Workshop: Non-Terrestrial Networks, 19 September 2025, 09:00-12:30 CEST
Workshop: Non-Terrestrial Networks
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Rationale and Objectives
The Workshop “Non-Terrestrial Networks” will take place on the morning of the 19th September 2025, organized by NetworldEurope and CCSA. The hybrid event will have 2 components, one onsite in Shanghai and the other online, with the respective zoom link available upon registration. The workshop aims to provide an open information space to share current and future views about the Non-Terrestrial Networks, 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 Non-Terrestrial Networks.
The workshop will feature key speakers from industry and academia, representing the views of manufacturers, operators, industry bodies, and research scientists.
The agenda is as follows:
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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.
Mohamed El Jaafari is a radio access network specialist engineer with 25+ years of experience in cellular communications including 5G NR, eUTRAN, GERAN, and Cellular IoT. He received the Engineer degree in telecommunications from EMI in 1999. He is an expert in radio access network design, RF Planning, Radio Network Optimization, and Radio Access Network System dimensioning with large multi-vendor experience. He currently conducts extensive research work on 5G NR NTN and IoT NTN. He joined the R&D department of the Telecommunication Business Line of Thales Alenia Space in 2020. He is the lead representative of Thales in 3GPP RAN1 working group where he is a feature lead for the 3GPP work item on satellite integration in 5G. Currently, he is defining and developing solutions for 5G NR to support non-terrestrial networks. He is active in national and international research projects on wireless and satellite communication systems in several European Space Agency and European Commission funded projects. His research interests include 3GPP wireless communication systems, Satellite Communications and their integration in 5G and future 6G Networks. He has recently led the drafting of a special edition on non-terrestrial network standard, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sat.1472 and authored a book on 5G NTN which provides a comprehensive and detailed description of the non-terrestrial component in the 5G ecosystem.
Lu, Ben PhD in Electronic Engineering, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Engineer of Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co., Ltd.
He led the design of the world’s first MIMO-OFDM prototype system and the world’s first digital-analog hybrid GSM/EDGE mobile phone chip with a shipment volume exceeding 1.2 billion units.
He served as the chief technical director for the development and deployment of China’s first specialized broadband communication system. Currently, he is a member of the Expert Group in the Field of Intelligent Technology under the Science and Technology Commission, a Shanghai Technology Leader, and a Leading Talent of Changning District. He is also a part-time professor and researcher at ShanghaiTech University and Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology.
Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli received the Dr. Ing. degree in Electronics Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Computer Science from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1991 and 1996, respectively, where he is currently a Full Professor. Since 2022, he has also been a Senior Scientist at ETH Zurich. In 2003 and 2005, he was a Visiting Scientist at Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego, CA, USA. He participates in national and international research projects on wireless and satellite communication systems and has served as Project Coordinator and Scientific Responsible for several European Space Agency and European Commission-funded projects, including the ongoing 6G-NTN project. He has led the Vision and Research Strategy task force of the NetworldEurope SatCom Working Group and he is currently a member of the Steering Board of the European Space Agency NTN Forum. Dr. Vanelli-Coralli serves as the University delegate to ETSI, 3GPP, and 6G-IA and has served on the organizing committees of scientific conferences. He has received several Best Paper Awards and is the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Satellite Communications Technical Recognition Award.
Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, Ph.D.
Professor – University of Bologna
Senior Scientist – ETH Zurich
Gaohui Tian Director of the Forward-looking Lab, Geespace, Senior Engineer.
He previously worked at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), with long-term dedication to commercial aerospace, satellite IoT communications, satellite internet, and related fields. He possesses extensive industry expertise and management experience. Currently, he is responsible for leading the development of standards for Geespace’s low-earth orbit satellite constellation, managing frequency and orbit resources, and expanding commercial aerospace applications. He is committed to promoting the application of satellite communications in enabling smart mobility, IoT, and digital economy for sustainable development.
Oriol Vidal, PhD (M) is currently E2E system & 5G/6G NTN Unified roadmap owner in the Telecom and Navigation engineering department in Airbus Defence and Space. With more than 15 years in Airbus as an E2E telecom system engineer, he has been involved in many 5G/6G internal and institutional R&D/T projects, he has taken roles in prospective and business development teams, engineering support on commercial bids and he is currently in charge of supporting and coordinating the Telecom E2E system and 5G/6G NTN roadmap/strategy towards next generation integrated TN-NTN connectivity solutions.
LIU SHUO, master of science, work in China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Institute of Technology and Standards, Beijing, China. He is the vice Chair of ST9 WG4 in CCSA, the Editor of a series of Satellite IMT-2020/IMT-2030 standards in ITU-R, and the Rapporteur of A-BDS standards in 3GPP. His research interests are wireless communication technology standards, satellite communication technology standards and Beidou positioning and navigation technology standards.
Tomaso de Cola received the ”Laurea” degree (with honors) in telecommunication engineering, in 2001, the Qualification degree as a Professional Engineer in 2002, and the Ph. D. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Robotics, and Telecommunications in 2010 from the University of Genoa, Italy. Since 2008, he has been with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), where he has been involved in different European Projects focusing on various aspects of DVB standards, CCSDS protocols, and testbed design. He is a co-author of more than 100 papers, including international conferences and journals. He was the chair of the Satellite and Space Communications (SSC) technical committee within ComSoc and of the SatCom working group within the ETP NetworldEurope platform. Currently he serves as area director of the Space-Internetworking Services (SIS) within the CCSDS standardization body. He has been involved in many editorial initiatives in IEEE journals and magazine as guest and associate editor.
Dr. Hou Liming, who holds a Ph.D. in Electronics and Engineering, is a Senior Engineer. He primarily focuses on research in 3GPP NTN, satellite communications, and 6G space-terrestrial integrated air interface technologies. Additionally, he serves as a co-rapporteur for the ITU-R WP4B research project, which focuses on satellite-specific IMT-2030 air interface technical standards.
Shaobo Qi
Senior Engineer, Senior System Architect at Galaxy Space
Mr. Qi is a senior engineer and senior system architect at Galaxy Space, where he leads the overall design of constellation network systems. He directed the research and development of communication and constellation resource scheduling protocols for Lingxi-03, China’s first flat-panel phased-array satellite. He also served as chief architect for the nation’s first LEO experimental constellation, “Little Spider-Net”, and led the design and development of its Constellation Resource Management System—the first core platform in China dedicated to LEO constellation networking operations and application services.
With over 50 invention patents granted or pending, Mr. Qi has published extensively in leading international journals and presented at major global conferences. His work has significantly advanced China’s capabilities in next-generation satellite communications and constellation resource management.
Mr. Xuemin Wang
Vice President of Huawei European Research Institute
Director of Huawei Europe Standardization & Industry Dept
Mr. Xuemin Wang, joined in 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.
