Workshop Programme

Day 1: IWFA Technical Sessions & Welcome Reception
9th June | Monday


08:30 - 09:00 Registration

09:00 - 09:10 Opening – David Davidson, Curtin University, Australia

09:10 - 09:50 Keynote – Withawat Withayachumnankul, Adelaide University, Australia
Title: Terahertz Antennas: From Concept to Applications

09:50 - 10:30 Keynote – David Davidson, Curtin University, Australia
Title: SKA-Low – Australia’s Future Low-Frequency Radio Telescope Under Construction

10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea

11:00 – 11:30 Invited Talk – Naoki Honma, IWATE University, Japan
Title: Device-Free Human Positioning Using Distributed Wi-Fi Antennas

11:30 - 12:00 Invited Talk – Wei Lin, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Title: Antenna and Array Technologies for Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer Enabled Battery-Free IoT Applications

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 23:00 Social Activity. We will leave at 1pm @ DoubleTree Hilton Perth.

Day 2: IWFA Technical Sessions & Banquet
10th June | Tuesday

09:00 - 09:40 Invited talk – Vince Rodriguez, Manager, NSI-MI Technologies, AMETEK, USA
Title: On Selecting the Best-Suited Antenna Range for Measuring Antenna Radiated Performance

09:40 - 10:20 Keynote – Yiannis Vardaxoglou, South China University of Technology, International campus, Guangzhou, PRC
Title: 3D Printing Meta-Materials

10:20 - 10:50 Morning tea

10:50 - 11:20 Invited Talk – Xiaoming Chen, Xi’an JiaoTong University, China
Title: On Fast Near-Field Antenna Measurements

11:20 - 11:50 Invited Talk – Papa Ousmane Leye, The Technology Innovation Institute (TII),Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Title: Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Enhancing RCS Measurements in High-Noise Environments

11:50 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:40 Keynote – David Huang, University of Western Australia
Title: Sky Fence: An Idea Whose Time Will Come?

13:40 – 14:20 Keynote – Yijun Feng, Nanjing University, China
Title: Multi-Functional and Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for Reflect-Array and Transmit-Array Applications

14:20 -14:50 Invited Talk – Takashi Tomura, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
Title: Origami Deployable Reflectarray Antennas for Small Satellites and Spacecraft

14:50- 15:20 Afternoon Tea

15:20 – 16:00 Keynote – Kenneth Tong, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Title: Recent Advances in Fluid Antenna Systems (FAS)

16:00 – 16:30 Invited Talk – Yuehe Ge, Fuzhou University, China
Title: Multi-Bit Electrically Reconfigurable Reflectarray Antennas with Multi-Polarization

16:30 -17:00 Invited Talk – Raja Pillai & Edwin Li, Rohde & Schwarz Australia Pty Ltd, Australia
Title: Capability Test & Measurement Perspective of 6G Research from Rohde and Schwarz

18:30 - 21:30 Workshop Banquet – Same room, Swan River 1 at Ritz Carlton Hotel
Day 3:
11th June | Wednesday


Perth Mint Visit: 310 Hay St, East Perth WA 6004.
We need to arrive at the main gate at 9:15 am.