Message from the General Chair
Mark E. Russell

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 2010 IEEE Phased Array Systems and Technology Symposium. Recent advances and planned developments in phased arrays make this event exciting and timely.

The symposium starts on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 12th with an insightful plenary session including a keynote presentation and speakers from around the world sharing their progress in phased arrays. Wednesday, October 13th and Thursday, October 14th provide two full days of technical paper and poster sessions. We have a broad selection of tutorials being offered the morning before (Tuesday) and the morning after (Friday) the technical presentations. These tutorials will cover topics on phased array basics and recent breakthroughs, digital beam forming, phased array antenna measurements, phased array antenna modeling with Matlab and Random Arrays.

In addition, this symposium will have several special events held during the week. Students at universities and colleges from around the Northeast will be joining us for a Student Day. This event provides them with the opportunity to attend a special introductory tutorial about Phased Arrays on Tuesday morning, followed by presentations from members of our phased array community sharing their personal experiences on why they chose a career in phased arrays and the many opportunities available in this field. The students will then attend the plenary session in the afternoon. We hope this event will encourage the next generation of phased array technologists.

We will also be hosting a Women in Engineering (WIE) reception on Tuesday evening. This event is open to all attendees of the conference and is intended to highlight the accomplishments of women in the IEEE.

The dates of our symposium were chosen to coincide with the peak of New England fall foliage. Come early for the Columbus Day weekend and see the many famous sites in the area including historic Concord &Lexington (known for their battles during the American Revolution), the Boston waterfront and Quincy Market, Whale Watching Tours in the Boston Harbor, Salem (famous for the witch trials) or head north to see the foliage in the beautiful White Mountain National Forest. The venue of this symposium, the Westin Hotel in Waltham, MA, was chosen to enable you to easily access all of these spectacular sites.

We encourage you to make the most of this historic event by networking with old friends, making new connections and sharing technology. Together we will continue to advance our progress in Phased Arrays Systems. I personally look forward to meeting you at the symposium.