1. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 1 GOMACTech-06 Exploring Invisible Worlds 29 SEP 2005 Teleconference Sammy Kayali, JPL/NASA - Conference Chair Dev Palmer, Army Research Office - Technical Program Chair Gerry Borsuk, Naval Research Lab – Local Arrangements Chair

2. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 2 Agenda Technical program status Review abstracts received Verify topic assignments Identify abstracts expected Action items to complete technical program

3. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 3 Conference Format MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday RegistrationPlenary Session (MG Nadeau RDECOM) Tech Sessions / Reviews 7 – 9 Tech Sessions / Reviews 19 – 21 Break Kilby Lectures (Nader Engheta, TBD) Tech Sessions / Reviews 10 – 12 Tech Sessions / Reviews 22 – 24 Lunch on your ownLunch Lunch Panel Tutorials (2 or 3) Tech Sessions / Reviews 1 – 3 Tech Sessions / Reviews 13 – 15 Tech Sessions / Reviews 25 – 27 Break Tech Sessions / Reviews 4 – 6 Tech Sessions / Reviews 16 – 18 Tech Sessions / Reviews 28 – 30 Poster Session (?) Exhibit ReceptionBanquet EXHIBITS

4. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 4 Plenary Speaker/Kilby Lectures MG Nadeau, CG Army RDECOM –Future Combat Systems sensor networks Dr. Nader Engheta, U Penn –IEEE Fellow, OSA Fellow, IEEE Third Millennium Medal winner –Updated version of “Seeing the Invisible: Polarization Vision, Its Bio-Physical Mechanism and Non-Invasive Imaging Applications” presented at URSI/NRSM 2005 ?Lecture Honoring Jack Kilby –No response from initial contacts, investigating other options

5. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 5 Tutorials Champion? Tutorial status –Tutorial 1 – Nanosensors (Brian Cohen, Louis Lome, Joe Brewer) One tutorial session that presents “the view from the top” and one/two technical sessions with extended talks (on Thursday) –Tutorial 2 –Chem/Bio Sensing at THz (Dwight Woolard ARO) –Tutorial 3 – (Ulaby? Purdue Nano?)

6. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 6 Abstracts Received 59 abstracts received as of 09/28/2005 –Four duplicates, one placeholder Less than half the number required for a full technical program! –18 topics have at least one paper –Some topics will result in two or more sessions When all current topics are complete we will have ~90 papers in ~22 sessions –Less than 75% of the typical program

7. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 7 Reviewer Account If you have not done so already, please go to the paper review web page http://www.cloznet.com/gomactech06/personal.cfm and create a reviewer account Log in and check if your invited abstracts –Have been submitted –Are in the correct session

8. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 8 Action Items Session organizers please urge your invitees that have not yet responded to complete and submit their abstracts ASAP! TPC Chair will follow up with session champions showing no paper activity to date Need to wrap this up in two weeks

9. Dev Palmer · dev.palmer@us.army.mil · 919-549-4246 · 9 Proposed Schedule of TPC Activities JUNJULDECAUGSEPOCTNOVJANFEBMAR SPC/TPC 06/08/2005 Abstract Submission 09/23/2005 Technical Program Review 09/29/2005 Paper Selection 11/04/2005 Acceptance Letters Mailed 11/11/2005 Advance Program 12/15/2005 Final Papers Received 12/20/2005 TPC Kickoff 07/15/2005 08/16/2005 GOMACTech 2006