Welcome messages: Welcome from the bavarian minister of economic affairs, infrastructure, transport and technology

it is a great pleasure for me to cordially welcome you to the 16th European Microwave Week, which will be held at the Nürnberg Convention Center NCC in Nuremberg, Germany. Microwave engineering is an important discipline in Bavaria, since the major part of the German RF & microwave industry is based here. As the centre of the prospering Nuremberg Metropolitan Region, Nuremberg makes an ideal international meeting place for researchers, developers and manufacturers working in this field. The NCC is a modern, excellently suited location for exchanging views and developing new ideas.