The 6th International Workshop on RF &Antenna Technologies in Shenzhen University (2023 IWRF&AT-SZU) was successfully held on 2 July 2023 at Shenzhen University. The workshop was jointly organised by State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Heterogeneous Integration Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Base Station Antennas and Propagation, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Antennas and Propagation, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, China, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society-Shenzhen Chapter, lEEE Beiing Section.

Group photo of some of the line staff before the opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the symposium was presided over by Professor He Yejun, the executive chairman of this year's conference, and Academician Mao Junfa, the general chairman of the conference and the president of Shenzhen University, delivered a welcome speech. President Mao first welcomed all the academicians and speakers warmly on behalf of the university and introduced the development overview of Shenzhen University and the purpose, influence and effect of the Symposium on RF and Antenna Technology. The symposium was conducted by online/offline presentation, offline listening and interaction.

The General Chairman of the Conference, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and President of Shenzhen University, Mao Junfa, delivered a welcome speech.

Professor He Yejun of Shenzhen University, Executive Chairman of the Conference, presided over the opening ceremony.

Eight top renowned experts (IEEE Fellows or Academicians) from domestically and aboard were invited to give presentations in turn, focusing on new technologies, advances and challenges in the field of RF and antennas. Professor Chen Zhining (IEEE Fellow), a member of the Singapore Academy of Engineering and the National University of Singapore, gave a presentation entitled "Towards Metantennas +Deep Learning", and Professor David Jackson (IEEE Fellow), University of Houston, gave a presentation entitled "Recent Investigations in Leaky Grids". Recent Investigations in Leaky-wave Antennas" by Prof. David Jackson (IEEE Fellow), University of Houston, USA, "Huygens' Metasurfaces for Antennas" by Prof. George V. Eleftheriades, University of Toronto, Canada. ' Metasurfaces for Antenna Beamsteering and Beamforming", Prof. Andrea Massa (IEEE Fellow), University of Trento, Italy, on "Modularity as a Key-Pillar". Modularity as a Key-Pillar in Next Generation Phased Arrays-Trends, Advances, and Applications" by Prof. Andrea Massa (IEEE Fellow), University of Trento, Italy; "Modularity as a Key-Pillar in Next Generation Phased Arrays-Trends, Advances, and Applications" by Prof. Duan Baoyan (IEEE Professor Duan Baoyan (IEEE Fellow), academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and former president of Xidian University, gave a speech entitled "Challenges to Antenna Technology in MPT with Long Distance and High Power", and Professor Hong Wei (IEEE Fellow) of Southeast University gave a speech entitled "Seamless Integration of Seamless Integration of Antennas and RF Circuits", Professor Douglas H. Werner (IEEE Fellow), Pennsylvania State University, USA, entitled "Multiobjective Optimisation of Antenna Technology in MPT with Long Distance and High Power". Multiobjective Optimization Approaches for the Inverse-Design of Metadevices" by Prof. Douglas H. Werner (IEEE Fellow), Pennsylvania State University, USA, "Metamaterial-Based Millimeter and RF Circuits" by Dr. Hing Hin Ming (IEEE Fellow), Infocomm Research Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore "Metamaterial-Based Millimeter-wave Beam Steering Antenna Arrays". The workshop was assisted by Prof. Wei Hong, Prof. Shih-Wei Wang, Dr. Long Zhang and Dr. Wenting Li. The seminar attracted many experts and scholars from universities and representatives from companies such as Haineng Industry, ZTE Corporation and Huawei Technologies.

The seminar strengthened the connection between SZU and experts and scholars domestically and abroad in the technical fields of RF, antennae, electromagnetism, wireless communications, integrated circuits, etc. It promoted the academic level of SZU in the disciplines of information and communication engineering, electronic science and technology, and contributed to the city's internationalisation in the field of electronic information technology.