IEEE RFAT 2026 (The 9th 2026 IEEE International Conference on Radio Frequency and Antenna Technologies) was successfully held in Shenzhen from May 15 to 18, 2026. This conference built a high-level academic platform to boost international collaboration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to strengthen academic exchanges and cooperation among global researchers in radio frequency, antennas, wireless communications and related fields. Junfa Mao, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the National Key Laboratory of RF Heterogeneous and Heterogeneous Integration, and Chair Professor at Shenzhen University, acted as the General Chair of IEEE RFAT 2026 and delivered the welcome address at the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was presided over by Yejun He, Distinguished Professor at Shenzhen University, serving as the Executive Chair of IEEE RFAT 2026.
IEEE RFAT 2026 was co-organized by Shenzhen University and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S), with technical guidance from the IEEE AP-S Shenzhen Chapter. The conference was supported by State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Heterogeneous Integration Technology, Sino-British Joint Laboratory of Antennas and Propagation of Ministry of Science and Technology of P.R. China, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Base Station Antennas and Propagation, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Antennas and Propagation, and College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University.
Meeting Highlights
The General Chair, Academician Junfa Mao, delivered a welcome speech
At the opening ceremony on May 16, Professor Junfa Mao extended a warm welcome and sincere gratitude to keynote speakers, distinguished guests from home and abroad, and all authors. He introduced the development of the State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, and Shenzhen University’s achievements in education, research and talent cultivation. As the founding institution of IEEE RFAT, Shenzhen University gathered global experts to share cutting-edge and innovative research outcomes.
Prof. Yejun He, the Executive Chair of the conference, presided over the opening ceremony
Group photo after the opening ceremony
The main conference program spanned two full days, attracting more than 250 attendees from over 13 countries. It featured 8 keynote speeches, 24 parallel oral sessions (including 5 invited speakers), and a half-day workshop with 3 distinguished speakers.
On the morning of May 16 and May 17, eight keynote speakers presented their keynote speeches in turn: (1) Zhi Ning Chen, Member of the Singapore National Academy of Engineering, National Professor of University of Singapore delivered “Prior Knowledge-Guided Deep Learning-Enabled Generative Antenna Design (GAD): AntennAI”; (2) Huseyin Arslan, Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences, Professor of Medipol University Istanbul, Turkey delivered “Flexible and Cognitive Radio Access Technologies for 5G and Beyond”; (3) Wei Hong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor of Southeast University delivered “Research Progress in 6G FR3 Band RF and Antenna Technology”; (4) Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, Professor of University of Waterloo, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, International Member of the Japan Academy of Engineering delivered “Flexible Coupler Antenna for Wireless Networks: Opportunities and Challenges”; (5) Atif Shamim, Professor of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia delivered “On-Chip Antennas: The Last Barrier to True RF System-on-Chip”; (6) Steven Gao, Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong delivered “Endfire Circularly-Polarized Satellite Communication Antennas for Metal-Rimmed Mobile Phones”; (7) Giacomo Oliveri, Associate Professor of University of Trento, Italy delivered “Engineering the Future of Wireless: Breakthroughs in Electromagnetic Skin Design and Demonstrations”; (8) Amin Abbosh, Professor of The University of Queensland, Australia delivered “Physics-Guided Deep Learning for Real-Time Microwave Imaging”.
Prof. Andrea Massa presided over the keynote speech by Academician Zhi Ning Chen
Academician Zhi Ning Chen delivered a keynote speech
Prof. Chaoyun Song presided over the keynote speech by Prof. Huseyin Arslan
Prof. Huseyin Arslan delivered a keynote speech
Prof. Celimuge Wu presided over the keynote speech by Academician Wei Hong
Academician Wei Hong delivered a keynote speech
Prof. Jiming Chen presided over the keynote speech by Academician Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
Academician Xuemin (Sherman) Shen delivered a keynote speech
Dr. Yang Jiang presided over the keynote speech by Prof. Atif Shamim
Prof. Atif Shamim delivered a keynote speech
Dr. Long Zhang presided over the keynote speech by Prof. Steven Gao
Prof. Steven Gao delivered a keynote speech
Dr. Wei E. I. Sha presided over the keynote presentation by Prof. Giacomo Oliveri.
Prof. Giacomo Oliveri delivered a keynote speech
Dr. Wenting Li presided over the keynote speech by Prof. Amin Abbosh
Prof. Amin Abbosh delivered a keynote speech
On the morning of May 18, the workshop on future RF and wireless communication was presented by Prof. Chen Yikai, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Dr. Wei E. I. Sha, Zhejiang University, and Prof. Wei Xu, Southeast University.
A total of 130 oral presentations were set up in the parallel sessions on the afternoons of May 16 and 17. All qualified papers that meet IEEE standards and quality requirements will be submitted to IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI. The conference strictly followed international academic practices and included a welcome reception, conference banquet and cultural performances. At the banquet, five Best Paper Awards were issued, and four patrons’ Awards were issued. IEEE RFAT 2026 received extensive attention and high acclaim from academic and industrial communities worldwide. It further strengthened international academic exchanges in radio frequency, antennas and wireless communications, broadened the horizon of the National Key Laboratory of RF Heterogeneous and Heterogeneous Integration, and enhanced the global influence of Shenzhen University.
The welcome reception in the evening of May 15, 2026
Issuing award to the conference patrons at the banquet
Issuing Best Paper Award to authors at the banquet
The cultural performance at the banquet
