Abstract :
The fourteenth International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), the second IEEE AP-S Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (IEEE APWC), and the first Electromagnetic Environment and Interference Symposium (EEIS, organized by Commission E of URSI, the International Union of Radio Science) were held at Cape Town, South Africa, on September 2-7, 2012. ICEAA had the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, and the Torino Wireless Foundation as principal cosponsors, and the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) as a technical cosponsor. IEEE APWC was the first conference of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society held on the African continent. The three conferences shared common registration, organizing, and scientific committees; common venues, receptions, and banquet; and social events.