IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference Chairman's Welcome

Wojtek J. Bock
Conference Chairman

It is indeed an honor and a privilege for me to welcome you to Canada's Capital for the 14th Annual IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference. The theme for this year's Conference is "Sensing, Processing and Networking" in recognition of the importance of information technologies to the development and to the future of our beloved field of instrumentation and measurement.

We decided to hold IMTC/97 at the historic Chateau Laurier hotel, located in downtown Ottawa within a walking distance to all the attractions of the city. The large number of excellent papers that will be presented clearly demonstrate the liveliness, intensity and importance of advanced world-wide research in many diverse areas of Instrumentation and Measurement. Our Organizing Committee is deeply convinced that the Conference will offer an outstanding opportunity for a fruitful exchange of ideas and will be personally and professionally rewarding for many researchers from our global village.

The logistics of this Conference has required input and effort from many people. On behalf of the Organizing and Honorary Committees I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all, and to thank those private and public organizations who have supported the Conference.