IEEE AP-S TC-2 Workshop
Emerging Technologies in Transmitarray/Lens Antennas and RISs for Beyond 5G Systems

Date: June 10, 2025

Venue: Ritz Carlton, Perth, Australia

Organizers and Chairs

Prof Peiyuan Qin, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Prof Takashi Tomura, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

The workshop was held on 10 June 2025 at Ritz Carlton, Perth, Australia. It was organized by Prof Peiyuan Qin, University of Technology Sydney, Australia and Prof Takashi Tomura, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. The workshop successfully brought together leading researchers and industry professionals from across the Asia-Pacific region. The workshop featured three keynote presentations and three invited talks, covering a wide range of emerging topics in array and reflectarray/transmitarray technologies, including new materials, new functionalities, novel form factors, and new applications, as well as measurement techniques. The event fostered valuable exchanges between academia and industry, strengthened international collaborations, and showcased cutting-edge developments in antenna technologies. Feedback from participants was highly positive, reinforcing the importance of future joint initiatives within the technical community.

Program summary

Talks

1. Introduction of TC-2

   Prof Takashi Tomura
   Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

2. Keynote 1: Sky fence: an idea whose time will come?

   Prof David Huang
   University of Western Australia, Australia

3. Keynote 2: Multi-functional and Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for Reflect-Array and Transmit Array Applications

   Prof Yijun Feng
   Nanjing University, China

4. Keynote 3: Recent Advances in Fluid Antenna Systems (FAS)

   Prof Kenneth Tong
   Hong Kong Metropolitan University, China

5. Invited talk 1: Origami Deployable Reflectarray Antennas for Small Satellites and Spacecraft

   Takashi Tomura
   Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

6. Invited talk 2: Multi-Bit Electrically Reconfigurable Reflectarray Antennas with Multi-Polarization

   Yuehe Ge
   Fuzhou University, China

7. Invited talk 3: Capability Test & Measurement Perspective of 6G Research from Rohde and Schwarz

   Raja Pillai & Edwin Li
   Rohde & Schwarz Australia Pty Ltd, Australia