The 25th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference will be organized with the 37th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC) and will be held in Sorrento, Italy, from September 30th through October 2nd, 2019.

The 25th Ka Conference technical sessions and panels under the joint conference theme of: Space Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation System in the 5G Era, will focus on Satellite Challenges and Disruptive Changes in the 5G Era. The conference will look at the evolution of telecommunication, navigation and Earth observation satellite systems; integration with the future 5G terrestrial networks; constellation and small satellite evolution; optical communications and extension of the 5G network to near Earth, lunar and deep space environments in support of human exploration; the latest results in propagation research at Ka, Q/V and higher bands; navigation applications such as vehicle autonomy; wideband data backhaul from scientific and remote sensing and the challenges of spectrum, interference and orbital debris management. The 25th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference is soliciting papers covering the following topics in Telecommunications, Navigation and Earth Observation: