EMC & COMPLIANCE INTERNATIONAL

NEW DATE ANNOUNCED

NEWBURY RACECOURSE 19th & 20th MAY 2021

EMC & Compliance International

A brand-new type of conference on EMC and other compliance issues, will be held in the UK: on the new date of the 19th and 20th May, 2021

The EMC-UK conferences were very successful for many years, and this year we are bringing a new version back home to an updated Newbury Racecourse.

This is an independent conference, called EMC & Compliance International because its scope includes all compliance activities (Safety, Radio Equipment, EMC, etc., and specification, design, testing, documentation, etc.) worldwide.

As well as the Exhibition, there will be Training Workshops, Technical Workshops, and the completely new TWEX – Ten minutes With an EXpert. A Distinguished Lecturer provided by the IEEE EMC Society will also give a free presentation on the red-hot topic: EMC for Wireless Power Transfer (WPT).

The six Training Workshops will all be given by Keith Armstrong of Cherry Clough Consultants Ltd, who in 2018 was the first person to receive the IEEE EMC Society’s new award on “Excellence in Continuing EMC Education”.

Details of these very practical training workshops are given here.

TWEX is a totally new type of exhibition activity, and we think you will love it!

A variety of experts will sit at individual tables and spend up to ten minutes (no more!) talking with anyone, for free.

We currently have eight “TWEXperts” signed-up, covering EMC and Radio Equipment Directive (RED) compliance; Functional Safety risks caused by EMI; pre-compliance EMC testing; highly-accelerated lifecycle testing (‘HALT’); how to make a difference with BSI Standards; electromagnetic hazards to aircraft, and much much more.

TWEX details are given here.

Event Schedule

Day 1

Tuesday 19th May

Day 2

Wednesday 20th May

Technical Workshops

Book Ticket

Tuesday

08:30 - 09:00

Registration & Refreshments
Tuesday

09:00 - 10:30

Antennas

Chairman - Paul Duxbury - Microwave Vision Group (Rainford EMC Systems)
Tuesday

10:30 - 11:00

Refreshments

Refreshments on the Exhibition Hall & Exhibition Visit
Tuesday

11:00 - 12:30

Simulation

Chairperson TBA
Tuesday

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch in the Workshop area & Exhibition Visit where refreshments will be served
Tuesday

14:00 - 15:30

Real Time Spectrum Analysis
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Real Time Spectrum Analysis

Chairperson - Phil Carter - 17025 Assessmants Ltd

Using the FFT-based measuring Instrument for Radiated EMI Testing, Procedures & Full Automatione

Speaker:- Dr Stephan Braun - Gauss Instruments International GmbH

Training Workshops

Book Ticket

Tuesday

08:30 - 09:00

Registration & Refreshments
Tuesday

09:00 - 10:30
The Physics of SI, PI and EMC without maths
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The Physics of SI, PI and EMC without maths

Everything we need to understand for well-proven, right-first-time, cost effective design for Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) upto at least 2.4 GHz
- How EM propagation works, three types of analysis, Skin Effect
- Waveforms versus spectra, ‘accidental antennas’, coupling, differential and common Modes
- Simple overview of RF emissions, Immunity, including a simple overview
- Introduction to EM Engineering: reducing risks, improving profitability
- EM Zoning design, and how to adapt it to frequencies, limits, levels in different standards
Tuesday

10:30 - 11:00

Refreshments

Refreshments on the Exhibition Hall & Exhibition Visit
Tuesday

11:00 - 12:30

Circuit design for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC
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Circuit design for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC

Digital, Analogue (baseband), Switching power converters, and Communications circuits
Tuesday

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch in the Workshop area & Exhibition Visit where refreshments will be served
Tuesday

14:00 - 15:30

Shielding for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC
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Shielding for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC

How shields really work, in practice, with real-life problems and their solutions

Shields in the near- and far-field, and waveguides-below-cutoff

Shielding for displays, ventilation, plastic enclosures, PCBs, and preventing corrosion
Tuesday

17:00 - 19:30

Free evening presentation on the EMC of Wireless Power Transfer
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Free evening presentation on the EMC of Wireless Power Transfer

Evening presentation by the IEEE EMC Society’s Distinguished Lecturer, on “the EMC and EMF of Wireless Power Transfer”, with pre-event snacks and drinks provided by the IET’s Electromagnetics Professional Network.

Open to everyone, whether an IEEE or IET member or EMC + Compliance International visitor – or not! Held 18:30 – 19:30 in the Workshops area, 1st floor of the Grandstand, snacks from 17:00.

Technical Workshops

Book Ticket

Wednesday

08:30 - 09:00

Registration & Refreshments
Wednesday

09:00 - 10:30
RED (the Radio Equipment Directive)

This session describes how to comply with the RED.
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RED (the Radio Equipment Directive)

Chairperson - Michael Derby - American Certification Body Inc
1. Introduction to the RED and overview of compliance
  Speaker: Michael Derby (30 minutes)
2. Combining radio technology into other equipment
  Speaker: Charlie Blackham (20 minutes)
3. The Technical Documentation File
  Speaker: Michael Derby (15 minutes)
4. Common problems for manufacturers
  Speaker: Charlie Blackham (15 minutes)
5. Questions
  Michael Derby and Charlie Blackham (10 minutes)
Wednesday

10:30 - 11:00

Refreshments on the Exhibition Hall & Exhibition Visit
Wednesday

11:00 - 12:30
Transport, Systems & Installations

Chairperson - Ian MacDiarmid – Liverpool University
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Transport, Systems & Installations

Chairperson - Ian MacDiarmid – Liverpool University

Topics & Speakers
1. Development and Management of EMC Specification and their Application in the Railway Environment
  Speakers TBD, ATKINS.
2. Achieving real-life whole railway system Electromagnetic compatibility using theoretical modelling and practical assessments
  Speakers TBD, ATKINS
3. The Age of “Self-Stopping” Trains!
  Preventing new rolling stock from reverting signals to red
  Speaker: Peter Brown - Project Engineering Manager - Network Rail Design Delivery.
Wednesday

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch in the Workshop area & Exhibition Visit where refreshments will be served
Wednesday

14:00 - 15:30
High Power EMI

Chairperson - Richard Hoad – QinetiQ Farnborough
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High Power EMI

Chairperson - Richard Hoad – QinetiQ Farnborough

Topics & Speakers
1. High power RF testing of missile systems within reverberation chambers.
  Speaker: Gavin Barber - QinetiQ, Farnborough.
2. EM Disturbances to Critical Infrastructure.
  Speaker: Richard Hoad - QinetiQ, Farnborough.
3. Discussions around the Latest Changes to Standards Applicable to Ground-based and Aerospace Systems.
  Speaker: Dr Chris Jones, of BAE Systems, Warton.

Training Workshops

Book Ticket

Wednesday

08:30 - 09:00

Registration & Refreshments
Wednesday

09:00 - 10:30

Filtering for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC
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Filtering for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC

How filters really work, in practice

‘Soft’ ferrites, CM filtering, real-life problems and their solutions

Earth leakage currents versus safety

Important practical issues in construction, mounting, and cabling

The need to combine filtering with shielding
Wednesday

10:30 - 11:00

Refreshments

Refreshments on the Exhibition Hall & Exhibition Visit
Wednesday

11:00 - 12:30

Essential PCB design & layout for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC

- A full days course in just 90 minutes!
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Essential PCB design & layout for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC

EM Zoning, interface analysis, filtering, suppression and board-level shielding (BLS)

0V(GND) and power (PWR) planes, PCB-chassis RF-bonding

Power supply decoupling, Matched transmission line techniques

Layer stacking and trace routing

Devices with BGA packages and/or multiple DC rails
Wednesday

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

Lunch in the Workshop area & Exhibition Visit where refreshments will be served.
Wednesday

14:00 - 15:30

Advanced PCB design and layout for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC

– a full day’s course in just 90 minutes!
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Advanced PCB design and layout for cost-effective SI, PI and EMC

Trends and their implications for PCB design/layout

Guidelines, approximations, simulations, and virtual design for SI, PI and EMC

Advanced Zoning, Interfacing, PCB-chassis bonding, Planes, and Decoupling

Co-locating radio/TV/wireless datacom antennas

The totally shielded board assembly, damping board resonances

Buried components, especially buried capacitance decoupling

Advanced transmission lines, SERDES up to 32Gb/s

Microvia (HDI) board techniques and how they save cost

3-D Moulded PCBs, Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)

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The exhibition has been re-launched as EMC & Compliance International and returns to Newbury Racecourse as an independent event and through our link with EMC Standards will have a more global promotion activity.

You can book a stand online or contact Alan Warner to book:
Email: alanw.emc-eandt@outlook.com or
Phone: 07904 360 297

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