The Steering Board is the governing body of the NetworldEurope ETP. It is elected by the General Assembly for a period of two calendar years. The Steering Board is composed 23 member organisations from below listed Stakeholder Groups. In addition, there are 5 observers (without voting rights):
- 12 Industry Representatives
- 6 Research Domain Representatives
- 5 SME Representatives
- 3 invited Observers: ETSI, NGMN, Photonics21 (for the current period 2023-24)
- 1 permanent observer from the European Commission
- 1 permanent observer from the European Space Agency (ESA)
Steering Board 2025-2026
The SB members have elected the following Chair and Vice-Chairs for the period 2025-26:
- Rui Luis Andrade Aguiar, Instituto de Telecomunicações (Chair)
- Egon Schulz, Huawei Technologies Düsseldorf GmbH (Vice-Chair)
- Nicola Ciulli, Nextworks (Vice-Chair)
- Raffaele de Peppe, Telecom Italia (Vice-Chair)
Industry
- Adtran Networks SE
- Deutsche Telekom
- Ericsson AB
- Huawei Technologies Düsseldorf GmbH
- Intracom S. A. Telecom Solutions
- NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
- Netaş Telecommunication A.S.
- Nokia
- Orange
- Telecom Italia
- Telenor ASA
- Thales
Research
- Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
- Instituto de Telecomunicações
- University of Cantabria
- University of Dublin, Trinity College
- University of Sannio
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
SME
- Cucucore
- Gigasys Solutions
- Nextworks
- Quobis Networks SL
- Research for Science Art & Technology (RFSAT) Limited
