Brian brings more than 30 years of experience on Wall Street and in operating roles. He is an experienced strategist and previously served as the Executive Vice President of Strategy, M&A, and Venture Investments at Qualcomm, helping to define the company’s strategic direction and long-term vision.

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During his time at Qualcomm, Brian led the company’s M&A and venture investment efforts, completing several key acquisitions and venture investments across multiple subsectors, including Mobile/RF, Automotive, IoT, AI, AR/VR, and Networking.

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Prior to Qualcomm, Brian served as a Managing Director in Equity Research at Deutsche Bank Securities. In this capacity, he provided strategic advice to numerous companies on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital funding.

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Brian holds a Master of International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a B.A. in Economics from California State University, Fullerton.

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Jane has a passion for digitization and how technology changes our lives and enables new business. In her current role, she leads strategic partnerships across Nokia and focuses on how partnerships provide a collaborative advantage for the wider ICT industry.

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She has a long background in telco IT solutions and the global mobile networks market. In recent years, she has focused on how partnerships create a collaborative advantage as AI, 6G, and quantum technologies change our technology landscape.

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Joe Madden founded Mobile Experts and serves as the lead analyst. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Madden has accurately predicted Digital Predistortion, Remote Radio Heads, Small Cells, and 5G Fixed Wireless, as well as provided accurate growth forecasts for IoT, Virtual RAN, and Open RAN.

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He has worked as an RF engineer and managed product lines in both mobile infrastructure and handset components. He has also served as an interim CEO, successfully returning a struggling company to profitability.

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Joe leads the Mobile Experts team in the analysis of wireless communications and is currently investigating 6G, device-to-device (D2D) communication, and AI-for-RAN.

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He studied Physics and Business at UCLA and Stanford. He says that, despite 30 years in Silicon Valley, he still obeys the laws of physics.

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Dr. Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr. is an IEEE Fellow, a Qualcomm Fellow, and a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. He created Qualcomm’s worldwide standardization and industry organization activities, which he led until he stepped back last year to focus on technical issues. Dr. Tiedemann has been active in every “G” since his instrumental work in the design and development of the TIA/EIA/IS-95 CDMA system, also called cdmaOne™.

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Dr. Tiedemann holds 300 granted U.S. patents and has participated in many papers, conference lectures, and industry panels. He is interested in multiple topics in communications, including 6G, NTN, IoT, V2X, and spectrum.

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Dr. Tiedemann holds the Ph.D. degree from MIT, where he worked in the areas of queueing theory and communications networks. He also holds a Master of Science degree from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

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Prior to becoming involved with terrestrial wireless communications, Dr. Tiedemann worked on numerous commercial and military satellite systems. From 1977 to 1988, Dr. Tiedemann was at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he worked on communications system and modem design for mmWave satellite communications systems.

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Dr. Tiedemann currently serves as a member of the Next G Alliance Research Council, the Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board, the Advisory Board of the Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering Advisory Committee, and the International Advisory Panel of the Singapore Future Communications Research & Development Programme. He also serves in several positions within the IEEE.

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Dr. Tiedemann is past Chairman of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and was General Chair of IEEE GLOBECOM 2015. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peabody Essex Museum and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Concord Museum. He has received numerous recognitions, including the Robert M. Walp Industry Humanitarian Award from the IEEE Communications Society.

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Ed Knapp is Liberty Technology Partners’ CEO, a privately owned technology consulting firm founded in 2017. In September 2025, Ed retired as American Tower’s Chief Technology Officer, where he oversaw the company’s global innovation program, technology investments, and strategy for the wireless and data center platforms. Before joining American Tower in 2017, he served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm/Flarion. There, he led a global team focused on pioneering 5G research and silicon products.

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Ed’s start-up experience includes his role as Chief Technology Officer at software provider Packet Video Corporation and as a co-founder and CTO of wholesale network and spectrum owner NextWave Telecom, Inc. Additionally, Ed served as Executive Director of Technical Services for Bell Atlantic/NYNEX Mobile (Verizon Wireless). His early engineering experience was in naval radar and optical networks.

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He currently serves on the Board of Directors of AST Space Mobile, a public NASDAQ corporation, and is a Board Director for the non-profit Center for Automotive Research (CAR). Ed is an advisor to several start-ups and a member of the CEAS Dean’s Advisory Council at Stony Brook University and Rutgers University. He holds five U.S. patents. He earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University (NYU) in New York, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stony Brook University.

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Manish is a well-respected industry leader with over 25 years of experience, specializing in wireless networks. He is currently the CTO of the Telecom Systems Business at Dell Technologies.

Before joining Dell, Manish was at Meta (formerly Facebook), where he headed the Wireless Ecosystems Program for Open RAN and Open Core Networks. He was heavily involved with the O-RAN Alliance and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP). He currently serves on the ATIS Board and, for three consecutive years, also served on the Board of the Small Cell Forum. Manish is recognized as a thought leader with a strong balance of technological depth and business acumen.

Prior to Meta, Manish was Vice President of Network Services at Tech Mahindra. Before that, he served as CTO at Radisys, where he spearheaded the company’s strategic initiatives in SDN, NFV, and VoLTE (Voice-over-LTE). Earlier in his career, Manish was Vice President of Product Management at Continuous Computing, where he led the startup’s remarkable growth in Small Cells and DPI. He has also held management and architect positions at Intel, Trillium Digital Systems, and C-DOT.

Manish holds an M.S. degree from the Indian Institute of Science (I.I.Sc.), Bangalore. He is a frequent keynote speaker at leading industry events and a thoughtful writer with numerous published papers, books, and articles. Manish also holds multiple patents in the fields of computing and communications.

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Mischa Dohler is now Vice President of Emerging Technologies at Ericsson Inc. in Silicon Valley, working on cutting-edge topics in 5G/6G, augmented reality (AR), and generative AI. He serves on the Spectrum Advisory Board of Ofcom and the AI/ML Technical Advisory Committee of the FCC.

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He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the AP Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), as well as a Distinguished Member of Harvard Square Leaders Excellence. Mischa is a serial entrepreneur with five companies, a composer and pianist with five albums on Spotify and iTunes, and fluent in several languages. His work has been widely covered by national and international media, and he is featured on Amazon Prime.

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He is a frequent keynote, panel, and tutorial speaker and has received numerous awards. Mischa has pioneered several research fields, contributed to multiple wireless broadband, IoT/M2M, and cybersecurity standards, holds a dozen patents, organized and chaired numerous conferences, served as Editor-in-Chief of two journals, published over 300 highly cited papers, and authored several books. He is recognized as a Top 1% Cited Innovator across all scientific fields globally.

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From 2013 to 2021, he was a full and tenured Professor in Wireless Communications at King’s College London and Director of the Centre for Telecommunications Research, where he drove cross-disciplinary research and innovation in technology, sciences, and the arts. He is the cofounder and former CTO of the IoT-pioneering company Worldsensing, the AI-driven satellite company SiriusInsight.AI, and the sustainability company Movingbeans (acquired). Earlier in his career, he worked as a Senior Researcher at Orange/France Telecom from 2005 to 2008.

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Between 1990 and 1993, Mischa won several Olympiads in mathematics and physics and reached the third round of the International Physics Olympiad representing Germany.

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Ari Kynäslahti is the Senior Vice President of Strategy & Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Nokia Mobile Networks. In this role, he is responsible for shaping the business, technology, and partnership strategies for Mobile Networks, while also contributing to Nokia’s overall technology vision and strategy. He oversees Nokia Mobile Networks’ portfolio and investment management, as well as the standardization and research of radio access networks across different mobile technology generations, ensuring a smooth evolution path to 6G together with Bell Labs and academia.

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Ari actively drives Mobile Networks’ diversification into non-CSP segments, including defense, public safety, and enterprise, collaborating with various industry stakeholders such as the U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, government entities, and Tier 1 defense contractors, continuously exploring opportunities for mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Ari manages collaboration with key partners across multiple functions, including R&D, sales, standardization, research, and with chipset and device vendors. He also serves as a board member representing Nokia in the global AI-RAN Alliance.

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Ari has had a long and distinguished career at Nokia, which began in early 1995. Over the years, he has held several key leadership roles at both Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks, including Head of Mobile Networks Product Management, Head of LTE Product Management, Head of Global Radio Sales, and Head of WCDMA Product Management. He has also held various roles in R&D and Business Development.

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Ari holds a Master of Science degree in Radio Technology with minors in Corporate Strategy & International Business and Economics from the Helsinki University of Technology.

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Peter Vetter is President of Bell Labs Core Research and Bell Labs Fellow at Nokia. He leads an eminent global research organization with the mission to create game-changing innovations that define the future of networks and ensure portfolio leadership for Nokia’s core business. He is also Honorary Professor at KU Leuven and IEEE Fellow.

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During an international career of thirty years in research leadership, mostly in fixed and mobile networks, he and his teams have realized several world-first system demonstrations and successfully transferred industry-leading concepts to the business groups. He was also co-founder of an internal venture that produced the first FTTH product in Alcatel.

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He received the degree of Physics Engineer from Gent University (Belgium) in 1986 and a Ph.D. with Prof. H. Pauwels in 1991. After a post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. T. Uchida at Tohoku University (Japan), he joined the research center of Alcatel (now Nokia) in Antwerp in 1993. Since 2009, he has worked at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and has been on the senior leadership team of Bell Labs since 2013. He has authored over a hundred international papers and presented keynotes and tutorials at major technical industry events.

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Peter Vetter is President of Bell Labs Core Research and Bell Labs Fellow at Nokia. He leads an eminent global research organization with the mission to create game-changing innovations that define the future of networks and ensure portfolio leadership for Nokia’s core business. He is also Honorary Professor at KU Leuven and IEEE Fellow.

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During an international career of thirty years in research leadership, mostly in fixed and mobile networks, he and his teams have realized several world-first system demonstrations and successfully transferred industry-leading concepts to the business groups. He was also co-founder of an internal venture that produced the first FTTH product in Alcatel.

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He received the degree of Physics Engineer from Gent University (Belgium) in 1986 and a Ph.D. with Prof. H. Pauwels in 1991. After a post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. T. Uchida at Tohoku University (Japan), he joined the research center of Alcatel (now Nokia) in Antwerp in 1993. Since 2009, he has worked at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and has been on the senior leadership team of Bell Labs since 2013. He has authored over a hundred international papers and presented keynotes and tutorials at major technical industry events.

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Tommaso Melodia is the William Lincoln Smith Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. He is also the Founding Director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things and the Director of Research for the PAWR Project Office.

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He received his Laurea (integrated B.S. and M.S.) from the University of Rome – La Sapienza and his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. He is an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Distinguished Member, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He has received several Best Paper Awards, including at IEEE INFOCOM 2022 and IEEE GLOBECOM 2024.

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Prof. Melodia serves as Editor-in-Chief for Computer Networks and is a co-founder of the 6G Symposium. He has also served as Technical Program Committee Chair for IEEE INFOCOM and General Chair for ACM MobiHoc, among others. He is an Executive Board Member of the AI-RAN Alliance and a Board Member of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance.

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Prof. Melodia’s research on modeling, optimization, and experimental evaluation of wireless networked systems has been funded by numerous U.S. government agencies and industry partners.

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Nuutti Tervo is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Wireless Communications — Radio Technologies (CWC-RT) at the University of Oulu, Finland, and a Fulbright Finland Scholar at UC Santa Barbara. He coordinates the Devices and Circuit Technologies research area in the Academy of Finland’s 6G Flagship program.

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His research focuses on interdisciplinary topics in RF transceivers, wireless communications, and signal processing. He has authored over 90 publications, holds several patents, and has received the URSI Finland Young Scientist Award and the EuMC Microwave Prize.

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Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport (tsr@nyu.edu) is the David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University (NYU), and is also a professor in the NYU Courant Computer Science Department and the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He founded the NYU WIRELESS research center in 2012, as well as the wireless research centers at the University of Texas at Austin (WNCG) and Virginia Tech (MPRG) earlier in his career.

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He has authored or co-authored widely used textbooks on wireless communications, millimeter-wave communications, smart antennas, and simulation. He has provided foundational knowledge for wireless system design and radio propagation channels used to create the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, the first U.S. digital TDMA and CDMA standards, and the first public Wi-Fi hotspots. He also led the global adoption of millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz frequencies for 5G, 6G, and beyond.

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His work influenced the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to open the world’s first mobile telephone spectrum in the millimeter-wave bands between 2014 and 2016 as part of the FCC Spectrum Frontiers ruling. He again led the FCC to open spectrum in the sub-terahertz bands above 95 GHz through the FCC Spectrum Horizons ruling between 2018 and 2019.

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Prof. Rappaport founded two businesses that were later sold to publicly traded companies — TSR Technologies, Inc., which pioneered software-defined radios for cellphone/paging over-the-air intercept and the first Emergency-911 (E911) cellphone position location system, and Wireless Valley Communications, Inc., a leader in site-specific wireless deployment. He also served as an advisor to Straight Path Communications, which sold 5G millimeter-wave spectrum to Verizon.

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He is a licensed Professional Engineer and a member of the Wireless Hall of Fame, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. He is a recipient of IEEE’s Eric Sumner Award and a life member of the American Radio Relay League. His ham radio call sign is N9NB.

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Doctoral student at the University of Oulu, specializing in AI-driven digital predistortion (DPD) for power amplifier linearization. My research focuses on integrating domain knowledge with machine learning to develop efficient DPD algorithms that minimize computational complexity and enhance the practicality of hardware implementations.

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Maria Tsampazi received her MEng degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 2021. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.

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Her research interests focus on NextG wireless networks and intelligent resource allocation in Open RAN. She has received student awards sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the IEEE Communications Society, and Northeastern University, and is a 2024 recipient of the U.S. National Spectrum Consortium Women in Spectrum Scholarship.

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Her experience includes collaborations with the U.S. Department of Transportation and Dell Technologies, as well as an internship with the Nokia Standards and Radio Interface Group in the Greater Chicago Area.

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Mingjun Ying is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU WIRELESS, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, USA, under the supervision of Prof. Theodore S. Rappaport.

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He completed his B.Eng. at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2023 and his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at NYU Tandon in 2025. His research interests include wireless ray tracing, channel measurement and modeling, 3D reconstruction, satellite communications, and integrated sensing and communication.

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Dr. Martin Weiss is the Director for FutureG Applied Research and the Technical Lead for Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions and Integrated Sensing and Communications within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. In this capacity, Dr. Weiss oversees multiple initiatives promoting FutureG applied research, enabling collaboration among government, academia, and industry to develop commercially viable solutions that address the Department of Defense’s wireless communications needs. He also leads the Department’s research and engineering efforts in developing and applying integrated sensing and communications technologies for defense applications.

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Prior to joining the FutureG Office, Dr. Weiss was a Professor in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems in the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also served as Associate Director of the Center for Governance and Markets. He was a founding member of SpectrumX, an NSF-funded Spectrum Innovation Institute.

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Dr. Weiss earned his Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, his M.S.E. in Computer, Control, and Information Engineering from the University of Michigan, and his B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. His research interests center on the governance of technological systems and infrastructures, with a particular focus on dynamic spectrum access, the economics of spectrum sharing, and mobile telecommunication standards such as 3GPP.

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Douglas Castor is Head of Wireless Research at InterDigital, where he leads the incubation and development of emerging technologies for wireless systems. He has over 25 years of experience in the wireless industry, spanning both product development and research innovations for 3G through 6G cellular and Wi-Fi technologies.

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Key topics currently under Doug’s leadership include AI-native approaches for 6G, enhancing performance through extreme MIMO and coding techniques, enabling “near zero power” cellular modems, and the integration of communication and computing systems.

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Doug is an industry leader with elected positions as Co-Chair of the Next G Alliance’s Steering Committee and Vice-Chair of its National 6G Roadmap Working Group. He is also a founder and leader of the annual 6G World 6G Symposium held in Washington, D.C., each year.

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Dr. Martin Weiss is the Director for FutureG Applied Research and the Technical Lead for Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions and Integrated Sensing and Communications within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. In this capacity, Dr. Weiss oversees multiple initiatives promoting FutureG applied research, enabling collaboration among government, academia, and industry to develop commercially viable solutions that address the Department of Defense’s wireless communications needs. He also leads the Department’s research and engineering efforts in developing and applying integrated sensing and communications technologies for defense applications.

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Prior to joining the FutureG Office, Dr. Weiss was a Professor in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems in the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also served as Associate Director of the Center for Governance and Markets. He was a founding member of SpectrumX, an NSF-funded Spectrum Innovation Institute.

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Dr. Weiss earned his Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, his M.S.E. in Computer, Control, and Information Engineering from the University of Michigan, and his B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. His research interests center on the governance of technological systems and infrastructures, with a particular focus on dynamic spectrum access, the economics of spectrum sharing, and mobile telecommunication standards such as 3GPP.

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Dr. Ishaq Mian is a power system telecommunications expert, currently serving as the Principal Technical Leader at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). At EPRI, he is a key member of the team leading innovative research and development projects focused on creating reliable, resilient, secure, and affordable communications to enable grid modernization.

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His extensive experience includes senior engineering and management roles at Hydro One, Redline Communications, Nokia, and Ericsson, where he led teams in developing and delivering critical communications solutions for the energy and utilities sector.

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Dr. Mian holds a Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management from George Washington University, an MBA from York University, and a Master of Engineering in Computer Networks from Toronto Metropolitan University.

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Mark Lipford is the head of standards for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority). The FirstNet Authority is an independent agency within the U.S. Government that oversees FirstNet, the nation’s communications network dedicated to first responders and the public safety community.

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Mark has more than 35 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including over 30 years in wireless. His experience ranges from field engineering; systems engineering; testing, acceptance, and software validation; product development; systems design; and industry standards.

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He has been active in industry standards for over 27 years, where he’s held several leadership positions, including Global Platform Board of Directors, Small Cell Forum Board of Directors, Chairman of the GSMA North American Regional Interest Group, At-Will Member of the GSMA Technology Committee, Chair of the GSMA Industry Approving Group, 5G Americas Executive Committee, NGMN Board, and NGMN 5G Board Committee, among others.

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He has worked on all five current generations of wireless technology and is currently active in 3GPP on 6G.

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Mr. Takehiro Nakamura is currently the Chief Standardization Officer at NTT DOCOMO, Inc. With extensive experience in R&D and standardization, he has played a pivotal role in advancing radio and network technologies while strengthening inter-industry collaboration.

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He currently leads several projects on Local 5G, millimeter wave, and 6G within the XG Mobile Promotion Forum (XGMF) and serves as a Board Member of 5G-ACIA.

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Dr. Simone Redana is responsible for Architecture, Security, and Automation at Nokia Technologies and Standards, driving standardization and research leadership, building Nokia’s IP portfolio, and accelerating business development initiatives in these domains. He oversees work in areas such as RAN, Core and System Architecture, Security, Network and Service Automation, and AI/ML, advancing technology and standardization leadership in organizations including 3GPP, O-RAN ALLIANCE, IETF, GSMA, ETSI, NTIA, and TSDSI.

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He has been responsible for several 5G projects and trials with vertical industries such as BOSCH in Germany and OMRON in Japan, contributing to business development and joint go-to-market opportunities with these partners. Dr. Redana also leads technical collaborations on 6G with customers and universities across different regions.

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Previously, Dr. Redana led research on concepts and demonstrations involving physical layer, protocols, and radio architecture, as well as relays, SON for 4G and LTE-WLAN interworking, and new methods for spectrum sharing and licensed spectrum access. He has served as a standardization delegate and expert in several 3GPP RAN1, RAN2, and RAN3 meetings, coordinated EU-funded projects, and launched the EU 5GPPP Architecture Working Group — now the 6G Working Group — as part of the 5G Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership program.

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Balazs Bertenyi received an M.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications in 1998 from the Technical University of Budapest.

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Balazs joined Nokia in 1998 as part of the research group on IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) and began working in 3GPP standardization.

• 2007–2011: Chairman of 3GPP SA2
• 2011–2015: Chairman of 3GPP TSG-SA
• 2017–2021: Chairman of 3GPP TSG-RAN

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Since 2021 onward, Balazs has been working on early 6G research and pre-standards and has been leading Nokia’s 6G pre-standards efforts.

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With nearly 20 years of experience driving the evolution of wireless standards, Diana is a celebrated contributor to the design, development, and standardization of foundational 3GPP technologies like radio access protocols. Since 2008, Diana has been a leading contributor to 3GPP RAN2 meetings, and in 2023, Diana was elected to Chair 3GPP RAN2, the first woman to hold this role. She was re-elected in 2025. Diana’s expertise has shaped the development of 5G standards, and she is also recognized as an expert in 3G and 4G radio access technologies, notably L2/L3 protocol and L1 system design.

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Alongside her standards leadership, Diana also leads the Wireless Standards team at InterDigital and is a prolific inventor. Diana is an innovation-driven engineer whose expertise contributes significantly to the technical evolution of cellular networks. Through consistent research and standards leadership, Diana has actively shaped the advancements of wireless technology, from 3G to the design and development of 6G.

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Mr. Kuntal Chowdhury is the 6G Technology Evangelist at NVIDIA. In this role, he is responsible for driving 6G strategy by enabling the global research and development community. Mr. Chowdhury also serves as Chair of the Technical Steering Committee at the AI-RAN Alliance and holds a board membership at ATIS.

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Most recently, Mr. Chowdhury was responsible for building products and solutions at Mavenir, utilizing cutting-edge Big Data analytics and AI/ML-based applications for network automation and Edge AI. Before that, he co-founded Altiostar, a virtual RAN pioneer, and was an early employee of Starent Networks, a packet core innovator later acquired by Cisco.

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At Cisco, Mr. Chowdhury held a business role where he defined Cisco’s mobile internet strategy. Over his illustrious career, he has contributed to leading standards organizations such as 3GPP, WiMAX, and IETF. He also held technical positions at Nortel and Motorola, where he led systems engineering and RF optimization efforts for large-scale deployments of cellular networks.

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Mr. Chowdhury holds a Master of Science and Engineering degree from SMU. He has over 50 granted patents and numerous additional patent applications filed.

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Egil Gronstad is the Senior Director of Technology Development and Strategy for T-Mobile US. In this role, Egil leads Advanced Technology Development and Strategy activities focusing primarily on 5G Advanced, 6G, architecture, and various emerging technologies. He is also responsible for leading spectrum evaluations and strategies and guiding related standards activities to ensure long-term alignment between business objectives, standards, spectrum, technologies, and the broader ecosystem.

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Egil has over 30 years of experience in product marketing, product development, and technology management in the mobile wireless industry. Prior to joining T-Mobile, he held leadership roles in technology, marketing, and strategy as Vice President for Cricket Wireless, Clearwire, and Ericsson.

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Egil has a proven track record in defining, developing, and introducing new technologies for the wireless telecommunications market and has been a featured speaker at various industry conferences. He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications field, Mirko Cano Soveri has developed a strong focus on standardization. He currently serves as Director of ETSI’s Mobile Competence Centre (MCC) department, a position he has held since 2023.

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His career began with roles at Vodafone, British Telecom, and Telefonica. It was through his work on EU research projects at Telefonica that he first became involved in standardization. He continued this focus at TNO, working on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) standards within the ETSI M2M group.

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Since joining ETSI in 2012, Mirko has been actively involved in mobile telecommunication standardization efforts. He initially provided support to 3GPP technical groups in the areas of security and management before taking on his current leadership position within the MCC.

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Douglas Knisely is a Senior Director of Technical Standards at Qualcomm, where he focuses on driving the success of Open RAN in various industry organizations, and on advocating for effective policies, tools, methodologies, and licenses for open source software in standards development organizations.

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His efforts have led to greater cooperation among major software communities and industry standards organizations to coordinate 5G RAN, Core Network, and Open RAN software stacks. He serves on the Governing Board of the Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) and the advisory boards of the Open Air Interface and the Open Air Interface Foundation.

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He is an active technical contributor in the O-RAN Alliance, where he is currently one of the co-chairs of the Software Development Focus Group, and to spectrum sharing industry standardization activities, including serving as an active contributor and member of the Board of Directors for the WInnForum.

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He has an extensive background in cellular industry standards, having led several radio and core network efforts in 3GPP2, 3GPP, Broadband Forum, Small Cell Forum, and other groups. Douglas played a key role in driving the initial Femtocell standardization activities for 3GPP and 3GPP2 3G and 4G radio technologies and Femtocell device management, and made significant contributions to the seminal industry standards for Femtocells and Small Cells, as well as leading MAC standardization for cdma2000 2G, 3G, and 4G radio standards.

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His early career activities included architecture and development management for early multiprocessor blade computing systems and communications and protocol architecture, design, and implementation.

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Jason is the Global Director of In-Space Data & Security at Axiom Space, where he leads the development, strategy, and monetization of orbital data centers for commercial, civil, and defense and security applications in Earth-independent cloud computing, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, and AI/ML.

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He has over 20 years of experience in technical, organizational, and project leadership, R&D, systems engineering, strategy, finance, and business development across the space, defense, and financial technology industries.

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Prior to joining Axiom, Jason served as CEO of Finsophy, Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Chief Engineer at Raytheon. He holds a B.S. in Astrophysics, an M.S. in Physics, and an M.S. in Engineering Management.

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Joe Madden founded Mobile Experts and serves as the lead analyst. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Madden has accurately predicted Digital Predistortion, Remote Radio Heads, Small Cells, and 5G Fixed Wireless, as well as provided accurate growth forecasts for IoT, Virtual RAN, and Open RAN.

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He has worked as an RF engineer and managed product lines in both mobile infrastructure and handset components. He has also served as an interim CEO, successfully returning a struggling company to profitability.

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Joe leads the Mobile Experts team in the analysis of wireless communications and is currently investigating 6G, device-to-device (D2D) communication, and AI-for-RAN.

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He studied Physics and Business at UCLA and Stanford. He says that, despite 30 years in Silicon Valley, he still obeys the laws of physics.

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Todd E. Humphreys (B.S., M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., Cornell University) holds the Ernest Dashiell Cockrell II Chair in Engineering in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. He is Director of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group and of the UT Radionavigation Laboratory, where he specializes in the application of optimal detection and estimation techniques to positioning, navigation, and timing.

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His awards include the NSF CAREER Award (2015), the ION Thurlow Award (2015), the PECASE (NSF, 2019), the IEEE Walter Fried Best Paper Award (2012, 2020, 2023), the ION Kepler Award (2023), and the Royal Institute of Navigation Harold Spencer Jones Gold Medal (2025). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Navigation and of the Royal Institute of Navigation.

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Mersad Cavcic joined Globalstar in 2024 as Chief Product Officer, where he leads the product management and global marketing teams. Prior to joining Globalstar, he served as Vice President of Product Management at Pivotal Commware from 2018 to 2024, playing a key role in the development and commercialization of mmWave 5G technologies and products.

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Before his tenure at Pivotal, Mersad was the Principal Solutions Architect at Kymeta Corporation from 2014 to 2018, where he was instrumental in developing ground terminals for mobility Ku/Ka-band satellite services and establishing a global satellite network in an MVNO format. He began his career at The Boeing Company, focusing on tactical communications systems within the Boeing Research and Technology division.

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Mersad’s expertise lies in developing product and go-to-market strategies for emerging connectivity technologies, with a focus on unit economics and building robust industry ecosystems. He holds BSEE and MSEE degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, combining deep technical acumen with strategic business insight to drive innovation in the technology landscape.

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Marko Keskinen is a seasoned leader in the technology and telecommunications sector, currently serving as Managing Director for Europe at Skylo Technologies. His career is marked by strategic leadership and innovation, including a distinguished tenure at Nokia, followed by co-founder and executive roles in the startup and scaleup ecosystem.

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At Skylo, he is at the forefront of the company’s groundbreaking advancements in direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity. Skylo has developed the world’s first standards-based, commercial, software-defined network for D2D satellite service — now the largest of its kind globally. The network provides coverage across five continents and serves well over 10 million subscribers.

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Dongning Guo received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. In 2004, he joined Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also a Research Partner with SpectrumX, an NSF Spectrum Innovation Center.

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His research interests include wireless networks, blockchain and decentralization, information theory, and machine learning. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2007, the IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications in 2010, the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference in 2017, and the 2023 Bitcoin Research Prize. He also led teams that reached the final matches of the DARPA Spectrum Challenges in both 2014 and 2019.

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Dr. Guo has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, an Editor for Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory, and a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

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Brian Olsen is a Senior Manager, T-Mobile Research for T-Mobile USA. Brian leads T-Mobile’s long-term technology planning activities, including evaluation of new spectrum opportunities and development of technology roadmaps to ensure T-Mobile’s technology leadership position. Brian also leads the network technology development and program management of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) with the goal of providing wireless connectivity service where terrestrial network service does not exist.

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Brian has over 25 years of experience working for a number of different Mobile Network Operators across RF Planning, Network Optimization, Field Evaluation, Equipment Engineering, and Capacity Planning. He has a proven track record of evaluating new technologies and spectrum opportunities and assessing their overall value to the business.

Peter is currently leading the Nokia Standards. This unit is tasked with developing comprehensive concepts and innovations for radio interface & access and core networks. Additionally, it focuses on automation breakthroughs in network and service domains, ensuring these innovations are effectively integrated into external standardization bodies and fora.

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Peter received his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 from the University of Stuttgart in Germany. In 1996, he joined Siemens Mobile Networks and started working on GSM technology. He has a strong background in wireless research and was instrumental in Siemens’s pioneering activities in WCDMA and LTE.

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In 2007, he took over as Head of Radio Systems Research at Nokia Siemens Networks and later at Nokia Networks. The research performed by this unit has contributed substantially to the evolution of WCDMA, HSPA, LTE/LTE-Advanced, and 5G/5G-Advanced technologies and systems that provide unparalleled connectivity on a global scale.

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Peter is a proven technology and thought leader who can execute defined strategies by successfully leading projects and programs in multicultural global organizations. Peter initiated and founded the industry consortium on CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) together with Ericsson, NEC, Nortel, Siemens, and Huawei.

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He has been involved with the setup of several collaborative research projects and the creation of various mobile generations like 4G/LTE, 5G/5G-Advanced, and now 6G. Moreover, he holds several international patents, is a member of the VDE board and the board of “Münchner Kreis,” and is one of the creators of the landmark annual Brooklyn Summit event. Peter also acts as an industry speaker for the www.Thinknet-6G.de platform. He is frequently invited to share his insights on the transformational power of AI for 6G.

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Camille Mendler has more than 25 years of multi-disciplinary experience in the digital economy and a global remit to anticipate key shifts in B2B demand patterns, with a current focus on how 5G is disrupting enterprise ecosystems.

Her consultancy projects address go-to-market challenges, including identifying buyer segments, creating effective value propositions, and determining the optimal sales channel mix. Her areas of expertise include managed and professional services, cloud and SaaS, and private networks.

During her tenure at Omdia, Camille has launched SoHo, SME, and Enterprise Verticals intelligence services. She serves as a judge for the GSMA’s GLOMO Awards and TM Forum’s Excellence Awards.

Camille has advised organizations including the International Telecommunications Union, Open Society Foundations, and the World Bank. She has also worked as a telecom contract negotiator, expert witness in dark fiber matters, and technology journalist.

Camille won a research fellowship in Russian Area Studies from Georgetown University and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Russian from Northwestern University.