ASIA-PACIFIC EMC WEEK
2008 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
in conjunction with the
19^th Intern. Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
May 19 - 22, 2008  Singapore

President Message

The great success of EMC Zurich in Singapore in 2006 initiated a broad discussion amongst the Asia-Pacific EMC community.  There was a general consensus of combining the many scattered EMC events in the region to form a major EMC symposium similar in quality to EMC Zurich in Europe or to the IEEE EMC Symposium in the States.  It was agreed that such a symposium be an annual event moving among the different countries of the region also offering an industrial exhibition to address the needs of industry.

As a result of our deliberations the 2008 Asia-Pacific EMC (APEMC) Symposium has been launched to take place in Singapore from May 19-22, 2008.  This is a major step towards a high-quality, international Asia-Pacific EMC symposium addressing the needs of a rising EMC community in the region, fostering its link to the world and promoting excellence among its members.  To ensure a smooth start, this first APEMC event will be jointly organized with the 19^th EMC Zurich Symposium, to demonstrate that we will continue the spirit of scientific excellence, openness and outreach to the industry that is associated with the name of EMC Zurich.

The Technical Program Committee (TPC) of last years EMC Zurich in Singapore will be extended to represent adequate Asian participation for this year's event and will serve as basis for our future TPC.  The Singapore EMC community is proud to host this historical event and will make sure that it will become a very successful and highly memorable milestone in the development of a unified Asia-Pacific EMC community.

With this we invite the members of the EMC community in the Asian-Pacific region to help and make APEMC a successful endeavor and we also invite the members of the international community to come and attend the 2008 Asia-Pacific EMC (APEMC) Symposium in conjunction with the 19^th EMC Zurich Symposium.

We will offer a rich scientific program of highest quality with invited speakers from all over the world and provide a broad forum of exchange for both academia and industry alike.  The symposium will cover the entire scope of electromagnetic compatibility.  Prospective authors are invited to submit original papers on their latest research results.  We also solicit proposals for topical meetings, industrial forums, workshops and tutorials.

So come and join us in Singapore in May of 2008.

Er-Ping Li
Symposium President of the 2008 APEMC and the 19^th EMC Zurich