The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society is pleased to announce an important milestone in its membership growth and retention: on October 17, 2024, AP-S topped the 12,000 active members mark!

We just recently broke the 10,000 mark, our long-desired goal of more than 40 years, and then 11,000 right before our Florence flagship conference in July. We are now projected to reach 12,500 active members milestone by December 31, 2024, an unprecedented 20% increase for just this year.

To date, we have established 40 new AP-S chapters in 2024; 2+ months before the year end, we already have created more chapters than in any single year in the Society’s history.

Remarkably, during less than 10 months this year, the AP-S women membership grew by 40%.

This is thanks to incredible work and contributions by all AP-S leaders and volunteers. Special thanks to our informal working group composed of chapters and members related AP-S Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs led by Ajay Poddar, who have been working on membership growth and retention, and have done an amazing job.

Congratulations to All and special welcome to our new members! This is your professional family. Please be an active participant and take advantage of everything we as Society can offer in fulfilling your technical and professional goals. And if you currently are not an AP-S member, please consider joining us! We would love to have you onboard.

Branislav M. Notaroš

IEEE AP-S President