International radar conference in Adelaide next week

Australia will host the International Conference on Radar 2013: Beyond Orthodoxy: New Paradigms in Radar in Adelaide from 9-12 September.

More than 200 specialists will present and discuss emerging and applied technologies and innovative radar solutions, from aircraft traffic control, electronic protection systems and weather forecasting through to mine safety, personal movement tracking and new automobile collision avoidance technologies.

Australia is one of only five countries that have been selected to host the prestigious event. Senior government and scientific delegations from China, France, the USA and the UK will attend the conference.

Adelaide has a large centre of gravity of radar professionals, including the Coordination Centre for the Jindalee Over the Horizon Radar Network, the Defence Science & Technology Organisation divisions for Radar, Communications, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, and the Defence Force’s Joint Electronic Warfare Operational Support Unit.

Sessions will address: radar imaging, phenomenology and propagation, HF radar, cross fertilisation/radar marketplace, passive radar, clutter, special applications, mathematical techniques, radar systems, detection and tracking, NCTR and signatures, waveform design and modelling and simulation.

The International Conference on Radar will be held 9-12 September 2013 at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Adelaide, South Australia.