Call for Papers and Participation for Mar-For 2026 | 2026超材料与天线国际会议（Mar-For 2026）征稿及参会邀请 – Asia Pacific Science and Technology Association

The 6th Marina Forum (Mar-For 2026) on Metantennas and Beamsteering Antennas will be held on 16-19 March 2026 at Orchard Hotel in Singapore. This event is organised by lEEE Singapore RFlD Chapter and sponsored by academic and professional organisations as well as companies.

2026超材料与天线国际会议（Mar-For 2026）将于2026年3月16日至19日在新加坡乌节酒店举行，主题为超导天线和波束控制天线。本次活动由IEEE新加坡射频识别分会主办，并由学术机构、专业组织和企业赞助。

Asia Pacific Science and Technology Association (APSTA) is one of the sponsors of this event. APSTA’s Honorary Senior Advisors, Prof. Zhi Ning CHEN and Prof. Xianming QING, are the General Chair and General Co-Chair of this event. APSTA partner AIM Aisa is also a sponsor.

亚太科技协会（APSTA）是本次活动的赞助商之一。APSTA的荣誉高级顾问Prof. Zhi Ning CHEN和Prof. Xianming QING分别担任本次活动的总主席和联合主席。APSTA的合作伙伴AIM Aisa也是赞助商。

The program of Mar-For 2026 will continuously offer high-quality technical talks and panel discussions by renowned keynote, invited speakers, researchers, and talented students from all over the world. It aims to provide a broad forum for exchange for both academia and industry alike, for fostering collaboration between them.

The forum will cover a wide range of topics related to, but not limited to:

Metamaterials, metasurfaces, metantenna technologies and fundamentals.
Machine learning enabled methods for metamaterials and antennas
Beamsteering antennas include phased array antennas, digital beamforming arrays, switched beam antennas, reflectarray antennas, transmitarray antennas, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces-based beamsteering antennas, lens-based beamsteering antennas, and optical beamforming (photonic beamsteering)antennas
Multiple antenna systems, including reconfigurable antennas, collocated multiple antennas, MlMO and array antennas, array feeding structures, etc.
Modelling and optimisation algorithms, and relevant applications

The forum is open to the submission of a one-page summary, and accepted summaries will bepresented on site. The extended summaries will be published in conference proceedings onconference website after the conference.

The forum continues the Student Sessions, including the Student Paper Contest (SPC) and Student Interactive Forum (SlF) as a tradition. The students who have worked on relevant topics from fundamental research to engineering applications are welcome to participate.

Organizing Committee

General Chair: Zhi Ning CHEN, National University of Singapore, Senior Honorary Advisors of APSTA
General Co-Chair: Xianming QING, Institute for Infocomm Research, Senior Honorary Advisors of APSTA
Technical Program Co-Chairs: En-Xiao LIU, Institute of High Performance Computing; Terence Shie Ping SEE, Institute for Infocomm Research; Xinyi TANG, Institute for Infocomm Research
Finance Chair: En-Xiao Liu, Institute of High Performance Computing
Logistics Chair: Terence Shie Ping SEE, Institute for Infocomm Research
Student Session Chair: Xinyi TANG, Institute for Infocomm Research

Contact Person

Dr. Xinyi TANG (tang_xinyi@i2r.a-star.edu.sg)

One-Page Summary Submission

One-Page Summary Submission
The submission will be double-column and one-page, up to TWO figures can be included in thesummary. The template is available on the website.
All summaries will be reviewed. Only accepted summaries will be presented on site, and extended versions will be published in conference proceedings on the website.
The deadline for submission is 8 January 2026, Singapore Standard Time (SST). Kindly submit a softcopy of the paper (pdf) to Dr. Xinyi TANG at tang_xinyi@i2r.a-star.edu.sg with the subject of “Marina Forum Summary – (Author’s Name)”. The copyright form will be available at www.marinaforum.org.

Student Paper Contest

All students who have published papers in prestigious international journals (from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025) on the topics of theory and applications of metamaterial-based antennas or antenna systems, beamsteering antennas, multiple antenna systems, machine learning-enabled methods for antenna modelling/optimisation/synthesis, and relevantapplications are eligible to participate in the Student Paper Contest.
The papers must have NOT been submitted to the Student Paper Contest at Mar-For before.
The student must be the first author of the paper and a full-time student at the time of submission for the publications in the journals.
Only ONE submission per student is allowed.
The deadline for submission is 8 January 2026, Singapore Standard Time (SST). Kindly submit a softcopy of the paper and the completed application form to Dr. Xinyi TANG at tang_xinyi@i2r.a-star.edu.sg with the email subject of “Marina Forum SPC – (Student’s Name)”. The application form can be downloaded from the website at www.marinaforum.org.
The Award Committee will review and shortlist the finalists. The finaists wil be requested to make either virtual or physical presentations on their work during the Forum.
The winners will be decided based on the quality of both the paper and presentation.
The award winner of the Student Paper Contest will be issued a certificate and a monetary prize.

Student interactive Forum

The Mar-for 2026 offers the platform for the students to showcase their research outcomes. Students who are working in the areas of metamaterial antennas, beamsteering antennas, multipleantenna systems, and machine learning enabled methods of modelling/optimisation/synthesis of antennas/electromagnetic devices, are invited to submit TWO slides at a template downloadedfrom the website at www.marinaforum.org. Shortlisted students would be invited to present for 5minutes during the Forum.

The deadline for submission is 15 January 2026, Singapore Standard Time (SST). Kindly submit the softcopy of the slides to Dr. Xinyi TANG at tang_xinyi@i2r.a-star.edu.sg with the email subject of “Marina Forum Student Interactive Forum – (Student’s Name)”.

Asia Pacific Science and Technology Association

亚太科学技术协会