The IMS 2009 "Bonus" Issue [From the Editor\´s Desk]

This special issue of IEEE Microwave Magazine represents a new initiative of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) focused on the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, 7-12 June 2009 (IMS 2009). In the pages that follow, you can read about the specific aspects of IMS 2009 and also the technical features that focus on the topics covered in the IMS 2009 panel, focus, and rump sessions. Our intention for this issue is to cover details of the IMS 2009, the Society´s biggest meeting and one of the most anticipated events of the year for many microwave engineers, while still providing thought-provoking articles on state-of-the-art topics that will appeal to our readers who won´t be attending the symposium.