Welcome messages: Welcome to the 16th European Microwave Week

Grüß Gott, welcome to Nuremberg, the regional metropolis of Franconia, in the northern part of Bavaria! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 16th European Microwave Week (EuMW), which will be held at the Nürnberg Convention Center (NCC), from Sunday 6th to Friday 11th October 2013. The European Microwave Week, with the European Microwave Conference (EuMC) as its centre piece together with the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) and the European Radar Conference (EuRAD), is the premier RF and microwave event in Europe and brings together our community from around the world. The three conferences come together with the European Microwave Exhibition, which is the largest RF and microwave trade show in Europe. The Week is organised by the European Microwave Association (EuMA). The first Week was held in Amsterdam in the year 1998, and now it is the first time that the Week will come to Nuremberg. However, for the European Microwave Conference alone it is already the second time because thirty years ago, in the year 1983 (when Germany was still divided into two countries) the 13th EuMC already took place in Nuremberg.