Technical Sessions

Dec 10, 2024 (Tuesday)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024
Day 1: Dec 10, 2024 (Tuesday)
	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	Track 6
	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

Dec 11, 2024 (Wednesday)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024
Day 2: Dec 11, 2024 (Wednesday)
	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	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

Dec 12, 2024 (Thursday)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024
Day 3: Dec 12, 2024 (Thursday)
	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	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

Dec 13, 2024 (Friday)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM-MAPCON2024
Day 4: Dec 13, 2024 (Friday)
	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5	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