Social events

All Together Dinner

Place: Tolv Stockholm
Date: Sunday March 30, 2025

This event will be an opportunity for delegates across all career stages to get together in an informal setting, relax with old friends and colleagues, and make new connections. All this while enjoying some bowling, billiard, and shuffleboard among other games, and having some nice food together. This initiative is jointly sponsored by the IEEE AP-S Young Professionals (YP) and EurAAP Early Careers in Antennas and Propagation (ECAP).

EurAAP Awards & EuCAP 2025 Grants

Place: Place: Waterfront Congress Centre
Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

This event is a highlight of EuCAP, dedicated to recognizing excellence and supporting our community. During the ceremony, winners of the EurAAP Awards will be presented, celebrating their outstanding contributions to antennas and propagation. 

Additionally, Recipients of the EuCAP2025 Travel Grants will be recognized for their achievement and participation in the conference.

A cocktail reception will follow in the Exhibition area. 

Lasting Impact in a Fast Changing World

Speaker: Kathleen L. Melde, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, College of Engineering, Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona

In this talk, I will briefly share my career journey from working in industry, completing my Ph.D., and working in academia in amazing antenna technologies. The focus will then shift to how we can make lasting impact in technical and human-centered aspects in rapidly changing times. This presentation draws from my experience in engineering leadership at a large research university in the United States.

Kathleen Melde is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, specializing in antenna design, wireless communications, and electromagnetics. She has made significant contributions to advancing multi-functional antenna technologies. Dr. Melde is a Fellow of the IEEE, recognized for her innovative research in antennas and packaging. She has authored numerous publications and holds several patents in her field. Dr. Melde is passionate about mentoring the next generation of engineers and and faculty. She has been the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs in the College of Engineering at the University of Arizona for over six years.

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Space Journeys

Speaker: Christer Fuglesang, Astronaut and Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Christer Fuglesang is an astronaut and professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, while also working part time as Space Advisor for Saab. He has a PhD in experimental particle physics from Stockholm University and has worked for CERN and ESA. Fuglesang has made two space shuttle missions to ISS and performed there five EVAs. His research focus has been about particles in space and cosmic rays, and recently studying the possibility of putting sunshades in space to help control global temperature.  He teaches a course in Human Spaceflight.

Fuglesang is member of the Royal Swedish Academies of Science, Engineering Science and War Sciences. He chairs the Boards for the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology and  Göran Gustafsson Foundation for Research in Natural Sciences and Medicine. He has written several books for children.