Workshop on Smart Antennas

On 22 April 2009 the IEEE Benelux Joint Chapter on Communications and Vehicular Technology, in Cooperation with the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) organized a Workshop on Smart Antennas .After introductory presentations in the morning, the application of smart antennas in different areas was addressed in the afternoon session.

The program was as follows:

• 10:00-10:30 Arrival of participants and coffee
• 10:30-11:15 Smart Antennas: dr.ir. Harm Schippers, Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR)
• 11:15-12:00 Beamforming: dr.ir. Chris Roeloffzen, University of Twente
• 12:15-13:30 Lunch
• 13:30-14:00 Radar Application: dr.ir. Gertjan van Werkhoven, Thales
• 14:00-14:30 Application in Radio Astronomy: ir. Wim van Cappellen, Astron
• 14:30-15:00 Coffee break
• 15:00-15:30 Application in Radio Communication Systems: prof.dr.ir. Bart Smolders, NXP/Eindhoven University of Technology
• 15:30-16:10 Airborne Application: ir. Jaco Verpoorte, Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR)
• 16:15-17:00 Drinks