European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
Name	European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
Abbreviation	EuCAP
Discipline	Antenna engineering; Radio propagation
Publisher	European Association on Antennas and Propagation
Country	Various European venues
First	2006
Frequency	Annual

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation is an annual scientific conference bringing together researchers, engineers, and industry representatives in antenna and radio propagation fields from across Europe and worldwide, fostering collaboration among institutions such as Eindhoven University of Technology, Imperial College London, Delft University of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Politecnico di Milano. The conference serves as a forum for presenting peer-reviewed papers, standards-related discussions involving organizations like IEEE Standards Association, European Telecommunications Standards Institute, and industrial stakeholders including Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, Thales Group, and Rohde & Schwarz. It attracts presenters who are affiliated with laboratories such as CERN, National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom), Fraunhofer Society, CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), and TNO.

Overview

EuCAP provides plenary sessions, technical symposia, poster sessions, and exhibitions that cover topics intersecting with work at University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and Technische Universität München. Attendees often include members of professional societies such as IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IET, Royal Academy of Engineering, and representatives from funding agencies like European Research Council, Horizon 2020, and European Space Agency. The program typically addresses practical applications linked to projects at ESA, EUMETSAT, European Southern Observatory, and industry programs from Siemens and Thales Alenia Space.

History and Development

EuCAP originated as a European-centered successor to earlier regional meetings associated with International Union of Radio Science, URSI General Assembly, and historical gatherings related to IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium and AP-S/URSI. Founders included academics affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology, University of Bristol, Politecnico di Torino, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and contributors from Nokia Bell Labs and Alcatel-Lucent. Milestones include expansion of technical tracks paralleling initiatives at CERN Openlab, collaborative workshops with 3GPP, and special sessions reflecting advances reported at ITU-R conferences and in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, and Radio Science. Venues have ranged from capitals like Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Barcelona, London, and Lisbon to conference centers in Munich and Paris.

Organization and Governance

The conference is organized under the auspices of the European Association on Antennas and Propagation and steered by a technical program committee drawn from universities and institutes including Aalto University, Universität der Bundeswehr München, University of Twente, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, and research centers such as ONERA and DLR (German Aerospace Center). Governance practices incorporate review procedures aligned with policies from IEEE and best practices seen in meetings like SPIE and ACM. Local organizing committees often liaise with municipal authorities in host cities such as Vienna, Stockholm, Helsinki, Prague, and Zurich and coordinate exhibitors from firms like Keysight Technologies, Anritsu, and National Instruments.

Conference Format and Technical Program

The technical program features peer-reviewed oral sessions, poster sessions, tutorials, panels, and workshops; sources of invited speakers have included faculty from ETH Zurich, University of Oxford, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Manchester, and researchers from JPL and NASA. Tracks commonly cover topics tied to initiatives at 5G PPP, 6G research consortia, satellite communications programs at SpaceX collaborators, wireless power transfer research groups, and measurement campaigns related to COST actions and multicenter trials coordinated with European Commission projects. Technical program committees manage double-blind peer review processes modeled after IEEE Xplore standards and maintain archival proceedings cited alongside articles in Nature Communications and Scientific Reports when interdisciplinary work intersects with optics and materials science groups such as Max Planck Society and CNR.

Notable Awards and Recognitions

EuCAP confers best paper and best poster awards judged by panels including fellows of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, recipients of honors from Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow distinctions, and laureates who have received prizes such as the IEEE Edison Medal and awards analogous to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions recognition. Distinguished lectures and lifetime achievement recognitions have featured honorees who are professors at University of Southampton, University College London, McGill University, and innovators from BT Group and Vodafone. Awards spotlight contributions to areas also recognized by institutions like European Academy of Sciences and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Impact and Contributions to the Field

EuCAP has influenced standardization efforts at 3GPP, informed spectrum policy debates presented to European Commission bodies, and accelerated technology transfer between research units such as Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and companies including Sony, Samsung Electronics, and Intel. The conference has catalyzed collaborations producing high-impact work cited alongside reports from ITU, OECD, and consortiums like Graphene Flagship when antenna design interfaced with novel materials from CEA-Leti and IMEC. EuCAP proceedings and presentations have contributed to advances in metamaterials research linked to EMC measurement techniques used by NATO laboratories and to innovations in antenna arrays applied in projects at European Defence Agency and in remote sensing instruments developed with EUMETSAT and Copernicus initiatives.

Category:Scientific conferences Category:Engineering conferences Category:Electromagnetism