XXXVI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium  

of the International Union of Radio Science

August 15-22, 2026, Kraków, POLAND

ICE - International Congress Centre, Kraków

Call for Papers

The URSI GASS 2026 is the main event of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), and will be held in Kraków, Poland on August 15 – 22, 2026. 
The scientific program will have a series of open and convened sessions covering the areas of URSI Commissions A to K, comprising oral/poster sessions with invited and contributed papers and General Lectures. In addition, there will be workshops, short courses, young scientist programs including the Young Scientist Award and the Student Paper Competition, an accompanying persons’ program, and an exhibition.
Prospective participants are invited to submit papers for inclusion in the scientific program. Detailed information will be posted on the URSI GASS 2026 website. Any topics related to URSI Commissions are welcome. In addition, papers addressing multidisciplinary aspects will be assigned to inter-Commission joint sessions.
The conference will be held as an in-person conference with only on-site presentations.

Paper Submission

All papers should be submitted electronically via the link provided on the URSI GASS 2026   website, where the latest information on the submission procedures, templates, and sample formats will be posted. Accepted papers presented at URSI GASS 2026 may be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore, if the author wishes.

Check https://www.ursi-gass2026.pl  for regular updates.

Important Dates:

Paper submission site opened: November 10, 2025
Paper submission deadline: January 25, 2026
Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2026

URSI Commissions

Commission A:  Electromagnetic Metrology
Commission B:  Fields and Waves
Commission C: Radiocommunication and Signal Processing Systems
Commission D:  Electronics and Photonics
Commission E: Electromagnetic Environment and Interference
     Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing
Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation
Commission H: Waves in Plasmas
Commission J: Radio Astronomy
Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
 

Young Scientist Award and Student Paper Competition

For the details on applications for the Young Scientist Award (YSA) and the Student Paper Competition (SPC), please visit the GASS 2026 website. 
 

Committees

URSI

Ari Sihvola, URSI President, Aalto University, Finland
Peter Van Daele, URSI Secretary-General, Ghent University, Belgium

GASS 2026 General Chair

Józef Modelski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
 

GASS 2026 Scientific Program Committee

Co-Chairs:  John Volakis, Florida International University, USA
Andrzej Krankowski, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland 

  
URSI Commissions A-K: Chairs, Vice-Chairs, ECRs

GASS 2026 Local Organizing Committee

Chair:   Józef Modelski, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Co-Chairs:  Artur Rydosz, AGH University of Kraków, Kraków,  Poland 
Andrzej Witczak – Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, 
Sławomir Ambroziak – Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland
Sławomir Hausman  - Łódź University of Technology, Łódź, Poland
Iwona Stanisławska, Space Research Center, Warsaw, Poland
Secretary  Grzegorz Bogdan, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

PCO - Symposium Cracovience 

Krakow, Poland https://www.symposium.pl/ 

Contacts

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Host

Polish National Committee of URSI

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