Steering and Organizing Committees

General Chair David Michelson, University of British Columbia
dmichelson@ieee.org
General Co-Chairs Yahia Antar, Royal Military College of Canada
George Eleftheriades, University of Toronto
Ke Wu, Polytechnique Montréal
Ahmed Kishk, Concordia University
Finance Chairs Vladimir Okhmatovski, University of Manitoba
Zhizhang David Chen, Dalhousie University
Technical Program Committee Chairs Natalia Nikolova, McMaster University
Marco Antoniades, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ashwin Iyer, University of Alberta
Loïc Markley, University of British Columbia-Okanagan
URSI TPC Chair Sima Noghanian, CommScope Ruckus Networks
Publication Chairs Michel Clénet, Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa
Tarek Djerafi, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
Special and Focused Sessions Chairs Koichi Ito, Chiba University
Elham Baladi, Polytechnique Montréal
Short Courses & Workshops Chairs Tayeb Denidni, INRS
Ahmed Kishk, Concordia University
Student Paper Competition Chairs Amanda Malone, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
Mohamed Emara, Calian Advanced Technologies
Student Design Contest Chairs Glauco Fontgalland, University of Mount Union
Shih-Yuan Chen, National Taiwan University
George Shaker, University of Waterloo
Young Professionals Chairs Simon Adrian, University of Rostock
Ahmed Abdellatif, IEEE Ottawa AP/MTT Chapter Chair
Industry & Government Engagement Committee Lars J. Foged, Microwave Vision Group
Rod Waterhouse, Octane Wireless
Charlotte Blair, ANSYS
Jiang Zhu, META
Nika Amralah, Raymond EMC Enclosures
Women in Engineering & Radio Science Chairs Elham Salimi, University of Manitoba, Chair of CNC-URSI Women in Radio Science
Sana Salous, Durham University, Vice-President URSI
Claire Migliaccio, Université de Nice, Chair of AP-S Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee
Winry Ember, University of California Berkeley, Chair of USNC-URSI Women in Radio Science
Zahra Abbasi, University of Calgary, Chair of the IEEE Southern Alberta Joint Chapters AP-S/MTTS/ComSoc
Local Arrangement Chairs Shulabh Gupta, Carleton University
Moein Noferesti, IEEE Ottawa Section Secretary
Social Media Chairs Erdem Topsakal, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sameh Elnaggar, IEEE Ottawa AP/MTT Chapter Vice Chair
Visa and International Chairs George Shaker, University of Waterloo
Social Programs & Hospitality Shelly Uslenghi
Joanne Wilton
Judy Long
Olivera Notaros, Colorado State University
URSI/AP-S Liaisons David Jackson, University of Houston, URSI/AP-S Liaison
Yahia Antar, Royal Military College of Canda, CNC/AP-S Liaison
International Advisory Committee Zhi Ning Chen, National University of Singapore, General Chair APS/URSI 2021
Branislav Notaros, Colorado State University, General Chair APS/URSI 2022, AP Society President
Reyhan Baktur, Utah State University, General Chair 2023 AP-S/URSI conference
Agostino Monorchio, University of Pisa, General Chair APS/URSI 2024
Jiro Hirokawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, General Chair 2027 AP-S/URSI conference
Christophe Fumeaux , University of Queensland, 2025 AP-S President-Elect
Goutam Chattopadhyay, NASA-JPL, California Institute of Technology, 2024 MTT-S President-Elect
Ari Sihvola, Aalto University, 2023-26 URSI President
Atif Shamim, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)