LAPC 2010 Conference Sessions

This is a record of the conference sessions for LAPC 2010.

We have now expanded to use five Poster/Exhibitor rooms. The floor plan can be found here. The provsional conference programme is now available : Short and Long versions (including posters).

Registration and Coffee		8:00am - 9:00am
Conference Opening		9:00am - 9:15am
Invited Session 1: Innovative Metamaterials Antennas & Technology		9:15 – 11:15am

9:15 – 9:45am		Keynote Talk: Prof. Raj Mittra "Perfromance enhancements of antennas using metamaterials; Challenges and Future Directions"
9:45 – 10:15am		Invited Talk: Dr. Michael Wiltshire "Metamaterials - for lenses and cloaking from DC to optics"
10:15– 10:45am		Invited Talk: Dr. John Batchelor "Convoluted FSS elements for propagation control in buildings"
10:45 – 11:15am		Invited Talk: Prof. Richard Langley "Miniaturised periodic structures with antenna applications"

Refreshments and Poster Session 1 Exhibition Areas A, B, C & D		11:15am - 12:45pm
Lunch Day 1 (Restaurant)		12:45pm - 2:00pm

Invited Session 2: Channel Characterisation and Modelling for Emerging Applications in Wireless Communications

2:00 – 4:00pm

2:00 – 2:30pm		Keynote Talk: Prof. Gert Pedersen "Measurement based investigations of future communications system"
2:30 – 3:00pm		Invited Talk: Dr. Robert Watson "Real-time propagation forecasting for earth-space communication"
3:00– 3:30pm		Invited Talk: Prof. Andy Nix "Delivering Live-Action to Handheld Devices: Experimental Results and Recommendations"
3:30 – 4:00pm		Invited Talk: Dr. Dave Laurenson "Modelling for vehicle to vehicle applications"

Refreshments and Poster Session 2 Exhibition Areas A, B, C & D		4:00pm - 5:30pm
Drink Reception Drinks are sponsored by CST, Microwave Studio®		6:30pm - 7:00pm
Conference Banquet and Prize Giving (Restaurant) Invited Banquet Talk: Prof. Peter Hall "Keeping a low profile: the history of microstrip antennas" Best Paper and Best Student Paper Sponsored by the IET. Plus two additional prizes from LAPC.		7:00pm - 10:30pm

Invited Session 3: Small Antennas & Arrays for MIMO Systems

9:30 – 11:30am

9:30 – 10:00am		Keynote Talk: Prof. Dirk Manteuffel "MIMO antenna design challenges"
10:00 – 10:30am		Invited Talk: Prof. Cyril Luxey "Design of multi-antenna systems for UMTS mobile phones"
10:30 – 11:00am		Invited Talk: Mr. Nathan Clow "ESA Measurements using a hybrid fibre-optic reflection measurement system"
11:00– 11:30am		Invited Talk: Prof. Dirk Heberling "Multiport-antennas for MIMO-systems"

Refreshments and Poster Session 3 Exhibition Areas A, B, C & D		11:30am - 1:00pm
Lunch Day 2 (Restaurant)		1:00pm - 2:00pm
Invited Session 4: Bioelectromagnetics in Antennas & Propagation		2:00pm - 4:00pm

2.00– 2.30pm		Keynote Talk: Prof. Neils Kuster "Challenges in developing complex transmitters as SAR and OTA requirements tighten"
2:30 – 3:00pm		Invited Talk: Dr. Max Ammann "A stable near-field antenna hyperthermia applicator for various tissue types and topologies"
3:00 – 3:30pm		Invited Talk: Prof. Yang Hao "Subject-specific numerical modelling for body-centric wireless communications"
3:30 – 4:00pm		Invited Talk: Dr. Roger Appleby "Imaging and sensing from 100GHz to 1THz band"

Refreshments and Poster Session 4 Exhibition Areas A, B, C & D		4:00pm - 5:30pm
Close of Conference		5:30pm - 5:35pm

9:00 - 5:00pm

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