6G IA

5G-LOGINNOV, FUDGE 5G and Affordable 5G's joint technical workshop
2022-06-16 13:00 - 15:15 (Europe/Berlin)
5G-LOGINNOV, FUDGE 5G and Affordable 5G jointly organise an online technical workshop on 16 June 2022, 13:00-15:15 CEST.
Register here: https://forms.gle/5GU2jVEzVhF66BRD7
Programme available here: https://5g-loginnov.eu/wpcontent/uploads/2022/05/Agenda_website.pdf
After filling in the form, you will receive the link to join the online workshop.

The combined event “Accelerating 5G Innovation in Europe. Challenges and Opportunities for Private Networks focusing on CAD, Transport & Logistics, Smart City, Manufacturing” addresses technology-specific topics and plan to discuss in detail the implementation of 5G technologies to contribute to the debate about the advancement in the adoption of 5G technologies in several sectors. 5G-LOGINNOV, FUDGE-5G and Affordable 5G projects matured their 5G-expertises in relation to the optimisation of traffic operations at ports and logistics, the delivery of a solution covering the needs of private and enterprise networks and the definition of a 5G architecture for private networks allowing interoperability and customization for industry verticals.

COREnect Policy Workshop on An Action Plan for "European Leadership in Digital Infrastructures" at EuCNC & 6G Summit 2022
2022-06-16 10:00 - 13:00
The COREnect project is developing a 5G/6G strategic roadmap for future European connectivity systems and components (*). Two workshops are organised in June 2022 to discuss the various aspects of this roadmap. The CORENect Policy Workshop ranks among the two Workshops.
The COREnect Policy Workshop will be held online on June 16, 2022, 10.00-13.00 CEST. The COREnect Policy Workshop brings together stakeholders from the microelectronics and connectivity domains, from public authorities as well as private organisations, to discuss the priorities and recommendations from the COREnect roadmap, and how to implement the concrete steps required to achieve European leadership in microelectronics and connectivity within the next ten years through a concrete action plan.
More information about the agenda and the registration is available here.

CfP SLICES Workshop on "Scientific Instruments to support digital infrastructure science" @IFIP Networking Conference 2022
2022-06-13 09:00 - 13:00
SLICES organises a Workshop on “Scientific Instruments to support digital infrastructure science” @ IFIP Networking Conference 2022 and calls for papers:
SLICES solicits original papers including but not limited to:

Advanced wireless networking experimentation

New waveforms;
Higher frequencies up to THz;
Spectrum and wireless management;
Integrated sensing and communication;
Multiple heterogeneous radio management;

Testing Smart/intelligent infrastructure operation and management

Advanced protocols and architecture (virtualization, softwarization, programmability);
AI applied to infrastructure operation and optimization at all layers;
Generation of data to train algorithms;
Distribution of intelligence into the Edge of the network;

Design and validation of new Edge/Fog infrastructures

Software and components deployment;
Distributed resource management;
Geo-distributed data management;
Federated deep-learning;

Methodology for designing and operating a scientific instrument

Instrumentation and measurement;
Architecture and APIs;
Experiment design and life-cycle management;
Data management and reproducibility;
Testbed implementation and operation.

The workshop will follow a full day structure. The Workshop programme is structured for a full day withTalks/Panels in the workshop session, complemented with demonstrations if this is made possible. This workshop also continues the work started in the INFOCOM 2019 “Workshop on Experimentation Meets Platforms: A Survey of macro trends in mobile communication research and its impact on future testbed development”.
IFIP Networking 2022 will take place in the auditorium (“Aula Magna”) of the “Didattica” building at the “Cittadella” of the University of Catania. This is located in Via Sofia 64, Catania.

Organising Committee

Serge Fdida, Sorbonne Université, EU ESFRI SLICES
Manu Gosain, Northeastern University, NSF PAWR Office

Technical Program Committee (TPC)

Serge Fdida, Sorbonne Université, Co-Chair, France
Manu Gosain, Northeastern University, Co-Chair, USA
Srinivas Shakkottai, Texas A&M University, USA
Aloizio Pereira da Silva, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative & Virginia Tech, USA
Tommaso Melodia, Northeastern University, USA
Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA
Paul Ruth, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA
Ivan Seskar, Rutgers University, USA
Rudra Dutta, North Carolina State University, USA
Hongwei Zhang, Iowa State University, USA
Didier Bourse, Nokia, France
Thanasis Korakis, University of Thessaly, Greece
Andrea Passarella, CNR, Italy
Bartosz Belter, PSNC, Poland
Yuri Demchenko, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Antonio de la Oliva (University Carlos III of Madrid)
Ari Pouttu, University of Oulu, Finland
Christian Perez, INRIA, France
Costas Filis, Cosmote, Greece
Sebastien Ziegler, Mandat International, Switzerland
José Rezende, RNP, Brazil
Aki Nakao, University of Tokyo, Japan
Ruslan Smelianski, Applied Research Center on Networking, Russia
Alain Mourad, Interdigital, UK
Raymond Knopp, Eurecom, France
Per Hjalmar Lehne, TELENOR, Norway
Vijay Shah, George Mason University, USA

EMPOWER Workshop "EmpoweringTransatlantic platforms for 5G Advanced and 6G networks" @EuCNC
2022-06-07 14:00 - 17:30
EMPOWER 5G PPP project organises a Workshop on “EmpoweringTransatlantic platforms for 5G Advanced and 6G networks” at EuCNC 2022 in Grenoble, France on June 7 @14:00-15:30/16:00-17:30 CEST.
Various countries and regions have already announced formal plans of government support for their research and development efforts that will define 6G. One of the primary missions of this workshop is to bring industry, government, and academia to the table to begin working on testbed requirements much earlier in the innovation lifecycle than has been done for previous generations. The enabling technologies such as separation between the network and the compute, virtualization, distribution and Cloud SaaS afford us the opportunity to define physical and digital platforms for at-scale research and experimentation. This trend is going to impact the telecommunication and computer-based sectors, from design to products to operation and this is where the testbeds meet the network as a fully controllable, programmable virtualized test platform. The science of Digital Infrastructures raises multiple complex challenges to the research community that already started to explore them in the context of the forthcoming 6G. Experimentation is becoming an even more important methodology to assess and qualify the diverse design assumptions and choices in realistic conditions. It is now timely not only to strengthen existing facilities ready for 5G testing but most importantly start developing early 6G platforms as most components are software-based. This is the motivation for developing a holistic approach where all resources (compute, storage, network) are associated to continuously design, operate and automate the full life cycle management of applications and services. Experimental platforms should be able to address the end-to-end scenario, integrating all technologies and components. Such platform will allow researcher and industry to question scientific challenges regarding the future technologies and services. They will be based on a technology roadmap that will be consolidated on the basis of the analysis of several inputs provided by the community regarding the wireless technology advances, that are pertinent to the evolution of new radio (NR) and core network (CN) unti-2030. It is important to note that initiatives exist at the international level with ambitious projects and programmes like EU ESFRI SLICES (2021- 2040, 150M€), EC H2020 5G Infrastructure PPP (2015-2023, 700 M€) and forthcoming EC HEU SNS JU (2022-2030, 900 M€), in the US (NSF PAWR 2017-2022 100M$, NSF FABRIC 2019-2024 20M€), BRIDGES (2021-2024, 2.5M$) and China (CENI 018-2022 190M€), and efforts also developing in Japan.

COREnect workshop on "Telecommunications and microelectronics: How should Europe (re)-act?" at EuCNC & 6G Summit 2022
2022-06-07 14:00 - 17:30
The COREnect project is developing a 5G/6G strategic roadmap for future European connectivity systems and components (*). Two workshops are organised in June 2022 to discuss the various aspects of this roadmap.
The Workshop “Telecommunications and microelectronics: How should Europe (re)-act?” EuCNC & 6G Summit 2022 organised on June 7, 2022 @14:00–15:30/16:00-17:30 CEST ranks among the two Workshops. This workshop aims to present the key findings of the three COREnect Expert Groups to a broad ICT audience. The EuCNC conference offers a unique opportunity to disseminate these findings, and also allows the exchange of ideas and opinions from the participants from the telecommunications sector.
Registration at EuCNC is mandatory to attend the workshop.
More information on the workshop, including the agenda available here.
More details on EuCNC, including registration here.

TERAWAY Workshop "Photonic integration as a key enabling technology for 6G and beyond" @EuCNC 2022
2022-06-07 09:00 - 12:30
TERAWAY is a project designed to address wireless network challenging requirements imposed by 5G verticals and B5G/6G use cases i.e., ultra-high capacity, ultra-broadband connectivity, reliability and latency requirements, exploiting Terahertz (THz) wireless communication technology, by leveraging optical concepts and photonic integration techniques. The project is in the process of designing and fabricating groundbreaking transceiver modules operating at the range 92 – 322 GHz, offering up to 241 Gb/s data rate with transmission reach more than 400 m. The solution is integrated by the implementation of a new software defined networking (SDN). The proposed workshop aims, on one hand, at propagating the project’s advancements and novelties in photonic technology and their appliance in the future generations of wireless communications networks. On the other hand, it aims at contributing to the evolving dialogue regarding the concerned technologies among research, regulatory and industry communities by means of sharing research findings as well as identifying chanllenges and gaps. EuCNC & 6G Summit is the right forum to realise this objective, since it attracts significant actors from all above mentioned realms and promotes the dialogue among them.
The proposed workshop is designed to address multiple “TRACKS” as those are identified by EuCNC & 6G Summit, i.e.:

6ET – Technologies for Tbps transmission (Session A)
6ET – Novel network architectures (Session B)
6ET – New transceiver architectures and computing paradigms (Session C)
PHY – Beyond 5G & 6G and THertz communications (Session A)
NET – New network protocols and architectures (Session B)
NET – Software defined networking (Session B)
CME – Antenna design and integration (Session C)

The proposed workshop’s speaker – list includes two renowned keynote speakers-external to the project team; Tadao Nagatsuma (Osaka U, Japan), Prof. Thomas Kürner (TU Braunschweig) who are invited to complement the workshop’s theme by discussing photonic technology adoption by the wireless communications and pertinent initiatives in the research and development, regulatory and business realms.
Structure
The format of the workshop is presentations, and it will be rolled out in three sessions: Session A with duration 1h 30, Session B with duration 45 min and Session C with duration 45min.
Session A – mmW/THz communications’ landscape (1h 30min, incl. Q&A)

Keynote “Future outlook to Terahertz communications” Prof. Tadao Nagatsuma (Osaka U, Japan)
Keynote “Spectrum regulations for Terahertz communications: Trends and needs” Prof. Thomas Kürner (TU Braunschweig, Germany).
“mmWave & TeraHertz wireless network (transport) applications” Eduardo Yusta-Padilla (Telefónica, Spain)

Session B: Network architecture for mmWave & TeraHertz communications (45min, incl. Q&A)

THz integration into 3GPP network slicing (Dr. Jose Costa-Requena)
THz management controller (ONF) (Dr. Nicola Carapellese)

Session C: Photonics-enabled wireless transceivers (45min, incl. Q&A)

Novel photonic components for mmWave & THz communications (Prof. Guillermo Carpintero, UC3M)
From concept to reality: Packaging of Photonics-enabled wireless transceivers (Dr. Zerihun Tegegne, PHIX)
Experimental results for mmWave and beyond wireless systems based on photonic techniques (Dr. Nikolaos Lyras, ICCS/NTUA)

Oraganisers

David de Felipe (HHI-Fraunhofer, Germany)
Sani Paraskevopoulou (National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece)

Webinar on "5G Communities: Shaping the Next Call", 31 May @10: 00 am CEST
2022-05-31 10:00 - 11:00
The European Commission organises an interactive webinar on 5G Communities: Shaping the Next Call, to be held on 31 May, 10:00 – 11:00 CEST.
This session invites feedback from those involved in project submissions for the first round of CEF Digital calls for 5G Communities in order to learn what could be simplified in the application process for the second round of calls. The session will be introduced by Eric Gaudillat, Head of Sector for 5G Connectivity within the European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology. Mr Gaudillat will give an overview of the first round of calls and what to expect in the next round. A Q&A session will follow, together with an interactive voting session to gather feedback.
The session is open to:

Municipalities
Telecommunication and technology companies
Socio-economic drivers proposing 5G use cases (particularly in the areas of health, education, mobility, security, rural development, agriculture and government)
European networks, associations and representative bodies
Broadband Competence Offices
Representatives of the European Institutions

Registration is possible via angelo.cerqueti(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)broadbandeurope.eu
To attend, please join the session by clicking here. The materials (slides and relevant links to further information) will be shared with all participants by email after the session.

Hannover Messe
2022-05-30 09:00 - 2022-06-02 17:00
At HANNOVER MESSE 2022, the 6G-IA’s 5G partners will showcase their exciting and innovative use cases from 30 May – 2 June.
Whether in the halls on our exhibition grounds or in the outdoor area: Our 5G Campus network makes it possible!

Join also our conferences and meet the experts at the 5G Competence Centre in hall 9. We are looking forward to your visit.
Additional details on https://www.hannovermesse.de/en/
Your personal ticket: https://bit.ly/HANNOVERMESSE2022_6G-IA

SLICES-RI 1st Industry Day
2022-05-27 10:00 - 14:00
SLICES-RI organises the 1st SLICES-RI Industry Day which will take place Friday 27 May 10:00-14:00 CEST online.

SLICES-RI (Research Infrastructure) will provide a fully programmable and virtualized, remotely accessible, European-wide research infrastructure, providing advanced computing, storage and network components, interconnected by dedicated high-speed links, to support experiments in several domains (e.g. networking and distributed systems and algorithms, embedded systems, software engineering, interoperability, security, performance modeling, proof and validation, etc.).

Be the first to know how you can benefit from utilizing SLICES research infrastructure to perform advanced research experiments for free.

The zoom link for this free event is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82457898091 and the agenda together with the calendar invite are attached to this email.

For more information please visit: https://slices-sc.eu/events/slices-sc-1st-industry-day/ or contact Konstantinos Filis, cfilis(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)cosmote.gr, Phone: +306977277558.

5G-ZORRO Tech Talk #4 "Enabling data-driven automation for 5 and beyond"
2022-05-26 11:00 - 11:45
As AI and ML techniques begin to prove their applicability to the management of complex 5G networks, e.g. by building models for the normal network behavior, using these models for alerting on the abnormal situations, and, more recently, computing predictive insights and recommendations, we open the discussion on architectural support required to achieve the data-driven automation in 5G/6G environments.

In this, 5GZORRO TechTalk#4, we will dig deeper into questions related to technology enablers for emerging 5G/6G data architectures and hear opinions on how data-related topics, including support for data modeling, sharing, processing, storing, etc., are manifested in complex multi-provider business settings and multi-domain technology environments of 5G/6G networks.

Our partners and special guests’ experts:

Katherine Barabash IBM Israel – Moderator
Ana Rita Santiago Ubiwhere
Panagiotis Demestichas WINGS ICT Solutions
Pouria Sayyad Khodashenas Huawei

Watch also another interesting 5GZORRO Pill by Bruno Santos Altice Lab on the:

Concept of Trust in a 5GZORRO Governed Distributed Environment!

1st Summer school on 5G automated mobility (CAM) across Europe
2022-05-23 09:00 - 2022-05-24 17:00 | Virtual EuCNC 2020: “The Connectivity Revolution”
The 1st Summer School on 5G Connected Automated Mobility (CAM) across Europe, co-organized by the 5GCroCo and 5G-ROUTES projects with the support of the EU commission will take place on May 23-24 2022 in Sophia-Antipolis.
This event is a great occasion for young researchers and undergrad students to get insights on challenges of 5G for CAM in cross-border scenarios from senior researchers from academic or industrial background. Participation may be in person or virtual.

NetworkingChannel online event on "6G EU and US Programmes"
2022-05-11 17:00 - 18:30
The NetworkingChannel organises an online event on ‘6G EU and US Programmes’ on 11th May at 5pm CEST, 8am PDT, 11pm EDT, 12am JST
Panel discussion with:
• Dr. Colin Willcock – Nokia, Head of Research Alliances – 6G-IA Governing Board Chairman –
Smart Networks and Services (SNS) Joint Undertaking (JU) Governing Board Chairman
• Dr. Mike Nawrocki – ATIS, Vice President Technology and Solutions
• Dr. Alexandros Kaloxylos – 6G-IA Executive Director
• Dr. Alex Sprintson – NSF Program Director Resilient & Intelligent NextG Systems (RINGS)
Moderator:
• Dr. Didier Bourse – Nokia, Senior Director, European R&I Programs – 6G-IA Vision Working Group
– Portfolio Structuring and Analysis (PS&A) Sub-Group Leader
Organiser:
• Prof. Serge Fdida – Sorbonne Université, EC EMPOWER Project Manager

Abstract: 2030 and beyond, the world will face opportunities and challenges of growth and sustainability
of tremendous magnitude. A powerful vision is needed to connect the physical, digital, and human
worlds, firmly anchored in future wireless technology and architectural research and innovation.
Wireless technologies are of critical relevance for our society and economy today, their importance for
growth will continue to steadily increase with 5G and its evolution, enabling new ecosystems and
services motivated by strongly growing traffic and trillions of devices. 6G technologies will enable
changes in performance from Gigabit to Terabit capacities as well as reaching sub-millisecond response
times. In addition, 6G will be designed to enhance drastically the energy efficiency of connectivity
infrastructures to cope with major traffic growth. These technologies will form the basis for human centric services and address Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as greening the economy and
supporting digital inclusion. This webinar will be one unique opportunity to learn more about first both
EU Smart Networks and Services (SNS) Joint Undertaking (JU) and US Next Generation Alliance
Programmes vision, objectives and implementation and second EU SNS and US RINGS technical roadmap and challenges. Webinar participants will also address opportunities for 6G transatlantic cooperation.
Register at: https://networkingchannel.eu/6g-eu-and-us-programmes/
Contact: www.networkingchannel.eu / thenetworkingchannel.eu(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)networkingchannel.eu

AIOTI webinars
2022-05-11 15:00 - 17:00
AIOTI is organising to promote two latest reports of the WG Standardisation:
High Priority Edge Computing Standardisation Gaps and Relevant SDOs
Computing Continuum Scenarios, Requirements and Optical Communication enablers

The webinar will be held on 11 May between 15:00 – 17:00 CEST.
Please join here.

Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) conference on May 11 & 12, 2022
2022-05-11 08:30 - 2022-05-12 21:00
Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) will hold its next conference in Salzburg, on May 11 & 12, 2022.

The programme and information on the event (including link to register) are available at https://www.psc-europe.eu/psce-conference-in-salzburg/

5 different topics related to PPDR domain and covered by high-level speakers
Inspiring networking with sponsors, booth exhibitors and poster holders from industry, research and practitioners
The event will be kicked-off by the Governor of Salzburg Province
The social event will be held at the the Hellbrunn Palace of the Orangery (Mirabell Gardens)
A demo with practitioners (police, firefighters, NGOs) will feature helicopter, innovative vehicles and robots, and canine units, from different parts of Germany and Austria.

5G-SMART Trial Open Day in Kista on May 10, 2022
2022-05-10 07:30 - 15:00
5G will be a key enabler for realizing the vision of highly efficient, connected, and flexible factories. In the 5G-SMART research collaboration project, Ericsson, industry partners and academia have been analyzing, validating and demonstrating how 5G can improve manufacturing.
You are invited to learn more about the future of 5G in manufacturing including our two keynotes as well as presentations of the project results and all three trials:

5G-empowered robotics at the Ericsson smart factory in Kista, Sweden
5G-enhanced manufacturing processes at the IPT Fraunhofer shopfloor in Aachen, Germany
5G for enhanced factory automation at the Bosch semiconductor factory in Reutlingen, Germany

For the on-site audience there will be the possibility to visit the Kista trial site.
These testbeds examine and evaluate the opportunities of 5G in several industrial use cases and thereby provide key insights and valuable feedback to all stakeholders in industrial 5G. All 3 trial sites are endorsed by 5G-ACIA.
Register here.

Program (8:30 -16:00 on site Kista CEST / 9:30-12:00 online CEST)
08:30-09:00 Mingle (on-site only)

09:00-09:15 Welcome and opening
Leefke Grosjean, Ericsson, Project Manager 5G-SMART, Krister Landernäs, ABB, Technical Manager 5G-SMART
09:15-09:45 Keynote – “Towards Autonomous Robots – Role of Wireless Communication”, Xiaolong Feng, PhD, Docent, Business Area Research Manager, ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation
09:45-10:15 5G integration and enhancement for smart manufacturing
Berna Sayrac, Orange; Dhruvin Patel, Ericsson

10:15-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:00 Keynote – “5G in industries – today and tomorrow”,
Mikael Prytz, PhD, Research Director, Research Area Networks, Ericsson
11:00-11:45 Overview of the trials and discussions,
Ognjen Dobrijevic, ABB; Niels König, Fraunhofer IPT; Davit Harutyunyan, Bosch
11:45-12:00 Q&A

12:00-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-16:00 Trial site deep dives (on-site only)

30-minute On-site visits in smaller groups to the Kista trial demo
Presentations from Aachen trial site
Presentations from Reutlingen trial site

5G-SMART webinar on “Architecture Integration of 5G-enabled Industrial Networks with Edge Computing for Smart Manufacturing”
2022-05-05 15:00 - 16:30
The EU project 5G-SMART, led by Ericsson, is organizing a webinar on “Architecture Integration of 5G-enabled Industrial Networks with Edge Computing for Smart Manufacturing” with János Harmatos (Ericsson) and Markosz Maliosz (Budapest University of Technology and Economic) as presenter on 5th May, 2022 at 3 pm CEST with 75 minutes duration.

Registration to the event is required here.

Abstract:
Edge computing provides an ecosystem, which brings the execution environment and technology resources (e.g., compute, storage infrastructure) closer to the end points where the data is generated. Leveraging the 3GPP ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) and different non-public network (NPN) options, Edge computing will be able to play an important role in the support of wide-range of time-critical Industry 4.0 use cases, which requires end-to-end robustness with ultra-low latency. The webinar present architectural and system aspects on how the different edge computing deployment options (e.g., on-premise private, 3rd party operator provided) can be integrated with 3GPP 5G-enabled NPNs and/or legacy wired Industrial Ethernet/TSN networks. One specific area, which is deeply discussed is the enhanced reliability, where interworking between the reliability toolset of the TSN and the edge computing domains is showcased. Beyond the architectural integration aspects, as an example realization of edge computing, the investigation on the capabilities of the Kubernetes container orchestration platform is presented together with the gap analysis for smart manufacturing requirements

Webinar speakers:
Dr. János Harmatos is a senior researcher et Ericsson Research in Budapest. He received his PhD degree in communication networks from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2005. He has research experience in the areas of mobile backhaul network design, 5G network-supported factory automation solutions, service and network orchestration in multi-domain, multi-provider ecosystem. In the recent years, he has been contributing to several standardization forums, including 3GPP, ETSI, 5G-ACIA. Currently he works on system integration aspects of 5G-enabled industrial networks and edge computing, as well as investigating reliable, cloud-native control application solutions for Industry 4.0.

Dr. Markosz Maliosz is an associate professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, High Speed Networks Laboratory. He received his PhD (2006) and MSc (1998) degrees in computer science in the field of communication systems from BME. He worked as a guest researcher and consultant at telecommunication companies in the areas of network performance evaluation and IP multimedia subsystem applications. His research interests include network architectures and design, optimization techniques, and traffic engineering. His current research activity focuses on network virtualization and optimization and edge/cloud networking for Industry 4.0. He is the co-author of over 40 publications.
The vision of the 5G-SMART project (www.5gsmart.eu) is to empower Europe’s manufacturing sector with 5G solutions by integrating 5G in the manufacturing ecosystem, resulting in an accelerated digital transformation. This is done within the project by demonstrating and validating 5G in real-world factory setups, exploring the roles of mobile network operators and new business models as well as developing new 5G features targeting the manufacturing sector. 5G-SMART lead by Ericsson brings together a strong consortium of partners involved in every aspect of the manufacturing ecosystem.

8th StandICT.eu 2023 Walk & Talk Webinar "Emerging DLT Standards - Connecting the networks"
2022-05-05 11:00 - 13:00
The StandICT.eu project would like to invite you to attend the 8th Walk & Talk Webinar “Emerging DLT Standards – Connecting the networks”, on May 5th, from 11:00 to 13:00 CET
Scope of the event
Blockchains and DLTs are foundational architectures emerging in both technical interoperability and global enterprise contexts. The expectation that distributed ledger technology can deliver peer-to-peer, trust-based services in the low-trust environment of disintermediated global digital trade is ambitious. The added expectation that DLTs also meet oversight, regulation and compliance requirements relating to multiple trade territories, nation state and federated contexts is game-changing. This is the context in which technical standards are being written.
The global perspectives presented here, lend depth and insight into the success, opportunities and barriers to blockchain and DLT acceptance. We discuss where we are on the roadmap to global, ubiquitous adoption. Are DLTs fundamental to the world wide web of global trade? Does applied game theory work in cooperative multi-party enterprise? Or is the Metaverse the Tragedy of the Commons write large?
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_66ZOFU82SHqk3Sk8JpCR-g

8th Walk & Talk Webinar "Emerging DLT Standards - Connecting the networks"
2022-05-05 11:00 - 13:00
The StandICT .eu 2023 project organises the 8th Walk & Talk Webinar “Emerging DLT Standards – Connecting the networks”, on May 5th, from 11:00 to 13:00 CET
Scope of the event
Blockchains and DLTs are foundational architectures emerging in both technical interoperability and global enterprise contexts. The expectation that distributed ledger technology can deliver peer-to-peer, trust-based services in the low-trust environment of disintermediated global digital trade is ambitious. The added expectation that DLTs also meet oversight, regulation and compliance requirements relating to multiple trade territories, nation state and federated contexts is game-changing. This is the context in which technical standards are being written.
The global perspectives presented here, lend depth and insight into the success, opportunities and barriers to blockchain and DLT acceptance. We discuss where we are on the roadmap to global, ubiquitous adoption. Are DLTs fundamental to the world wide web of global trade? Does applied game theory work in cooperative multi-party enterprise? Or is the Metaverse the Tragedy of the Commons write large?
Register here.

Presentation of the White Paper "Recovering with Fibre and 5G FWA for a green and competitive Europe"
2022-04-26 10:00 - 12:00
IDATE organises a physical and online meeting on its White Paper “Recovering with Fibre and 5G FWA for a green an competitive Europe” on April 26, 2022, @ 10:00-12:00 CET.
In its White Paper « Recovering with Fibre and 5G FWA for a green and competitive Europe » IDATE gives a status overview and makes several recommendations on how this could be remedied. IDATE suggests for additional public investment on technology-neutral very high broadband and promoting deployment of the green technology that best suits the situation.
Please register here for free onsite (Renaissance Hotel in Brussels), or online.

5GMediaHUB webinar on 5G Experimentation Environment for 3rd Party Media Services
2022-04-13 09:30 - 11:00
5GMediaHUB organises a webinar on April 13, 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM CET.
It will focus on how innovative SMEs and start-ups will benefit from what 5GMediaHUB will offer.

During the webinar, you will

Learn about the benefits of 5GMediaHUB
Explore the commercial opportunities of the 5GMediaHUB Experimentation Platform
Learn how SMEs can exploit the 5G potential
Find out how to take advantage of Horizon Europe Funding

AGENDA
🟠 Introductory speech
Maurizio Cecchi, Associazione P.I.I.U.
🟠 Overview of the 5G MediaHub initiative
Kostas Ramantas, Iquadrat
🟠 Exploring Potential Commercial Opportunities of the 5GMediaHUB Experimentation Platform
Ronan Frizzel, Inlecom Commercial Pathways
🟠 How SMEs can exploit the 5G potential
Didier Nicholson, Ektacom
🟠 How to take advantage of Horizon Europe funding
Maurizio Cecchi, Associazione P.I.I.U.
Please register here.

5G-Blueprint: "The role of 5G in autonomous driving and intelligent transport systems in Helmond"
2022-04-05 09:00 - 15:30
5G as the latest telecommunication generation brings a promise of digitalization and connected society. The change anticipated in the automotive sector is perhaps the most profound and spectacular.
5G-Blueprint organises a workshop on this theme on April 5th, 2022 @9:00am-15:30 pm.
The event is in a physical form only with the option to attend the entire day of just the afternoon program.
To register, please send an email to Edwin Bussem, KPN edwin.bussem(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)kpn.com.
Program at the Automotive Campus
9.00 – 9.30 Reception and registration
9.30 – 9.45 Welcome by KPN
9.45 – 12.00 KPN and 5G-MOBIX partners host workshops on tele-operations, cooperative collision avoidance and extended sensors
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.00 Presentations on 5G-Blueprint by Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and an update on KPN’s strategy on conecctivity in Mobility
14.00 – 15.30 Live demonstrations of 5G-MOBIX use cases
1. Collision Avoidance
2. Remote Driving
15.30 Drinks reception

Venue
Automotive Campus 30, 5708 JZ, Helmond
The campus has ample parking facilities but can also be reached through public transportation from NS Station Helmond by taking Hermes bus 150.

5GCroCo Lunchtime Webinar 11: Precise positioning for Connected and Automated Mobility Services
2022-04-04 12:00 - 13:00
Lunchtime Webinar Nr.11
Welcome to the 11th in a planned series of 5GCroco Lunchtime Webinars. These webinars will address different aspects of the technical work of the 5GCroco project in detail with some time for questions and discussions on the work presented.
TITLE: 5GCroCo Lunchtime Webinar 11: Precise positioning for Connected and Automated Mobility Services

Overview: Enhanced precise positioning is a key feature to enable advanced CCAM services where lane accuracy is needed to provide an accurate situational awareness to the vehicles. Although a combination of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and vehicle sensors can satisfy most of the minimum requirements of different use cases, in some locations where satellites cannot be easily tracked, like urban or rugged areas, it could lead to inaccuracies of several meters and significant latencies.
5GCroCo has analyzed three positioning solutions to enhance vehicle’s location, 5G NR side-link, 3GPP GPS Real Time Kinematic (GNSS-RTK) and Ultra-WideBand (UWB); following the terminology described in TS 38.305, these three technologies illustrate RAT-dependent, hybrid and RAT-independent approaches, respectively. This webinar introduces the main characteristics, benefits and challenges of these three technologies in CCAM scenarios, as described on Deliverable D3.2 on “Intermediate E2E, MEC & Positioning Architecture”. Moreover, it presents experimental results of the 3GPP GNSS-RTK and UWB solutions, which have been demonstrated in 5GCroCo within the context of the Anticipated Cooperative Collision Avoidance (ACCA) Use Case in a highway and an urban scenario. The evaluation of the obtained results shows that both technologies can provide centimeter-level accurate positioning.

Speakers: Miguel Catalan-Cid; Anastasios Kakkavas; Maciej Muehleisen; Marisa Catalan

Miguel Catalan-Cid is a senior research engineer at i2CAT in Barcelona. He received his Ph.D. degree in telecommunications in 2016 from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Since 2007 he has been involved in several private and public funded research projects, and he has published his research in international conferences and journals. He has extensive experience in wireless networks, the analysis and definition of communication protocols and optimisation algorithms, the utilization of simulation tools, and the programming of embedded systems and microcontrollers. Since 2016 he has been involved in different H2020 projects related to 5G and beyond 5G technologies. He leads the precise positioning task of the EU funded 5GCroCo project.
Anastasios Kakkavas received the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 2012, and the M.Sc. degree in communications engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, in 2015. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TUM. In 2015, he joined the Munich Research Center, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich, Germany, where he has been involved in 5G and 6G research and standardization activities. His research interests include mm-Wave communications, positioning and probabilistic inference.
Maciej Muehleisen received his PhD on “Voice over LTE” from RWTH Aachen University in 2015 and worked as a group leader for vehicular communication at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) from 2012 until 2016 focusing on highly reliable aircraft and maritime networks. He has been with Ericsson Research since 2017 and leads the architecture work package of the EU funded 5GCroCo project on 5G for CCAM in cross-border environments. where he also serves as deputy Technical Coordinator. As “Industry Verticals Coordination” in the Research Area “Networks” he is furthermore supporting the coordination of Ericsson’s efforts in external engagements with partners from different industries. His key research interest is in end-to-end design, evaluation, and approval of safety critical communication services.
Marisa Catalan received her Ph.D. degree in telecommunications in 2009 from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). She worked from 2004 to 2011 as a researcher in the Wireless Networks Group (WNG) at UPC. Currently, she leads the IoT Research Line in the Mobile and Wireless Internet (MWI) group at i2CAT and is Technical Local Manager of the TheThinx 5G Barcelona laboratory. She has wide experience in IoT wireless technologies, in embedded platforms, in localization technologies and in the deployment of prototypes and testbeds. She has been actively involved in more than 30 national and international publish-funded projects and has been principal investigator in private and technology transfer projects for companies such as Simon, Continental or Urbiotica.

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CAE International Workshop on Sustainable, Intelligent Next G Systems
2022-03-15 15:00 - 20:00
The Canadian Academy of Engineering invites you all to participate in this important International Workshop on Sustainable, Intelligent Next G Systems (SINGS). It promises to be a very interesting discussion regarding the future of telecommunications and the Internet. Special thanks to participants from outside of Canada who will help to anchor a Canadian perspective in a dynamic global context.
The Internet and the underlying telecommunication network are evolving under the influence of emerging technologies such as AI, quantum, block chain and new wireless, photonic and satellite technologies. Taken together, the CAE refers to the associated computation, communication and control requirements generically as “Next G Systems”; a networking concept that integrates both terrestrial and non-terrestrial systems.
This international workshop is the third in a series, the first two having been hosted by the National Academy of Engineering (US) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK).
This workshop will feature Canadian and International speakers and panelists from industry, academia and government, who will share their perspectives on future directions for Next G Systems and the investments and collaborations in research and innovation required to achieve them.
You’re welcome to attend. All other attendees (e.g. others from your organization who you invite or others who are interested) should register at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5pGIc3R5TPCXisPsl4Tg0A or can register through our website at https://www.cae-acg.ca/future-networks/
After registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar virtually.

5GZORRO Tech Talk #3 @MWC The Future of multi-stakeholder 5G networks: Towards a Dynamic Spectrum Marketplace
2022-03-01 17:00 - 18:00 | 2nd Workshop on Network Management, Quality of Service and Security for 5G Networks @EuCNC’17, June 12th
This Tech Talk will briefly explore developments on the use of innovative technologies that facilitate access, and in some cases, such as in the 5GZORRO project, enable a marketplace where 5G-related resources, including spectrum, can be traded securely amongst diverse stakeholders, based on market-driven business models to meet dynamic supply and demand.
During the event scheduled on March 1, 2022 17:00-18:00 pm @ Mobile World Capital Stand 4G100 – Hall 4

Shuaib Siddiqui – i2CAT project’s coordinator will hold a 5GZORRO presentation on latest outcomes.
Antoine Sciberras – Malta Communication Authority, project’s partner with a panel of distinguish guests will address the Spectrum sharing, the regulators’ view, and the 5GZORRO approach.

The event will be LIVE streamed on the project’s website, socials, and YouTube channel.

Smart Networks and Services Joint-Undertaking launch event: "ON THE ROAD TO 6G" @MWC
2022-03-01 09:30 - 11:30 | 2nd Workshop on Network Management, Quality of Service and Security for 5G Networks @EuCNC’17, June 12th
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking organises its launch event “ON THE ROAD TO 6G” on 1st March, 09:30 – 11:30 CET at MWC Stage B, Hall 5.
The global race towards 6G has started. Building on the success of the 5G-PPP, Europe has recently launched a new strategic partnership. The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) builds on two pillars: 6G research and innovation and 5G deployment actions funded by European or national funding programmes. In this session, some of its thought leaders will set out the strategy and the tools to enable the sector community to develop technology capacities for 6G systems as a basis for future digital services towards 2030. This session is organised by the SNS Joint Undertaking in cooperation with the European Commission.
Speakers

Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit and Deputy Director, Future Networks, Euro Commission
Colin Willcock, Chairman, European Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU) Governing Board
Nishant Batra, Chief Strategy and Technology Officier (CSTO), Nokia
Gerhard Fettweis, CEO Backhausen Institute
Sarmite Mickevica, Vice-Chair of the States Representatives Group of the SNS-JU, Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia
Arturo Azcorra, Director General, Telecommunication and Audiovisual Services of Spain
Anita Doehler, CEO NGMN Green Future Networks
Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Research Director, University of Oulu, Finland
Pearse O’Donahue, Director of the Future Networks Directorate of DGCONNECT, European Commission

This session is open to all passholders. Pre-registration is NOT required and seating is first come, first served.

Next 5GCroCo lunchtime webinar on Tele-operated driving - Achievements of the ToD Use Case in 5GCroco"
2022-02-28 12:00 - 13:00
The 2022 season of the 5GCroCo lunchtime webinars continues this February with its 10th episode:
10th 5GCroCo Lunchtime Webinar on “Tele-operated Driving – Achievements of the ToD Use Case in 5GCroCo”, which take place on Monday, February 28th at 12:00pm.
Registration link, speakers’ info and overview are available at: https://5g-ppp.eu/event/5gcroco-lunchtime-webinar-10/

5GCroCo Lunchtime Webinar 10: Tele-operated Driving – Achievements of the ToD Use Case in 5GCroCo
2022-02-28 12:00 - 13:00
Lunchtime Webinar Nr.10
Welcome to the 10th in a planned series of 5GCroco Lunchtime Webinars. These webinars will address different aspects of the technical work of the 5GCroco project in detail with some time for questions and discussions on the work presented.
TITLE: 5GCroCo Lunchtime Webinar: Tele-operated Driving – Achievements of the ToD Use Case in 5GCroCo

Overview: The web seminar gives an overview of the achievements of the Tele-operated Driving (ToD) Use Case in the project 5GCroCo. The presentation will cover the motivation for ToD as well as an introduction into the system and developed control/perception concepts. Furthermore, the benefits, ToD gets from 5G, and selected user stories will be presented. Finally, a main focus will be the presentation of achievements from the 5G trials in the border area between France, Germany and Luxembourg. All interested persons are welcome to join this presentation.

Speaker: Andreas Schimpe is currently pursuing his PhD at the Institute of Automotive Technology at the Technical University of Munich. His main research areas are within the fields of road vehicle teleoperation and shared control. Andreas Pfadler is a 5G communication expert and function developer for automated driving at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. He is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in vehicular communications with the Technical University of Berlin. Luca Montero Bayo is also pursuing his PhD at the Volkswagen Group, together with the Technical University of Catalonia. His research is focused on the impact of 5G and V2X on the future of automotive, and smart antennas for beyond-5G vehicular communications.
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Athens 5G mobility-efficient city workshop
2022-02-25 09:30 - 15:00
The Athens 5G mobility-efficient city workshop will take place on February 25, 2022, from 09.30 to 15.00 CEST.
The mobility-efficient city aims at presenting a set of use cases that improve the tourism and tourism-related experiences from various perspectives. The use cases described below depict how airport processes can be improved leveraging the offering of 5G both from the side of the visitors and of the airport management. To this end, (i) smart sensor- and AI-based parking management, (ii) personalised evacuation procedure, (iii) follow-me vehicles enhanced with high-quality video streaming capabilities use cases are foreseen. iv) On top of the above, 5G-TOURS presents efficient ways of entertaining/educating travellers – in this case, students going on an excursion – on a smart bus. The Athens-node use case take place on the way to the Athens International Airport and at the airport itself as well.
5G-TOURS will also leverage 5G technology to devise novel solutions for transportation-related applications, which rely on the capabilities of 5G so as to aggregate transportation-related information and communicate between different transportation agents:

Smart parking management: This is a solution that relies on the mMTC functionality provided by 5G. A large number of sensors installed at each individual parking position will help keep track of available and occupied spots in real time, facilitating the parking process within an airport as well as in any other controlled parking area. As a result, this will also add to the travelling efficiency of tourists through targeted parking spot suggestions.
Airport evacuation application: This application will monitor the location of the different users and provide them instructions for evacuation. It will rely on 5G capabilities so as to instantly notify travelers and identify the exact position of the crowds. Based on this, it will devise an evacuation plan and send individual messages to each user with personalised instructions.
Video-enhanced follow-me cars: Follow-me vehicles, which lead aircrafts to parking positions, monitor and oversee the activity at the Airport Airside area, and attend incidents, emergencies and critical events. In 5G-TOURS will develop a solution to equip mobile units of the airport with high definition cameras, sending multiple live feeds to the Airport Operations Centers (AOCs) and other stakeholders. This solution will leverage 5G to enable live streaming of high-resolution video feeds, thus allowing for instant situation awareness and more efficient guidance towards parking locations.
AR/VR-enhanced school bus: Students usually spend a lot of idle time on route, while being transferred to or from the school premises. Applications based on AR or VR that can easily attract students’ attention and help them focus on valuable informative sessions on the road which were not feasible before 5G. 5G-TOURS will demonstrate how 5G and these advanced technologies can work together towards turning students’ idle time on a bus to constructive experiences.

Please don’t forget to join the event.
You can register for the workshop at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/athens-5g-mobility-efficient-city-workshop-tickets-245418933637

ECO6G
2022-02-10 09:00 - 17:45
The i2CAT Foundation is pleased to invite you to join on Thursday 10th February 2022 @ 9:15-17:45 CET, for the first edition of ECO6G, a hybrid event organized by and born to become an international reference point for 6G discussions.
For this first edition, key 5G and future 6G stakeholders will virtually sit together to discuss 6G from a European perspective, providing both the unified vision of Europe as a leading world region in 5G, and also giving voice to the individual initiatives put in place by the different member states.
Peter Stuckmann, Interim Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking and Head of Unit, Future Connectivity Systems at European Commission, and Colin Willcock, Chairman of the 6G-IA and Chairman of the Governing Board of the SNS JU, will be among the speakers.

Website and full agenda: https://eco6g.com/
Free and needed registration: https://eco6g.com/register
ECO6G proposes a dynamic and interactive live broadcast, driven by a professional conductor who will lead the event physically from a television set in Barcelona, and will create the space for interaction among speakers and the remote audience.

Attendees will have the opportunity to join for free and virtually from anywhere in the world, using a high-quality and reliable streaming service, and will be able to interact with the speakers for an open discussion.

The full-day agenda is mainly composed of 6 blocks of 60 minutes each, including:

European Vision, with main focus on the European SNS JU.
European Initiatives.
6G: What users need.
6G Community: a researcher’s perspective.
The operator’s perspective on 6G.
The provider’s perspective on 6G.
