Welcome to IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S)

One of the key responsibilities of the president is to organize meetings of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Administrative Committee (AdCom). As a tradition, AdCom meets three times a year. The first AP-S AdCom meeting was held in Natal, Brazil, from 21 to 22 February 2026 during the weekend before the second IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas and Propagation (LACAP 2026). The second AdCom meeting was held in Detroit from 11 to 12 July 2026, before our flagship conference — the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation and the U.S. National Committee of URSI (USNC-URSI) Radio Science Meeting.

I am grateful to all the members of the AdCom for their active participation and productive discussions to chart out Society activities that are beneficial to the members.

In the August 2026 issue of my column, I wrote about expanding collaborations with “sister” Societies. It is important that we strengthen these partnerships for the benefit of our members as well as members of the sister Societies. At this AdCom meeting, we had many prominent guests who attended and addressed the AdCom members...