SNS JU

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.

WiTaR Second Lunch Salon: A Practical Introduction to Data Protection Compliance – 21 May 2025
2025-05-21 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Date & Time:

Wednesday 21st May 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (CEST)
Recording is available here: https://youtu.be/NN_4nSRr6fY

Topic: WiTaR Second Lunch Salon: A Practical Introduction to Data Protection Compliance – 21 May 2025
Speaker: Pooja Mohnani, Project Manager at Eurescom GmbH
Join us for the second WiTaR Lunch Salon featuring Pooja Mohnani, Project Manager at Eurescom GmbH, as she delves into the fundamentals of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its implications for the 6G research and innovation landscape.
In today’s digital world, understanding how to manage personal data is no longer optional—it’s essential. Data protection is both a legal obligation and a marker of organisational trust. Understanding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is critical for anyone involved in managing projects, internal operations etc.
This workshop provides a practical and structured approach to GDPR, offering clarity on key principles, roles, and responsibilities, with a focus on real-world application. Participants will gain the knowledge needed to integrate data protection into their daily workflows, support organisational compliance, and foster a culture of transparency and accountability.

Session structure:

Intro & Objectives – Why GDPR matters and what you’ll learn
What is GDPR? – Understand who it affects and why
Core Principles – The 7 pillars of compliant data handling
Lawful Processing – Knowing when and how you can use personal data
Individual Rights – What rights people have and how to honor them
Practical examples and resources

About WiTaR:
The Women in Telecommunications and Research (WiTaR) Working Group (WG) focuses on promoting gender equality, inclusion, and empowerment within the 6G Research & Innovation (R&I) community. Established as part of the European flagship project Hexa-X in February 2021 and expanded to the broader 5G Infrastructure PPP community in June 2021, the WiTaR WG continues to grow its influence. Launched in Fall 2023, WiTaR is dedicated to closing gender gaps and increasing the participation of women in the 6G R&I community.
Our mission:WiTaR seeks to close the gender gap by fostering an inclusive environment, breaking down barriers, and inspiring the next generation of women leaders in telecommunications and research. The group’s efforts are focused on creating a more equitable and diverse workforce in these essential sectors, ensuring women have equal opportunities and recognition for their contributions.
More information & registration: https://6g-ia.eu/witar/

The Italian National Initiative on 6G: the achievements in the RESTART program
2025-05-22 10:30 - 12:00 | Online
Details

Date: Thursday 22th May 2025
Time: 10:30 to 12:00 CEST
Recording is available here: https://youtu.be/BRBIs7oY53Q

About
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is at the forefront of driving innovation in next-generation communication technologies and services across Europe. At the same time, various national initiatives in Europe are actively advancing 6G technologies and smart services. The SNS JU plays a pivotal role in fostering collaboration between these national initiatives and SNS projects by facilitating the exchange of best practices, research findings, and results.
As highlighted in the recently published SNS R&I Work Programme 2025 (SNS WP 2025), the SNS JU actively encourages the integration of results and experimental platforms from national initiatives into its calls. This approach ensures that Europe remains competitive in the global technology race by effectively pooling expertise and resources across national and EU levels. Furthermore, it supports the EU’s strategic goals of digital sovereignty and technological independence by fostering a cohesive and collaborative research and innovation ecosystem.
In alignment with these goals, and as part of the SNS CSA CO-OP project, 6G-IA is organizing a series of webinars where various national initiatives will showcase their key achievements and share information about their experimental platforms.
The third webinar in this series is scheduled to take place on 22th May 2025, from 10:30 to 12:00 CEST, featuring an in-depth presentation of the Italian 6G R&I activities and platforms as a part of their national program, RESTART
RESTART program
The research and development program RESTART ‘RESearch and innovation on future Telecommunications systems and networks, to make Italy more smART’ is the most important public R&D program ever implemented in the Telecommunications sector in Italy.
RESTART has the ambitious goal of contributing to shaping the evolution of Telecommunications in Italy, restarting a sector that possesses world-class expertise and experience. It focuses on the main topics of Telecommunications science and technology, including all types of related systems and networks for both human and non-human users. For example, high-capacity fixed networks, 5G/6G cellular networks, local area networks, satellite networks, the Internet, applications, and services in various sectors such as agriculture, commerce, energy, finance, industry, media, health, security, and transportation. RESTART will leverage and contribute to technologies such as distributed cloud, artificial intelligence, programmable hardware architectures, integrated optics and optical computing, optoelectronics, and sensing. The webinar will give an overview of some of the key initiatives within RESTART and will focus in particular on the experimental facilities and labs that have been created in some of the most impactful research activities.
Agenda

10:30 – 10:40Welcome & IntroductionColin Wilcock (Chairman, 6G-IA)

10:40 – 10:55Overview of RESTART program and experimental LabsAntonio Capone (RESTART Scientific Coordinator, Professor at Politecnico di Milano)

10:55 – 11:10Programmable Network platformsCarla Fabiana Chiasserini (PI of Programmable Networks for Future Services and Media, Professor at Politecnico di Torino)

11:10 – 11:25Experimenting with Next Generation WirelessUmberto Spagnolini (PI of Wireless Networks and Technologies Professor at Politecnico di Milano)

11:25 – 11:40Research platforms for optical communications and networksPiero Castoldi (PI of Pervasive and Photonic Network Technologies and Infrastructures, Professor at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)

11:40 – 12:00Q&A with the audience

Recording

SNS JU Calls for Proposals 2025 - Info Day & Brokerage Event
2025-05-23 10:00 - 17:30 | Online Event, WEBINAR
SNS JU Info Day and Brokerage Online Event
This online event informed potential SNS Project Calls 2025 applicants about the funding opportunities within the R&I Work Programme 2025 of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) and to assist those interested in submitting a proposal.
Potential proposers can find more details on the open SNS Calls and various Topics on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal .
Speakers from SNS JU, European Commission and 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) provided detailed insights into the Calls’ ambitions and focus, evaluation and award processes. Attendees had the opportunity to pose specific Call-related questions and present their organisation and interests for possible future collaborations.
This SNS JU Info day and Brokerage Event was held in two parts:

Part 1: The Info Day – Recording available here

During this part, the information on the Call context & orientations, the content of the Work Programme, and the Call conditions were presented and followed with a Q&A session.

Part 2: Brokerage Session – Recording available here

During this part, potential project participants made short pitches to promote their competence and/or their project ideas.

To further assist stakeholders to form competitive proposal consortia, the SNS JU Brokerage Platform is also available. In this platform, any organisation can post its expertise or proposal ideas, and of course all can browse the information posted by other stakeholders.

AGENDA:
Moderator: Pavlos Fournogerakis, Deputy Head of Programmes, SNS JU

Agenda Part 1: INFO DAY

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome – Opening Thibaut Kleiner, Chairman of the SNS JU Governing Board & Director, Future Networks, DG CONNECT, European Commission

10:10 – 10:20Industry Orientations/6G-IA visionColin Willcock, Nokia, 6G-IA Governing Board Chairman,
Vice-Chair of the SNS JU Governing Board

10:20 – 10:30 SNS JU State of play Erzsebet Fitori, Executive Director, SNS JU

10:30 – 10:45Key orientations of the SNS R&I WP 2025Javier Albares, Head of Programmes, SNS JU

10:45 – 10:55Coffee Break 10’

10:55 – 11:15SNS R&I WP 2025 TopicsAlexandros Kaloxylos, Executive Director, 6G-IA

11:15 – 11:30 Q&A

11:30 – 12:00Call overview and Conditions (including eligibility criteria) Pavlos Fournogerakis, Deputy Head of Programmes, SNS JU

12:00 – 12:15Q&A

12:15 – 12:30European Digital NCP Network - IDEAL-ISTManfred Halver,
National Contact Point
Horizon Europe.
IDEAL-IST representative

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

Agenda Part 2: BROKERAGE SESSION

Session A

Time (CEST)Session A##PresenterOrganization

13.30Welcome & Intro and Moderation Claudio.Scalese, Project Officer and Call Coordinator SNS JU

13.35Advanced Architectures Systems
and Technologies
&
Wireless Communication Technologies
and Signal Processing
&
6G NTN-TN Unification/ Integration

Moderator: Claudio Scalese
A1 PresentationPieter BecueIMEC - IDLab

13.40A2 PresentationGeorge StamoulisAthens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

13.45A3 PresentationAhmet Zoir ABDURAHMANUlak Communications

13.50A4 PresentationJoaquin EscuderoGradiant

13.55A5 PresentationEric GatelIRT Bcom

14.00A6 PresentationFehmi Emre KadanVIAVI Solutions

14.05A7 PresentationAntonios LalasCERTH/ITI

14.10A8 PresentationRonis MaximidisStellar Phronesis

14.15A9 PresentationKonstantinos NtontinSnT, University of Luxembourg

14.20A10 PresentationRazvan CraciunescuUniversity of Science & Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest

14.25A11 Presentation Rob MaunderAccelerComm

14.30BREAK 5'

Session B

Time (CEST)Session B##PresenterOrganization

14.35Welcome & Intro and Moderation Oana Radu, Programme OfficerSNS JU

14.40Higher Speed Optical Access Networks
&
Microelectronic –
Front-End Module (FEM)
&
6G Telco Cloud and Service
Provision enablers
&
Other

Moderator: Oana Radu
B1 PresentationGary HalsteadAWTG

14.45B2 PresentationAgapi MesodiakakiAristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

14.50B3 PresentationVojkan VidojkovicTUE

14.55B4 PresentationEdward AustinLancaster University

15.00B5 PresentationYudani RiobóQUOBIS

15.05B6 PresentationFrank MungauWAN-AI

15.10B7 PresentationDavid CrawfordUniversity of Strathclyde

15.15B8 PresentationDamien MuirNeutral Wireless

15.20B9 PresentationAparajithan SivanathanAdvanced Manufacturing Research Centre

15.25B10 PresentationLaurent FrouinCRF (Canon Research Centre France)

15.30B11 PresentationJanez SterleINTERNET INSTITUTE

15.35B12 PresentationMichael ParkerUniversity of Essex

15.40B13 PresentationZubair ShaikAiVader

END OF THE EVENT

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

Telco AI Forum 2025
2025-06-10 15:00 - 22:00
The Telco AI Forum 2025, organized by RCR Wireless News, will take place virtually on 10 June 2025. This event focuses on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in the telecommunications sector, highlighting the transition from experimental stages to practical deployments. The forum features expert panels, case studies, and discussions with industry leaders, providing a platform to understand AI-ready infrastructure, business models centered around Generative AI, and optimization of AI workloads through GPUs and CPUs.
Key topics include:

Refining AI and GenAI business cases
Scaling AI across networks and operations
The role of agentic AI in telecoms
Edge AI and network architecture considerations
The shift to autonomous, self-healing networks

Alexandros Kaloxylos, Executive Director of 6G-IA will be one of the speakers in the panel “Will AI be pivotal in 6G developments?”, sharing his insights on the future of AI integration within next-generation networks.
This event offers an opportunity to learn from communication service providers and technology innovators about real-world AI implementations and the path toward AI-native, self-optimizing telecom networks.
You can register here.

SNS CO-OP Questionnaire Webinar - SNS Call 1 & 2 projects results and Call 3 projects ambitions
2025-06-16 14:00 - 15:30
Event Description:
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) 16 Call 3 projects commenced their activities on 1 January 2025. They have joined the 35 running projects from the previous Call 1 that started in 2023, and the 28 projects from Call 2 that started in 2024. In total, these 79 ongoing projects take both evolutionary and revolutionary approaches towards the research and development of novel technologies, functionalities and ecosystems that will enable the transition towards 6G networks by 2030.
The SNS-OPS and SNS CO-OP Coordination & Support Action projects, tasked with supporting the projects’ work and promoting the key messages of the SNS Joint Undertaking, have conducted an extensive survey during the first semester of 2025 to obtain additional information about each project’s technical aspects, vision, approach and achievements.
The goal of this survey was to better understand the work planned in each of the Call 3 projects, the combined challenges with Call 1 and Call 2 projects, and the progress achieved so far by Call 1 and Call 2 projects.
Key Details:

Date: 16 June
Time: 14:00-15:30 CEST
Location: Online Webinar

Agenda:

14:00 Welcome and introduction (Uwe Herzog, Eurescom, SNS CO-OP Coordinator)
14:05 Message from the SNS Office (Odysseas Pyrovolakis, SNS Office, Programme Officer)
14:10 SNS Call 3 Projects – Technical Insights (Kostas Trichias, 6G-IA, SNS CO-OP WP1 Leader)
14:30 SNS Call 3 Projects – Vision (Per H. Lehne, Telenor, SNS CO-OP T1.1 Leader)
14:45 SNS Call 3 Projects – Market insights (Jessica Carneiro, Australo, SNS CO-OP T2.4 Leader)
15:05 Call 1+2 Achievements (Arda Güreller, Ericsson, SNS CO-OP T1.3 Leader, and Pierre-Yves Danet, 6G-IA)
15:20 Q&A and way forward (Uwe Herzog, Eurescom, SNS CO-OP Coordinator)
15:30 End of webinar

Recording:

SNS CO-OP 4th Webinar on National Initiatives: The French National Initiative on 6G - A unique set of facilities for the future generation of mobile communication: testing for new paradigms and applications
2025-06-30 10:30 - 12:00 | Online event
Introduction:
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is at the forefront of driving innovation in next-generation communication technologies and services across Europe. At the same time, various national initiatives in Europe are actively advancing 6G technologies and smart services. The SNS JU plays a pivotal role in fostering collaboration between these national initiatives and SNS projects by facilitating the exchange of best practices, research findings, and results.
As highlighted in the recently published SNS R&I Work Programme 2025 (SNS WP 2025), the SNS JU actively encourages the integration of results and experimental platforms from national initiatives into its calls. This approach ensures that Europe remains competitive in the global technology race by effectively pooling expertise and resources across national and EU levels. Furthermore, it supports the EU’s strategic goals of digital sovereignty and technological independence by fostering a cohesive and collaborative research and innovation ecosystem.
In alignment with these goals, and as part of the SNS CSA CO-OP project, 6G-IA is organising a series of webinars where various national initiatives will showcase their key achievements and share information about their experimental platforms.
The fourth webinar in this series is scheduled to take place on Monday, 30th June 2025, from 10:30 to 12:00 CEST, featuring an in-depth presentation of the French 6G R&I activities as a part of their national program.

French National Initiative:
France 2030 represents an ambitious national strategy aimed at strengthening the country’s technological and industrial sovereignty by supporting innovation across its most critical sectors. With a forward-looking investment plan, France is positioning itself at the forefront of global transformation in areas such as telecommunications, electronics, cybersecurity, cloud and edge computing, artificial intelligence, biotechnologies, and quantum technologies.
This strategy targets both national resilience and economic competitiveness, addressing major societal challenges such as energy transition, food security, healthcare, sustainable mobility, and digital trust. France 2030 supports the full innovation chain—from fundamental research to industrial deployment—through a range of instruments including the Future Investment Program (PIA), targeted calls for collaborative R&D projects, and the Priority Research and Equipment Programs (PEPRs). A national acceleration strategy dedicated to future network technologies was launched in 2021 and has allowed the funding of R&D 6G projects and the development of R&D programs lead by French universities.
A key component of this strategy involves the creation of open experimental platforms, pilot industrial sites, and testbeds that enable researchers, startups, and industry players to co-develop and validate cutting-edge technologies.
This webinar will provide an overview of France’s strategic vision for innovation in telecoms, with a focus on some of the major experimental initiatives that are helping to shape the technological landscape of tomorrow.

Agenda & Slides:
Monday 30 June 2025, from 10:30 to 12:00 CEST
10:30 – 10:40 Welcome & Introduction
Colin Willcock (Chairman, 6G-IA)
10:40 – 11:00 RF_Net: Radiofrequency test facility network; State-of-the-art testing for advanced hardware devices – Slides
Philippe Besnier (Research Director, CNRS)
11:00 – 11:20 SLICES-Fr: The French node of SLICES-RI; access to experimental services in the fields of network protocols, radio technologies and distributed computing
Raymond Knopp (Professor, Eurecom)
11:20 – 11:40 NGC-AIoT: Specific test-beds for embedded AI and edge-computing within SLICES-Fr
Philippe Martins (Research Director, IMT) – Slides
11:40 – 12:00 Q&A with the audience

Recording:

SNS CO-OP webinar series on National Initiatives: Resilience in 6G - the Finnish view
2025-09-04 13:00 - 14:30 | Online event
Introduction:
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is at the forefront of driving innovation in next-generation communication technologies and services across Europe. At the same time, various European member states are actively advancing 6G technologies and smart services. The SNS JU plays a pivotal role in fostering collaboration between these national initiatives and SNS projects by facilitating the exchange of best practices, research findings, and results.
The SNS CSA CO-OP project is organising a series of webinars where various national initiatives have the opportunity to address topics of vital importance for them and for the advancement of 6G technology within Europe. These topics of common interest among various national initiatives include topics where emphasis must be placed to achieve our technology goals for 6G.

About the webinar:
‘Resilience in 6G: the Finnish view’ webinar highlights Finland’s significant advancements and strategic initiatives in the realm of 6G technology, particularly focusing on resilience. The relevance of this topic lies in the critical role that 6G technology is expected to play in the future of global communications, ensuring robust and resilient networks that can withstand various challenges and disruptions.
The audience can expect to hear from leading experts in the field, including representatives from the 6G Flagship, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and Nokia Bell Labs. The webinar will cover lessons learned from the 6G Flagship, insights into Finnish digital resilience, and updates on the European 6G Flagship Hexa-X-II project.

Agenda: (Thursday 4 September at 13:00-14:30 CET)
Welcome address & introduction to 6G in Finland - 6G Flagship, 6G Finland, 6G Bridge
Pekka Rantala, Head of 6G Bridge Program, Business Finland (~5min)
6G Flagship – Lessons Learned and Next Challenges
Ari Pouttu, Professor, Dependable Wireless, Vice-Director of 6G Flagship, Vice-Director 6G-ESS Program, University of Oulu (~20min)
Finnish Digital Resilience
Mika Rantakokko, Connectivity Lead, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (~20min)
6G Bridge Program Portfolio Overview & Collaboration Opportunities
Pekka Rantala, Head of 6G Bridge Program, Business Finland (~5min)
Final results update from European 6G Flagship Hexa-X-II and specific focus on resilience
Mikko Uusitalo, Head of the Research Department, Radio Systems Research Finland, Nokia Bell Labs (~15min + Q&A)
Questions & Answers
All (~5min)

Recording:

6G-IA & 5G-ACIA Highlights, Lessons learnt and next steps on ISAC/JCAS
2025-10-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event, WEBINAR
The 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) held a Webinar on the “6G-IA and 5G-ACIA Highlights, Lessons learnt and next steps on ISAC/JCAS” on Friday, 10 October, from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST.
Recording below also available on YouTube now.
The event included representatives and presenters from 6G-IA and 5G-ACIA and was an opportunity to present the key actions and achievements on 5G and 6G ISAC/JCAS from both 6G-IA and 5G-ACIA perspectives, targeting also to further develop synergies between both communities, in addressing the next opportunities and challenges and the related next steps and actions.
The SNS CO-OP project is responsible for organising this webinar.
Agenda

Webinar Timing

Webinar Programme – FULL AGENDA

10:00-10:10

Webinar Welcome/Introduction

SNS/6G-IA: Raffaele de Peppe (6G-IA Board Vice-Chairman).
5G-ACIA: Afif Osseiran (General Chair 5G-ACIA).

10:10-10:45

Session 1: ISAC/JCAS Use-cases and Requirements

SNS JU Programme / Projects Perspectives: Didier Bourse (6G-IA SNS Work Programmes Task Force / Core Team Chairman) and SNS Projects Representatives Sebastian Robitzsch (Multi-X), Konstantinos Maliatsos (iSEE-6G), Dan Kilper (ECO-eNet), Giyyarpuram Madhusudan (6G-DISAC), Izzat Darwazeh (6G-MUSICAL) and Eric Klumperink (6G-Reference).
5G-ACIA Connected Industries and Automation Perspectives: Hanwen Cao (WG1).
5 mns Q/As.

10:45-11:30

Session 2: ISAC/JCAS Research & Innovation, Validation and Challenges

SNS JU Programme / Projects Perspectives: Kostas Trichias (6G-IA – SNS Technology Board (TB) Chairman) and SNS Projects Representatives Sebastian Robitzsch (Multi-X), Konstantinos Maliatsos (iSEE-6G), Hui Chen (6G-DISAC), Izzat Darwazeh (6G-MUSICAL) and Marc Bauduin (6G-Reference).
5G-ACIA Connected Industries and Automation Perspectives: Atte Länsisalmi (WG3 Chair).
5 mns Q/As.

11:30-11:50

Session 3: ISAC/JCAS Standardisation and Impact

SNS JU Programme / Projects Perspectives: Alex Kaloxylos, 6G-IA Executive Director and SNS Projects Representatives Sebastian Robitzsch (Multi-X), Kyriakos Stylianopoulos (6G-DISAC), Izzat Darwazeh (6G-MUSICAL) and Stefan Anderson (6G-Reference).
5G-ACIA Connected Industries and Automation Perspectives: Michael Bahr (WG1 Chair).
5 mns Q/As.

11:50-12:00

6G-IA and 5G-ACIA Synergies
Webinar Conclusion

SNS/6G-IA: Raffaele de Peppe (6G-IA Board Vice-Chairman).
5G-ACIA: Afif Osseiran (General Chair 5G-ACIA).

Recording:

Digitalisation & Connectivity: Techritory 2025 set for Riga
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-23 | ATTA CENTRE, RIGA, LATVIA, Krasta iela 60, Riga, Latvia
On 22–23 October 2025, the ATTA Centre in Riga, Latvia, will host Techritory 2025, a leading European forum on digitalisation and connectivity. Under the theme “Connected Futures through Digital Paths”, the event will gather over 600 speakers and guests from industry, research, policy, and innovation. Topics include 6G and 5G, quantum, AI, defence connectivity, sustainable data centres, digital identity, non-terrestrial networks, drone applications, data security, and maritime autonomy.
Erzsébet Fitori, Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), will participate in the opening speech on 23 October.On 22 October, she will also participate in the Digital Innovation Funding Panel Stage Session (Techritory Stage Sessions), and her video message will open the WiTaR Panel “WiTaR in Focus: Advancing Research and Pre-Standardisation Synergies in Emerging Technologies“.
Co-creation events
Three co-creation sessions, organised with the SNS CO-OP project and the 6G-IA, will focus on inclusion and monetisation in next-generation technologies:

WiTaR in Focus: Advancing Research and Pre-Standardisation Synergies in Emerging Technologies (22 October, 11:00–12:30).
Shaping the future of connectivity requires more than innovation — it calls for collaboration between research, standardisation, and inclusivity.At this year’s Techritory Forum, the 6G-IA Working Groups Women in Telecommunications and Research (WiTaR) and Pre-Standardisation, with support from the SNS CO-OP project, bring together experts to bridge the gap between R&D and standards in 6G.
The session will open with a video message from Erzsébet Fitori, Executive Director of SNS JU, highlighting the importance of inclusive research and standardisation in Europe’s digital future.
This interactive session invites researchers, innovators, policymakers, and diversity advocates to contribute, know challenges, and co-create solutions. Together, we will identify gaps, share experiences, and build pathways toward an inclusive, impactful 6G ecosystem.
Speakers include Pooja Mohnani (Eurescom), Veronica Vutto (Trust-IT Services), Rute C. Sofia (5G+/6G ETF), and Prachi Sachdeva (TNO), with a panel moderated by Uwe Herzog (Eurescom).

Integrated Sensing and Communications in SNS Trials and Pilots: Pathway to Monetisation of 6G Networks (22 October, 14:00–17:00). Organised by the 6G-IA Trials WG and Vertical Task Force Chairs, the event will explore how ISAC can create value in areas such as infrastructure monitoring, smart manufacturing, and autonomous mobility. It will feature SNS-funded projects, EC representatives, ETSI experts, and industry leaders, with a panel on aligning standards, trials, and markets.

A European Cloud: Myth or Reality? (22 October, 11:00–12:30). This session will explore the role of cloud computing in Europe’s digital transformation, focusing on sovereignty, sustainability, and innovation for 6G. It will present key initiatives such as 3C Networks, highlight perspectives from open-source communities, operators and telecom players, and discuss business opportunities and regulatory needs for strengthening Europe’s cloud ecosystem.

Stage contributions
6G-IA and SNS JU experts will also join high-level stage discussions:

European Leadership in Key Digital Sectors: Driving FP10 to Success (23 October, 10:30-11:20)
This panel will bring together technology leaders from telecoms, cloud, AI, and microelectronics, alongside European Commission representatives, to address opportunities and threats for research and innovation beyond 2030. The debate will cover:

digital sectors expected to dominate in 2030+ (6G, AI, cloud/edge, chips, satellite);
areas where Europe already leads and how to maintain this position;
weaker sectors and actions needed to strengthen them;
the role of these technologies in Europe’s 6G roadmap;
strategic investments required over the next five years.

In Defence of 5G (22 October, 17:00-17:50) debating 5G’s perceived underdelivery, monetisation challenges, and the potential of 5G Advanced and private networks.
The session will also explore whether Europe’s investment culture is too risk-averse, how to enable AI-driven and deep-tech startups, and how funding landscapes differ between developed and emerging markets.
Speakers include Colin Willcock, 6G-IA Board Chair, alongside leading analysts and industry experts.
Digital Innovation Funding (22 October, 17:00-17:50), debating between official representatives, will try to understand what funding mechanisms are currently available to support digital innovation, and how accessible they are to startups and growth-stage companies. But also, if Europe’s investment culture is too risk-averse to support the creation of global tech giants, and how the mindset can be send? This session will also deep into the current funding models prepared for AI-driven startups and deep tech, or if these require entirely new financial instruments.
Erzsébet Fitori will participate in this Techritory Stage Session on Digital Innovation Funding, discussing mechanisms that support digital innovation and the accessibility of funding for startups and growth-stage companies.

Participation
Participation in co-creation events is free of charge via the Techritory 2025 registration page. Selected sessions will also be streamed live on live.techritory.com.

The Swedish National Initiative on 6G: Perspectives from the Advanced Digitalisation program
2025-10-28 13:00 - 14:30 | Online event
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) is at the forefront of driving innovation in next-generation communication technologies and services across Europe. At the same time, various national initiatives in Europe are actively advancing 6G technologies and smart services. The SNS JU plays a pivotal role in fostering collaboration between these national initiatives and SNS projects by facilitating the exchange of best practices, research findings, and results.
As highlighted in the recently published SNS R&I Work Programme 2025 (SNS WP 2025), the SNS JU actively encourages the integration of results and experimental platforms from national initiatives into its calls. This approach ensures that Europe remains competitive in the global technology race by effectively pooling expertise and resources across national and EU levels. Furthermore, it supports the EU’s strategic goals of digital sovereignty and technological independence by fostering a cohesive and collaborative research and innovation ecosystem.
In alignment with these goals, and as part of the SNS CSA CO-OP project, 6G-IA is organising a series of webinars where various national initiatives will showcase their key achievements and share information about their experimental platforms.
The fifth webinar in this series was scheduled to take place on 28th Oct 2025, from 13:00 to 14:30 CET, featuring an in-depth presentation of the Swedish 6G R&I activities as a part of their national program.

Swedish National Initiative
Advanced Digitalisation is an industry-driven research and innovation program aimed at promoting and accelerating Sweden’s and Swedish industry’s capacity to create the digital solutions of the future, thereby driving the necessary transitions we face. This is achieved by funding demand-driven research and innovation initiatives and establishing cross-sectoral structures for collaboration. With a yearly budget of SEK 1 billion (about EUR 900 million), the program is one of the largest research and innovation initiatives in Sweden.
Digital infrastructure and communication are one of the program’s central focus areas, making Advanced Digitalisation Sweden’s leading funder of research and innovation in the field. The program supports the development and use of 5G in industry and highlights the importance of 5G Standalone as both a driver for industrial digital transformation today and a necessary step towards 6G.
In this webinar, Sweden introduced their program and took a closer look at some initiatives within digital infrastructure, with a particular focus on 6G. Representatives from competence centres and a strategic project funded by the program shared insights from their work. As an introduction, Vinnova provided an overview of Swedish 6G initiatives.

Agenda

TIMESESSIONSPEAKERS

13:00 – 13:10Welcome & IntroductionRaffaele de Peppe (Vice - Chairman, 6G-IA)

13:10 – 13:20Introduction of Vinnova - Sweden’s Innovation Agency

Overview of Swedish 6G initiative to strengthen global leadership in wireless systems and connectivity
Lars Gustafsson (Swedish delegation in State Representative Group, Vinnova - Sweden’s Innovation Agency)

Sverker Brundin (Manager Sweden´s 6G-program, Vinnova)

13:20 – 13:35Overview of the Advanced Digitalisation programLena Backlund (Process manager, Advanced Digitalisation)

13:35 – 13:50SweWin Competence CenterEmil Björnsson (Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

13:50 – 14:05WiTECH Competence CenterTommy Svensson (Professor, Chalmers University of Technology)

14:05 – 14:20ISAC - Ericsson sensing testbed and Advanced Digitalisation projectPeter Almers (PhD, Ericsson)

14:20 – 14:30Q&A with the audience

Recording

CONNECT at FYUZ 2025
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-05 | Convention Center Dublin, Spencer Dock - North Wall Quay, Dublin, D01 T1W6, Ireland
FYUZ 2025, the flagship global connectivity event presented by the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), will take place from 3-5 November 2025 at the, bringing together leaders from industry, academia, and government to explore the technologies shaping the networks of tomorrow.
This year’s FYUZ coincides with a significant milestone for CONNECT at Trinity College Dublin — the Centre’s 10th anniversary. To mark a decade of pioneering research and innovation, CONNECT will host a dedicated programme of sessions, panels, and demonstrations highlighting advances in AI-driven, sustainable, and cognitive network systems.
CONNECT’s participation will feature contributions from SNS JU projects, including 6G-XCEL and Eco-eNet, which are driving the development of next-generation, AI-native, and multi-network communication frameworks.
Key CONNECT & Project Sessions

Advanced Cognitive Networks: The Future of Connectivity

Monday, 3 November | 16:00-17:30
A dedicated deep-dive into AI-driven, multi-domain network control — featuring 6G-XCEL and Eco-eNet researchers and work.
Registration here

Tower & Asset Providers: From Passive to Active Digital Infrastructure Enablers

Tuesday, 4 November | 08:45-09:30
Insights on how digital infrastructure is evolving to support intelligent, connected systems in Ireland.

CONNECT at Ten Showcase

Tuesday, 4 November | 10:00-12:15
Join us for a celebration of a decade of impact by the CONNECT Centre — including research highlights, spin-out journeys, alumni stories, and industry collaborations.
Registration here

Emerging Private 5G Network Deployments and Use Cases in Ireland

Wednesday, 5 November | 13:00-13:45
A session showcasing real-world private 5G deployments and lessons learned for future smart networks.

Visit Us at the CONNECT Booth
Don’t miss a demo of the 6G-XCEL project work — stop by to discuss use-cases, technology enablers, and cross-domain innovation trends.
Registration & Tickets

Participation in the CONNECT at Ten showcase is free and open to everyone— simply register to attend.
To explore the full, CONNECT activities, please click here
To explore the full FYUZ 2025 programme, please register via the official site: fyuz.org
A limited number of complimentary ticketsis available for members of the CONNECT community and the Irish ecosystem. If you’d like to request one, please contact: communications@connectcentre.ie

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

EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026 - Malaga, Spain
2026-06-02 - 2026-06-05
The 2026 EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC, in its 35th edition of a series, supported by the European Commission, and the 6G Summit, in its 8th 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 1000 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
Tutorials
Demos and exhibitions, with pitches
Awards in several categories (paper, poster, booth, demo, startup, thesis)

KEY DATES

23 Jan. 2026 – Deadline for submission of Papers for Regular Oral Sessions
23 Jan. 2026 – Deadline for submission of proposals for Workshops, Special Sessions and Tutorials
06 Mar. 2026 – Deadline for submission of Extended Abstracts for Posters
09 Mar. 2026 – Notification of acceptance of Workshops, Special Sessions and Tutorials
27 Mar. 2026 – Deadline for submission of proposals for Exhibitions, Demos and Booths
27 Mar. 2026 – Deadline for submission of applications for Ph.D. Theses and Startups
30 Mar. 2026 – Notification of acceptance of Papers and Extended Abstracts
10 Apr. 2026 – Deadline for final Papers for all sessions and Workshops
13 Apr. 2026 – Notification of acceptance of proposals for Exhibitions, Demos and Booths
17 Apr. 2026 – Deadline for Authors registration
27 Apr. 2026 – Draft Programme available

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
Pedro Merino-Gómez, U. Malaga, ES
Ivan Seskar, Rutgers U., US
Ari Pouttu, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Track Co-Chairs
PHY – Physical Layer and Fundamentals
Mikko Uusitalo, NOKIA, FI
Mari Carmen Aguayo-Torres, U. Malaga, ES
Aggelos Bletsas, Rutgers U., US
WOS – Wireless, Optical and Satellite Networks
David Larrabeiti, UC3M, ES
Alessandro Vanelli, U. Bologna, IT
Chia-Pang Yen, ITRI, TW
NET – Network Softwarisation
Anna Brunstrom, Karlstad U., SE
Johann Marquez-Barja, imec-UAntwerp, BE
Paul Ruth, U. North Carolina, US
AIU – Applications, IoT, Use cases
Marc Emmelmann, Fraunhofer FOKUS, DE
Almudena Díaz, U. Malaga, ES
Tingjun Chen, Duke U., US
OPE – Operational & Experimental Insights
Spyros Denazis, U. Patras, GR
David Gomez-Barquero, U.P. Valencia, ES
Aloizio Da Silva, Virginia Tech, US
AI4C – AI/ML Solutions for Communications
Daniel Kilper, Trinity College Dublin, IE
Valerio Frascolla, Intel Deutschland GmbH, DE,
Jongwon Kim, GIST, KR
SAQ – Security Aspects and Quantum Communications
John Preuß Mattsson, Ericsson, SE
Javier Lopez, U. Malaga, ES
Vuk Marojevic, Mass. State U., US
NVS – Next-Generation Visions & Sustainability
Marja Matinmikko-Blue, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Christoph Schmelz, NOKIA, DE
Carlos E. Caicedo Bastidas – Syracuse U., US
CMA – Components, Microelectronics, Photonics & Antennas
Luís Manuel Pessoa, U. Porto – INESC TEC, PT
Nuutti Tervo, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Ashutosh Dutta, U. Johns Hopkins, US
Panels Co-Chairs
Håkon Lønsethagen, Telenor, NO
Özgü Alay, U. Oslo, NO
Special Sessions Co-Chairs
Čedomir Stefanović, AAU, DK
Nurul Huda Mahmood, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Filipe Cardoso, Polytech. Inst. Setubal, PT
Workshops Co-Chairs
Diego López, Telefonica, ES
Germán Madueño, Keysight Technologies, ES
Beatriz Lorenzo, U. Mass. Amherst, US
Tutorials Co-Chairs
Paweł Sroka, PUT, PL
Mir Ghoraishi, Gigasys Solutions, UK
George Sklivanitis, Florida Atlantic U., US
Exhibitions Co-Chairs
David Artuñedo, Telefonica, ES
Michael Dieudonne, Keysight Technologies, BE
Pablo Herrera, U. Malaga, ES
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
EURASIP Liaison
Eva Lagunas, U. Luxembourg, LU
