CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024

Day 1: Dec 10, 2024 (Tuesday)

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Hall - MRG01

Hall - MRG02

Hall - MRG03

Hall - MRG04

Hall - MRG05

Hall - MRG06

Dining/Exhibition Area

HALL 1

8:30 AM

Tu.1.1: AI/ML for antenna design

Tu.2.1: AI/ML for Devices

Tu.3.1: Linear and Nonlinear MMICs

Tu.4.1: Absorbers

Tu.5.1: Active Circuits

Tu.6.1: THz Systems and Components (Part 1)

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

Tea Break

10:30 AM

Tu.H.2.Inaugural Session

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

Exhibition Inauguration and visit

1:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

Tu.H.3: Maurizio Bozzi Microwave Sensors:
Operation Principles, Design, and Implementation Technologies, University of Pavia, Italy (Plenary)

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

Tu.2.3: George Shaker, UAV Classification using Radars, AI, and Digital Twins, University of Waterloo, Canada (Keynote)

Tu.4.3: Ramesh Gupta, Evolution and Application of Phased Array Antenna and Technologies for Satellite Applications, Ligado Networks, USA (Keynote)

Tu.6.3: PhD Connect

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

Tea Break

Tu.DE.4, Antennas: Theory and Design (Poster)

Tea Break

4:30 PM

Tu.1.4: Everything you need to know about large signal analysis: Configuration, Calibration, Measurement, Data Analysis, and Design, Osman Ceylan, Maury Microwave Inc, USA (Industry Microapp)

Tu.2.4: Antenna & RF Front End Design for Monopulse Tracking System, Sumit Garg & Abhishek Tiwari, MathWorks (Industry Microapp)

Tu.3.4: Polarization Converters

Tu.4.4: Wearable Technologies

Tu.5.4: Slotted Antennas

Tu.6.4: Young Professional Panel Discussion / Mentor-Mentee Round table

Tu.H.4: Satish Sharma, Design and Development of Flat Panel Phased Array Antennas for Wireless and Satellite Communication Applications, San Diego State University, USA (Keynote)

Tu.H.4B: Dirk I. L. de Villiers, An Optimal 18 m Shaped Offset Gregorian Reflector for the ngVLA Radio Telescope, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (Keynote)

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

6:00 PM

6:30 PM

MAPCON EC Meeting (in First floor board room, Only for invited attendees)

Young Professional's Reception

7:00 PM

7:30 PM

8:00 PM Onwards

Welcome/YP Dinner

CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024

Day 2: Dec 11, 2024 (Wednesday)

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Track 6

Hall - MRG01

Hall - MRG02

Hall - MRG03

Hall - MRG04

Hall - MRG05

Hall - MRG06

Dining/Exhibition Area

HALL 1

8:30 AM

We.1.1: GaN Amplifiers

We.2.1: Intelligent surfaces and their applications in smart reflections absorption, and energy harvesting (Special Session)

We.3.1: MIMO Antennas (Part 1)

We.4.1: Radar Remote Sensing

We.5.1, RF Technologies for Defence

We.6.1: Passive Microwave Circuits (Part 1)

We.H.1: 3MT® Competition

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Tea Break

We.DE.2: RF devices, components, and systems (Poster)

Tea Break

11:00 AM

We.1.2: High Power Microwave Systems-MTRDC (Invited Talks) (Special Session)

We.2.2: Frequency Selective Surface

We.3.2: Bandpass Filters

We.4.2: Sensors for biomedical applications

We.5.2. Dielectric Resonator Antennas

We.6.2 Compound Semiconductors : Workhorse of Future Technologies - SSPL Delhi (Invited talks) (Special Session)

We.H.2: Latest Advance in Radar Technologies-LRDE (5 invited talks) (Special Session)

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

We.H.3: Branislav Notaros, 150 Years of Maxwell’s Equations and 75 Years of AP-S and CEM, with
Emphasis on Current Trends and Interdisciplinary Applications, Colorado State University, USA (Plenary)

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

We.2.3: Ahmed Kishk, Efficient antenna array design for mm-wave applications, Concordia University, Canada (Keynote)

We.4.3: Vikass Monnebhurun, Bridging the academia industry divide through IEEE standards, Centrale, Supplec, France (Keynote)

We.6.3: Uday Khankhoje, Beamforming for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces, IIT Madras, India (Keynote)

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

Tea Break

We.DE.4: Microwave/Millimeter wave/THz Components, Circuits, and Systems (Poster)

Tea Break

4:30 PM

We.1.4: Unleashing 5G Potential: Advanced EM Simulations with CST, Dr. Sai Krishna Puranam, CST. India (Industry Microapp)

We.2.4: UWB Antennas

We.3.4: Filters

We.4.4: Metasurface beam steering

We.5.4: Phased Array Antennas

We.6.4: Substrate Integrated Waveguide Components

We.H.4: Industry Panel Discussion

We.H.4: Industry Presentation session

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

6:00 PM

6:30 PM

IETE_MTT-S_AP-S_EMC-S Coordination Meeting (in 1st floor board room, only for invited attendees)

Industry Reception

7:00 PM

7:30 PM

8:00 PM

CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024

Day 3: Dec 12, 2024 (Thursday)

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Track 5

Track 6

Hall - MRG01

Hall - MRG02

Hall - MRG03

Hall - MRG04

Hall - MRG05

Hall - MRG06

Dining/Exhibition Area

HALL 1

8:30 AM

Th.1.1: Solving 3D RF Module Design Challenges with use case pf TRM design for phased Arrays-Anurag Bhargava, Keysight Technologies (Part 1) (Industry Microapp)

Th.2.1: Communication Systems

Th.3.1: Reconfigurable Antenna

Th.4.1: Wireless Power Transfer

Th.5.1: Metasurface (Part 1)

Th.6.1: EM Model

Th.H.1: THz Devices, Circuits and Systems for Remote Sensing and Astronomy* (Special Session)
Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay, JPL, USA, Highly compact Terahertz Planetary instruments (Keynote)

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Tea Break

Th.DE.2: Antennas: Theory and Design (Part 2) (Poster)

Tea Break

11:00 AM

Th.1.2: Solving 3D RF Module Design Challenges with use case pf TRM design for phased Arrays-Anurag Bhargava, Keysight Technologies (Part 2) (Industry Microapp)

Th.2.2: Antenna Measurements

Th.3.2: Reflectarray

Th.4.2a: Madhavan Swaminathan, Future of Advanced packaging for mmWave Systems, Pennsylvania State University, USA (Keynote)

Th.4.2b: Venkata Vanukuru, Past, Present and Future of RF-CMOS Front-end Circuits & Systems, Global Foundries, Bangalore (Keynote)

Th.5.2: AP-S Masterclass Classical and Quantum Computational Electromagnetics - An Overview, Weng Chew, Purdue University

Th.6.2: RF Circuits and Systems* (Special Session)

Th.H.2: WIE luncheon meeting

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

Th.H.3a: Ahmed Kishk, Compact Reflect/Transmit Array antennas, Concordia University, Canada (Plenary)

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

Th.H.3b: Ram Narayanan, Nonlinear and Harmonic Radar, Pennsylvania State University, USA (Plenary)

3:30 PM

Th.1.4: Chapter Chair Meeting (Joint APS and MTT-S)

4:00 PM

Tea Break

4:30 PM

Th.2.4: Antennas for Radars

Th.3.4: Space Systems and Components

Th.4.4: Antenna Arrays

Th.5.4: Power Amplifier

Th.6.4: RF Circuits and Systems* (Part 2) (Special Session)

Th.H.4: Airborne Radar Systems-CABS/ADE (invited talks) (Special Session)

5:00 PM

5:30 PM

6:00 PM

6:30 PM

7:00 PM

7:30 PM Onwards

Banquet dinner and Award Ceremony

CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024

Day 4: Dec 13, 2024 (Friday)

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Track 6

Hall - MRG01

Hall - MRG02

Hall - MRG03

Hall - MRG04

Hall - MRG05

Hall - MRG06

Dining/Exhibition Area

HALL 1

8:30 AM

Fr.1.1: Startup Session (Part 1)

Fr.2.1: Metasurface (Part 2)

Fr.3.1: Antennas for Communications

Fr.4.1: Civilian Radar

Fr.5.1: Passive Microwave Circuits (Part 2)

Fr.6.1: EMI/EMC

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

Fr.H.1B: Usha Verma, DSP, DRDO, "Revolutionalizing RF Systems for Electronic Warfare-Advancements through Digital Technology" (Keynote)

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Tea Break

11:00 AM

Fr.1.2: Startup Session (Part 2)

Fr.2.2: MIMO Antennas - 2

Fr.3.2: Space Antennas

Fr.4.2: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface

Fr.5.2: Patch Antennas

Fr.6.2: Industrial Applications of RF

Fr.H.2: P.H. Rao, SAMEER, Technologies for 6G and India initiatives (Keynote)

Fr. H.2: Goutam Chattopadhyay, Jet Propulsion Lab, USA, Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Sources and Detectors for Communication and Radars, (Keynote)

11:30 AM

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

1:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

Fr.1.3: Startup Session (Part 3)

Fr.2.3:, Circular Polarization

Fr.3.3: Multiband antennas

Fr.4.3: THz Components and Systems (Part 2)

Fr.5.3: T/R Module

Fr.6.3: Sensors for biomedical applications (Part 2)

MAPCON Career event (Industry-student interaction sesion)

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

Tea Break

4:30 PM

Fr.1.4: IM5: AWR (Industry Microapp)

Hand-Off meeting & Valedictory Function