MOS-AK Meeting in San Francisco!

For the first time there will be a third MOS-AK meeting in one year, and for the first time, the MOS-AK Meeting will be held outside Europe!

In December 2008 a MOS-AK meeting will take place in San Francisco, California, co-located with two important events: the Compact Modeling Council (CMC) Meeting and IEDM'2008.

The call for abstracts is open. If you are interesting in making one presentation, please contact Wladek Grabinski: ")'>

The MOS-AK meeting is one of the main forums on compact modeling in Europe. So far, two editions of the meeting were held: one in spring and another one in September, co-located with the ESSDERC and ESSCIRC conferences. Of course, most of the participants use to be from Europe. It will be very interesting to have a MOS-AK meeting in the US, and have an active participation of compact model developers from America!

"Be Flexible" 2008

The 2008 "Be Flexible" Forum will be held in Munich (Germany) on December 2-3 2008 at the Hotel Le Meridien (Munich).

This Forum `be-flexible´ was created by Fraunhofer IZM-Munich to deal with the most recent research and innovations in the world of flexible electronics. It is an interesting event for exchanges of experiences of scientists, applied researchers, equipment suppliers and users in flexible electronics. It is also a good opportunity to meet people from the leading companies and suppliers.

The Forum will consist of two Workshops: Thin Semiconductor Devices (December 2) and Flexible Electronics Systems (December 3). Some interesting papers will be presented.

Besides, December 4 will be an Open Day to visit the Fraunhofer IZM facilities.

Global Plastic Electronics Conference

The 4th Global Plastic Electronics Conference and Showcase will be held in Berlin, Germany, on October 27-29 2008. The venue will be the Maritim Hotel Berlin.

The program consists of nine parallel symposia: Flexible Displays, Inorganic-Organic Hybrids, Lighting & Signage, Bateries & Printed Power, Organic Photovoltaics, Organic Based Sensors, Labels & Tags, and Smart Textiles.


The Global Plastic Electronics Conference and Showcase will be a very appropriate place to learn about the recent advances on plastic electronics, and also to do networking. The plenary speakers are leading authorities in the field, as well as some of the presenters.

The Call for Posters is still open! It is a good oportunity to present a scientific poster and have a chance to meet the leaders in plastic electronics.

Besides, more than 30 companies will participate in the Showcase. As said in the brochure, Science and Industry will meet in this conference.

RFIC'09

The 2009 IEEE RFIC (Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits) Symposium will be held in Boston, Massachussets, on June 7-9 in conjunction with the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), as part of the Microwave Week 2009.

The IEEE RFIC Symposium is one of the most important IEEE conferences dedicated to the latest innovations in RF and microwave integrated circuits.

The technical areas of RFIC 2009 include RFIC design, RFIC circuits, design methodology, system engineering, RF testing and packaging... And I wish to hightlight that one of the topics explicitly mentioned in the Call for Papers is "Modeling and CAD: RFIC Modeling, Characterization of Active and Passive Devices".

Certainly, RFIC'08, as well as IEEE MTT-S IMS, will allow an easy interaction between high-frequency compact model developers and their potential users.

The deadline for paper submission is January 6 2009.

IMS'09

The IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2009 (IMS 2009) will be held in Boston, Massachussets from June 7 to June 12 2009.

IMS is the largest conference in the field of RF and microwave theory and techniques.

IMS'08 will include workshops, short courses, panels and special sessions

In such a large conference, there are many parallel sessions. The scope of IMS is large, and papers on compact modeling of semiconductor devices in the RF and microwave regime can be presented at IMS. In fact, IMS is a very adequate forum for that, because of the presence of the potential users of the device models (designers of RF and microwave circuits).

IMS will be part of the Microwave Week 2009, which will also include a microwave exhibition, the RFIC Symposium and the ARFTG Conference.

The deadline for paper submission is December 8 2009.

Last but not least, IMS'08 includes a very interesting social programme.
Certainly Boston is an exciting city that offers many places and activities to enjoy!