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The 11th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on
Electromagnetic Compatibility was held from March 7 to 9, 1995 at the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. The meeting
was attended by 966 participants from 30 countries. The exhibition included
62 exhibitor booths.
Despite the fact that the growing number of international EMC conferences
in Europe give rise to a certain saturation, these numbers confirm again
the importance of this technical discipline and the high standing of the
EMC Zurich Symposia. This biennial event has a significant place among
others in Europe and overseas. Concluding from the origin of authors,
participants and exhibitors, it is the most internationally oriented
conference on that topic.
As in the preceding years, the Symposium has been organized by the
Communication Technology Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich (ETHZ) under the auspices of F. Rosenberg, Director-General
of the Swiss Telecom PTT. A number of international and national professional
organizations were cooperating, e.g. ITU, IEEE and URSI, the latter also
sponsoring the participance of young scientists. Prof. Dr. P. Leuthold (Zurich)
and Dr. G. Meyer (Zurich) acted again as Symposium president and
Symposium chairman, respectively. The technical program committee was
chaired by Prof. Dr. C. Paul (Lexington).
A total of 122 carefully selected technical papers in 18 sessions outlined
the frontiers of EMC science and technology, the sessions being devoted to:
transient effects, EMC applications, power systems, transmission lines,
standards, trends in spectrum management, circuit oriented techniques in EMC,
EMC immunity testing, electromagnetic field hazards, EMC education and
training, numerical techniques for EMC, immunity, lightning EMP, EMC
instruments and measurements, shielding and coupling, electronic design under
EMC constraints, alternatives to open area test sites and ESD dynamics
(model / measurement).
The sessions covered virtually all EMC "hot" topics and reviewed the
current status as well as future trends of EMC technology. The symposium
proceedings with 664 pages of full texts of the presentations has been
made available. An insight into the work of URSI Commission E and K was
offered by open meetings which took aim at the discussion of the progress
in the different working groups and at the identification of outstanding
topics and new lines of research for the future.
The program did not exclusively address the experts. An introduction to
EMC technology was ensured by three tutorial lectures and two workshops.
The full text of these joint events has been made available in the 176 page
supplement to the symposium proceedings.
Overwhelming response by the audience have been given to the presentations
on EMC standards, especially the European EMC-Directive, biological effects,
coupling to transmission lines, PCB design, test methods and theoretical EMC
models. It is difficult to point out general trends in the field of EMC but
with the growing interests in theoretical models and numerical methods, the
role of computers is becoming more and more important.
As usual, the Technical Exhibition has significantly contributed to the
success of EMC Zurich'95 by demonstrating the fast conversion of theoretical
knowledge into state-of-the-art hard- and software.
A representative inquiry showed that about half of the participants also
attended EMC Zurich'93. 58% of the attendees visited at least one EMC
conference in the past year, and 18% were present at more than one per year.
Moreover, one third of the participants seems to prefer the two year rhythm,
for another third there is a need for one or more symposia per year. The rest
are "newcomers". Three quarters of the attendees rated the presented papers
with the mark "good", about 20% with the mark "excellent". Once again the
inquiry clearly showed that the real value of a symposium is its role as a
platform of personal information exchange. More than two thirds of the
participants stated that they found solutions to actual problems during the
symposium and as much as 90% said that they could at least find valuable
contacts.
The inquiry also returned some very interesting suggestions for the next
EMC Zurich Symposium which is planned for February 18 to 20, 1997. Due to
the rearrangement of the semesters at the Swiss universities including ETHZ,
we are forced to move the conference to the second half of February. The call
for papers of the 12th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition
on EMC is scheduled for November 1995.
All information about EMC Zurich and much more may be found through our
WorldWideWeb home page:
- www.emc-zurich.ch/
- www.emczurich.ch/
We also maintain a list of major recurrent EMC meetings and offer
the possibility to announce further events. The dissemination of
much more valuable information is planned for the future.
Contact address:
- Dr. G.V. Meyer
- ETH-Zentrum, IKT
- CH-8092 Zurich
- Switzerland
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gmeyer@nari.ee.ethz.ch
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