By Mike Richman
Exemplar Global is the organization behind The Auditor Online media brand, but management system auditing and other conformity assessment professions are not the only industries we serve.
Exemplar Global also operates the well-established International Association for Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics (iNARTE) brand. iNARTE certifications are designed for qualified engineers and technicians working within electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), product safety (PS), electrostatic discharge control (ESD), spectrum management, and similar fields.
The EMC space in particular is experiencing rapid growth, as organizations in sectors such as military/defense, aerospace, satellite, consumer electronics, automotive, and telecommunications require increasing numbers of qualified professionals to ensure that their devices are manufactured in such a way as to reduce external electromagnetic interference and limit disruptive electromagnetic noise.
The annual EMC + SIPI Symposium, hosted by the IEEE and IEEE’s EMC Society, covers not only issues around EMC, but also the related field of signal and power integrity. iNARTE was proud to participate in this year’s Symposium, which occurred at the palatial Hilton Anatole in Dallas starting on August 3.
Meeting friends and renewing acquaintances
The iNARTE team on site at the Symposium included Executive Managing Director Adam Bannon, Operations Coordinator Gina Schulz, and yours truly. We spent a lot of time in our booth and on the bustling exhibit hall floor, chatting with longstanding iNARTE customers, EMC Society members, and eager young professionals who were curious about the world of personnel certification.
Many of the folks who stopped by our booth were interested in learning more about the value of certification as it applies to the world of EMC. iNARTE offers personnel certification for engineers as well as technicians, so there are multiple pathways to broaden one’s career pathways utilizing iNARTE certifications.
This was our return to exhibiting at the Symposium after a few years, and we were warmly welcomed back by one and all. The iNARTE booth is a demonstration of our commitment to supporting the EMC industry and actively listening to key stakeholders like existing and prospective professionals, as well as key partners such as the IEEE’s EMC Society.
A full schedule of in-depth content
An event like the EMC + SIPI Symposium rises or falls on the quality of its technical content, and in this the 2026 version of the Symposium did not disappoint.
On the first day, a pair of compelling keynote addresses touched on issues key to the safety and efficiency of EMC testing.
Brian M. Kent, Ph.D., kicked things off with a presentation titled, “Was it the Radar? Respectfully Revisiting the 1967 US Navy USS Forrestal Carrier Disaster,” followed immediately by “400+G per Lane Pluggable I/O Interface Signal Integrity Challenges and Design Considerations,” from Howard Heck. As you can tell from these titles, these were deeply technical presentations offering a view into the value of root cause analysis and design from an EMC perspective.
On day two, Hans G. Schantz presented “How Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics Work, and Where Physics Went Wrong.” This fun (yes, fun) and engaging presentation considered electromagnetism within the framework of the wide and varied history of modern physics, particularly the wild and woolly world of quantum mechanics.
In addition to these three keynotes, the Symposium was packed with more than a dozen tutorials, trainings, and breakout sessions spread out in the facility, including right on the exhibit floor.
What’s next
The EMC + SIPI Symposium 2027 is scheduled for July 12–16 in Portland, Oregon.
Deadlines are already approaching for submissions of papers, workshops, tutorials, experiments, and demonstrations. If you are active in the EMC field and would like to participate in next year’s Symposium by submitting a proposal, click here.
About the author
Mike Richman is Exemplar Global’s Manager of Communications and Content.