The 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and the 2008 USNC/URSI (U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science) National Radio Science meeting will be held jointly, on July 5-12, 2008 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California. The symposium and the meeting are co-sponsored by the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and USNC/URSI Commissions A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Technical sessions, workshops and short courses will be coordinated between the two symposia to provide a comprehensive and well balanced program. This meeting is intended to provide an international forum for the exchange of information on state-of-the-art research in antennas, propagation, and electromagnetic engineering. Please see the Final Program  for more information. 

This is the official web site of the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and the 2008 USNC/URSI National Radio Science meeting. This Home page is intended to provide a guide to information contained in this web site. The web site is organized into five topics listed at the left of this page: General information, Technical Activities, Conference Information, Travel and Lodging and Sponsors. Subtopics are listed under each topic and linked to a page providing related information. A brief description of topics and subtopics is given below.

General information

• Home page: Provides a guide to information contained in this web site.
• Welcome page: A message from the Chairman of  the Steering Committee.
• Steering Committee page: Lists the names and Email addresses of the Steering Committee members.
• Important Dates page: Contains important dates related to the conference.
• Recent Updates page: Contains recent updates to the web site.

Technical Activities

• Technical Program page: Contains information about the technical program, including presentation of papers,  short courses and workshops.
• Call For Papers page: Contains a printable PDF version of the Call for Papers.
• Paper Submission page: Contains information about the paper submission process. Also includes templates for papers and  information about the use of IEEE PDF eXpress™. IEEE PDF eXpress™ will allow authors to render their papers as IEEE Xplore-compatible PDFs
• Call for Short Courses & Workshops page: Contains a solicitation for short courses and workshops for the conference.
• Special Sessions page: Contains a information related to special sessions for the conference. (Coming soon).

• Registration page: Contains information about conference registration.
• Social Programs page: Contains information about social programs at the conference.
• Exhibits page: Contains information for exhibitors at the conference.
• Corporate Sponsors page: Contains information about corporate sponsors for the conference.

Travel and Lodging

• San Diego Information page: Contains links to information about the San Diego area.
• Transportation page: Contains information about transportation in the local San Diego area.
• Hotel Information page: Contains hotel reservation information and directions to the hotel. 

Sponsors

• IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society page: Links to IEEE APS web site.

• USNC-URSI page: Links to the web site of the United States National Committee of
  the International Union of Radio Science.