3RD WORLD CONGRESS ON
Microwave & Radio Frequency Applications
22 - 26 SEPTEMBER 2002
SYDNEY CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Bridging Science, Technology and Applications

Organized by: Microwave Working Group
Website: www.microwave-rf.org | Email: info1@microwave-rf.org

Dear Colleagues,

The Third World Congress is over and will be remembered as an unqualified success, I believe, by most of the delegates. It is therefore my final duty to thank the people who have made significant contributions.

My first and foremost thanks go to The Institution of Engineers Australia, without their support and financial risk there would have not been a Congress.

The delegates deserve the next rung for making the effort to be here. There is no Congress without delegates. The speakers are next on the list for their effort and contribution. Who can detract from the Technical Program organizers, it was excellent. We could continue by naming many individuals and sponsors, which we have done during the Congress, and would be superfluous do do it here.

All efforts have been greatly appreciated and any omissions here are

regrettable, but in the interest of keeping this message 'short and

sweet', again, thank you all for a wonderful Congress.

Come to the 4WC and make a contribution.

Luke Nadj
Congress Chair

Sydney

Sydney, Australia's gateway city and the capital of New South Wales, is built around one of the largest, most beautiful harbours in the world and along miles of golden surfing beaches which stretch north and south of the city on the shore of the Pacific Ocean.

The beaches and harbour play a major role in the leisure and sporting lives of Sydneysiders - yachting, surfing, sailboarding, swimming, boating, fishing and waterskiing are all popular activities.

Many national parks and protected areas of natural bushland surround the city and the beautiful Blue Mountains are a short journey to the west.

Perhaps the most famous of Sydney's landmarks is the spectacular Sydney Opera House with its graceful 'sails'. The Opera House has become Sydney's cultural centre, offering opera, ballet, drama and film. The historic 'Rocks' area, site of the original white settlement, is nearby, and this part of the harbour foreshore is a hub of activity for both local residents and visitors.

Sydney is a vigorous, cosmopolitan city, a major industrial, business and commercial centre and is endlessly fascinating in its variety and its beauty.

Address for Communications

MRFA 2002 Congress Managers
GPO Box 128
SYDNEY NSW 2001 AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 2 9248 0800
Fax: +61 2 9262 3135
Email: mrfa2002@tourhosts.com.au
Website: www.microwave-rf.com
ABN 28 000 386 676

Organizing Committee

Congress Chair - Luke Nadj, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Congress Vice Chair - Bob Schiffmann, RF Schiffmann Associates, Inc
Technical Program Chair - John Booske, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Industrial Program Chair - John F. Gerling, Gerling Applied Engineering Inc

Jon Binner, Loughborough University
John Booske, University of Wisconsin-Madison
David Clark, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Diane Folz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Bernie Krieger, Cober Electronics, Inc
David Lewis, SOLA International
Peter May, Institution of Engineers, Australia
David McLean, University of Wollongong
Bob Steele, CSIRO
Nguyen Tran, Industrial Research Institute of Swinburne

Congress Managers
Tour Hosts Conference & Exhibition Organizers

Technical Program Committee
Chair - John Booske, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vice Chair - Diane Folz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Duangduen Atong, Technology Centre (MTEC)
Jon Binner, Loughborough University
Gary Bond, University of Central Lancashire
Rod Boswell, Australian National University
Leonelli Cristina, Universita' degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Camelia Gabriel, Microwave Consultants Ltd
John F. Gerling, Gerling Applied Engineering Inc.
Susan Hagness, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Milan Hajek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Ruth Kiminami, Universidada Federal de Sao Carlos
David Lewis, SOLA R&D
Anton Mavretic, Advanced Energy Industries Inc.
Kirill Rybakov, Russian Academy of Sciences
Bob Schiffmann, RF Schiffmann Associates, Inc
Rebecca Schulz, Corning, Inc.
Miyake Shoji, Osaka University
Maria Stuchley, University of Victoria
Nguyen Tran, Swinburne University
Ian Turner, Queensland University of Technology
Monika Willert-Porada, University of Bayreuth

Microwave Working Group

Jon Binner*
John Booske*
David Clark*
Diane Folz*
John F. Gerling*
Bernard Krieger*
David Lewis*
Bob Schiffmann*
Joel Katz
Harold Kimrey
Serge Lefeuvre
Ricky Metaxas
Chokichiro Shibata
Richard Silberglitt
Willard Sutton
Wayne Tinga
*leadership for the Third World Congress

Endorsed by:
- American Ceramic Society
- UK Microwave Technologies Association
- National Institute of Ceramic Engineers
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute Microwave Processing Research Facility
- Pennsylvania State University Microwave Processing and Engineering
- Loughborough University Microwave Processing Group
- RACI Industrial Chemistry Division
- Institute Electromagnetic Wave Application-Japan
- Institution of Engineers Australia
- Food Science Australia, A joint venture of CSIRO and AFISC
- Association for Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education (AMPERE)
- Materials Research Society