1. Submission Deadline: January 4, 2016 The 17th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON 2016) will be held in Sand Key Clearwater Beach, Florida from April 11 th through 13 th 2016. Tutorials will be held on the 13 th. The conference will address up-to-date multidisciplinary research needs and interdisciplinary aspects of wireless and RF technology. The program includes both oral and poster presentations as well as tutorials and special sessions. Prospective authors are invited to submit original and high-quality work for presentation at WAMICON 2016 for publication in IEEEXplore. The technical program will cover emerging RF/microwave technologies, active and passive components and systems as well as wireless communications. Conference website is www.wamicon.orgwww.wamicon.org TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE Power Amplifiers High-Efficiency PAs, Linearization and Efficiency Enhancement Techniques and Topologies, Novel PA Architectures, High-Power Devices, Linear and Nonlinear Device Modeling and CAD, Thermal Considerations and Reliabilities, PA Applications Active Components and Systems Transceiver Design, Multi-Band RF Circuits and Systems, System-On-Chip, System-In-Package, Low-Power IC, Low-Noise IC, Radar RF/MMIC Electronics, Terahertz Electronics, Active (Non-Foster) Filters and Non-Foster Impedance Matching Passive Components and Antennas Filters, Transmission Line Components, MEMS, Advanced Packaging, Antennas and Arrays, Meta-Materials, Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures, Non-Foster Impedance Matching Wireless Communications Cognitive Radios, Wireless Networking, 5G, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), MIMO, Multi-Carrier, Spread Spectrum, Channel Characterization and Modeling, Software Defined Radios (SDR) Microwave Applications Biomedical Applications, Wireless Sensing, Energy Harvesting, Wireless Power Transfer, Nano Devices and Circuits, Radar PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Authors are asked to submit papers electronically in.PDF format. In order to be considered for publication by the Technical Program Committee, a submission of 3-6 pages, clearly describing the concept and results must be submitted before the deadline of February 3, 2016. Submitted papers are to be in final form. The conference webpage at www.wamicon.org has complete details of submission requirements. Submissions will be evaluated for originality, significance of the work, technical soundness, and interest to a wide audience. Deadline date is in Hawaii time, midnight.www.wamicon.org IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference WAMICON 2016 April 11 th to 13 th 2016 Marriott Suites on Sand Key Clearwater Beach, Florida FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Final Papers Due: February 5, 2016 Author Notification: February 29, 2016 General Chair Joel Johnson, Harris wjohns19@harris.com General Vice-Chair James Culver, Orbital ATK jwculver@ieee.org Technical Program Chairs Scott Barker, University of Virginia nsb6t@virginia.edu Xiaoguang "Leo" Liu, UC Davis lxgliu@ucdavis.edu Invited Papers Chairs Bojana Zivanovic, Keyssa boyana.zivanovic@gmail.com boyana.zivanovic@gmail.com Ron Ginley, NIST ronald.ginley@nist.gov Tutorial Chair Jessica Coots jcoots01@harris.com Poster Session Chair Mike Imperato mimparato2012@gmail.com Paper Competition Xun Gong, University of Central Florida Xun.Gong@ucf.edu Local Arrangements Chair Henrry LaRosa hlarosa02@gmail.com Exhibits & Sponsorship Chairs Ryan Baker, CREE Ryan_Baker@cree.com David Zavac, TTE Filters LLC dzavac@tte.com Publicity Chair Michael Hallman, Microwave Journal mhallman@mwjournal.com Publications Chair Gary Breed, AY Technologies gary@aytechnologies.com Registration Chair Sergio Melais, CST of America Sergio.Melais@cst.com Finance Chair Heather Quinones heatheranneq@yahoo.com Henning Award Chair Tom Weller, USF weller@usf.edu IEEE Liaison Larry Dunleavy, Modelithics ldunleavy@modelithics.com