LACAP2024: 1st IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, December 1-4, 2024

Welcome to the 1st IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation, to be held on December 1-4, 2024 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. 

• Authors are invited to submit papers in English, online, with a maximum length of TWO PAGES, letter size. Submissions must allow the Technical Program Committee and reviewers to assess the quality of the work in a single acceptance/rejection review process. For more submission information, such as the available templates, visit www.lacap2024.org.
• All submissions must pass through PDFexpress

List of Topics

• ANTENNAS: Antenna systems and architectures, antenna theory, antenna arrays, mm-wave and sub-mm-wave antennas, multiband, multifunctional and UWB antennas, electrically small antennas, wearable and implantable antennas, lens antennas, reflector, feed systems and components, leaky-wave antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, reconfigurable antennas, active and integrated antennas, MIMO, diversity, smart antennas, RFID antennas/sensors, additive manufacturing for antennas, and other antenna topics.
• ELECTROMAGNETICS: EM theory, computational and numerical techniques, optimization methods and machine learning in EM and antenna design, imaging and inverse scattering, scattering, metamaterials, metasurfaces and artificial materials, and other EM topics.
• PROPAGATION: Propagation theory, deterministic, empirical and statistical propagation modelling, channel sounding and parameter estimation techniques, experimental methods and campaigns, machine learning for propagation, satellite propagation, propagation for vehicular communications, body and biological tissues propagation, RADAR localizlocalization and sensing, and other propagation topics.
• MEASUREMENTS: Material characterization and non-destructive testing, near-field, far-field, compact and RCS measurement and calibration techniques, imaging algorithms and measurements, EMI/EMC/PIM instrumentation and measurements, dosimetry, exposure and SAR assessment, mm-wave, THz and quasi-optical antenna measurement, MIMO and OTA testing, and other measurement topics.

Committees

Technical Program Committee

• General Chair: Eva Rajo Iglesias, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
• Co-Chairs: Mauricio Rodríguez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile, and Alexandre Serres, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

Organizing committee

• General Chair: Javier Araque Quijano, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Co-Chair: Francisco Pizarro, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
• Finance Chair: Camila Albuquerque, CGG, Brazil
• Dissemination and Publication: Miguel Gutiérrez Gaitán, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, and Gustavo Siles, Universidad Privada Boliviana

Invited Speakers

We are thrilled to introduce the exceptional lineup ofkeynote speakers for our conference, featuringhighly recognized professionals from academia,industry, and government.

• Constantine Balanis, Arizona State Univ., IEEE Life Fellow, Celebrated Author of “AntennaTheory: Analysis and Design” and “Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics”
• Yahya Rahmat-Samii, UCLA, US National Academy of Engineering Member, Northrop-Grumman Chair in Electromagnetics, IEEE LifeFellow, IEEE AP-S Past President
• Jennifer T. Bernhard, Univ. of Illinois, Donald Biggar Willett Professor, Director of the Illinois Applied Research Institute, IEEE Fellow, IEEEAP-S Past President
• Reinaldo A. Valenzuela, Nokia Bell Laboratories,US National Academy of Engineering Member, IEEE Fellow, Director of the Communication Theory Department
• Richard W. Ziolkowski, Univ. of Arizona, Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Advanced Science and Technology, IEEE Life Fellow, IEEEAP-S Past President
• John C. Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Nobel Prize in Physics Laureate, James Webb Space Telescope Lead Scientist, Time Magazine World’s 100 Most Influential People
• Susan C. Hagness, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Nat. Academy of Inventors Fellow, Philip D. Reed Prof., ECE Dept. Chair, IEEE Fellow, URSI Isaac Koga Gold Medal

Venue

The conference will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in the Hotel Estelar