General Chair:

Prof. David Michelson, The University of British Columbia, davem@ece.ubc.ca

Treasurer:

Dr. Andrew Gray, National Research Council of Canada, andrew.gray@nrc.gc.ca

Commission B Chair/Technical Program Chair:

Prof. John Volakis, Florida International University, jvolakis@fiu.edu

Young Scientist Chair:
Prof. Sembiam Rengarajan, California State University - Northridge, sembiam.rengarajan@csun.edu

International Advisory Committee:

The International Advisory Committee includes chairs of previous editions of EMTS, past chairs of URSI Commission B,
past and present URSI Commission B Early Career Representatives, past presidents of CNC-URSI and USNC-URSI,
and past presidents of IEEE AP-S.

Prof. Henrik Wallén, Aalto University, henrik.wallen@aalto.fi

Prof. Sembiam Rengarajan, California State University - Northridge, sembiam.rengarajan@csun.edu

Prof. Lot Shafai, University of Manitoba, lot.shafai@umanitoba.ca

Prof. Yahia Antar, Royal Military College of Canada, antar-y@rmc.ca

Prof. Frank Prato, Lawson Health Research Institute, prato@lawsonimaging.ca

Prof. Ahmed Kishk, Concordia University, ahmed.kishk@concordia.ca

Prof. Andrea Michel, University of Pisa, andrea.michel@iet.unipi.it

Dr. Dimitrios Tzarouchis, University of Pennsylvania, dtz@seas.upenn.edu

Special Sessions Chairs:

Prof. Lot Shafai, University of Manitoba, lot.shafai@umanitoba.ca

Prof. Zhizhang Chen, Dalhousie University, z.chen@dal.ca

Prof. George Shaker, University of Waterloo, gshaker@uwaterloo.ca

Publication Chair:

Prof. George Shaker, University of Waterloo, gshaker@uwaterloo.ca

UBC Conferences and Accommodation
Lisa Kanavaros, Advisor

Special Session Organizers:

Special Session #01: Novel Electrically Small and Multifunctional Antennas
Organizers: Ashwin Iyer and Braden Smyth

Special Session #02: Electromagnetic Sensors for Chemical and Biological Applications
Organizers: Greg Bridges, Elhami Salimi, and Behzad Kordi

Special Session #03: Advances in Electromagnetic Imaging Algorithms and Systems
Organizers: Ian Jeffrey, Joe Lovetri, and Colin Gilmore

Special Session #04: Advanced Algorithms of CEM
Organizers: Vladimir Okhmatovski, Qing Liu, Shin Ohnuki

Special Session #05: Advances in Theory and Applications of Metasurfaces
Organizers: George Eleftheriades and Ashwin Iyer

Special Session #06: Millimeter-waves for Future Wireless Communication Systems
Organizers: Tayeb Denidni and A. Sebak

Special Session #07: Periodic Structures in Applied Electromagnetics
Organizers: Jafar Shaker and Rony Amaya

Special Session #08: Advances in the Methods of Inverse Scattering and
Real-time Imaging with Microwaves and Millimetre Waves.
Organizers: Natalia Nikolova and Puyan Mojabi

Special Session #09: CAD Tools for EM
Organizers: Laila Salman and Tajinder Singh

Special Session #10: RF Filters and Multiplexers
Organizer: Raafat Mansour

Special Session #11: Novel Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetics
Organizers: Kazuya Kobayashi and Yury Shestopalov

Special Session #12: Scattering and Diffraction
Organizers: Giuliano Manara and Ludger Klinkenbusch

Special Session #13: Wave Phenomena in non-LTI Media
Organizers: Yakir Hadad and Amir Shlivinski

Special Session #14: Electromagnetic Theory
Organizers: Henrik Wallén and Daniel Sjoberg

Special Session #15: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques in Electromagnetics
Organizers: Sembiam R. Rengarajan, Ahmad Hoorfar, and Christos Christodoulou

Special Session #16: Theoretical Advances in Electromagnetic Metamaterials
Organizers: Andrea Alu, Dimitrios Sounas and Francesco Monticone

Special Session #17: Advances in Remote Sensing and Applied Electromagnetics for Climate Change Research
Organizers: Dustin Isleifson and Vladimir Okhmatovski

Special Session #18: RISs and Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Surfaces
Organizers: Jean-Jacques Laurin and Sean Hum

Special Session #19: Theory and Applications of Characteristic Modes
Organizers: Henrik Wallén and Pasi Ylä-Oijala

Special Session #20: Metamaterial-inspired Extreme Electromagnetics: Scattering and Radiating Structures And Their Applications
Organizers: Samel Arslanagic, Dimitrios Tzarouchis, and Richard Ziolkowski

Special Session #21: Multifunctional Antennas and Arrays for Satellite and Wireless Communications
Organizers: Satish K. Sharma and Jia-Chi S. Chieh

Special Session #22: Recent Antenna Applications and Advancements for Satellite, Radar, Air and Ground Systems
Organizers: Nacer Chahat, Gaurangi Gupta and Sudhakar Rao

Special Session #23: Wave Guiding and Scattering by Cylindrical Metasurface and Metamaterial Structures
Organizer: Yarden Mazor

Special Session #24: Materials in Electromagnetics
Organizers: Andrey Osipov and Paul Smith

Special Session #25: Modelling and Measurement of Antennas and Propagation for 5G and 6G Applications
Organizers: Qingsheng Zeng and Lixin Guo

Special Session #26: Mathematical Modelling of EM problems
Organizers: Paul Smith and George Uslenghi

Canadian National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science

President:
Prof. David Michelson, The University of British Columbia

Past President:
Prof. Frank Prato, Lawson Health Research Institute

Second Past President:
Prof. Yahia Antar, Royal Military College of Canada

Secretary/Treasurer:
Dr. Andrew Gray, National Research Council of Canada

Commission Representatives:

Commission A - Electromagnetic Metrology
Dr. Marina Gertsvolf, National Research Council of Canada

Commission B - Fields and Waves
Prof. Ahmed Kishk, Concordia University

Commission C - Radiocommunication Systems and Signal Processing
Prof. Jahangir Hossain, The University of British Columbia

Commission D - Electronics and Photonics
Prof. Tarek Djerafi, INRS

Commission E - Electromagnetic Environment and Interference
Prof. Lot Shafai, University of Manitoba

Commission F - Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing
Prof. David Michelson, The University of British Columbia

Commission G - Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
Commission H - Waves in Plasmas
Prof. David Themens

Commission J - Radio Astronomy
Dr. Lewis Knee, National Research Council of Canada,

Commission K - Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
Alexandre Legros, Lawson Health Research Institute