Being IVEC 2005 organised by the European Space Agency, a special technical session will be dedicated this year to the applications and technologies of vacuum electronics in space.

Space represents a major and challenging application of vacuum electronics that constantly pushes the technology's limits. As exemplified in many instances, this has been the ground for a number of innovation and breakthroughs that goes far beyond space applications.

This session is intended to be a forum of information and discussion between the various players in the field (satellite/payload manufacturers and operators, tube industry, government/institutions…) and to address the main challenges of future space missions.

For this special session, papers are more specifically sought on:

• Applications
     Classical and Future Telecom
     Navigation, TT&C and Radio-Science Experiments
     Radar instruments

• Technology
     Generic Technology
     Reliability and in-orbit data
     Temperature management and control

• Systems and Sub-Systems
     Linearisers
     Electronic Power Conditioners
     MPMs
     LTWTAs
     Multiport Amplifiers
     Future Payload Architectures