SNS JU Call for Proposals 2026 – Info Day & Brokerage Event
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SNS JU Call for Proposals 2026 – Info Day & Brokerage Event
February 2 @ 11:00 - 16:00
SNS JU Info Day & Brokerage Online Event
This online event was to inform potential participants about the SNS Project Call 2026 (SNS Call 6) and let applicants know about the funding opportunities within the R&I Work Programme 2026 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, focus, evaluation criteria and award processes. Attendees had the opportunity to pose specific Call-related questions and presented their organisation and interests for possible future collaborations.
This SNS JU Info Day and Brokerage Event was organised in two parts:
- Part 1: The Info Day 02.02.26, 11:00 – 12:45.
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.
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch Break
- Part 2: Brokerage Session 02.02.26, 14:00 ~ 17:00
During this part, potential project participants made brief pitches to showcase their competence and/or project ideas.
To further assist stakeholders in forming 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:
Part 1: The Info Day – Moderator: Pavlos Fournogerakis, Deputy Head of Programmes, SNS JU
| Time | Topic & Presentations (PDF) | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11.00 | Welcome/Opening | Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho, Head of Unit, Future Connectivity Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission |
| 11:10 | Industry Orientations/6G-IA vision | Colin Willcock, Chair of the SNS Governing Board, Chair 6G-IA, Nokia |
| 11:20 | SNS JU - State of Play | Erzsébet Fitori, Executive Director, SNS JU |
| 11:30 | Key Orientations of the SNS R&I WP 2026 | Javier Albares, Head of Programmes, SNS JU |
| 11:40 | SNS R&I WP 2026 Topics | Alexandros Kaloxylos, Executive Director, 6G IA |
| 11:55 | Q & A | |
| 12:05 | SNS Call 6 overview and Conditions (including Restrictions) | Pavlos Fournogerakis, Deputy Head of Programmes, SNS JU |
| 12:25 | Q & A | |
| 12:35 | European Digital NCP Network | Manfred Halver, National Contact Point Horizon Europe, IDEAL-IST representative |
| 12:45 | Close of session |
Part 2: Brokerage Session
| Time (CET) | SESSION A - SNS experimental infrastructure | Presenter | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.00 | Welcome, Intro & Moderation | Oana Radu | Programme Officer, SNS JU |
| 14.10 | A1 - Sustainable ArtificiaI Intelligence (SAI) | Raul Parada Medina | CTTC |
| 14.15 | A2 - SOLISHIELD profile | Vincent Lefebvre | Sarl TAGES SOLIDSHIELD |
| 14.20 | A3 - VIAVI profile | Jyoti Bhasin | Viavi Solutions |
| 14.25 | A4 - OpenNebula profile | Adriana Fernández | OpenNebula Systems |
| 14.30 | A5 - AUTH profile | Marios Gatzianas | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) |
| 14.35 | A6 - CERTH/ITI in AI - profile | Antonios Lalas | CERTH/ITI |
| 14.40 | A7 - AI Lifecycle Orchestration Expertise | Carolina Fortuna | Jozef Stefan Institute |
| 14.45 | A8 - BEIA profile | George Suciu | BEIA |
| 14.50 | A9 - Wupatec profile | Irene de Gruijter | Wupatec |
| 14.55 | A10 - SnT SIGCOM 6G SPACE & QCI Lab profile | Jorge Querol | SnT - University of Luxembourg |
| 15.00 | A11 - FundingBox Group profile | Lucía Franco | FundingBox |
| 15.05 | A12 - Introducing Pan-European 5G Living Lab | Garik Markarian | Rinicom Ltd |
| 15.10 | A13 - Cryptography and Information Security for Open Networks | Helena Rifà-Pous | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
| 15.15 | A14 - Zero Trust Architecture in MEC-based industrial environments | Elena Mari | University of Ferrara |
| 15.15 | A15 - Synphonia profile | Rocco D’Inglio | Politecnico di Torino / Synphonya (startup) |
| 15.20 | BREAK 10" |
| Time (CET) | SESSION B - (i) Datasets for training AI Models (RIA) (ii) SNS Operations and Output optimisation (CSA) (iii) 6G Devices (CSA) (iv) Other | Presenter | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.30 | Welcome, Intro & Moderation | Odysseas Pyrovolakis | Programme Officer, SNS JU Office |
| 15.35 | B1(i) - Digital Twin of the PHY Layer: A Global Dataset Generation Platform for 6G AI | Ahmet Zoir Abdurahman | Ulak Communications |
| 15.40 | B2(i) - IS-WIreless profile | Adam Flizikowski | IS-WIreless |
| 15.45 | B3 (i) - Intelligent Computer Systems and Applications (ICSA) | Eirini Liotou | Harokopio University of Athens |
| 15.50 | B4 (i) - IRT bcom profile | Eric Gatel | IRT bcom |
| 15.55 | B5 (i) - Fivecomm profile | Guillermo García Barrios | Fivecomm |
| 16.00 | B6 (i) - ICCS profile | Konstantinos Katsaros | Institute of Communication & Computer Systems (ICCS) |
| 16.05 | B7 (i) - Expertise of the Signal Processing and Communications (SIGCOM) group of the University of Luxembourg | Vu Nguyen Ha | University of Luxembourg |
| 16.10 | B8 (i) | Luís Santos | Ubiwhere |
| 16.15 | B10 (i) - Canon Research Centre profile | Laurent Frouin | Canon Research Centre France SAS |
| 16.20 | B11 (ii) - MEXT Technology Center profile | Onur Dedeoğlu | MEXT Technology Center |
| 16.25 | B12 (ii) - Future Networks Research Lab | Razvan Craciunescu | National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest |
| 16.30 | B13 (ii) Bayern Innovativ profile | Kimberley Parsons | Thinknet 6G at Bayern Innovativ |
| 16.30 | B14 (iii) - 6G Research Lab profile | ZILONG LIU | University of Essex |
| 16.35 | B15 (iii) - Building Europe’s Open 6G Device Ecosystem: A Reference Architecture and Industrial Roadmap | Sebastian Frey | Vigeres GmbH |
| 16:40 | B16 (iv) - Gangoona consulting profile | Alberto Ciarniello | Gangoona consulting |
| ~17:00 | END OF THE EVENT |
Recordings will be published soon on the SNS JU YouTube Channel.
