Aiming to reduce project risks, development time, and overall costs, this EMC Training programme provides a practical and accessible approach to achieving electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) compliance quickly and cost-effectively. It will cover sequentially all the main development phases of a product over two days, using plain English, visual aids, and simple mathematics.

 

The course will take place on Thursday 30th April and Friday 1st May during the second and third day of the EMC & CI event in Oxford, and will also offer to the trainees the possibility to benefit of its entire technical and scientific EMC environment together with the conference delegates and the technical exhibition. The registration to this training course will include refreshments and lunches provided by the EMC & CI event.

 

The training is delivered by a team of experienced professionals, including James Pawson, Chris Nicholas, Ignacio de Mendizabal, Keith Armstrong, Marco Klingler, Min Zhang, and others to be announced.

 

Participants who attend the full course will receive an EMC Academy certificate of attendance, which will be useful for documenting their CPD (Continuing Professional Development). This will be presented to them at the end of the course. The certificate will show the name, the course title and the dates of the course they attended.

 

The first day focuses on core EMC principles and design practices. It begins with an overview of EMC compliance requirements worldwide and the practical steps they need throughout a project.

 

This is followed by a session on electromagnetic physics, providing essential understanding of wave behaviour, near- and far-field effects, materials, accidental antennas, grounding, and interference mechanisms. Visualisation techniques are emphasized, with only a few simple maths formulas.

 

Afternoon sessions cover the EMC design of products, systems and installations, including EM zoning, PCB layout, cabling, analogue, digital, data- and power-conversion circuits, plus mitigation techniques such as filtering, shielding, and isolation. EMC issues with purchasing components and equipment, legacy equipment, and incompatible combinations, are also explored.

 

The second day emphasizes tools and methods that help teams ensure EMC success early in the project lifecycle. It starts with simulation techniques using SPICE and field-solver. Next is hands-on experimentation and prototyping without requiring a shielded chamber; using mock-ups, near-field probing, and RF current monitoring.

 

The afternoon sessions guide participants through pre-compliance and full compliance testing, followed by quick low-cost troubleshooting techniques for identifying and resolving remaining EMC issues.

 

Registrations can be done through the EMC & CI Oxford 2026 website (www.emcandci.com) of using the ordering form available on the last page.