Congratulations to our new Council President-Elect, Ali Abedi Ali Abedi, Dr. Ali Abedi is Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a professor of Electrical Engineering. He is Co-founder of IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), served as IEEE Region-1 Northeastern Area Chair, Associate Editor for IEEE Journal of RFID, IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), Vice President of Conferences and now as President-Elect for IEEE Council on Radio Frequency Identification (CRFID). Congratulations to our new Council VP of Conferences, Nuno Borge Carvalho Nuno Borges Carvalho (S’97–M’00–SM’05-F’15) was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1972. He received the Diploma and Doctoral degrees in electronics and telecommunications

Congratulations to our new Council President, Luca Catarinucci.  Luca Catarinucci is an Associate Professor of Electromagnetic Fields at the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy), where he holds the chairs of Microwaves and Electromagnetic Solutions for Hi-Tech and leads the EM-Tech Laboratory. His research focuses on RFID systems, antenna and microwave circuit design, RFID-based sensing, and additive manufacturing for electromagnetics, including fully 3D-printed RFID tags and advanced printable materials. He has authored over 190 scientific publications and holds two national patents in RFID technology. He serves as Associate Editor for several international journals, including the IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, and has held key technical program roles in major international