Special speakers, panel, and plenary session

On opening day, IEEE Radio and Wireless Week 2013 (RWW2013) will host a rump session "Tunable and Reconfigurable Radio Front Ends." On Monday, the RWW2013 will host two panel sessions during lunch: "Wireless Personal Area Networks?? and "Software Piracy." A rump session "Base Station Design Breakthrough Opportunities" will be held on Monday evening. Our Distinguished Lecturer series will start off the week on Monday morning. The plenary session will be held late Tuesday morning, 22 January. It will feature Dr. James Truchard, the cofounder and current president and CEO of National Instruments (NI). Complete information on the panel and focused sessions are available in the 2013 RWS technical program book later in this issue.