Add to Your AOC Europe Experience
The pre-convention course offers unique educational opportunities for focused professional development immediately before AOC Europe. The course is eligible for credit and taught by our subject-matter experts.
Questions related to the pre-convention course and/or their content can be directed to Lauren Schoener-Gaynor, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Professional Development at schoener-gaynor@crows.org
Questions related to pre-convention registration can be directed to Samantha Kim, Professional Development Coordinator, at kim@crows.org.
To attend the pre-conference course, you must register for the AOC Europe Symposium and Convention. When registering, simply "add-on" the pre-conference course to your order and complete your registrations for both events in one transaction.
Course Dates: 5 May 2025 | 8 AM - 4 PM
Course Location: Hilton Rome Eur La Lama, Viale Europa 287, Rome, 00144, Italy
Course Length: 8 hrs
Description: This course provides an introduction to the use of metasurfaces in Defense, a subject explored further in the book Metasurface-driven Electronic Warfare. It covers how metasurfaces can add extra levels of dynamism to the electronic warfare (EW) problem at the physical level. Metasurfaces are artificially engineered structures that can provide arbitrary, reconfigurable responses in the transmission, reflection, and absorption of electromagnetic waves. Extensive research validated metasurfaces in the last couple of decades, and the community recently elected them as a key element for a civilian application, the 6G. However, in Defense, if many isolated papers are available in the open literature, their application is still unclear for many. This course connects the dots between metasurfaces and EW. It covers not only the so-called metasurface-based stealth technology, but also applications in Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Protection (EP). The course will also discuss emerging use cases for distributed EW in drone swarms.
Who Should Attend: The intended audience is those interested in the latest trends in EW, signals intelligence, and electrical engineering, whether they are operators, specialists, researchers, or businesspeople. Because the course covers the essentials in both metasurfaces and EW, no prior experience is required as long as the attendee can handle engineering concepts.
This workshop will be held before AOC Europe 2025.
Registration
Online Registration will open soon.
Registration fees:
AOC Members - $800
Non-Members - $950
Registration fee includes the full-day course, copy of Dr. Licursi’s book, lunch, and water, tea, coffee, etc., that will be available throughout the day.
Not a member? Join now and save! AOC Members receive discounts on all courses, free access to all webinars and much more.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
To cancel a pre-convention course or onsite event registration, submit a written request via email to education@crows.org. Phone cancellations are not accepted.
Refunds will be issued minus a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within two weeks of the event or for no-shows.
If the registration fee includes materials (e.g., textbooks, printed content) that were pre-purchased or developed before the event, registrants will be invoiced for these items. Once paid, materials will be shipped within the U.S.
Instructor
Dr. Rafael Licursi is the author of "Metasurface-driven electronic warfare" (Wiley / IEEE Press). He is an antenna/radar researcher and electronic warfare (EW) consultant. Experienced in both the hardware and software parts of the EW problem, he now focuses on the innovative use of metasurfaces in this context. He earned his PhD in electronics with a focus on reconfigurable metasurfaces and multiband/wideband antennas at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. Upon graduating from the Brazilian Air Force Academy, he began his career as a pilot and radar operator in maritime patrol aviation. His past experiences include EW Officer, Signal Processing Engineer, Signals Intelligence Researcher, and Antenna Engineer.
