- Special Session 1:
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Next-Generation Microwave, Antenna, and Sensor Systems
Convenors: Zubair Akhter TII, UAE, Ravi Kumar Arya, ZICUST, China
- Special Session 2:
Adaptive and Resilient Antenna and Circuit Systems for Security, Defense, and Disaster Response
Convenors: Surendra Pal, ISRO, India, Shweta Srivastava, JIIT, India
- Special Session 3:
Advance Techniques for Rugged and Ultra Low Power Wireless Transponders
Convenors: Paolo Mezzanotte, University of Perugia, Italy, Valentina Palazzi, University of Perugia, Italy
- Special Session 4:
Advancements in RF Frontends and Enabling Software Solutions
Convenors: Shubhankar Majumdar, NIT Meghalaya, India, Girish Chandra Tripathi, Tejas Networks, India, Arjuna Madanayake, FIU, USA
- Special Session 5:
Advances in Antennas and Sensors for Health and Medical Applications
Convenors: Sima Noghanian, CommScope Ruckus Networks, USA
- Special Session 6:
Applications of RF/Microwave in Biomedical and Biosensing Devices
Convenors: Debarati Ganguly, IIIT Kottayam, India, Dhiman Mallick, IIT Delhi, India
- Special Session 7:
From Data to Revolution: AI-ML in Agriculture, Healthcare, and Advances on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Applications for a Sustainable Future
Convenors: Deepak Mishra, IIST, India, Jit Mukherjee, BIT Mesra, Rajesh R., CUKerala, India
- Special Session 8:
Harnessing the Invisible: Innovations in RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer Systems
Convenors: Nasimuddin, I2R, Singapore, Mohammad Hashmi, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhastan, Taimoor Khan, NIT Silchar, India
- Special Session 9:
Innovations in Beam-Steering Antenna Systems for 5G/6G and Advanced Satellite Communication
Convenors: Raghvendra K. Chaudhary, IIT Kanpur, India, Nasimuddin, I2R, Singapore, Ravi Kumar Gangwar, IIT Dhanbad, India
- Special Session 10:
Integration of Advanced Materials for Microwave/mmWave/THz Applications
Convenors: Guru Subramanyam, University of Dayton, USA
- Special Session 11:
Intelligent Surfaces and Wearable Technologies for Future Wireless Systems
Convenors: Debanjali Sarkar, VIT-AP University, India, Arvind Kumar, VNIT, India
- Special Session 12:
Microwave Assisted Plasma Technologies: Devices, Processes, and Applications
Convenors: Udit Narayan Pal, CSIR-CEERI, India, Shivendra Maurya, CSIR-CEERI, India, Alok Misra, CSIR-CEERI, India, S. Chakraborty, CSIR-CEERI, India
- Special Session 13:
Millimeter-Wave & THz Planar Vacuum Electronics for Next-Gen Communications
Convenors: Ayan K. Bandyopadhyay, CSIR-CEERI, India, Amitavo Roy Choudhury, CSIR-CEERI, India, S. Chakraborty, CSIR-CEERI, India, Subhendu Chakraborty, CSIR-CEERI, India,
- Special Session 14:
Near-field Sensing and Imaging for Biomedical and Security Applications over MHz to THz Regime
Convenors: Anirban Sarkar, IIT Bombay, India, Sukomal Dey, IIT Palakkad
- Special Session 15:
New Frontiers in Advanced Beam Forming using Reconfigurable and Modulated Metasurfaces
Convenors: Chinmoy Saha, IIST, India, Amit Kumar Singh, IIT Patna, India, Satish Sharma, SDSU, USA
- Special Session 16:
Novel Theory, Design, Analysis, and Applications of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Convenors: Uday Khankhoje, IIT Madras, India, Debidas Kundu, IIIT Dehli, India
- Special Session 17:
Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration at High Frequencies
Convenors: Santanu Sinha, SAC, ISRO, India
- Special Session 18:
Advances in Signal Processing Techniques for Radio Astronomy, Remote Sensing, and Satellite Communications
Convenors: Kaushal D. Buch, NCRA-TIFR, India, Ujjwal Gangele, SAC, ISRO, India, Avik Bhattacharya, IIT Bombay, India
- Special Session 19:
Advances in Microwave-to-mmWave Characterization and Sensing of Materials
Convenors: Malgorzata Celuch, QWED Sp. z o.o., Poland, Kamel Haddadi, University of Lille, France
- Special Session 20:
EM-Fields Meet Human Body Enabling Internet of Bodies (IoB)
Convenor: Shreyas Sen, Purdue University, USA
- Special Session 21:
Innovative Hardware Pathways for IoT & RFID-Enabled Smart Systems
Convenors: Luca Catarinucci, Univ. of Salento, Italy, Kamlesh Patel Univ. of Delhi, India, Ashwani Sharma, IIT Ropar, India, Lalit Kumar IIT Delhi, India
Special Sessions
Proposals for Special Sessions for the 2025 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation Conference (IEEE MAPCON) in Kochi, India, are due by April 23, 2025. Special sessions will be selected and finalized by April 30, 2025. Special session paper submissions follow the regular submission process. The deadline for paper submission is July 7, 2025. Please ensure you select the appropriate special session during submission if you wish for the paper to be considered for that session.
Important Dates:
Special Session Proposal Deadline – April 23, 2025
Special Session Acceptance Notification – April 30, 2025
Special Session Paper Submission Deadline – July 7, 2025
This document is a template for all the information relevant to a special session proposal for MAPCON 2025. Please complete this form and submit it to Dr. Shobha Sundar Ram (shobha@iiitd.ac.in) for evaluation by the Special Session Committee.
Please use the following for the email subject line: MAPCON 2025 Special Session Proposal
Important: Please carefully read the guidelines at the end of this document.