Early Notice – Workshop: Agentic AI – Applications and Network Impact – 4th March 2026 @MWC26 in Barcelona
Workshop: Agentic AI – Applications and Network Impact
Registration is open! Register here and reserve the slot in your calendar here
Rationale and Objectives
The Workshop “Agentic AI – Applications and Network Impact” will take place on the morning of the 04th March 2026, organized by NetworldEurope and CCSA. The event will have 2 components, one online and the other onsite in Barcelona with a very limited number of seats available. The respective zoom link will be available upon registration. The workshop aims to provide an open information space to share current and future views about the Agentic AI, and how this theme is being addressed by different stakeholders. Two different discussion panels are organized, addressing challenges and evolution, new use cases and technology trends as well as standardization and next step industry developments related to Autonomous Networks.
The workshop will feature key speakers from industry and academia, representing the views of manufacturers, operators, industry bodies, and research scientists.
The preliminary agenda is as follows:
Please note that the final version of the agenda as well as more information on how to join the zoom webinar session will be sent out in due time. In the meantime, please proceed to registration here and reserve the slot in your calendar here
Workshop moderators and speakers
Prof. Rui L Aguiar, Chair of the Steering Board of the NetworldEurope European Technology Platform, has been involved in research and strategic research management since 1988, having been involved (in multiple positions) in all European-funded framework programs. He was involved in the development of the NetworldEurope initiative, and the launch of the 5G-Infrastructure Association PPP, and has led the association before. He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer on 5G in the last years, and has several hundred papers on communication networks and services. He is also the co-chair of the Networks and Multimedia area at Instituto de Telecomunicações, a Portuguese state-associated laboratory, and a Full Professor at Universidade de Aveiro.
Mr. WEN, Ku Board Chairman of China Communications Standardization Association (CCSA), Professor of Engineering. He is entitled to the special government allowance of The State Council. He used to take positions in succession as Deputy Chief Engineer of Posts and Telecommunications Administration, Director of Data Communication Administration of Shandong Province, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science and Technology, Deputy Director General of the Telecommunications Administration, Director General of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Information Industry, Director General of the Department of Science and Technology, Director General of the Department of Information and Communication Development and News Spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
