March 26: Will Flat Panel Beamsteering Arrays Meet the SATCOM Challenge?
The panel of industry experts will discuss the challenges and solutions around flat panel beamsteering arrays for SATCOM applications. Panelists will debate topics such as beamsteering methods, RF architecture, antenna arrays, testing/verification methods and others including performance achieved by their products and partners to date in the market.
June 25: New Innovations in Power Amplifiers
This panel of industry experts will discuss new power amplifier innovations such as AI/ML optimization, high efficiency architectures, new thermal solutions/packaging, new materials/substrates (GaN on Si versus GaN on SiC versus GaN on diamond), and power combing technologies including the latest results in high power and efficiency.
August 15: Non-Terrestrial Networks
A new feature of 3GPP Release 17, NTNs enable cellular communications to be delivered by satellite, providing secure, reliable and high bandwidth coverage to isolated locations globally. The initial technology enabled by NTN is narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT), which enables many new use cases, including asset tracking, remote monitoring and emergency services. The panel will discuss the challenges and solutions for device design and testing.
September 17: The Best 5G/6G Beamsteering Antenna Arrays and Repeaters for mmWave Deployments
This panel of industry experts will discuss and debate the various RF architectures and antenna technologies being developed to produce and test low-cost mmWave beam steering arrays for 5G applications including fixed wireless access, cellular repeaters and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. Panelists will debate and discuss the best RF architectures, semiconductor platforms, testing methods and antenna solutions including performance achieved by their products and partners to date in the market.
November 8: The Future of Military Radar
This panel of device, component and test/measurement experts will discuss and debate future trends in military radar technology such as high voltage GaN, AI/ML in radar, cognitive radar, DRFM developments, new phased array architectures, increased processing power, new thermal management techniques and materials, open architectures, multi-purpose radar/comms/EW systems, etc.