Workshops

The IEEE ComSoc 2026 Workshop on FAS is sponsored by the IEEE ComSoc Cognitive Networks Technical Committee, its IEEE ComSoc TC Innovation Project on FAS in 2026, and its special interest group on FAS. The co-supporter is University College London. This workshop features invited talks on the latest research, innovations, and practical applications of FAS. It concludes with a panel discussion to bridge theory with standardization and commercial deployment.

📅Date: 14 July 2026 (Tuesday)
🕘Time: 9:00 AM BST -- 5:00 PM BST.
📍Location: University College London, London, United Kingdom.
📍Room: G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT in Roberts Building, WC1E 7JE

Workshop Program:

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome & Opening

09:15 - 10:00 Invited Talk #1:
Flowing Towards 6G: Liquid Antennas for Next-Generation Communication Systems
Speaker: Javier Otero Martinez (Universidad Carlos III Madrid)

10:00 - 10:45 Invited Talk #2:
Liquid Metal Reconfigurable Antennas & Intelligent Surfaces for 6G
Speaker: Constantinos B. Papadias (The American College of Greece)

10:45 - 11:00 Morning Break

11:00 - 11:45 Invited Talk #3:
Channel Estimation and Beamforming for Pixel-Reconfigurable-Antenna-based MIMO System with State-Non-Separable Channel Response
Speaker: Vincent K. N. Lau (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

11:45 - 12:30 Invited Talk #4:
Performance evaluation of fluid antenna systems from a channel fitting perspective
Speaker: Vivien Xiaoli Chu (University of Sheffield)

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:15 Invited Talk #5:
Exploiting Fluid Antennas at Base Station: LLM-aided Algorithm Design for Port Selection
Speaker: Gan Zheng (University of Warwick)

14:15 - 15:00 Invited Talk #6:
Fluid Antenna Systems (FAS): Definitions, Updates, and Some Experimental Results
Speaker: Kai-Kit Wong (University College London)

15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Break

15:30 - 16:30 Panel Discussion
Chair: Daniel So (University of Manchester)
Panelists: Constantinos B. Papadias (The American College of Greece)
Vincent K. N. Lau (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Gan Zheng (University of Warwick)
Kai-Kit Wong (University College London)

16:30 - 17:00 Wrap-up & Next Steps

Core Organizing Committee:

• Kai-Kit Wong (University College London)

• Arman Shojaeifard (InterDigital)

• Hanjiang Hong (University College London)

• Constantinos Psomas (University of Cyprus)

• Tuo Wu (South China University of Technology)

• Bo Yang (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

• De Mi (Birmingham City University)

Coming soon... See Calls for more details.

Call for paper:

• Submission link: Globecom 2026 Workshop on FAS 

• Paper Submission Deadline: Aug 10, 2026

• Paper Acceptance Notification: Sept 20, 2026

• Final Paper Submission: Sept 30, 2026

📅Date and Time: TBD
📍Location: Macau S.A.R., China

Coming soon... 

📅Date and Time: TBD
📍Location: Athens, Greece

Coming soon... See Calls for more details.

Call for paper:

• Submission link: ICCC 2026 Workshop on FAS 

• Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2026 July 2, 2026

• Paper Acceptance Notification: July 16, 2026

• Final Paper Submission: July 23, 2026

📅Date and Time: TBD
📍Location: Wuhan, China

Webpage: VTC-Spring 2026 Workshop on FAS

📅Date and Time: 9 June 2026
📍Location: Nice, France, and online virtual

General Co-Chairs:

• Hao Xu, Southeast University, China

• Hanjiang Hong, University College London, UK

• Farshad Rostami Ghadi, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

• Xusheng Zhu, University College London, UK

Webpage: ICC 2026 Workshop on FAS

📅Date and Time: 24 May 2026, from 14:00 to 17:30
📍Location: Glasgow, UK

Steering Committee Members:

• Kai-Kit Wong, University College London, UK

• Shi Jin, Southeast University, China

• Wee Kiat New, Huawei, Singapore

• Ross Murch, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

• Xinping Yi, Southeast University, China

• Chan-Byoung Chae, Yonsei University, Korea

General Co-Chairs:

• Hao Xu, Southeast University, China

• Hanjiang Hong, University College London, UK

• Farshad Rostami Ghadi, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

• Tuo Wu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Webpage: https://wcnc2026.ieee-wcnc.org/ieee-wireless-communications-and-networking-conference-21/events/ws-10-workshop-fluid-antenna

📅Date and Time: 13 April 2026, from 14:00 to 17:30
📍Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

General Co-Chairs:

• Hao Xu, Southeast University, China

• Hanjiang Hong, University College London, UK

• Farshad Rostami Ghadi, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

• Tuo Wu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Webpage: Globecom 2025 Workshop on FAS

📅Date and Time: 8 Dec 2025, from 8:30 to 17:20
📍Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Steering Committee Members:

• Kai-Kit Wong, University College London, UK

• Ross Murch, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

• Ioannis Krikidis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

• Ana García Armada, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

• Mikael Skoglund, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

• Chan-Byoung Chae, Yonsei University, Korea

General Co-Chairs:

• Hao Xu, Southeast University, China

• Hanjiang Hong, University College London, UK

• George C. Alexandropoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

• Wee Kiat New, Huawei, Singapore

📅Date and Time: 7-10 July 2025
📍Location: Surrey, UK

Co-Chairs:

•  Kai-Kit Wong (University College London, UK),

• Dusit (Tao) Niyato (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

• George Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

• Hao Xu (Southeast University, China)

• Yongxu Zhu (Southeast University, China)

• Farshad Rostami Ghadi (University College London, UK)

Webpage: https://iccc2025.ieee-iccc.org/fluid-antenna-system-fas-6g

📅Date and Time: 13 Aug 2025, from 16:00 to 18:00
📍Location: Shanghai, China

Webpage: VTC-Spring 2025 Workshop on FAS

📅Date and Time: 17 June 2025, from 9:00 to 12:30
📍Location: Oslo, Norway

Workshop Co-Chairs:

•  Kai-Kit Wong, University College London, UK

• George C. Alexandropoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

• Hao Xu, Southeast University, China

• Wee Kiat New, University College London, UK

Webpage: ICC 2024 Workshop on FAS

📅Date and Time: 13 June 2024, from 8:30 to 15:15
📍Location: Denver, CO, USA

Workshop Co-Chairs:

• Ana García Armada, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

• Khaled Rabie, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

• Chao Wang, Xidian University, China