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 – 11:15 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) - Accelerating European 6G Research into Global Standards
David Boswarthick (Director of Strategy and Innovation, ETSI) - Roadmap for 6G in the Arab World
Abdulhadi AbouAlmal (Coordinator, 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 and Status in 3GPP RAN
Enrico Buracchini (Vice-Chair of RAN Plenary, 3GPP)
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break / demonstrations
11:45 – 12:45 Session 2: Global 6G Outlook – Expert Panel
Moderator: Roberto Verdone (Professor UNIBO & Director CNIT/WiLab)
- Speakers from Session 1
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch break / demonstrations
14:15 – 14:30 Welcome Remarks
- Rosa Grimaldi (Deputy Mayor, City of Bologna)
- Roberto Verdone (Professor UNIBO & Director CNIT/WiLab)
14:30 – 15:00 Innovation Showcase: Demo Pitches
Moderator: one6G WG4 Chair/Vice-Chair
15:00 – 16:15 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) - Japan’s 6G Frontier: The Future of Mobile Infrastructure
Itsuma Tanaka (President and CEO, DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe) - Toward 6G: Practical Pathways, Intelligent Networks, and Real-World Measurement Challenges
Taro Eichler (Technology Manager, Wireless Communication 5G/6G and Photonics, Rohde & Schwarz) - 6G Key Messages: An Operator’s View
Sparsh Singhal (Senior Program Manager, NGMN Alliance)
16:15 – 16:45 Coffee break / demonstrations
16:45 – 17:45 Session 4: 6G for Autonomy
Moderator: Walter Weigel (Honorary Professor, Technical University of Munich)
- Communication in a World of Robotics and AI
Juha Röning (Vice-President Research, euRobotics) - 6G-V2X for Safe and Cooperative Autonomy
Barbara M. Masini (Director of Research, National Research Council (CNR) of Italy)
17:45 – 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) Network as a Sensor: Insights into Beamforming Design for ICAS in 6G and Other Research Highlights from the 6G-RIC
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) - The Integration of AI and 6G
Mattia Lecci (R&D Researcher at Keysight Technologies) - ETSI activities on Agentic AI-based Mobile Communication System
Ray Forbes (ETSI ENI ISG Chair)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break / demonstrations
14:00 – 15:00 Session 7: 6G Ecosystem
Moderator: Xueli An (WG3 Vice-Chair & Head of 6G Network Architecture Research Group, Huawei)
- 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)
15:00 – 15:15 Demo Award Ceremony
- The grand reveal of the three “Best Demo Awards”
15:15 – 15:30 Closing Remarks
Nancy Alonistioti (Chair, one6G Association & Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
You can find some of the presented slides here.