TC.
5.
Sponsorship
All workshops should have a
primary sponsoring MTT Technical Committee. Additional TCs can sponsor by
sending recommendations to the primary TC. The workshop chair should be kept
fully informed of any changes in the sponsorship.
11 September 2005