NetworldEurope ETP

4th Vision of Future Communications Summit, 7-8 November 2023, Lisbon
2023-11-07 - 2023-11-08
Vision of Future Communications Summit (https://futurecomresearch.eu/) is a top-quality research workshop, oriented to identify key research areas in information and communication technologies in the mid-future of 7 to 10 years. It will follow from the previous event held in 2017, 2019, and 2021, considering that by 2030 6G will be reaching the market. Given the expected innovation cycle times, it is now appropriate that we start discussions on Innovations after 6G .
The Summit will cover multiple research lines, roughly structured along Physical Layer, Network and Control Plane, and Applications and Services. All sessions will be organized as panels of distinguished speakers from academia, industry and High-level European Commission officials presenting their viewpoints on a subarea within each track. Panels will be enriched with contributions from an open call to the community, and with sessions presenting long-term visions from different stakeholders.
Based on the public presentations and contributions of the international experts, NetworldEurope will update its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), the basis for the design of the upcoming Smart Networks and Services funding calls. An open call for new ideas will be used to select several speakers, presenting interesting ideas for future research. If interested, please send one page A4, with an abstract of the topic you would like to present, and a small rationale why this should be included in the EU research roadmap. The document should be sent to jose.cabaca@av.it.pt, until 05th October 2023. Since the number of open call slots is not large, we urge you to send your proposal as soon as possible. Program will be made public in early October.
On the previous day, an expert workshop on Towards Realistic Usage of AI in 6G Networks will be held, discussing the challenges of exploring AI in communications research.
For further information https://futurecomresearch.eu/
See the VFCS 2023 report here

Workshop: Future Optical Networks, 21 September 2023
2023-09-21 09:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Berlin)
Future Optical Networks Workshop, 21 September 2023

Rationale and Objectives
“Future Optical Networks” is the central theme in a workshop organized on the morning of the 21st September, by NetworldEurope, in a joint effort with CCSA, which will host its onsite component in Shanghai (afternoon, local time). The workshop aims to provide an open information space to share current and future views about the future optical networks, and how this theme is being addressed by different stakeholders. Two different discussion panels are organized, discussing current and future network operator’s implementations, as well as new advances in optical technology that can be applied in access and transport networks. Ultimately, the workshop will contribute to identify future optical innovation challenges that are being posed by the ever-increasing bandwidth demanded in optical infrastructure for the benefit of our society.
The workshop will feature key speakers from industry and academia, representing the views of manufacturers, operators, standardization bodies, and research scientists.
The event will have a hybrid format, with some speakers onsite and others online. Nevertheless, since only a limited number of places are available, this option will be confirmed on an individual basis for regular attendees.
Workshop agenda:

NetworldEurope & CCSA Future Optical Networks Workshop
21 September, CEST 9:00-12:30 / Beijing 15:00-18:30

AgendaTalk TitleSpeakers

09:00-09:20Opening Speech and introductionRui Aguiar, NetworldEurope, Steering board chair / Wen, Ku, CCSA Board Chair

Panel 1

09:20-09:50Optical Network Challenges and Evolution in the Computing EraTang, Xiongyan, VP and Chief Scientist of China Unicom Research Institute

Optical networks: From past challenges to future opportunitiesJorg-Peter Elbers, VP Advanced Technology, Standards & IPR, ADTRAN

09:50-10:20New Use Cases and New Technology Trends in Optical CommunicationsZhang fatai, IETF CCAMP WG Co-Chair, ITU-T SG15 Vice Chair, CCSA TC6 Vice Chair, Optical Standards & Patents Department Director in Huawei

The future of optical access network (FTTx)Philippe Chanclou, Innovation head of Fixed Access Networks, Orange

10:20-11:00Current Situation & Challenges / New Use Cases & Tech Trend Q&ASpeakers + Panel Guest Carlos Bouça Head Of Fixed Access Network, Altice

11:00-11:20Break

Panel 2

11:20-11:50Progress and Prospects of Optical Network Technologies and Standards in ChinaZhang haiyi, Director of Institute of Technology and Standards CAICT, Head of 5G Transport WG of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, Deputy leader of TC6 WG1 and ST7 WG1 of CCSA

Evolution towards the 6th generation fixed network (F6G): Research challenges and standard roadmapRaul Munoz, Research Director, Head of Packet Optical Networks and Services at CTTC

11:50-12:20Standard & Next Step Industry Development Q&A Speakers + Wang, Xuemin, VP of Huawei European Research Institute

12:20-12:30Closing words
Rui Luis Aguiar, Networld Europe, Steering board chair /
Wen, Ku, CCSA Board Chair

See the workshop report here
See all presentations here
See all videos here

Workshop Moderators
NetworldEurope 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. Jyrki Huusko, vice-chair of NetworldEurope’s Expert Advisory Group has been involved in telecommunication and network research and research management over 20 years. He is research team leader at VTT Ltd, leading the 5G and Beyond Networks research team focusing especially on mission-critical networks and intelligent network resource management for future wireless and wired networks. He has been with VTT since 1998 in telecommunication research having several different positions in research and research management. Jyrki Huusko has contributed on several EU and national research roadmap and technology foresight whitepaper working groups on mobile network technologies, IoT and media & content distribution, as well as on research program definitions.He is also involved in 5G IA (6G IA) and its working group such as Trials WG where he is acting as a stream champion for smart city related trials.

NetworldEurope is the European Technology Platform for communications networks and services. Communications networks enable interaction between users of various types of equipment, either mobile or fixed. The NetWorldEurope European Technology Platform gathers more than one thousand players in the communications networks sector (industry leaders, innovative SMEs, and leading academic institutions) and aims to strengthen Europe’s leadership in networking technology and services so that it best serves Europe’s citizens and the European economy. China Communications Standards Association (CCSA)
Mr. WEN，Ku Vice Chairman of the Board and Secretary-General 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.
Mr. Zhao, Shizhuo, Senior Engineer, graduated from Beijing university of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He took positions in succession as engineer, senior engineer in China Academy of Telecommunications Research and Project Manager in Technology Department in China Communications Standards Association (CCSA). Now, he is the Director in International Standardization Department in CCSA. China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) is an industry, national, open, and non-profit social organization composed of companies and institutes engaged in ICT standardization activities in China, and is committed to contributing to the development of ICT industry in China. In accordance with the principles of openness, fairness, impartiality and consensus, CCSA establishes a work system that is enterprise-basic, market-oriented, combining production, learning, and research, and organizes information and communication standardization activities.
Workshop Speakers

Dr. Xiongyan Tang is now the VP and Chief Scientist of China Unicom Research Institute. He also acts as the executive director of National Engineering Research Center for Next Generation Internet Broadband Services. He’s a guest professor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He’s a member of the Telecom Technology Committee of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He has more than 20 years of experience in technology management and R&D of innovative ICT technologies. His professional fields include broadband communications, optical transmission and networks, Internet of things, and future networks. Philippe Chanclou received the Ph. D. and Habilitation degrees in 1999 and 2007. Since 2004, he joined Orange Labs where he was engaged in research on the next generation optical access networks. He is manager of Fixed Access Networks team which involves on FTTx topics for Home, Enterprise and Antenna. Mr. Wang, Xuemin is the Vice President of Huawei European Research Institute.
Director of Huawei Europe Standardization & Industry Dept. He joined Huawei in 1995, served as Project Manager of Huawei B-Type Circuit Switching product, Vice General Manager of Product Testing Department, Vice General Manager of General Technical Management Office, Director of Standardization & Industry Dept, etc. Currently served as the Vice President of European Research Institute and also the Director of Europe Standardization & Industry Development Dept, responsible for implementing standard and industry strategy for European regions. Also served as IIC Steering Committee member China Electronics Standardization association（CESA) Vice Chair of Board of Director, CCSA board member, etc., for the aim of building nice communication channels with external organizations, partners and customers in the multi-level standardization and industry development environment. Haiyi Zhang， Director of Institute of Technology and Standard，China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT，Professor of Engineering. She is entitled to the special government allowance of The State Council. She serves as head of 5G Transport Working Group of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, deputy leader of TC6 WG1 and ST7 WG1 of CCSA (China Communications Standards Association), member of ITU-T SG15 China Expert Group, and member of the Expert Advisory Group for Information Communication Network of Science and Technology Commission of the MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology). She has long been engaged in the standard research, technical consulting and equipment certification of optical communication system. At present, she mainly focuses on high-speed optical communication, quantum information. ZHANG Fatai, Director of the Optical Standards & Patents Department in Huawei, has been actively involved in optical communication standards including ITU-T SG15, IETF, ETSI and CCSA since 2007. He is the co-chair of IETF CCAMP working group, vice chair of ITU-T SG15, and vice chair of CCSA TC6. Carlos Bouça as a Telecommunications and Electronics degree from Universidade de Aveiro and a Pos Graduation in Business Administration and Management, from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Joined MEO/Altice in 1990, he is experienced Access Network professional, with a demonstrated history in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in PSTN and Signalling System 7 (SS7), Telco cooper network aggregation equipment’s, Fiber to the x (FTTx), specially at GPON rollout, from the active equipment’s to the outside plant materials.
He is currently the Engineering and Operations Network Director of MEO/Altice Portugal. Jörg-Peter Elbers is VP Advanced Technology, Standards & IPR at Adtran and globally responsible for technology strategy, applied research, standardization, and intellectual property. He directs Adtran’s research and innovation activities in areas such as software-defined networking, network function virtualization, network security, packet-optical networking, data center connectivity, optical access, high-speed optical transmission, and photonic integration. Previously, Jörg held technical expert and management positions at ADVA, Ericsson, Marconi and Siemens. He holds a Dr.-Ing. (PhD) degree in Electrical Engineering from TU Dortmund, Germany, and has more than 25 years of experience in packet-optical networking and communication technologies. He serves on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Photonic Society, the Board of the Information Technology Society (ITG) of the German Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE), the Steering Board of the European Technology Platform Networld Europe, the Steering and Long Range Planning Committees of the OFC conference as well as the Management Committee of the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC). Jörg has authored and co-authored more than 150 publications, 5 book chapters and 20 patents. Raul Muñoz is Research Director and Head of Packet Optical Networks and Services at Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia (CTTC) in Barcelona, Spain. He has promoted and/or participated in above 50 R&D projects funded by the European Commission’s and Spanish national Framework Programmes on optical networks and 5G/6G. He has also coordinated several Spanish projects and two European projects within FP7 and H2020. He was elected academic member of the Board of the 5G Infrastructure Association (5GIA), the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), and the Networld2020 European Technology Platform from 2015 to 2017. He has also served as editor of the optical networks chapter in the NetworldEurope’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) in 2016 and 2022. His research interests include network, control and service management architectures for packet-optical networks. He has published over 90 journal papers and 300 international conference papers (including several invited papers at OFC and ECOC). He also served as ONDM2020 General Chair and ECOC 2015 Technical Programme Committee (TPC).

Special Session at EUCNC 2023: 6G enabled Network Applications for the Future of Connected Robotics, 6-9 June , Gothenburg, Sweden
2023-06-06 - 2023-06-09
The Special Session covers topics such as cloud-native applications, 5G and 6G-enabled communication between robots and cloud-native applications, orchestration of such applications etc, bringing together world-leading experts from the communications, cloud and robotic sectors.
Here is the link to the Special Session

2nd Forum on Enabling Technologies and Requirements for Future Rail Transport Vertical, 11 May 2023, Vienna, Austria
2023-05-11 09:00 - 18:00
The essence of the forum research meeting is to provide a platform for researchers to share their work, exchange ideas, and receive feedback from peers. We want to foster collaboration and promote the advancement of knowledge in a particular field of FutureRail.
See the programme here
More information about the event here
This event is co-organised by the NetworldEurope WG Enabling technologies for verticals.

Workshop: More than GigaBit Broadband & Metaverse on the Move, 1 March 2023 in Barcelona
2023-03-01 09:00 - 12:30
Rationale and Objectives
“Requirement roadmap mapping between mobile broadband and Metaverse “is the central theme in a workshop organized by NetworldEurope in a joint effort with CCSA (NetworldEurope Cooperative Members), on the morning of the 1st March, in Barcelona, in parallel with MWC. The workshop aims to provide an open information space to share current and future views about the real requirements of “Metaverse”, and how this upcoming area is being realized by different stakeholders. Two different discussion panels are organized, discussing current practices and plans, as well as potential new requirements and challenges that the Metaverse may bring to mobile communications infrastructures. Ultimately, the workshop will contribute to identify future innovation challenges that are being posed by the introduction of Metaverse in our society.
The workshop will feature key speakers from industry and academia, representing the views of manufacturers, operators, and application developers. The event will have an hybrid format, but will take opportunity of MWC to bring all speakers around the world together in the same room, providing enhanced interactions in the discussions.
All speakers will be on site. Nevertheless, since only a limited number of places are available, this option will be confirmed on an individual basis for regular attendees. The draft version of the agenda is currently as follows:
Opening video

Video Panel discussion 1 Video Panel discussion 2 Closing video
All presentations are here
All videos are here
Workshop report 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. Jyrki Huusko, vice-chair of NetworldEurope’s Expert Advisory Group has been involved in telecommunication and network research and research management over 20 years. He is research team leader at VTT Ltd, leading the 5G and Beyond Networks research team focusing especially on mission-critical networks and intelligent network resource management for future wireless and wired networks. He has been with VTT since 1998 in telecommunication research having several different positions in research and research management. Jyrki Huusko has contributed on several EU and national research roadmap and technology foresight whitepaper working groups on mobile network technologies, IoT and media & content distribution, as well as on research program definitions.He is also involved in 5G IA (6G IA) and its working group such as Trials WG where he is acting as a stream champion for smart city related trials.

NetworldEurope is the European Technology Platform for communications networks and services. Communications networks enable interaction between users of various types of equipment, either mobile or fixed. The NetWorldEurope European Technology Platform gathers more than one thousand players in the communications networks sector (industry leaders, innovative SMEs, and leading academic institutions) and aims to strengthen Europe’s leadership in networking technology and services so that it best serves Europe’s citizens and the European economy. Mr. WEN，Ku Vice Chairman of the Board and Secretary-General 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.
Mr. Zhao, Shizhuo, Senior Engineer, graduated from Beijing university of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He took positions in succession as engineer, senior engineer in China Academy of Telecommunications Research and Project Manager in Technology Department in China Communications Standards Association (CCSA). Now, he is the Director in International Standardization Department in CCSA. China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) is an industry, national, open, and non-profit social organization composed of companies and institutes engaged in ICT standardization activities in China, and is committed to contributing to the development of ICT industry in China. In accordance with the principles of openness, fairness, impartiality and consensus, CCSA establishes a work system that is enterprise-basic, market-oriented, combining production, learning, and research, and organizes information and communication standardization activities. Speakers Ms. Wang，Zhiqin is the Vice President of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and a professorate senior engineer. She enjoys Special Government Allowances of the State Council. She has been long devoted to research and practice in the fields of ICT standards, industry, and policies, led the development of many mobile communication industry standards, and promoted the innovations of mobile telecommunication. She is the chairwoman of Wireless Communication Technical Committee (TC5) of CCSA (China Communications Standards Association), the Chair of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group. Dr. Mischa Dohler is now VP Emerging Technologies at Ericsson Inc. in Silicon Valley, working on cutting-edge topics of 6G, Metaverse, XR, Quantum and Blockchain. He serves on the Technical Advisory Committee of the FCC and on the Spectrum Advisory Board of Ofcom. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET); and a Distinguished Member of Harvard Square Leaders Excellence. He is a serial entrepreneur with 5 companies; composer & pianist with 5 albums on Spotify/iTunes; and fluent in several languages. He has had ample coverage by national and international press and media, and is featured on Amazon Prime. He is a frequent keynote, panel and tutorial speaker, and has received numerous awards. He has pioneered several research fields, contributed to numerous wireless broadband, IoT/M2M and cyber security standards, holds a dozen patents, organized and chaired numerous conferences, was the Editor-in-Chief of two journals, has more than 300 highly-cited publications, and authored several books. He is a Top-1% Cited Innovator across all science fields globally. He was Professor in Wireless Communications at King’s College London and Director of the Centre for Telecommunications Research from 2013-2021, driving cross-disciplinary research and innovation in technology, sciences and arts. He is the Cofounder and former CTO of the IoT-pioneering company Worldsensing; cofounder and former CTO of the AI-driven satellite company SiriusInsight.AI, and cofounder of the sustainability company Movingbeans. He also worked as a Senior Researcher at Orange/France Telecom from 2005-2008. Dr. Bi, Qi is Chief Expert of China Telecom and CTO of China Telecom Research Institute, leading R&D activities with responsibilities in corporate strategy, R&D projects planning, and forward-looking directions. His specialty is in wireless including 5G and 6G innovations related to technologies, standards, and trials in China Telecom. Dr. Bi is well-known for his visionary insights in industrial trends and directions throughout his career. Previously, Dr. Bi worked at Bell Labs for 20+ years and was awarded the prestigious Bell Labs Fellow in 2002. Other awards included Bell Labs President’s Gold Awards in 2000 & 2002, the Bell Labs Innovation Team Award in 2003, and Asian American Engineer of the Year in 2005. He is an IEEE Fellow, and served as a member of the IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee of the communication society between 2017 and 2019. Dr. Bi received his M.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. He holds 47 US patents, 63 European patents and 65 Chinese patents. While in China Telecom, his 4G innovation project led to a large-scale commercial deployment and won the GTB Innovation Award at London in 2014. For his impressive contributions, he was given “outstanding contribution award for Innovation and entrepreneurship from scholars overseas” by Beijing City in 2019. In 2022, he won a silver prize for his patent by the China National Intellectual Property Administration. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Frank H. P. Fitzek is a Professor and head of the “Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks” at TU Dresden. He is the spokesman of the DFG Cluster of Excellence CeTI and the 6G-life hub in Gemany. He received his diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technology – Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) – Aachen, Germany, in 1997 and his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Berlin, Germany in 2002 and became Adjunct Professor at the University of Ferrara, Italy in the same year. In 2003 he joined Aalborg University as Associate Professor and later became Professor. He co-founded several start-up companies starting with acticom GmbH in Berlin in 1999. He has visited various research institutes including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), VTT, and Arizona State University. In 2005 he won the YRP award for the work on MIMO MDC and received the Young Elite Researcher Award of Denmark. He was selected to receive the NOKIA Champion Award several times in a row from 2007 to 2011. In 2008 he was awarded the Nokia Achievement Award for his work on cooperative networks. In 2011 he received the SAPERE AUDE research grant from the Danish government and in 2012 he received the Vodafone Innovation prize. In 2015 he was awarded the honorary degree “Doctor Honoris Causa” from Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE). His current research interests are in the areas of 5G/6G communication networks, in-network computing, network coding, compressed sensing, post-Shannon theory, quantum and molecular communication, as well as human-machine interaction in the virtual worlds. Dr. Lutz Schade works in Telecommunications for more than 45 years as university lecturer, consultant and top manager and knows the operator business from many angles. He started in the 80ies as researcher for network structure modelling and cost optimization, applied this knowledge worldwide, especially in the 90ies as responsible for planning and roll out of the German former D1 mobile network (now DT). Later in the 2000s as Senior Vice President LS steered Deutsche Telekom subsidiaries in Europe for technology strategies, synergies, network budget and many other aspects (e.g. network sharing, spectrum acquisition, supplier selection,…) He was member of many supervisory boards. Dr. Lutz Schade now works as an independent senior advisor. With his broad strategic insights in economic, operational and technology aspects of telco networks he supports telecommunications operators and suppliers mainly in Europe, but also Asia. Currently amongst other projects he works with Huawei on selected strategic aspects. Mr. Wang, Xuemin is the Vice President of Huawei European Research Institute.
Director of Huawei Europe Standardization & Industry Dept. He joined Huawei in 1995, served as Project Manager of Huawei B-Type Circuit Switching product, Vice General Manager of Product Testing Department, Vice General Manager of General Technical Management Office, Director of Standardization & Industry Dept, etc. Currently served as the Vice President of European Research Institute and also the Director of Europe Standardization & Industry Development Dept, responsible for implementing standard and industry strategy for European regions. Also served as IIC Steering Committee member China Electronics Standardization association（CESA) Vice Chair of Board of Director, CCSA board member, etc., for the aim of building nice communication channels with external organizations, partners and customers in the multi-level standardization and industry development environment Dr. Ioannis Arapakis is a Principal Research Scientist at Telefónica Research, Barcelona. Prior to that he was a Research Scientist at Yahoo Labs, where he was a member of the Information Retrieval group. His research interests include Machine Learning (Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning), Information Retrieval (Recommender Systems), and Human-Computer Interaction (Neuro-informatics, Multi-modal Interaction). He has numerous publications in top-tier venues such as SIGIR, ECIR, CIKM, WSDM and WWW, and has been leading several research projects under the FP7 and H2020 funding schemes. Recently, he acquired the prestigious EIC Pathfinder on “Awareness Inside” funding, which aims to design new forms of AI awareness and proposes a novel framework where both human and machine cooperate towards a common goal and evolve together. Ms. Wang, Shanshan, Director of Migu Metaverse Sports Center. She is an expert in cross-cultural communication，international copyright operation, and Metaverse bit idols incubation. Under the MIGU Route to Metaverse, her team first launched the bit avatars of Gu Ailing and Xu Mengtao, the Winter Olympics champions；Migu-UFC‘s first digital idol, Yu Zixi; Migu-NBA’s first digital idol, Gu Yifei. During the FIFA world cup, China Mobile’s 10+bit avatars participated in event broadcasting and content production, and 5G+ Metaverse digital intelligence production accounted for 40%. Dr. Volker Ziegler is an energetic, strategic and purpose-driven leader with 25+ years of broad and international experience in the telecommunications industry. He currently serves as Senior Technology Advisor and Chief Architect in Nokia Strategy and Technology unit. Previously, Volker has exercised a leadership role with Nokia Bell Labs in 6G research and ecosystem. Prior to this, he has served as Head of 5G Leadership and Chief Architect of Nokia Mobile Networks. Mr. Wang, Xinhui serves the Vice President of ZTE Corporation, prior to which he has held various leadership roles in Standards & Industry Initiatives. In current capacity he drives the technology innovations and governance improvements in international standardization setting bodies and industry alliances aiming for maintaining a healthy, trustworthy, sustainable and globally harmonized ICT ecosystem. The team under his leadership works in 100+ international/regional/domestic Standardization Organizations, Industrial Alliances/Fora/Consortia and Open Source Communities of significant prominence.
He joined ZTE working on software development and system design of wireless communication system in 2000, and worked in standardization since 2006. With over 20 years of experience, he has been elected the Vice Chairman of 3GPP TSG GERAN for three consecutive terms. He serves as Member of the Advisory Committee of IMT-2020(5G) Promotion Group, Member of the Advisory Committee of IMT-2030(6G) Promotion Group, Council Member of CCSA, Member of the Technical Management Committee of CCSA, and the Vice Chairman of TC5 of CCSA. Mr. Amir Abdelazim is an Expert Partner at Detecon International and manages Detecon’s office in Cairo. He is a Senior telecoms executive with experience in over 35 markets across the globe. Amir’s expertise relies on technology strategy and transformation due to his previous work experiences as CTIO at Asiacell Communications in Iraq, after earlier roles including CTIO of AirtelTigo Ghana, CTIO of Millicom Ghana, CTIO of Millicom Rwanda, Strategic Quality Director Africa at Millicom (based in UK Corporate Office) and positions with Nokia Siemens Networks, Etisalat, Alcatel, and Orange. His career has encompassed technology leadership, developing / implementing tech strategy, leading a major cultural turnaround, building / mentoring highly-performing teams, driving technical / commercial turnarounds, ensuring that technology serves the customer and the business, negotiating with major vendors, major project management, customer relationship management and driving down costs. He is known as a tough but fair leader with a reputation for getting the job done and driving lasting and profitable change.

NetworldEurope SRIA Webinar, 12-13 January 2023
2023-01-12 10:00 - 2023-01-13 13:00
Webinar registration is closed!
NetworldEurope is organizing a webinar to present its recently released Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA 2022) to the community on the 12th and 13th January 2023. Although the SRIA 2022 is composed of two major and related parts, the webinar will be centered on the technical annex, available here (and you can find the first part, the introductory whitepaper, here). The goal of the webinar is to present a condensed overview of the challenges, visions, and discussions pertaining to a variety of technological domains deemed highly relevant for European Research, as covered in the aforementioned SRIA 2022. The presentations will highlight technologies indicative of the innovations being sought for upcoming Smart Networks and Services calls (such as the one announced here), which was based on the technical content of the SRIA 2022.
The program of the two webinars will be the following, across the two days.

See presentations from the webinar here
See videos from the webinar here

NetworldEurope General Assembly, 13 December 2022
2022-12-13 09:30 - 15:00
The NetworldEurope General Assembly took place 13 December 2022 as a virtual meeting.
The agenda includes an overall view of NetworldEurope actions, and the status of different impactful initiatives in Europe. The agenda, in CET, was the following:

Webinar on Smart Ports, 16 September 2022
2022-09-16 09:00 - 12:30
Webinar on Smart Ports, 16 September 2022

Webinar registration is closed!

Rationale and Objectives
With the growing and changing demands of global trade, many ports across the world are increasingly faced with more difficult challenges. These include infrastructure limitations (and the associated need for optimization), limited handling capacity, and high OPEX, as well as the challenge of complying with more stringent regulations, man-power issues, and aspects of sustainability.
It is commonly known that the adoption of ICT technologies in the port sector addresses many of these challenges. However, the question arises as to how and when the sector can fully harness emerging ICT technologies to provide cost and time-effective management and monitoring solutions, customized to meet the specific business requirements of ports while catering for the maritime environment and fully complying with evolving regulations. The question has been partially addressed by some ports that have recently taken steps toward the digital transformation of their processes, based essentially on IoT, cloud computing, and renewable energy.
This event aims to highlight the experiences of some of these smart ports and the benefits achieved of such digitalization steps. Going beyond what has been achieved, the event brings speakers from different contexts and locations in the world to discuss the Smart Port view on the evolution of paradigms and roadmaps toward new approaches based on emerging technological trends such as 5G and Beyond, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Twins. The program will highlight the different approaches taken in very different ports and very different stakeholders, and allow for a presentation of a very diverse set of views associated to the future of Smart Ports.
Opening Rui Aguiar, Opening Wen Ku

Comments discussion 1, Comments discussion 2, Closing
See the webinar report here

Speakers & Moderators:
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.

NetworldEurope is the European Technology Platform for communications networks and services. Communications networks enable interaction between users of various types of equipment, either mobile or fixed. The NetworldEurope European Technology Platform gathers more than one thousand players in the communications networks sector (industry leaders, innovative SMEs, and leading academic institutions) and aims to strengthen Europe’s leadership in networking technology and services so that it best serves Europe’s citizens and the European economy.

WEN Ku, Wen Ku, Board Chair 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.

China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) is an industry, national, open, and non-profit social organization composed of companies and institutes engaged in ICT standardization activities in China, and is committed to contributing to the development of ICT industry in China. In accordance with the principles of openness, fairness, impartiality and consensus, CCSA establishes a work system that is enterprise-basic, market-oriented, combining production, learning, and research, and organizes information and communication standardization activities.

Xinsheng NAN, Deputy Secretary-General of China Communications Standardization Association (CCSA), Professor of Engineering, He has got Doctor’s degree in Business Administration and is entitled to the special government allowance of The State Council.
He used to take positions in succession as Director of Post and Telecommunications Bureau in Rizhao City, Shandong Province, Deputy General Manager of Guoxin Paging Ltd., General Manager of the Planning Department, General Manager of Network Construction Department and General Manager of General Department of China Unicom, and General Manager of China Unicom Liaoning Branch.

Peiquan Li, Manager of Information Department of Nansha Port Phase IV, Graduated from the University of Queensland and currently working in the Informatization Department of Nansha Port Phase IV. Mr. Li is mainly responsible for the informatization O&M of Phase IV wharfs, including network system, application system, security system, and database O&M. Presentation Video

Xiaoming Song, born in 1974, Master of Business Administration, Senior Economist, PhD in Transportation Engineering (candidate). Mr. Song joined Guangzhou Port Group in 1994 and has served as Deputy Director of the Executive Office and Director of the Operation & Business Department. He has been Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd. since 2015. He is currently Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Port Group, Director of Guangzhou Port Co., Ltd., Chairman of Guangzhou E-Port Co., Ltd., and Chairman of Guangzhou E-Port Association. Mr. Song has been engaged in the field of port shipping and logistics for a long time and has rich experience in port management.

Paolo Pagano is Area Leader at the National Inter-University Consortium for Telecom-munications (CNIT) in Pisa, Italy. From October 2015 he is also the Director of the CNIT laboratory on advanced sensing and networking in sea ports in Livorno. His research ac-tivities have a specific focus on IoT and Mobile Networks. He is responsible of public and private research grants in the domain of Intelligent Transport Systems and Smart Plants. He is participating (on behalf of CNIT) to the ETSI standardization committees for Intel-ligent Transportation and Maritime Digitalization. From September 2018 he is member of the Working Group “Smart Roads”, Technical Committee on Autonomous Driving at the World Road Association. From June 2021 he is the vice-chairman of the ETSI ISG CDM (European Common Information Sharing Environment Service and Data Model). Presentation Video

Stig Myrland, Process System Manager at Yara Porsgrunn are the owner of the Smart Port use case in the EU project 5G solutions. Stig Myrland has two master degrees, one in Process Automation and one in Management. Stig have more than 30 years of experience in the field of production IT, process control and automation of production processes. In his presentation Stig will focus on the use of 5G in the smart port at the facility in Porsgrunn. The focus will be from an Industrial end user perspective. Presentation Video

Jyrki Huusko, vice-chair of NetworldEurope’s Expert Advisory Group has been involved in telecommunication and network research and research management over 20 years. He is research team leader at VTT Ltd, leading the 5G and Beyond Networks research team focusing especially on mission-critical networks and intelligent network resource management for future wireless and wired networks. He has been with VTT since 1998 in telecommunication research having several different positions in research and research management. Jyrki Huusko has contributed on several EU and national research roadmap and technology foresight whitepaper working groups on mobile network technologies, IoT and media & content distribution, as well as on research program definitions.He is also involved in 5G IA (6G IA) and its working group such as Trials WG where he is acting as a stream champion for smart city related trials.

Eusebiu Catana is the coordinator of the 5G LOGINNOV project and he is senior Manager in the field of ITS transport & logistics, ALICE vice-chairman and member of the DTLF steering committee. He Holds a PHD in Vehicle Telematics, Master Degrees in Electronics Engineering and in Operations Research from University of Leuven and as well as Project Management Professional (PMP)® and CISA certifications. He has started his career at ACUNIA in Belgium as software developer for the On-Star software project for General Motors in the field of vehicle telematics. He has previously worked as a Technical Consultant in R&D for about 20 years for top technology companies in Europe and USA (e.g. projects: On-Star, Vehicle Telematics, TRIDENT, OTAP, CO-GISTICS, AEOLIX, COREALIS, CONCORDA, AUTOPILOT, SHOW, BOOSTLOG etc.). In 2002 in Munich he was awarded with the “best award for ITS project development platform for transport” from the IT industry. He is leading the team1-conceptual interoperability of Digital Transport and Logistics forum (DG MOVE), vice-chair in ALICE for Physical Internet for logistics, member in C2C and CAD working groups. Within ERTICO, he was project coordinator for CO-GISTICS(35 partners, 7,369MEuro), AEOLIX(41 partners, 17MEuro) and CONCORDA(27 partners, 20MEuro) projects and at the moment he is project coordinator for FENIX (46 partners, 60.6MEuro) and 5G-LOGINNOV(15 partners, 8MEuro) projects. He is expert in big data platform,AI and collaborative services. Presentation Video

Dan Chen, Ph.D graduated from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications / University of British Columbia (UBC). She is currently the 5G BU director of China Unicom’s government and enterprise customer business group. She is responsible for 5G private network, MEC edge computing, network slicing end-to-end product design, 5G 2B strategy research, ecosystem construction, and commercialization implementation. She has published more than 20 SCI/EI journals and licensed more than 20 patents in IEEE JSAC and TVT. She won the National First Prize of the Blooming Cup and the Gold Award of the Benchmark Competition from Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), also first prize of “Science and Technology Innovation Award” and first prize of “5G Technology Research and Standardization” from China Unicom. Presentation

Workshop On Green Telecom (Hybrid) on March 2nd 2022, CET 9:00 – 12:20, Beijing 16:00 – 19:20
2022-03-02 09:00 - 12:30
Workshop On Green Telecom (Hybrid) on March 2nd 2022, CET 9:00 – 12:20, Beijing 16:00 – 19:20

Rationale and objectives
Sustainability, in its terms of energy-saving and green systems, is an unavoidable topic today. For the telecom industry in particular, sustainability has a double understanding – on one hand, its own green considerations, on the other hand, its green transformative impact on other industries. This poses many challenges – e.g. how to evaluate these contributions to other industries, or how to consider the total carbon footprint for the telecom industry, amongst many others. In this context, NetworldEurope and CCSA, organized a workshop aiming to provide deeper understanding on the present and future needs and requirements of the green telecom, sharing the valuable experiences and practices of Europe and China. The event was held in a hybrid format with In person format (with very limited places) collocated with MWC Barcelona and a virtual format run using Zoom.
This workshop aimed to bring experts from different contexts and locations to exchange information and ideas, and help industry to enter a path of convergence and alignment.
Opening Rui Aguiar Opening Wen Ku

Panel discussion 1 Panel discussion 2
Closing Wen Ku
See the Event report here

Moderators
NetworldEurope
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.

Jyrki Huusko, vice-chair of NetworldEurope’s Expert Advisory Group has been involved in telecommunication and network research and research management over 20 years. He is research team leader at VTT Ltd, leading the 5G and Beyond Networks research team focusing especially on mission-critical networks and intelligent network resource management for future wireless and wired networks. He has been with VTT since 1998 in telecommunication research having several different positions in research and research management. Jyrki Huusko has contributed on several EU and national research roadmap and technology foresight whitepaper working groups on mobile network technologies, IoT and media & content distribution, as well as on research program definitions.He is also involved in 5G IA (6G IA) and its working group such as Trials WG where he is acting as a stream champion for smart city related trials.

NetworldEurope is the European Technology Platform for communications networks and services. Communications networks enable interaction between users of various types of equipment, either mobile or fixed. The NetWorldEurope European Technology Platform gathers more than one thousand players in the communications networks sector (industry leaders, innovative SMEs, and leading academic institutions) and aims to strengthen Europe’s leadership in networking technology and services so that it best serves Europe’s citizens and the European economy.

China Communications Standards Association (CCSA)

WEN Ku, Vice Chairman of the Board and Secretary-General 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.

Mr. Shizhuo Zhao, Senior Engineer, graduated from Beijing university of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He took positions in succession as engineer, senior engineer in China Academy of Telecommunications Research and Project Manager in Technology Department in China Communications Standards Association (CCSA). Now, he is the Director in International Standardization Department in CCSA.

China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) is an industry, national, open, and non-profit social organization composed of companies and institutes engaged in ICT standardization activities in China, and is committed to contributing to the development of ICT industry in China. In accordance with the principles of openness, fairness, impartiality and consensus, CCSA establishes a work system that is enterprise-basic, market-oriented, combining production, learning, and research, and organizes information and communication standardization activities.

Speakers

Mr. Shi Denian, is the Vice Chief Engineer of China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT). He also serves as Vice Chairman of TC11 of China Communication Standardization Association (CCSA). During 2001-2008 study period, he has attended the ITU SG12 conference as a Chinese expert. At present, he is mainly engaged in the research of industrial Internet, mobile Internet, Internet of vehicles, and Peak Carbon dioxide emission and Carbon Neutrality.
Content of the talk: Experience and challenges of Green and Low-Carbon Development in ICT. Presentation Video

Ms. Shi Ying, a senior expert of China Telecom Research Institute. Ying is heavily engaged in international standardization activities. She is currently Co-Chair of ITU Focus Group AI4EE WG3, Implementation of AI and Emerging Technologies for Environmental Efficiency. She also serves as Vice-Chair of Electromagnetic Environment & Protection Technical Committee of China Communications Standardization Association, which focuses on EMC and environmental issues. Ying leads several research projects on improvement of environment efficiency of 5G network by application of AI. She also works with the team to help China Telecom to develop a climate action roadmap, in order to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.
Content of the talk: China Telecom’s Evolution Roadmap and Action Plan Towards Green and Low Carbon Network. Presentation Video

Mr. Luis Neves is CEO of the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) since 2017. Prior to that, from 2008-2017, Luis held the position of GeSI Chairman. Under Luis’ leadership, GeSI has become a globally recognized “thought industry leader” organisation in the field of ICT- sustainability with strong focus on the enabling role and positive contribution of digital technologies to climate protection. Before GeSI, Luis worked at Deutsche Telekom for over 15 years holding positions such as Head of Sustainable Development and Environment, VP of Corporate Responsibility and Chief Sustainability and Climate Protection Officer. Luis has also held positions and played relevant roles at European and international levels in organizations, such as the UN Global Compact Lead Group, Econsense -the German Sustainability Association, World Resources Forum Association and UNFCCC Momentum for Change Initiative. Luis was born in Portugal and obtained a degree in History from the University of Lisbon.
Content of the talk: Experiences and challenges of green ICT in Europe. Presentation Video

Mr. Steffen Roos is a Managing Partner at Detecon International GmbH with more than 20 years of experience in Technology and Management Consulting. He has extensive experience in Digital Transformation, Strategy Development & Innovation Management. He has successfully implemented projects in various industries. In the last years, he has built up a “digitainability” consulting practice at Detecon that deals with the interplay of digitalization and sustainability and develops strategies and projects for clients on their way to climate neutrality. The special focus here is on real contributions to identify and enable potentials through the meaningful use of digital technology. He currently holds the position of Chapter Head Business Technology with a seat in Detecon’s Global Executive Team and is responsible for Technology and Sustainability Advisory.
Content of the talk: Towards a green future – why industry standards and technology innovation must go hand in hand” – we see a lot of pressure on the ICT industry to help in sustainable development and change to green. For this, innovations are indispensable, but also common standards against which progress can be measured.”

Dr. Lutz Schade Key experiences:
Top technology management,
SVP Technology Europe,
Top governance (Supervisory Board memberships),
University research & lecturing,
Technical training & coaching,
Telecommunications advisor

Professor Peter J Williamson, Chair of the Global Issues Dialogue Centre at Jesus College, Cambridge and Professor of International Management, University of Cambridge. He leads Centre’s Digital Economy Governance project. He divides his time between teaching, research and consulting on leadership, multinationals (with a special interest in emerging market firms), M&A, and business ecosystem innovation and serving as non-executive director of several companies spanning financial services through whisky to green energy and digital transformation. The latest of his 10 books Ecosystem Edge: Sustaining Competitiveness in the Face of Disruption (2020), explains why building and leading a large and dynamic ecosystem of partners that reinforce, strengthen and help a company to innovate is now an important way to meet the challenge of disruptive competition.

Professor Willem Jonker is the CEO, EIT Digital, Belgium. Prof. Jonker has a broad background in ICT, both in industry as well as in academia. He studied mathematics and computer science at Groningen University, worked at Delft University of Technology, received his PhD from the University of Utrecht, and is a part-time full professor in computer science at Twente University.
Willem Jonker’s industrial experience covers telecommunications (KPN), IT (European Computer industry Research Centre, Munich) and consumer electronics (Philips). He held several positions as researcher, international project leader, department head, sector head, and account manager. In 2006 he was appointed Vice President Philips Research. Prof. Dr. Jonker has served European ICT research in various ways amongst others as project leader, reviewer, and advisor.
Content of the talk :Digital Technologies and the Green Economy
In its latest Makers & Shapers report, EIT Digital analyses the potential of digital technologies to achieve green growth in Europe. Can Europe’s accelerated digital transformation help to reduce non-green energy use or will an increasing digitalisation of business and industry on the contrary enhance consumption of non-green energy in the overall economy? Mr Jonker will present the main findings of the study and discuss potential scenarios for a sustainable digital future. Presentation Video

Mr. Regius Rahim Tafazolli is a Professor in Electronic Engineering. Fellow of Royal Academy (FREng), Fellow of IET, Fellow of WWRF. He is a professor of Mobile and Satellite Communications at the Surrey University in the UK, and is the founder/director of the 5G Innovation Center since 2012 and director of 6GIC since 2020. He advises many governments including UK Governments and local council, and has cooperated with Huawei for many years in advanced research.
Content of the talk: 5G and Beyond – Energy Efficiency Challenges and Opportunities. Presentation Video

Ms.Qi Shuguang, is the chairman of ITU-T SG5 and Chairman of ITU-T SG5RG-AP. She has been working in the field of ICT environment and infrastructure for more than 10 years. Currently she is the Vice Chief Engineer of CTTL-systems in China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT) and professor in Engineering. Her focuses include fundamental research, prospective study and standardization work in green and low carbon ICT. She is also Vice Chairman / Acting Chairman of ITU-T Study Group 5; Chairman of the ITU-T Study Group 5 Asia pacific regional group; and Chairman of Working Group 1 / Technical Committee 4 (Power and environment for ICT) in China Communication Standardization Association (CCSA). She has developed near 20 Recommendations as a chief editor at the ITU, including Recommendation ITU-T L.1210, ITU-T L.1380 series Recommendation on smart energy. She is also an active participant of the domestic standardization activities in China and has been involved in developing more than 20 Chinese standards including National standards, industrial standard and regional standards. She received the first prize scientific reward from China Institute of Communications in 2013, first prize scientific reward from CCSA in 2017, and second prize scientific reward from CCSA.
Content of the talk: Energy saving and carbon reduction potential of digital technology and standardization. Presentation Video

Mr. Zhou, Fanke, Master of software engineering and electrical engineering, the product supervisor of Alibaba Cloud Energy Cloud. He has solid interdisciplinary background and broad industry vision, now is focusing on the research and development of digital products in the fields of “carbon neutralization” and “energy & power”. He has been deeply engaged in the field of “energy and power” for nearly 10 years and led several scientific projects in “smart grid”, and published more than 10 papers and patents at the same time. His team is dedicated into “Dual Carbon” strategy of China, and the digital products “carbon eye” and “energy cloud” based on AI and big data developed by his team has built a cutting-edge solution of “carbon neutralization” for government, enterprises and communities.
Content of the talk: Practice and exploration of digital innovation driving green and low-carbon development. Presentation Video

Dr Jukka K. Nurminen is a professor of computer science at the University of Helsinki. He has worked extensively on software research in the telecom industry at Nokia Research Center, in academia at Aalto University, and in applied research at VTT. His key research contributions are on energy-efficient software, mobile peer-to-peer networking, and cloud solutions but his experience ranges widely from applied optimization to AI, from network planning tools to mobile apps, and from software project management to tens of patented inventions. He has e.g. led the Green Big Data project with CERN and many research activities on mobile phone and cloud energy consumption. Currently, his main interests are in the engineering of machine learning systems, combining data science and high-performance computing, and software development for quantum computers.

Mr. Alvaro Valcarce is head of the department on wireless AI/ML at Nokia Bell Labs France, where he focuses on the application of machine learning techniques to problems in RRM, L2 and above for the development of 6G technologies. He received his PhD in 2010 from the University of Bedfordshire and his background is on cellular networks, optimization algorithms, machine learning and computational electromagnetics.

Mr. Xuemin Wang is the Vice President of Huawei European Research Institute.
Director of Huawei Europe Standardization & Industry Dept. He joined Huawei in 1995, served as Project Manager of Huawei B-Type Circuit Switching product, Vice General Manager of Product Testing Department, Vice General Manager of General Technical Management Office, Director of Standardization & Industry Dept, etc. Currently served as the Vice President of European Research Institute and also the Director of Europe Standardization & Industry Development Dept, responsible for implementing standard and industry strategy for European regions.
Also served as IIC Steering Committee member China Electronics Standardization association（CESA ）Vice Chair of Board of Director, CCSA board member, etc., for the aim of building nice communication channels with external organizations, partners and customers in the multi-level standardization and industry development environment.

Networld Europe is organizing two events in Lisbon during the week of 22-25th November 2021
2021-11-22 09:00 - 2021-11-25 16:30
The Visions for Future Communications Summit
(https://futurecomresearch.eu/) will be organized on the 24th and 25th of November, presenting multiple ideas for future research in Europe.
This event will official launch the start of the new version of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, the technical blueprint for the key challenges to be developed in research in the upcoming years.

International Symposium on 6G Networking, 22-23 November 2021
This event is preceded by a different initiative, International Symposium on 6G Networking (http://6g-net.org/), jointly organized with the Mosa!C-Lab, on reflection about the current status of networking, and its impact for the development of the future networking approaches to 6G, where our Internet of today becomes meshed with our infrastructure for mobile communications.

Webinar on 5G for Health and Wellbeing, 27 October 2021
2021-10-27 09:30 - 12:30
Rationale and objectives
Our continuously ageing societies face a major transformative challenge on handling the Chronic Diseases and Doctors’ Low Density. Moreover, new types of diseases, and even the changes in profiles in the types of diseases and care required require a new set of solutions, as healthcare systems get under pressure for handling more patients with lower costs. Communication technologies is an essential element for developing efficient healthcare system for this new age.
It is important that we collect experiences on what is already possible, and what is needed for the future, both for identifying areas where it is required deeper interchange with the health and wellbeing sectors, and for identifying areas where communication technologies need to evolve to provide economically viable solutions to this vertical. In this context Networld Europe jointly with CCSA, organized a webinar, aiming to provide deeper understanding on the present and future needs and requirements of the Health and Wellbeing sectors, sharing the valuable experiences and practices of Europe and China.

See the Event report here
Closing Words: Jyrki Huusko, Xinsheng NAN Video
More information about moderators and speakers here

NetworldEurope SME WG and European DIGITAL SME Alliance, 1st joint workshop 16 Sep 2021, full video available
2021-09-16 10:00 - 13:00
On September 16, the NetworldEurope SME Working Group and the European DIGITAL SME Alliance organised their first joint online workshop, focusing on 5G, Edge Computing and IoT -Security requirements for robust solutions. The workshop was very well attended with about 130 participants, 30% more than the average participation in a DIGITAL SME webinar. Several SME WG members presented results from projects and research they are currently performing in their SME.
The final agenda as well as the full video of the workshop is available at https://www.digitalsme.eu/blog/events/workshop-on-5g-edge-computing-and-iot/.
For more information on the SME WG please refer to https://www.networldeurope.eu/sme-wg/.

A joint European Digital SME Alliance – NetworldEurope SME WG Workshop on 5G, Edge Computing and IoT, 16 September 2021
2021-09-16 10:00 - 13:00
On Thursday, September 16, from 10.00 to 13.00 CET, the European DIGITAL SME Alliance and the NetworldEurope SME Working Group invite you to their first joint online workshop on 5G, Edge Computing and IoT. The workshop will discuss issues related to opportunities and challenges of market access and uptake of SME solutions. It will also discuss security-related issues in 5G, IoT, Edge computing, Machine Learning, Quantum computing and other enabling technologies, with focus on cybersecurity standards and certification. Participation is free of charge.
See the draft agenda here
The final agenda as well as more information on how to join will be sent out in due time. In the meantime, reserve the slot in your agenda.

Webinar on “Enabling Technologies and Requirements for Future Rail Transport Vertical”, 14 July 2021
2021-07-14 09:30 - 13:00
NetworldEurope Webinar Series
Webinar on “Enabling Technologies and Requirements for Future Rail Transport Vertical”
14 July, 2021 (Wednesday) 09:30-12:40 Central European Summer Time

Rationale and objectives
Across the world, rail transport is undergoing something of a renaissance, with demand propelled by a number of converging trends. Digital evolution, climate change, increasing demand, rapid urbanization etc etc. These mega-trends all have major implications for the future shape of rail, pulling it in new directions. One essential trend is digital transformation that is visibly marked by the emergence of the concept Railway 4.0 and Digital Railway.
Given that the rail industry has its own specific requirements for optimally customized service delivery, the ICT technologies, such as 5G/B5G/6G communication systems will need to provide tailor-made solutions for future rail against the “one size fits all anywhere, anytime” approach of current systems. Therefore, it is of importance to provide a platform where both the rail and the communications industries can meet and converge.
The aim of this webinar is to take a first steps in this direction by bringing together experts from both sectors together. They will discuss paradigm shift and roadmaps towards new approaches, future communication, and related technologies such as AI and Cloud as enablers of a rail industry that is ready to meet tomorrow’s expectations and challenges, including sustainability and full digitalization of the rail transport sector. All Welcome!
Chairs
Prof. Maziar Nekovee, Co-Chair NetworldEurope, WG Enabling Technologies for Future Vertical Ecosystem Transformation, University of Sussex, UK
Prof. Zhangdui Zhong, NetworldEurope, WG Enabling Technologies for Future Vertical Ecosystem Transformation (lead on Rail Vertical), Chair of Wireless Silk Road Initiative, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Steering Committee
Rui L Aguiar, Chair of Steering Board, NetworldEurope
Bo Ai, Dean of School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Deputy Managing Director of State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety
Armando Carrillo Zanuy, Secretary General of EUropean rail Research Network of Excellence (EURNEX)
Ke Guan NetworldEurope, Working Group Enabling Technologies for Future Vertical Ecosystem Transformation, Deputy Director of Key Laboratory of Railway Industry of Broadband Mobile Information, Beijing Jiaotong University
Speakers

Armando Carrillo Zanuy, Secretary General of European rail Research Network of Excellence (EURNEX)
Xinhui Wang, Head of Standards and Industrial Relations, Vice President of ZTE Corporation
Daijun Zhang, General Manager of Samsung Research China – Beijing
Aitor Arriola (Coordinator of Safe4RAIL-2 project), Ikerlan, Spain
Jyrki Huskuo, Co-Chair of NetworldEurope Expert Group
Markus Rupp (IEEE Fellow), Dean of Institute of Communications, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
Bo Ai, Dean of School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Deputy Managing Director of State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University
Zhengrong Lai, Chief Scientist of Guangdong Communications & Networks Institute (GCNI)

See the video recording here

Programme

IEEE International Conference on Communications, 14-23 June 2021
2021-06-21 10:30 - 12:30
Jacques Magen, SME WG Chair of NetworldEurope will be a panelist for the B1: TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS on Monday 21 June – 10:50-12:10 UTC-4 chaired by Pierre Boucher, General Manager Innovation ENCQOR, Canada.
IEEE ICC 2021 was originally planned be hosted as a f-2-f conference from June 14 to June 18, 2021 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the state-of-the-art Convention Centre “The Palais des congrès de Montréal”.
However, the health and safety of the conference participants is our first priority. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation and travel restrictions, IEEE ICC 2021 is to be held as a VIRTUAL Conference. Due to the richness and the quality of the Conference Program, the conference will held in 8 days instead of 5 days, it starts on June 14, 2021 and ends on June 23, 2021.

Joint webinar ETSI and NetworldEurope, 18 May 2021 at 13:00 CEST
2021-05-18 13:00 - 16:00
In the context of the cooperation between ETSI and NetworldEurope, we are announcing an online webinar examining how to “Accelerate the adoption of European Research and Standards”.
The aim of the webinar is to describe the close links between “research ideas” and “standardization value”. The two activities are intrinsically linked, and the enhanced collaboration between regulation, research and standards will make the transfer of research ideas into standards both faster and more impactful.
The ETSI hosted webinar will take place online on Tuesday 18th May 2021 at 13:00 CEST and will include presentations by:

Rui L. Aguiar, NetworldEurope, Instituto de Telecomunicações.
Markus Mueck, ETSI RISE Chair, and Intel.
David Boswarthick, ETSI Director of New Technologies.

The webinar will conclude with a highly interactive session for your questions to the speakers.
The event is open to all free of charge and may be viewed both live-online and consulted after the event.
The target audience includes all Researchers and Innovators working on ICT ideas inside companies, academic institutes, public and private research labs, with particular attention to academic researchers who are, or wish to be involved in EU research projects under Horizon Europe and other research funding platforms.
The topics to be covered will include:

Examining the joint mapping activity between NetworldEurope SRIA (Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda) and ETSI Technical work areas.
Updated of the latest developments for NetworldEurope and the SRIA
Introduction on how researchers may get involved in standards, and the various tools available to them in ETSI to help them engage
Insights to the ICT community on future upcoming technology directions that will impact standards the in coming years
Why ETSI is the best landing zone for implementing future technology directions
How ETSI is engaging in several of the technology directions identified by NetworldEurope

Workshop on Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
2021-02-03 09:30 - 2021-02-04 12:30
3rd and 4th February – 9h30-12h30 CET – Workshop on Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), where, on the 3rd February we will present system aspects, and on the 4th we will discuss ideas on specific technologies. The SRIA is one of the essential documents structuring the upcoming workprogram, and the workshop will present some preliminary ideas on how these R&D items will be considered in the upcoming workprogram.
For further information and registration, see webpage

Workshop on 5G for Smart Manufacturing
2021-01-28 09:30 - 12:30
28th January – 9h30-12h30 CET – Workshop on 5G for Smart Manufacturing, which will have speakers from different industry associations (organized with contributions from ETSI, CCSA, 5G-ACIA, 5GDNA) and several use cases coming from Europe and China. We will further discuss how Networld2020 is addressing future challenges in this field.
Further information here

5G Italy - The Global Meeting in Rome 2020
2020-12-01 - 2020-12-03
The usual appointment with “5G Italy” is back again, this year with a fully virtual, free event. “5G Italy” is the international Conference promoted by the Italian National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications – CNIT (Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni), a consortium made up of 37 public universities, with +1,300 professors and researchers and employing additional +100 technicians and researches. More information here ->

ETSI virtual conference on Boosting the Impact of Research & Innovation through Standardization
2020-11-24 - 2020-11-25
Standardized commercial products and services substantially contribute to the overall global economy and quality of life of citizens around the world.
Join ETSI and TelecomTV for a two-day virtual conference focused on the Research Innovation Standards Ecosystem and Research Opportunities in Standards.
The virtual event will take place on 24 and 25 November, and each of the two days will comprise multiple sessions, including presentations and panel discussions followed by LIVE Q&A sessions where you’ll be able to interact and ask your questions to the experts.
Speakers will come from the most significant actors involved in the ICT research, innovation and standards ecosystem. The discussion will also examine the evolution of research and standards as we move from 5G deployments and will address innovative research for new technologies and use cases to be used in the 6G era.
You will have the opportunity to hear experts from the European Commission, 5G-IA, NGMN, 3GPP, Networld2020, renowned universities, Horizon project leaders, ETSI technical groups and many more.
Some of the topics will cover the status of EU research, future research plans and programs, 3GPP status, research roadmaps and agendas, the research and innovation landscape as we move towards B5G and 6G, ETSI’s research offering and tools for researchers to name a few.
Of particular interest will be the ‘technical deep dive’ examining 3 research projects (THz, Security, AI) with the corresponding ETSI standards groups and discussing what can be done to practically welcome the research results into ETSI standards groups.

NetWorld2020 General Assembly, 16 November 2020
2020-11-16 09:30 - 13:00
The upcoming Networld2020 General Assembly will take place 16th November 2020 as a virtual meeting. The agenda includes a presentation from EC and another from the 5G IA, besides a short presentation on the SRIA we developed inside Networld2020. We hope to provide a preview of what we can expect for the next years in terms of R&D in our area inside Horizon Europe. In the final session, we will present some of the challenges we will be facing in the next months, and to which we will need to find proper responses, including “updating” our name, an issue that will be put to vote.
This event is open to all NetWorld2020 members. All participants have to register in advance. The registration link has been sent to all members.

Webinar: Driving innovation in healthcare with 5G and Smart Networks
2020-10-22 10:00 - 12:00
5G-IA and NetWorld2020 are co-hosting a webinar:
Driving innovation in healthcare with 5G and Smart Networks, Thursday 22 October 2020, 10-12:00 CEST/9-11:00 BST.
5G-IA and NetWorld2020 are hosting a webinar on 22.10.2020 to help define short and mid-term priorities for the adoption of 5G and smart networks in healthcare. Senior medical professionals and experts from the telecommunications industry are coming together in a constructive dialogue to discuss on-going trials and pilots in healthcare using 5G technologies.
Senior medical professionals and experts from the telecommunications industry are coming together in a constructive dialogue to discuss on-going trials and pilots in healthcare using 5G technologies.
Panellists
Prof. Dr Med. Christoph Thuemmler, Clinician at Helios Klinikum Leipzig & 5G Health Association
Dr Med. Sabina Magalini, Senior Surgeon, Gemelli University Hospital
Dr Priyantha Jayawardane, Deputy Director, Digital Innovation Unit – NHS Midlands and Lancashire
Ju Liu, Huawei
Donal Morris, CEO, RedZinc
Prof. Maziar Nekovee, University of Sussex and Vice-Chair of NetWorld2020 ETP
Hosts
Prof. Maziar Nekovee, University of Sussex and Vice-Chair of NetWorld2020 ETP
Dr Raffaele De Peppe, TIM and Chair of the 5G-IA Verticals Task Force
Stephanie Parker, Trust-IT and FULL5G

Webinar: 5G for Healthcare, Social Care and Public Safety, Jointly Organised by NetWorld 2020 ETP
2020-07-15 09:30 - 11:00
Connected health comes with a variety of use cases bringing a wide range of improvements for patients, doctors and care givers, with significant impacts for society. Collectively, these use cases could hush in new business opportunities, new jobs and more cost-effective health and care services. The floor is open to specialists in the sector and the telecommunication industry willing to take up the challenges.
This webinar, which jointly organized by Network 2020’s as part of our newly established “New Technologies for New Verticals Working Group“ on 15 July at 09:30 CEST-11:00 CEST (08:30-10:00 BST) is going the first in an upcoming series of webinars and larger workshops on how 5G and beyond-5G can support and also engage with the digitisation of healthcare and other emerging verticals, also with a long term view beyond 5G and how we can work together and develop a strategic dialogue to understand future requirements, technologies and roadmaps beyond-5G in the context of “future Verticals”.
Watch this space for future announcements and events!!

6G Wireless Summit, 17-20 March 2020 in Levi, Finland
2020-03-17 08:00 - 2020-03-20 17:00 | Levi Summit Conference and Exhibition Centre, Hissitie 8, Sirkka, 99130, Finland
Welcome to the leading conference defining the global 6G research vision – 6G Wireless Summit – which will be organized in Levi, Finland for the second time in March 17-20, 2020 (www.6gsummit.com).
6G Wireless Summit 2020 will feature keynotes, invited talks, tutorials, technical sessions, special sessions, posters, panels and demonstrations by leading academics and stakeholders in industry, operators and the public sector. The call for papers is open until December 20, 2019.
The global event will continue the success of the first 6G Wireless Summit held in March 2019. The event organized by the 6G Flagship research program launched the process of identifying the key drivers, research requirements, challenges and essential research questions towards 6G. Views and ideas that experts shared at the first 6G Wireless Summit were published in world’s first 6G White Paper in September 2019 with a focus on ubiquitous wireless intelligence. A new release of the 6G White Paper will be published as a major outcome of the 6G Wireless Summit 2020. The open call for contributors to notify their interest in joining the writing the white paper is open until December 13.
