SNS ICE / GUIDE: Automotive, Transport & Logistics Solutions Webinar
2024-11-20 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Online Event, WEBINAR
Outline:
The EU has set forth a clear and ambitious action plan to enable Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) across Europe and especially across the designated Pan-European Transport Corridors, with 5G and B5G/6G technologies acting as the main connectivity technology. To enable this plan, a comprehensive roadmap of Research and Innovation (R&I) and Deployment activities has been set forth and is being implemented over the past few years. Starting from research projects enabled by 5G PPP, focusing on European Cross-Border Corridors, which also led to significant deployment efforts across Europe funded by the CEF programme, the same effort is now extended to investigate the potential and advantages that B5G and 6G technologies may offer to CAM, via the SNS JU programme, as newly funded projects are addressing the latest CAM challenges using B5G/6G.
This webinar will focus on presenting the currently ongoing CAM-related activities from the SNS JU projects and the CEF programme (via the GUIDE project), as well as to offer the perspective and priorities of key automotive stakeholders. Experts from the SNS JU, CEF, 5GAA and Ertico will share their views and discuss today’s mobility challenges and how the new smart networks and services may help address them. The SNS JU projects will offer insights regarding their ongoing work (what solutions they are working on, key challenges, insights, results from tests/trials, etc.) and discuss the roadmap to the deployment of such solutions (via CEF) and their applicability to the real world.
The overall goal of this webinar is to spread awareness of the work carried out within the SNS JU projects and CEF initiative, to exchange ideas with external CAM experts and to explore synergies with automotive and mobility experts around the world.
We look forward to seeing you there.

RECORDING AVAILABLE
Agenda:

Project / AssociationSectorPresenter

IntroIntroductionKostas Trichias6G IA, SNS ICE

1.ERTICORoadCoen BresserERTICO

2.GUIDE / SDARoad&RailLaura Sanz Diazi2CAT, GUIDE

3.ENVELOPERoadKonstantinos V. KatsarosICCS

4.TARGET-XRoadJad Nasreddinei2CAT

5.TrialsNetTransport/LogisticsNina Slamnik-Krijestorac IMEC / Univ. of Antwerpen

6.6G-DISACRoadGuillaume JornodBosch

DiscussionQ&APierre-Yves DanetSNS-ICE, GUIDE,

InfoCEF Digital Call 4 InfoAllDavid KennedyGUIDE

15:30Close of Webinar

6G Evolution Summit, 3&4 December 2024 (Free Virtual Event)
2024-12-03 - 2024-12-04
6G Evolution Summit that will take place on December 3-4, 2024 as a Free Virtual Event.
Event Agenda
This conference agenda spans four sessions focusing on the development, technical challenges, and sustainability goals associated with 6G technology.
Full agenda: https://www.fierce-network.com/fiercenetworkcom/6g-evolution-summit-2024
Session 1 on December 3, titled “Defining the 6G Future,” explores upcoming use cases, current progress, and the ecosystem needed for 6G, focusing on applications like digital sensing and the tactile internet. Keynote speaker Colin Wilcock of 6G IA will open, followed by a fireside chat with David Soldani from Rakuten and a panel moderated by Stefan Pongratz from Dell’Oro.
Session 2 addresses “5G Advanced,” the bridge between 5G and 6G, emphasizing how 5G Advanced use cases lay the groundwork for 6G development. Preston Marshall of Google will deliver the keynote, and a panel discussion led by Sylwia Kechiche from OpenSignal will include experts like Professor Monisha Ghosh of SpectrumX.
Session 3 on December 4, titled “Navigating the THz Spectrum with AI/ML,” examines the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in overcoming THz spectrum challenges essential for 6G. Andreas Roessler from Rohde & Schwarz will present a keynote, and Monica Paolini of Senza Fili will moderate a panel with Scott Patrick from NTIA.
Session 4 explores “Delivering on Sustainability Objectives with 6G Connectivity,” where experts will discuss how 6G can support environmentally sustainable networks through AI-driven efficiency and resource management. Matti Latva-aho from the University of Oulu will lead a fireside chat, with a panel including Venkatesh Ramaswamy from The MITRE Corporation.
The event offers a comprehensive look into how 6G technologies could redefine connectivity, bridging the present with a more sustainable, high-speed future.

About 6G Evolution Summit

When Fierce Network first launched the 6G Evolution Summit back in 2022, there was a slight sense that it was too soon to be talking about this next generation of connectivity before 5G had even taken off. But two years on and we have seen the increased momentum and excitement around the 6G industry which is currently on track to reach a tremendous value of $46.20 billion by 2033. And with the first specifications of 6G detailed in 3GPP’s Release 19 as early as next year, it’s time for communication service providers (CSPs) to reflect on what progress has been made so far and what needs to be done to foster in the new connectivity ecosystem. Join Fierce Network’s 6G Evolution Summit where we will invite industry leaders to discuss the latest topics and developments in the 6G discussion.

5th IEEE International Symposium on Joint Communications & Sensing
2025-01-28 - 2025-01-30
January 28 – 30, 2025
In Finland & Streaming Worldwide
More information: https://jcns-symposium.org/
The integration of communication and radio sensing in the same spectrum is likely to be one of the key features in B5G wireless systems. A joint design of both services will improve the efficiency of spectrum usage, and will offer the opportunity of providing radar as a service, just like communications today. Recent advances in mmWave communications, massive MIMO and machine learning, among others, are making this vision possible, but many technical challenges still remain, from hardware up to the application layer. Therefore, Joint Communications and Sensing (JC&S) is the subject of rapidly growing interest in the research community, and this symposium will focus on the different system and implementation aspects of this promising new approach, bringing together academic and industrial experts from both the radar and communications research communities.
We look forward to welcoming you in Finland in 2025. For those unable to attend, all sessions will also be streamed online and recordings will be available after the event.

Call for Tutorials

Download the Call for Tutorials here.
Deadline: October 1, 2024

Call for Papers

Download the Call for Papers here.
EDAS will be opened soon.

Deadlines

Paper Submission: September 13, 2024
Acceptance Notification: Mid of November, 2024
Final Paper: To be announced
Video Submission: * To be announced

All accepted and presented publications will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.
* For remote presentations only.

Horizon Implementation Day: Finding opportunities and submitting a proposal in Horizon Europe
2025-03-13 09:30 - 12:30
The European Commission is organising the online event “Horizon Implementation Day: Finding Opportunities and Submitting a Proposal in Horizon Europe” on 13 March 2025. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of Horizon Europe, including searching for calls, finding partners, and understanding the proposal submission and evaluation process.
Draft Agenda

09:30 – Welcome and Agenda
09:45 – General overview on Horizon Europe
10:25 – Q&A session
10:30 – Searching for calls and partners in the Funding & Tenders Portal
11:25 – Q&A session
11:30 – Submission and Evaluation of proposals: proposal template, basic principles, evaluation criteria
12:15 – Q&A session
12:30 – End of the meeting

Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Agreement Preparation in Horizon Europe
2025-03-20 09:30 - 12:45
The European Commission is organising the online event “Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Agreement Preparation in Horizon Europe” on 20 March 2025. This session will guide participants through the GAP process, including legal validation, financial assessment, project description, and key legal and financial aspects.
Draft Agenda

09:30 – Welcome and Agenda
09:40 – Overview of the GAP process
10:15 – Q&A session
10:20 – REA Central Validation Service: legal validation and financial capacity assessment
10:55 – Q&A session
11:00 – Scientific/Technical description of the project: Description of Action
11:55 – Q&A session
12:00 – Legal and Financial aspects, avoiding common errors
12:40 – Q&A session
12:45 – End of the meeting

3GPP standards and SNS-JU impact Webinar
2025-03-27 14:00 - 16:00
3GPP standards and SNS-JU impact: Best Practices and Success Stories
When: Thursday 27th March at 14:00 CET
Introduction
Standardization is of key importance in the impact and exploitation plans of European projects. In this context, 3GPP is one of the most important standards bodies to impact by SNS-JU projects’ outcomes.
In this webinar, we will present an overview of 3GPP standardization and the current status of its activities. We will also provide best practices for translating research outcomes into impactful standards contributions and discuss success stories from SNS projects.
Why Attend?

Understand 3GPP, the importance of standards and how to participate.
Gain exclusive insights from experienced project leaders and leading experts in 3GPP standards.
Learn best practices to increase the standardization impact of research projects.

Agenda
14:00 – 14:15: “European/SNS-JU view on the importance of standards” – Agustin Diaz-Pines (European Commission)
14:15 – 14:45: “3GPP presentation and update” – Jose Luis Almodovar Chico (3GPP SA1 chair)
14:45 – 15:30: “Best practices and success stories”

Mikko Uusitalo (Hexa-X-II Flagship project) – Nokia
Daniel Lönnblad (SA1 delegate) – Ericsson
Devaki Chandramouli (SA2 delegate) – Nokia

15:30 – 16:00: Round table on “Best practices and success stories”

Recording:

Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Management in Horizon Europe
2025-04-03 09:30 - 12:30
The European Commission is organising the online event “Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Management in Horizon Europe” on 3 April 2025. This session will cover key aspects of amendments, reporting, payments, and fraud prevention.
Draft Agenda

09:30 – Welcome and Agenda
09:40 – AMENDMENTS, the Legal Basis

10:00 – AMENDMENTS, the Business Process and IT Tool

10:30 – Q&A session: Amendments

11:00 – REPORTING AND PAYMENTS, the Legal Basis. Avoiding common errors

11:30 – REPORTING AND PAYMENTS, the Business Process and IT Tool

12:00 – Q&A session: Reporting and Payments

12:30 – Fraud prevention, detection and corrections

12:15 – Q&A session: Fraud prevention, detection and corrections

12:30 – End of the meeting

Test and Measurement Forum
2025-04-29 14:00 - 16:00
The Free Virtual Event, Test and Measurement Forum – A new era of testing for next-gen networks: AI, 5G Advanced, Open RAN & NTNs will take place on 29 April.
6G-IA Executive Director, Alexandros Kaloxylos, will be among the speakers.
Agenda and additional information are available here.
“As the demands on the telco network continue to grow, with new services and devices to support, increased data throughput and traffic, it’s vital that networks are optimized to deliver on QoS and QoE.
Join RCR Wireless News’ Test and Measurement Forum on 29 April to discuss the challenges and pressures of fast network validation and deployment, and the latest innovation in testing next- gen networks – from lab and manufacturing testing, to field testing and service assurance.”
Registration is available here.

16th ITS European Congress in Seville, Spain - 19 to 21 May 2025
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-21 | Seville, Spain, Seville, Spain
Welcome to the 16th ITS European Congress in Seville

The flagship 2025 event for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Europe, uniting experts from mobility, technology, and policy to advance key European mobility and sustainability initiatives. The 16th ITS European Congress, to be hosted in Seville, Spain, from 19 to 21 May 2025. The event is set to be Europe’s key platform for intelligent and sustainable mobility in 2025. Organised by ERTICO – ITS Europe and hosted with national and regional Spanish authorities, the Congress will bring together 3,500+ experts, innovators, and decision-makers.
With the theme of ‘Clean, resilient and connected mobility’, the ITS European Congress will demonstrate how digitalisation and sustainability go hand in hand. ITS will be crucial in shaping the mobility services of the future. By advancing the digital, connected, and automated aspects of transport, ITS can help meet the challenges of reducing emissions, strengthening the overall transport system, and aligning with societal needs and expectations.
At its core, the Technical Programme offers over 100 expert-led sessions exploring new ideas and breakthrough solutions. Alongside, the High-Level Programme features senior leaders from the European Commission, ESA, Spanish and Finnish Transport Ministries, and others shaping Europe’s transport future. Attendees can also explore an exhibition of 100+ exhibitors, live demos, and technical visits showcasing Seville’s smart mobility in action. Spanish innovation takes centre stage with a national pavilion led by ICEX and over 20 pioneering companies. The vibrant social programme includes the iconic ITS Dinner at the Casino de la Exposición – an unforgettable night of culture, connection, and celebration.
Don’t miss out – Early Bird registration is open until 18 April
Programme of the event is available here.
Registration is available here.

PSCE 2025 Spring Conference on 21-22 May 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden
2025-05-21 - 2025-05-22
We are pleased to announce that the next PSCE Conference will be held on 21-22 May 2025 in Gothenburg (Sweden).
Call to SNS Projects
During the Conference, we are welcoming SNS JU projects that are developing PPDR-relevant solutions. More specifically, we offer two formats:

A poster session (a poster area for the two days of the event + a 5-minute pitch at the start of the conference).

TARGET: projects addressing the PPDR vertical

A 20-minute presentation as part of the Conference agenda.

TARGET: Projects addressing specifically the topic of AI for Public Safety
For more information and to discuss your participation, you can reach out to: secretariat@psc-europe.eu
Event Topics:

Total Defence Concept
The Nordic Cross Border Communication Project
AI applications for Public Safety
6G4Society Workshop: “Beyond 5G technology for Public Safety: Bridging Innovation & Societal Values” (more detailed information will be provided soon)
European Critical Communication System (EUCCS) Updates

Detailed Information on the Conference and the registration form can be found at THIS LINK.

IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking - 26-29 May 2025 - Barcelona, Spain
2025-05-26 - 2025-05-29
After a very successful first edition, we kindly invite your original research paper submissions, tutorial proposals, special session proposals, demo proposals and industry panel proposals, to the second edition of IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking (IEEE ICMLCN 2025).
We are pleased to invite researchers, academics, and industry professionals to submit their latest work and proposals to the IEEE ICMLCN 2025. This prestigious conference will be held in the vibrant city of Barcelona, Spain, from May 26 to 29, 2025.
Important Dates:
Paper Submissions: 31 October 2024
Special Session Proposals: 31 October 2024
Demo Proposals: 13 December 2024
Tutorial Proposals: 13 December 2024
Industry Panel Proposals: 13 December 2024
Acceptance Notification: 31 January 2025
Camera-Ready: 14 February 2025
IEEE ICMLCN 2025 aims to unite leading experts in machine learning, communication, networking, and signal processing to discuss and promote cutting-edge innovations and applications. It provides a dynamic platform for the exchange of ideas, fostering collaboration between academia and industry.
For more information on call for papers and submission guidelines, please visit https://icmlcn2025.ieee-icmlcn.org/call-papers and https://icmlcn2025.ieee-icmlcn.org/information-authors.
For tutorial proposals, please visit https://icmlcn2025.ieee-icmlcn.org/call-tutorial-proposals.

For special session proposals, please visit https://icmlcn2025.ieee-icmlcn.org/call-papers/call-special-sessions.
The conference brings together researchers from the disciplines of Machine Learning (ML), Communication and Networking and Signal Processing, and aims at promoting fundamental and applied research of ML for designing and analyzing communication systems and networks, for developing communication protocols to support ML services, as well as for advancing distributed ML over communication networks. The conference targets any communication and networking area, such as, but not limited to, wireless, satellite, optical, or molecular communications, Internet, and WLAN. Topics of interest include:

ML and networking for intelligent transportation systems
ML and networking for smart grids
ML for signal processing in communication and networking
ML for the MAC layer
ML for the physical layer
ML for the transport layer
Communication-efficient distributed ML
Distributed ML over communication networks
Federated learning and communications
Learn to transmit and receive
Resource management and network optimization
Semantic communications and ML
Wireless communication to support ML services
Wireless networking to support ML services • ML and IoT
Large language models (LLMs) for communication and networking
ML and molecular networks
ML and optical networks
ML in Intelligent reflecting surfaces
ML and networking in smart cities
Decentralized transmission optimization for edge learning
Distributed multi-agent reinforcement learning
Edge learning in wireless networks
Experiments and testbeds
Integrated distributed optimization with edge learning
Integrated sensing and communication via ML
Network architectures and protocols for edge learning
Over-the-air computation for edge learning
Privacy and security issues with ML over networks
Trustworthiness in ML decisions

We look forward to meeting you in Barcelona next summer! _“The Organizing Committee”

More information: https://icmlcn2025.ieee-icmlcn.org/

EuCNC & 6G SUMMIT 2025 in Poznan, Poland - 3 to 6 June 2025
2025-06-03 - 2025-06-06
The 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on putting together two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC, in its 34th edition of a series, supported by the European Commission; the 6G Summit, in its 7h edition, originated from the 6G Flagship programme in Finland, one of the very first in its area. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) and the European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP) and supported by the European Commission. The conference addresses various aspects of Beyond 5G/6G communications systems and networks. It brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses, globally attracting in the last years close to 900 delegates from more than 40 countries all over the world, to present and discuss the latest results, and an exhibition with more than 50 exhibitors, for demonstrating the technology developed in the area, namely within research projects from EU R&I programmes.
The conference program will include:

Keynotes
Panels
Regular sessions (papers from open call, to be submitted for uploading to IEEE Xplore)
Special and Convened sessions, with papers on specific topics
Workshops, with papers and presentations on specific topics
Poster sessions (extended abstracts from open call addressing the latest results)
Tutorials
Demos and exhibitions, with pitches

Open Call info:

Papers in regular oral sessions (to be submitted for uploading to IEEE Xplore), https://eucnc.eu/call-for-papers;
Workshops, https://eucnc.eu/call-for-workshops;
Special Sessions, https://eucnc.eu/call-for-special-sessions;
Poster Sessions, https://eucnc.eu/call-for-posters;
Tutorials, https://eucnc.eu/call-for-tutorials;
Startups Award, https://www.eucnc.eu/authors/call-for-startups-award;
D. Thesis Award, https://www.eucnc.eu/authors/call-for-ph-d-thesis-award;
Demos and Exhibitions, https://eucnc.eu/call-for-exhibitors-demos;
SMEs Demos, https://www.eucnc.eu/patrons-exhibitors/call-for-smes-demos;
Universities Demos, https://www.eucnc.eu/patrons-exhibitors/call-for-universities-demos;
Poster Booths, https://www.eucnc.eu/patrons-exhibitors/call-for-poster-booth;
Pitches on coffee breaks, https://www.eucnc.eu/patrons-exhibitors/call-for-pitches.

Steering Committee Chairs
Luis M. Correia, IST – U. Lisbon, PT (Chair)
Pavlos Fournogerakis, SNS JU, BE (Vice-Chair)
Matti Latva-aho, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI (Vice-Chair)
Technical Programme Co-Chairs
Hanna Bogucka, PUT, PL
Pawel Kryszkiewicz, PUT, PL
Ari Pouttu, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Track Co-Chairs
PHY – Physical Layer and Fundamentals
Tony Quek, SUTD, SG
Eduard Jorswieck, TU Braunschweig, DE
Mikko Uusitalo, Nokia Bell Labs, FI
WOS – Wireless, Optical and Satellite Networks
Zheng Chang, UESTC, CN
Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, NTUA, GR
Eva Lagunas, U. Luxembourg, LU
NET – Network Softwarisation
Toktam Mahmoodi, KCL, UK
Sinem Coreli, Koc University, TR
Konstantin Mikhaylov, U. Oulu, FI
AIU – Applications, IoT, Use cases
Periklis Chatzimisios, IHU, GR- UNM, USA
Margot Deruyck, U. Ghent-IMEC, BE
Hirozumi Yamaguchi, U. Osaka, JP
OPE – Operational & Experimental Insights
Leon Wong, Rakuten Mobile, JP
Florian Kaltenberger, Eurecom, FR
Jerzy Domżał, AGH, PL
AI4C – AI/ML Solutions for Communications
Katarzyna Kosek-Szott, AGH, PL
Michele Polese, Northeastern University, USA
Haris Gačanin, RWTH Aachen, DE
SAQ – Security Aspects and Quantum Communications
Vishnu Ram, Consultant (ITU), IN
Piotr Rydlichowski, PSNC, PL
Marco Chiani, UNIBO, IT
CMA – Components, Microelectronics, Photonics & Antennas
Qin Wang, RISE, SE
Izzat Darwazeh, UCL, UK
Sudhir Dixit, IISc, IN
NVS – Next-Generation Visions & Sustainability
Marja Matinmikko-Blue, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Jaap van de Beek, LTU, SE
Volker Ziegler, Nokia Bell Labs, DE Panels Co-Chairs
Hamed Ahmadi, U. York, UK
Christina Lessi, OTE, GR
Special Sessions Co-Chairs
Alexander Wyglinski, WPI, USA
Xueli An, Huawei, DE
Sławomir Ambroziak, PG, PL
Workshops Co-Chairs
Ana García Armada, UC3M, ES
Salvatore D’Oro, Northeastern U., USA
Aydin Sezgin, RUB, DE
Tutorials Co-Chairs
Piotr Zwierzykowski, PUT, PL
Markku Juntti, U. Oulu, FI
Sławomir Stańczak, TU Berlin, DE
Patronage Co-Chairs
Krzysztof Cichoń, PUT, PL
Jordi Mongay Batalla, PW, PL
Slawomir Ambroziak, PG, PL
Esa Posio, U. Oulu, FI
Exhibitions Co-Chairs
Marcin Rodziewicz, PUT, PL
Michael Dieudonne, Keysight, BE
IEEE ComSoc Liaison
Stefano Bregni, POLIMI, IT
COST Liaison
Ralph Stübner, COST, BE
URSI Liaison
Sana Salous, Durham U., UK
EurAAP Liaison
Jose Molina Garcia Pardo, U. Cartagena, ES

Fourth International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Networking (GreenNet 2025)
2025-06-08 - 2025-06-12
Fourth International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Networking (GreenNet 2025)
In conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC) 2025, 8–12 June 2025 // Montreal, Canada
Energy efficiency and sustainability have become of paramount importance in all human activities, including the information and communication technology sector. The trade-off between availability, resiliency, programmability, and energy efficiency of networks and services is a key challenge for the next decade and monitoring methods and metrics for power consumption, energy efficiency, as well as sustainability are important, as well as benchmarking of solutions based on well-defined KPIs. For that reason, the goal of the GreenNet Workshop is to address emerging concepts and challenges related to energy efficiency and sustainability for networked services. An improved sustainability in all parts of the network in a time of increasing AI/ML usage, evolution of different novel network access technologies, the spreading of edge computing and micro-data centers and the demand in computational and data transport capacity across the edge-cloud continuum is essential.
See also: ICC 2025 Call for Workshop Paper, which includes author and submission guidelines.
Important Dates

Workshop Paper Submission Deadline: 25 January 2025
Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification: 28 February 2025
Camera Ready: 15 March 2025
Registration Due for Accepted Papers: tbd
GreenNet 2025 Workshop: 8 and/or 12 June 2025
ICC 2025 conference: 8–12 June 2025 // Montreal, Canada

Topics of Interest

Traffic modeling and prediction for performance and power representation

Analytical models of network, base station, and cloud power consumption
Accuracy and granularity of traffic prediction models

Network and device management and control mechanisms

Optimization of trade-offs between energy consumption, efficiency, availability, resilience, sustainability, and performance
APIs for power management interfaces
Timing, scheduling, and orchestration of sleep modes in various network parts
Decentralized energy management, e.g., using distributed ledger technologies

Usage of digital twins to improve future networks energy consumption and efficiency
Network measurements and simulations for sustainable and energy efficient future networks
Benchmarking of energy efficiency and sustainability solutions
Holistic views on networks, applications, or services from network access to data center
Emerging networking concepts and technologies to improve energy consumption/efficiency

Sensor and industrial automation networks
Energy efficiency in 5G and 6G and Quality of Information improvement
Low Power Wide Area Networks
Improvement for wireless and wired network access including cable access networks
Intelligent data pre-selection, data storage, or data aggregation approaches to avoid traffic overhead or unnecessary transmissions
Multi-technology network access and multi-path support over multiple wireless technologies for access traffic steering, switching, splitting (ATSS)
Mutual roles in energy saving of satellite, terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks
Distributed data processing with cloud, edge cloud, fog, or serverless computing
Energy-saving Internet protocols
Energy efficient Radio Access Networks (RANs) and O-RAN
Impact of Non-Terrestrial-Network regenerative mode on O-RAN energy efficiency
Delay tolerant networking
Power and relay reduction techniques for signal propagation in fiber
Application of quantum communication and computing to improve energy efficiency
Efficiency in data center and CDN operations
Intelligent spectrum usage and spectrum sharing
Energy efficient wireless optical communication

AI/ML techniques in the context of energy consumption and efficiency

For power and performance management in virtualized environments
For energy efficiency in slicing, fog/cloud MEC virtualization, self-x technologies, adaptation, automation, and zero-touch
To improve general energy efficiency and sustainability of networks and the AI/ML techniques themselves
Usage of AI/ML for sustainable and energy efficient network management
Techniques to reduce the energy consumed by the power hungry AI/ML and LLM training

Architectural solutions toward network sustainability

Use of renewable energy or energy harvesting by network infrastructure and devices with high energy consumption
Heterogeneous cell coverage (macro, micro, pico, femto) for energy efficiency improvements
Power-aware network slicing
Role of the edge to support energy sustainable infrastructure
Optimized placement of computational, communication, and cooling facilities

Role of software in reducing network energy consumption and carbon footprint

Using SDN/NFV concepts to improve network sustainability
Comparison of virtualized and bare metal solutions

Coping with the end of Moore’s law
Role of standardization including network energy efficiency and sustainability metrics
Consideration of carbon emissions or lifecycle of devices

Authors are invited to submit original contributions (written in English) in PDF format. Only original papers not published or submitted for publication elsewhere will be considered for the workshop. See also: ICC 2025 Call for Workshop Paper, which includes author and submission guidelines.
Organizing Committee:
Franco Davoli, University of Genoa and CNIT S2N National Lab, Italy
(franco.davoli@unige.it)
Hesham ElBakoury, Independent Consultant, Santa Clara, CA, USA
(helbakoury@gmail.com)
Timothy O’Farrell, University of Sheffield, UK (t.ofarrell@sheffield.ac.uk)
Tobias Ho§feld, University of WŸrzburg, Germany
(tobias.hossfeld@uni-wuerzburg.de)
Frank Loh, University of WŸrzburg, Germany (frank.loh@uni-wuerzburg.de)
Chiara Lombardo, University of Genoa and CNIT S2N National Lab, Italy
(chiara.lombardo@unige.it

IEEE - 6th Workshop on ‘‘Emerging Topics in 6G Communications’’
2025-12-08 - 2025-12-12
Workshop co-chairs
• Ruiqi (Richie) Liu – ZTE Corporation, China
• Nizar Zorba – Qatar University, Qatar
• Ana Garcia Armada – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Wei Zhang – The University of New South Wales, Australia
Main contact

richie.leo@zte.com.cn

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: July 15, 2025
Notification of acceptance: Sept. 1, 2025
Camera-ready papers & registration: Oct 1, 2025

Submission link

https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=34067&track=132189

Scope
5G networks and devices are now a reality with wide deployment and spread among population, but the demand for advanced data services as well as beyond-communication services is still booming, and will soon need for a new generation for wireless/cellular communication, the 6G. It will be a new standard that not only provides high data rates, extremely low delay, large connection density, but also will enable the integrated sensing and communications as well as AI-native designs. Novel beyond-communication usage scenarios and use cases are envisaged to be supported, and thus more computation and communication resources may be consumed, where their optimization is a must.
6G communications will bring new challenges due to their sensitivity to scenario conditions, thereby requiring highly adaptive techniques that will adapt fast, in order to guarantee a satisfactory delay. Spectrum and resources management will be crucial within 6G to account for the extremely heterogeneous scenario. The network complexity will also be unprecedented, due to the very diverse applications such as ultra-low latency requirements for critical vehicular communications, the growing demand of high positioning accuracy for location-based services, and dense heterogeneous architectures. Several emerging topics are encountered within 6G and this workshop will focus on such emerging topics, and potential solutions will be presented. Researchers and engineers from academia and industry are invited to submit their recent research results and innovations.
Topics
We seek original work not currently under review by any other journal/magazine/conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

AI applications for 6G.
Novel signal processing techniques for 6G.
Smart antenna designs for 6G.
6G communications at the Terahertz band.
Advanced Full Duplex strategies for 6G.
Meta-surfaces implementation at 6G.
New Quality of Service (QoS) metrics for 6G.
Multiple Access schemes suitable for 6G.
Dynamic spectrum access/sharing at 6G band.
New network architectures in 6G.
Self-organising 6G-enabled IoT.
Interference management at 6G.
New security concepts within 6G.
6G Testbeds and Applications.
Spectrum regulatory for 6G bands.

Paper Submission
All final submissions of accepted papers must be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font), including figures. No more than one (1) additional printed page (10-point font) may be included in final submission,s and the extra page (the 7th page) will incur an over-length page charge of US$100. All final papers must be submitted to the IEEE Conference eXpress website.
For more information, please see IEEE Globecom 2025 official website: https://globecom2025.ieee-globecom.org/authors

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 - The IQ Era
2026-03-02 - 2026-03-05
Making way for The IQ Era

Much can happen in a year within our ecosystem of innovation and connectivity. As we build on the success of MWC25 and engage with MWC26 to activate a new theme – The IQ Era – the world is already shifting to greater heights of digital awareness.
In this new age of intelligence, the way to a better future is through smarter connection: human ideas leading technology, commercial impact and societal progress. MWC is where leaders of nations, business and technology assemble, and collective knowledge collaborates – make your insight count in The IQ Era.

Why attend MWC Barcelona?
From eye-opening innovation to mind-expanding ideas, global policy to lasting partnerships, it all starts here. Whether you’re a key player in the connectivity ecosystem, adjacent industries or the wider world of tech, you’ll find all you need and more at MWC.

More information on the official website: https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/
