The 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) will be held as part of the European Microwave Week 2013. This conference targets RF microelectronics and is a vital part of the European Microwave Week which is the largest RF/Microwave event in Europe. It is an exceptional venue to learn about the latest advances in the field and meet recognised experts from both industry and academia. Started by the GAAS Association in 1990 and renamed in 2006 the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference is the premier European technical conference for technologies, modeling, simulation, design, and characterisation of RF integrated devices and circuits. The latest innovations in monolithic microwave and RF integrated circuits will be presented covering a broad spectrum of topics such as integrated transmitters and receivers of cellular and wirelessconnectivity systems, power amplifiers and mixed signal circuits. New materials and devices push the integrated circuits to millimetrewave and even to THz applications, and high speed digital and optoelectronic integrated circuits build the bridge to new information and communication applications. After about 50 years of downscaling silicon technologies such as CMOS and SiGe according to Moore’s law, quantum devices and nanotechnologies are at the horizon for micro- and millimetre-wave applications. While III/V-technologies are established on commercial markets, emerging technologies like wide bandgap devices as well as nanotechnological, optoelectronic and electromechanical systems promise interesting technological advantages for future system applications. The technological innovations are challenging for the modelling and simulation as well as for the characterisation techniques on both device and circuit level. Linear and non-linear modelling including noise or thermal effects are a prerequisite for a first-pass success in the design of circuits. Advanced CAD/CAE tools are vitally important for new system designs using latest technological developments to increase the bit rate for wireless as well as for electrical and optical links and improve safety and security in fast changing environments.