Panel Sessions

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Alistari Duffy, Ke Wu, J.-C. Chiao
Division IV, Polytechnique Montréal, Southern Methodist Univ.
Branislav Notaros, Wen-Chung Kao, Gregory Durgin, John La Salle, Maurizio Bozzi, Vesna Sossi
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Consumer Technology Society, IEEE Council on RFID, IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
Location
201
Abstract

This panel session offers a chance to engage in dialogue with the Presidents of IEEE Societies within IEEE Division IV "Electromagnetics and Radiation." Given their shared research domains, this session presents a valuable opportunity to exchange perspectives on forthcoming technological challenges and foster avenues for future inter-society collaboration.

James Buckwatler, Shahriar Shahramian
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Nokia-Bell Labs
Ramesh Harjani, Payam Heydari, Donald Lie, Debabani Choudhury, Osamu Kusano, Bodhisatwa Sadhu
Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of California, Irvine, Texas Tech Univ., Intel Corp., Keysight Technologies, IBM Corp.
Location
202AB
Abstract

Rather than a traditional panel, the RF and Microwave League of Champions will be a quiz show pitting a team of academics against a team of industry veterans to answer technical riddles sourced from RF and microwave history. Each team will comprise 3 members who will answer as a team on questions about RF/microwave theory, circuits, and systems. This event will be an entertaining diversion from the typical technical panel and hopefully a great deal of fun for participants.

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Kaushik Sengupta, Oren Eliezer
Princeton Univ., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
David Pan, Jian Yang, Michael Thompson, Silvia Zhang, Tom Kazior, Ronald Gyurcsik, Nilesh Kamdar
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Synopsys, Inc., Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Northeastern University, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, NATCAST, Keysight Technologies
Location
207AB
Abstract

The growth in generative AI has, naturally, raised the question of its impact on RFIC design. The latter has been traditionally regarded as somewhat of a black art, requiring the ‘magic’ of human intuition and creativity.
But is RFIC design really so, or will AI be able to automate large portions of the design process in the future? Are the days of hand-crafted RFIC design limited? Will AI replace design engineers or only augment their capabilities, to some extent?
This lunch time panel, with both industry and academic experts, will attempt to predict the impact of AI in RFIC design.

Nuno Carvalho, Jasmin Grosinger
Instituto De Telecomunicacoes, University of Graz
Greg Kushnir, Dinesh Kithany, Chris Davlantes, Jennifer Grenz, Volker Ziegler, Jason Gill
EMROD, WAWT, REACHPOWER, Ossia Inc., Airbus, Powercast Co
Location
206
Abstract

This panel will bring together industry, government laboratories, and academia to discuss long-range WPT links. The koto will be: Will Ling Range WPT become a reality? What are the bottlenecks and limitations, and what has been done already? Which energy efficiencies are foreseen? It is expected to have a diverse group of researchers in different areas talking about these topics and to create enough discussion in the room to allow microwave enthusiasts and practitioners to foresee where to focus their interests and research strategies to work towards a future of WPT.

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Ke Wu, Steven Reising, J.-C. Chiao
Polytechnique Montréal, Colorado State Univ., Southern Methodist Univ.
Jean-Pierre Raskin, Nils Weimann, Rabia Munsaf Khan, Suleka Chattopadhyay, Peter Siegel, David Kunkee, Al Gasiewski
Polytechnique Montreal, Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, State Univ. of New York, Women in Engineering - Climate Change Committee, California Institute of Technology, Aerospace Corporation, Univ. of Colorado
Location
206
Abstract

This panel session offers a chance to engage conversation and exchange ideas about the significance and challenges in monitoring climate change and the potentials of utilizing microwave technologies for remote sensing in various applications.

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Renee Leduc, Paolo de Matthaeis, Beau Backus
Narayan Strategy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Clegg, Umair Javed, David Kunkee, Renee Leduc
Google, CTIA-The Wireless Association®, Aerospace Corporation, Narayan Strategy
Jennifer Warren
Location
207AB
Abstract

A recent high profile spectrum conflict has been between weather forecasters and the wireless industry on the use of passive microwave spectrum. While both sides are addressing critical economic and societal needs, there are many questions about the possibility for and impacts of coexistence, especially related to 50-58 GHz, which will be considered at the World Radiocommunication Conference-2027.
The wireless industry, as it deploys 5G technologies and plans for 6G, has a critical need to expand its access to spectrum to support the deployment of numerous wireless technologies that fuel economies and international competition. But the world is also facing increasing weather and climate related disasters that rely on improvements in environmental prediction to keep people and communities safe. Eighteen disasters in the US in 2022 (the third highest) had damage values above $1 billion (and an overall cost of $177.3 billion with 474 deaths).
This panel discussion will feature high level panelists from across the public, private and NGO sectors to discuss the increasing demand for passive microwave spectrum for both wireless tech and meteorology. The discussion will seek to foster more productive science and engineering discussions on these topics and highlight possible solutions for coexistence.