Special Section on 2007 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation

The 2007 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP2007), the 12th ISAP, sponsored by the Communication Society of the IEICE and held at the Niigata Convention Center “TOKI MESSE” in Niigata, Japan, on August 20 through 24, 2007 was a great success. This symposium provided an international forum for attendees to present and discuss the progress of research and development in antennas, propagation, electromagnetic wave theory, and related fields. For this symposium, 412 technical papers were submitted from 33 countries and regions, and 364 papers were accepted after the review process by the ISAP2007 Technical Program Committee. At the symposium, 336 papers were presented and 577 people attended the symposium from 33 countries and regions. ISAP2008 (the 13th ISAP) will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 27 through 30, 2008.