In order to provide a more substantial and extensive forum to exchange recent progress and new ideas in antennas, propagation, and EM theory, the two previous series of ISAE and ISRP meetings, both sponsored by the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE), were combined in 2000 into the new ISAPE series of meetings. ISAPE2008 will be held in Kunming, China, on Nov.2-6 2008.