Workshop on 
     
Beamforming
Technology and
Applications
     
     
March 1 & 2, 2000
     
     
CALL FOR
PAPERS
     
Sparkman Center Auditorium
Redstone Arsenal, AL
     
     
OBJECTIVE:
     
The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for assessing the maturity 
of emerging concepts for control of millimeter and microwave beams for 
application in military platforms and weapons as well as commercial 
applications.  An additional objective is to review progress in the optical and 
microwave components for achieving these concepts.  Participants will be drawn 
from both the technology developers as well as the users, who jointly identify 
opportunities for technology insertion.  New technology development 
opportunities based on hybrid concepts that combine optical and MEMS 
technologies with the identified and recommended for funding.
     
 TOPICS FOR SYSTEM / ARCHITECTURE:
    Digital Beamforming
    Optically Controlled Phased Array Antennas
      Photonic/Microwave Beam Forming   
          True Time Delay Concepts
          Phase/Amplitude Control   
          Hybrid Optical MEMS Concepts  
          Other Novel Concept
      Transmit/Receive Systems
    RF Photonic Links
    Other Novel Systems/Methods for Control of 
    Microwave
     
 TOPICS FOR COMPONENTS AND DEVICES:
    Optical Components
      High Speed Photonic Devices
      Lasers and Amplifiers
      Waveguide Splitters, Switches, Modulators, 
        and Other Devices   
      Photodetectors
      Fiber Optics
      Integrated Photonic Circuits
    Microwave Components
      Integrated Photonic-MMIC Systems
      Antenna Design
      Phase-shifters, Amplifiers
    MEMS and Other Novel Technologies
     
ATTENDANCE:
     
The Workshop is open to industry, academia, and government.
     
One session of the workshop may be classified SECRET.  Further information will 
be available regarding this issue.  The remainder of this workshop will be 
UNCLASSIFIED.  However, attendance is restricted.
     
The workshop is open to U.S. citizens and non-citizens who are approved by the 
Department of Defense.  Persons who are not citizens of the U.S. or represent a 
foreign entity must make a formal request to attend the workshop through their 
embassy sixty days in advance for approval by the Department of the Army, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Intelligence.
     
ALL U.S. CITIZENS MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP AT WORKSHOP.  THIS MEANS 
THAT YOU MUST BRING YOUR PASSPORT, CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR CERTIFICATE OF
NATURALIZATION.  THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS REQUIREMENT.  
     
All Government employees must present their Government picture ID badge.  Each 
non-Government person planning to attend the workshop must present a photo ID 
and a copy of a properly executed DoD Form 2345, "Export Controlled Technical 
Data Agreement" authorizing their organization access to export controlled 
material.  Those unfamiliar with the procedure of DoD 2345 may contact the 
Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC) at 1-800-352-3572 for assistance.
     
ABSTRACTS:
     
Prospective speakers must submit UNCLASSIFIED abstracts of approximately 300 
words.  Abstracts must include the title, author(s), complete return address, 
telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.  Authors should state 
potential applications, if applicable, and indicate which of the topic areas 
listed categorize their abstracts.
     
The abstracts must be received no later than November 1, 1999.  Authors will be 
notified of paper acceptance no later than December 6, 1999.  A final 
presentation must be provided for inclusion into the final proceedings no later 
than February 23, 2000.
     
Please e-mail your abstracts to:
     
STARLING-SL@redstone.army.mil
     
or mail an electronic version of your abstract to:
     
Beamforming Technology and Applications 
Attn:  Sherry Starling
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Research Institute, E-47
Huntsville, AL   35899
     
ADMINISTRATION:
     
The overall administration of the workshop, including registration, is being 
provided by the University of Alabama in Huntsville Systems Management and 
Production Laboratory.   
     
Registration information will be available in January, 2000.  You may contact 
the Emerging Concepts, Components and Devices in Microwave Photonics Workshop 
Telephone Hotline at:  (256) 890-6343 ext.279; or the workshop's Website at:  
     http://smaplab.ri.uah.edu/BTA/
     
SPONSORS:
     
    U.S. Army Research Office
    U.S. Army Research Laboratory
    U.S. Naval Weapons Center
    U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
    U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
    Missile Research, Development, & Engineering Center 
    U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command
    U.S. Army Communications & Electronics Command