Programma RF Technology Day België: 14 april 2016

Time	Lecture
09H30 – 10H00	Reception
10H00 – 10H30	RF-through-Plastics: a blend of wireless, copper and optical communication Prof. Dr. Ir. Ing. Patrick Reynaert (KU Leuven, ESAT-MICAS)
10H30 – 10H40	Overgang naar parallelle tracks
10H40 – 11H10	Prototyping Next-Generation Communication Systems with Software-Defined Radio Jeremy Twaits, National instruments	Hybrid solutions for large antenna platform simulation Frank Demming-Janssen, CST on behalf of Hi-Tech RF & Microwave Solutions	Design aspects and technologies to improve energy and space efficiency of SATCOM broadcast systems Mitch Haft, L-3 Narda-MITEQ on behalf of AR Benelux BV
11H10 – 11H30	Coffeebreak
11H30 – 12H00	Key Challenges of building IoT-ready devices Rick Kundi, Tektronix on behalf of C.N. Rood	4.3-10 – the new industry standard Heynen	Equipment for new and existing Applications at mm Wave and THz frequencies (50GHz … >1THz) Tom Crowe, Virginia Diodes on behalf of bsw TestSystems&Consulting
12H10-12H40	Smart test and certification of wireless Internet of Things (IoT) devices Joerg Koepp, Rohde & Schwarz	RF and High Speed Testing Stephan Grensemann, INGUN Prüfmittelbau GmbH	Engineered Si-based Substrates for the State-of-the-art RF Devices and IoT Applications Jean-Pierre Raskin, EPL, on behalf of Electro Rent Europe
12H40 – 13H30	Lunch break
13H30 – 14H00	Performing accurate VNA in fixture measurements Daniel Bockstal, Keysight Technologies on behalf of Acal Bfi	The need for Low Power Ultra Reliable communication technologies for IoT Frank Wybouw, Tucana	Spectrum Monitoring and Surveillance Ferdinand Gerhardes, Anritsu GmbH
14H00 – 14H30	Coffeebreak
14H30 – 15H00	Disruptive technologies for Antenna, RF FTTA and Base Station turn-up Zoran Kulovnjak, Viavi Solutions on behalf of Fomax	BTS and Site Master based CPRI measurements the tool to scope with C-RAN architecture and front haul challenges Ferdinand Gerhardes, Anritsu GmbH on behalf of Livingston
15H10 – 15H40	5G creativity: flexible radios in flexible networking configurations Prof. Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven, ESAT)
15H40 -16H30	Reception