IEEE Society Interaction, Industry Engagement, and Young Professionals Are the Future of the MTT-S [President’s Column

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From my perspective in June 2023, the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) is a vibrant Society, with many activities ongoing related to our technical field. Several conferences have occurred with a significant impact on our members; those include the International Microwave and Antenna Symposium (IMAS), in Cairo, Egypt ( <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Figure 1</xref> ); the IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, in Florida, USA; the IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, in Texas, USA; the IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium, in Qingdao, China; and the IEEE Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity, in Aveiro, Portugal. For June, we have an entire month of events, including the brand-new Wireless Power Transfer and Exhibition, in San Diego, CA, USA; the IEEE RF Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium; our flagship conference, the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium; and the Automatic Radio Frequency Techniques Group Microwave Measurement Conference, all co-located in San Diego. At the end of the month, the International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization will be held in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. At all these events, we have a vibrant number of Young Professionals (YPs) events planned along with our industry colleagues, creating an excellent opportunity for academic, industry, and government interaction, impacting the future of microwaves and technology worldwide.