What's In Store For EMC+SIPI '24
By John Oncea, Editor
EMC+SIPI 2024 is coming to Phoenix soon. Here’s all you need to know about the Symposium, from technical sessions to workshops and all points in between.
Are you planning on attending EMC+SIPI 2024?
The IEEE EMC Society sure hopes so, anxiously waiting for you to join them from August 5 to 9 in Phoenix, home to a variety of business sectors including Aviation and Aerospace, Advanced Business Services, Bioscience and Healthcare, and Advanced Manufacturing, to name but a few.
Vignesh Rajamani, General Chair, 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal & Power Integrity (EMC+SIPI), writes, “We want to continue the momentum we saw in Grand Rapids (last year) and strive to do even better at the Phoenix Symposium to deliver a premium experience for the attendees. The strong Symposium committee that has been formed for Phoenix is looking forward to having you there and showcasing the vast technical and educational content that will benefit our membership.”
The Symposium will feature technical sessions, interactive workshops/tutorials, standards sessions, experiments and demonstrations, and a technical exhibition, as well as social events that provide valuable opportunities to network. It also will expand the Exemplary Paper Session with speakers from other technical IEEE Societies including the Vehicular Technology Society, the Antennas and Propagation Society, and the Microwave Theory and Technology Society.
“The committee is working closely with the technical exhibition participants to provide you with an opportunity to learn how their solutions can help you with your work and research, as they are our key partners,” writes Rajamani. “We will have many opportunities to participate in Standards Committee meetings to inform you of pending changes to standards or any updates that may affect your products and/or services.
Chuck Bunting, Oklahoma State Associate Dean of Research for the College of Engineering Architecture and Technology and director of the Robust Electromagnetic Field Testing and Simulation Laboratory Chuck Bunting, serves as the EMC+SIPI 2024 Technical Program Chair and adds, “The Symposium will include an array of opportunities to submit your ideas. In addition to Traditional Papers, the Symposium also invites authors to participate through other formats: Special Sessions; Abstract-Reviewed Papers; Poster Papers; Workshops & Tutorials; and Experiments & Demonstrations which can be submitted using our portal when it opens in a few weeks.”
Bunting adds that this year the Technical Program Committee has proposed special topics which include EMI/EMC issues for Transportation Electrification, Semiconductor and Chip EMC, Packaging, Autonomous Vehicles, Charging and Wireless Charging, Intentional EMI, and Cybersecurity.
The Program
According to the advance program (which is preliminary and subject to change) the Keynote Presentation – The Story of the Transatlantic Telegraph and the World’s First Internet – will be presented by Ed Godshalk, Ph.D., and IEEE Fellow. It will take place on August 6 from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. and will include the results of a replica of the original system that illustrates the data rate problem.
Global SIPI University will be held on Wednesday, August 7 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will provide technicians and engineers the opportunity to acquire SI and PI concepts from experienced and well-known instructors from both academia and industry.
Global University will run from August 6 – 8 for a total of 20 hours. This year’s Global University will provide a great learning experience due to the ability to interact with instructors and other attendees. Topics covered include signal spectra, radiated emissions, shielding, crosstalk, power integrity, and more.
As always, there will be numerous tutorials and workshops taking place during the five-day Symposium covering a wide range of topics. There also will be Ask The Expert panels in the Exhibition Hall on Tuesday, August 6. These panels will address the complexity of modern vehicles, what’s best for a reverberation chamber, and modern solutions to the increasing demand for smaller, higher-performance PCB/IC/Chip packages.
The Exhibition Hall also will be the site of the popular Experiments and Demonstrations program, a hands-on activity that provides a unique learning experience completing the Symposium’s technical presentations.
Finally, an event of this magnitude wouldn’t be an event if it didn’t provide networking opportunities. EMC+SIPI 2024 features a Welcome Reception on Tuesday, August 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., as well as an Evening Gala on Wednesday, August 7 from 7 to 10 p.m. There is also an Awards Luncheon (Thursday, August 8 from Noon to 1:30 p.m.) and dozens of other events to keep you entertained.
What To Do In Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is an exciting and bustling center of activity filled with myriad restaurants, microbreweries, museums, and more. And getting around has never been easier thanks to the city’s METRO Light Rail system and the availability of Waymo Autonomous Cars.
The Phoenix Convention Center, host to EMC+SIPI 2024, is conveniently located on the METRO Light Rail line, just a short ride from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and is within walking distance to convention hotels, entertainment & sports complexes, shopping, and restaurants.
Who To Seen When You’re There
The Exhibit Hall will be a major component of the Symposium experience and its technical program schedule has been designed to maximize your opportunity to visit and see the latest technologies and products.
Vignesh Rajamani, IEEE EMC+SIPI 2024 General Chair, writes that the EMC+SIPI Symposia are the primary platform where important developments in the areas of electromagnetic compatibility and signal/power integrity are discussed, offering unique opportunities to further develop existing relationships, build new ones, potentially meet new customers and employees, showcase your products and services, plus much more.
Nearly 100 exhibitors and sponsors, from A2LA to Wurth Elektronik, have committed to attending this year’s event.
You Know EMC?
The IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society is the world’s largest organization dedicated to developing and distributing information, tools, and techniques for reducing electromagnetic interference. The society’s field of interest includes standards, measurement techniques and test procedures, instrumentation, equipment and systems characteristics, interference control techniques and components, education, computational analysis, and spectrum management, along with scientific, technical, industrial, professional, or other activities that contribute to this field.
The mission of the IEEE EMC Society is to foster the development and facilitate the exchange of scientific and technological knowledge in the discipline of electromagnetic environmental effects and electromagnetic compatibility, as detailed in the EMCS’s field of interest (FOI), and promote literary, educational and professional aspects thereof, that benefit members, the profession and humanity.
The IEEE EMC Society’s vision is to be the recognized and respected global organization and leading provider of scientific and engineering information and services in the field of electromagnetic environmental effects and electromagnetic compatibility engineering, technology, and innovation for the betterment of society and the preferred professional development source for our members.