To underline the particular importance of wireless applications as driver of R&D in the electronics industry, Elektronik magazine, the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI) and Messe Muenchen as organiser of electronica 2004 are cooperating to stage a two-day congress (Nov. 10 and 11).

Wireless Congress 2004: Systems & Applications is intended to illuminate all the technical aspects of present-day and future wireless technologies, like WLAN, mobile telephony, personal networks, industrial radio data and wireless automation, security in wireless systems, RFID, NFC, wireless sensor networks, WiMAX, UWB and ubiquitous computing. With the present call for papers www.zvei-be.org/veranstaltungen/electronica2004/call_papers.html, experts are invited to participate in the congress.