Agenda
Welcome Reception – September 17
This year, we will kick off the one6G Summit with a Welcome Reception at the historic Palazzo Re Enzo, the same venue as the conference. The reception will begin at 20:00 CEST on September 17th, the evening before the event. Join us for a standing buffet featuring a selection of drinks and a variety of finger foods. It’s a perfect opportunity to connect with fellow attendees in a relaxed and iconic setting.
08:30 – 09:15 Registration, networking, and morning coffee
09:15 – 09:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Nancy Alonistioti (Chair, one6G Association & Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
- Andrea Conti (Co-Director, CNIT/WiLab)
09:30 – 11:00 Session 1: Global 6G Strategies and Initiatives
Moderator: Monique Calisti (CEO, Martel Innovate & President, Digital for Planet)
- ITU-R Status Update on WRC and IMT-2030
Uwe Löwenstein (Counselor for ITU-R Study Group 5, ITU) - Roadmap for 6G in the Arab World
Tareq Al Awadhi (Chairman, Arab Spectrum Management Group (ASMG)) - 6G: Make It or Break It
Gerhard Fettweis (Vodafone Chair Professor, TU Dresden) - Recent Progress of 6G R&D in Korea: 6G Vision Fest & Network Intelligence Perspective
KyungHi Chang (Chairman, 6G Forum) - 6G Roadmap & Status in 3GPP RAN
Enrico Buracchini (Vice-Chair of RAN Plenary, 3GPP)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break / demonstrations
11:30 – 12:30 Session 2: Global 6G Outlook – Expert Panel
Moderator: Roberto Verdone (Professor UNIBO & Director CNIT/WiLab)
- Speakers from Session 1
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break / demonstrations
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome Remarks
- Rosa Grimaldi (Deputy Mayor, City of Bologna)
- Roberto Verdone (Professor UNIBO & Director CNIT/WiLab)
14:15 – 14:45 Innovation Showcase: Demo Pitches
Moderator: one6G WG4 Chair/Vice-Chair
14:45 – 16:00 Session 3: Industry Perspective on 6G
Moderator: Narcís Cardona (Vice-Chair, one6G & Director, iTEAM, Technical University of Valencia)
- Wireless Agent Communications
Wen Tong (CTO, Huawei Wireless) - Title TBC
Itsuma Tanaka (President and CEO, DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe) - Towards 6G: Practical Pathways, Intelligent Networks, and Real-World Measurement Challenges
Taro Eichler (Technology Manager, Wireless Communication 5G/6G and Photonics, Rohde & Schwarz)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break / demonstrations
16:30 – 18:00 Session 4: 6G for Autonomy
Moderator: Walter Weigel (Honorary Professor, Technical University of Munich)
- Automotive Connectivity Towards 5G-Advanced incl. ISAC
Maxime Flament (CTO, 5GAA) - Communication in a World of Robotics and AI
Juha Röning (Vice-President Research, euRobotics) - 6G for Vertical Industries – Are we on Track?
Andreas Müller (Project Director, Bosch & General Chair, 5G-ACIA) - 6G-V2X for Safe and Cooperative Autonomy
Barbara M. Masini (Director of Research, National Research Council (CNR) of Italy)
18:00 Closing Remarks
- Nancy Alonistioti (Chair, one6G Association & Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
8:30 – 9:00 Registration, networking, and morning coffee
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei (President, one6G & Professor, King’s College London)
9:05 – 10:35 Session 5: Cutting Edge Technologies Part I – Network Digital Twin
Moderator: Andrea Conti (Co-Director, CNIT/WiLab)
- Building the Network Digital Twin: From Research Vision to Industrial Impact in the RESTART Program
Riccardo Marini (Head of Research at CNIT/WiLab) Title TBC
Sławomir Stańczak (Professor, TU Berlin & Head of Wireless Communications and Networks, Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications)Multi-Sensor Fusion for State Estimation and Mapping in Mobile Robotics
Stefan Leutenegger (Professor, ETH Zurich)Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS): A Platform Vision for Real-Time 6G Network Intelligence
Berk Canberk (Professor, Edinburgh Napier University)
10:35 – 11:00 Coffee break / demonstrations
11:00 – 12:30 Session 6: Cutting Edge Technologies Part 2 – 6G Native AI
Moderator: Periklis Chatzimisios (Vice-Chair, one6G WG1 & Professor, International Hellenic University)
- Building LLM Agents for the Future of Telecom Networks
Lina Bariah (Adjunct Professor & AI Scientist, Khalifa University) - Large AI Model for Wireless Communication
Geoffrey Ye Li (Chair Professor, Imperial College London) - Title TBC
Mattia Lecci (R&D Researcher at Keysight Technology) - ETSI activities on Agentic-AI based Mobile Communication System
Ray Forbes (ETSI ENI ISG Chair)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break / demonstrations
14:00 – 15:15 Session 7: 6G Ecosystem
Moderator: Albena Dimitrova Mihovska (WG3 Chair & Chief Technology Officer, SmartAvatar)
- Digital Intelligence and the Path to 6G
Javan Erfanian (Senior Director of Strategy, GTI Alliance) - ECC, Working in Partnership towards 6G
Henk Verkerk (Vice Chair, Electronic Communications Committee) - Electromagnetic Signal and Information Theory for 6G: Latest Advances and Synergies
Aryan Kaushik (Chair, IEEE Emerging Technology Initiative on Electromagnetic Signal and Information Theory)
15:15 – 15:30 Session 8: Award Ceremony
- The celebration of our community’s brightest minds! Grand reveal of the “Best Demo Awards” recipients and the winners of the “one6G Hackathon.”
15:30 – 15:45 Closing Remarks
Nancy Alonistioti (Chair, one6G Association & Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
If you find any trouble during the registration process, don’t hesitate to contact us at “events(at)one6g(dot)org”. We will be happy to help you.