Track 1Antennas, Radiating Structures & Propagation
Radiating elements and arrays, the fields they launch, and the channels those fields travel through.
Indicative topics
- Antenna theory and design
- Arrays, phased arrays and MIMO
- Active, adaptive and reconfigurable antennas
- Reflectarrays, transmitarrays and lens antennas
- Nanoantennas and optical antennas
- Radiation, propagation, scattering and diffraction
- Channel engineering and wave propagation
- Wearable, conformal and integrated antennas
- Antenna measurements and characterisation
Track 2Electromagnetic Theory, Computational Methods & Inverse Problems
The physics of fields and waves and the analytical, numerical and data-driven methods built on it.
Indicative topics
- Fundamental electromagnetic theory
- Analytical and numerical methods
- Computational electromagnetics
- Integral and differential equation methods
- High-frequency and asymptotic methods
- Inverse scattering and imaging
- Optimisation and inverse design
- Multiphysics modelling
- Data-driven and AI-assisted physical modelling
- Uncertainty quantification and reduced-order models
Track 3Metamaterials, Metasurfaces & Engineered Wave Control
Engineered media and surfaces, periodic structures, and the control of waves they make possible, from microwaves to optics.
Indicative topics
- Metamaterials and artificial electromagnetic media
- Metasurfaces and frequency-selective surfaces
- Photonic crystals and electromagnetic band-gap structures
- Programmable, active and reconfigurable structures
- Non-reciprocal, nonlinear and space-time-modulated media
- Structured electromagnetic waves
- Wavefront shaping and flat optics
- Cloaking, absorbers and scattering control
- Topological and non-Hermitian wave systems
- Engineered electromagnetic environments
Track 4Photonics, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics & Quantum Photonics
Light at the nanoscale and its interaction with matter, integrated and nonlinear photonic systems, and quantum photonics.
Indicative topics
- Nanophotonics and nano-optics
- Plasmonics and surface waves
- Polaritons and strong light–matter coupling
- Nonlinear and ultrafast photonics
- Integrated photonics and photonic devices
- Topological photonics
- High-Q cavities and bound states in the continuum
- Optical sources, detectors and modulators
- Quantum optics and quantum photonics
- Optical sensing, spectroscopy and imaging
Track 5RF, Microwave, Terahertz, Sensing & Electromagnetic Systems
Components, circuits and instruments from radio frequencies to terahertz, and the sensing, communication and industrial systems built with them.
Indicative topics
- RF and microwave components and circuits
- Millimetre-wave and terahertz technologies
- Sources, detectors and instrumentation
- Microwave photonics
- Sensing, imaging and tomography
- Measurement and characterisation systems
- Communications and integrated sensing systems
- Electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity
- Biomedical and industrial electromagnetic systems
- Space, aerospace and field-deployable systems