Speakers

• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G

Professor and Dean

Albert P. Pisano is Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego and Special Adviser to the Chancellor for Campus Strategic Initiatives.

• Session 3: Energy Efficiency in AI/ML Network

Technology Manager

Andreas Roessler is a Technology Manager at Rohde & Schwarz, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for the wireless industry, headquartered in Munich, Germany.

• Session 5: 6G Midband Technology and Spectrum

Vice President Strategy & Technology, CTO

Mr Ari Kynäslahti has a long career working at Nokia. He joined Nokia in the beginning of 1995 and has worked in many manager positions for example as Head of Mobile Networks Product Management and Head of LTE Product Management.

• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G

6G ESS program Vice-Director & Professor

Prof. Ari Pouttu has scientific and engineering experience as a researcher, project manager and research manager in various domains of ICT development. The projects under his command have resulted in waveforms and system designs for military radio communication, radar systems, embedded device networks, future wireless radio communications including cellular systems, cognitive networks and navigation applications.

• Session 4: Security, Trust and Resilience in 6G Networks

VP, Head of Network Systems and Security Research

Dr. Azimeh Sefidcon sets the research agenda for future networking to create a unified networking experience on two pillars of security and simplicity. Previously she has held various scientific and technical leadership roles at Ericsson, Power research center and in few startups.

• Session 2: 3-D Networks (Terrestrial Network & Non-Terrestrial Network) and impact on Verticals

Senior Manager, Technology Development and Strategy

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 its overall value to the business.

• VIP Dinner and Social Evening

Development & Innovation Leader, Bruce Tuch Systems

A “technical leader & innovator” of WaveLAN, the first high speed wireless Local Area Network Product introduced in 1991 and a Co-Founder and contributor of the IEEE 802.11 standards group: the engine of broadband Wi-Fi technology. He is an industry leader and trendsetter who helped shape the wireless industry direction.

• Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
• OMDIA Survey Results​

Chief Analyst

Camille Mendler has more than 25 years’ 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.

• Keynote by NVIDIA on AI/ML

R&D Engineering at the Intersection of 5G and AI

Dr Chris Dick is a Senior Distinguished Engineer at NVIDIA working on the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to 5G and 6G wireless.  He is part of the team developing new tools and real-time over-the-air testbeds to enable the path from AI/ML simulation flows to real-time operation. 

• Panel: 6G Gaps and priorities

Chairman of The Board

Colin is currently chairman of the board of the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA), the vice-chairman of the board of the European Smart Networks and Services Joint undertaking (SNS-JU) and vice-chairman of the  European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) board.

• VIP Dinner and Social Evening

Fellow of the IEEE, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 

David Goodman was born here in Brooklyn in 1939 and after graduating from Stuyvesant High School in 1956, he earned Bachelor, Masters, and Ph. D. degrees at RPI, NYU, and Imperial College London. He later moved to Brooklyn Poly, now Tandon School of Engineering at NYU, where he have been Professor Emeritus since 2008. 

• 6G Graduate Students Panel

Ph.D. Candidate

Davide Villa is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University in Boston, USA. His research interests include 5G and beyond cellular networks, channel characterization for wireless systems, O-RAN, and software-defined networking for experimental wireless testbeds.

• Session 3: Energy Efficiency in AI/ML Network

AVP, Head of U.S. 6G Wireless Research Center and the Lead Research Scientist 6G

Dr. Calin leads MediaTek’s advanced research for next generation cellular technologies.

• Keynote by American Tower

Chief Technology Officer

Ed Knapp is responsible for leading the company’s global innovation program, technology investments and strategy. Prior to joining American Tower in 2017, Mr. Knapp served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm.

• Session 5: 6G Midband Technology and Spectrum

Principle Engineer

Dr Emad Farag is a principle engineer at Samsung Research of America (SRA) leading 5G and 6G standardization research. Before joining SRA, Dr Farag had been with Nokia Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent and Lucent Technologies, working on base station modem architecture and algorithms.

• Welcome Address from IEEE

NA Director, BoG member and Distinguished Lecturer

Fawzi is the president of TelNet Management Consulting Inc. offering professional services in the areas of communications technology and ecosystem solutions. He is lecturer at Texas State School of Engineering – Capstone Senior Design program.

• 6G Graduate Students Panel

Research Associate at Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems & Ph.D. student

Florian received the Dipl.-Ing. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, in 2021, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Vodafone Chair Mobile Communication Systems.

• Session 3: Energy Efficiency in AI/ML Network

Head of Sustainability Research and Standardization

Francesca is an accomplished business executive with solid technical understanding and strategic thinking, able to combine the major technology trends with the telecommunications industry.

• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G

Scientific Director & CEO at Barkhausen Institute & Vodafone Chair Professor

Gerhard is member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), the German Academy of Engineering (Acatech), the US National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of IEEE, NAI, EURASIP, ITG, WWRF, and DATE. He is active in organizing IEEE conferences. 

• Session 1: Role of AI/ML in 6G RAN

Head of Radio Systems Research

Dr. Harish Viswanathan is Head of Radio Systems Research Lab in Nokia Bell Labs. He received the B. Tech. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

• Welcome Reception with cocktails and light dinner

CTO

C-level executive and visionary technology leader with over 26 years of global experience in AI, machine learning, data analytics, and wireless technologies. Co-founder of Ekahau, with expertise in technology innovation, IP strategy, and leading global organizations.

• Panel: 6G Gaps and priorities

Head of Corporate Partnerships

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

• Panel: 6G Gaps and priorities

Managing Director

Jaydee Griffith is the Managing Director of ATIS’ Next G Alliance, where he leads NGA’s “research-to-realization” agenda for North American leadership in 6G. Prior to joining ATIS, Griffith was Chief Technologist for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, the $1.5B federal grant program to advance open, interoperable, and innovative radio access network solutions for 5G and beyond.

• Session 1: Role of AI/ML in 6G RAN
• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G

Truchard Family Endowed Chair in Engineering and Director of 6G

Jeffrey Andrews received the B.S. in Engineering with High Distinction from Harvey Mudd College, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.  He is the Truchard Family Endowed Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin where is Director of 6G@UT and conducts research on advanced wireless communication systems.   

• Session 2: 3-D Networks (Terrestrial Network & Non-Terrestrial Network) and impact on Verticals
• Keynote on Economics of NTN

Owner & Lead analyst

Joe Madden founded Mobile Experts and serves as the lead analyst. Joe leads the Mobile Experts team in analysis of wireless communications and Edge Computing.

• Session 3: Energy Efficiency in AI/ML Network

AI-RAN and 6G Developer Relations

With nearly 30 years of experience in the technology sector, Mr. Kuntal Chowdhury is a seasoned senior executive and entrepreneur. He led product management, business strategy, standards, fund raising, M&A, and strategic partnerships at large corporations and startups.

• Panel: 6G Gaps and priorities

Professor at Inha University

KyungHi Chang is with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Inha University. He is also currently a Chairman of 6G Forum, Executive Committee, and Chairman of Technology Committee for National Integrated Public Network.

CTO, Telecom Systems Business

Manish is a well-respected industry leader with over 25 years of experience and specializes in Wireless Networks. Manish is currently the CTO of Telecom Systems Business at Dell Technologies.

• Session 2: 3-D Networks (Terrestrial Network & Non-Terrestrial Network) and impact on Verticals

Global Head of Software & Managing Director

Marko Keskinen is a seasoned leader in the field of technology and telecommunications, serving as Global Head of Software and CEO Finland at Skylo Technologies.

• Session 5: 6G Midband Technology and Spectrum

Research Area Director

Mikael Höök joined Ericsson in 1994 and has held various positions targeting the research and standardization of cellular generations from 2G to 5G-advanced. He is currently Research Area Director for Radio-research within Ericsson Research and based in Kista, Stockholm.

• Session 5: 6G Midband Technology and Spectrum

5G Technical Architect

Mike Millhaem works to develop new test architectures for emerging test requirements for infrastructure and user equipment.

• Session 5: 6G Midband Technology and Spectrum

President and Founder

Michael Thelander is the President and Founder of Signals Research Group (SRG), a US-based research consultancy that offers thought-leading field research and consulting services on the wireless telecommunications industry.  

• 6G Graduate Students Panel

EE PhD Student

Mingjun Ying is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His research interests include green communication, channel modeling, adversarial communication, satellite communications, and integrated sensing and communication.

• Keynote by Mediatek

Senior General Manager of Wireless Communication Technology and System design

Dr. Mingxi Fan is currently Senior General Manager of Wireless Communication Technology and System design at Mediatek, Inc., leading worldwide commercial wireless system, ASIC and firmware development, advanced research and standardization across cellular and connectivity, and strategic products.

• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G

Professor of Electrical Engineering

Monisha Ghosh is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She is also the Policy Outreach Director for SpectrumX, the first NSF Center for Spectrum Innovation and the co-chair of the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC) Working Group on Advanced Spectrum Sharing.

• Session 2: 3-D Networks (Terrestrial Network & Non-Terrestrial Network) and impact on Verticals

Director of Spectrum and Standards

• Panel: 6G Gaps and priorities

Chief Operating Officer & Executive Director

Mr. N. Ganapathy Subramaniam (NGS) is with Tata Consultancy Service Limited as Consulting Advisor overseeing strategic initiatives, after a career of 42 years.

• 6G Graduate Students Panel

PhD student in Electrical Engineering

• Welcome Address: 11 years of Brooklyn Summit
• Opening Keynote by Nokia

Chief Strategy and Technology Officer

Nishant is a global leader with broad experience in strategy and technology development and portfolio management, as well as in having significant profit and loss responsibilities across the telecom and enterprise sectors. He has been intimately involved in bringing cutting-edge products to market across industry domains and has a deep understanding of the silicon, software and system requirements necessary for innovation.

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nitish Vikas Deshpande (Student Member, IEEE) is pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California San Diego. He is a graduate student researcher in Wireless Systems and Innovation Lab (WSIL) under the supervision of Prof. Robert W. Heath Jr.

• Welcome Reception with cocktails and light dinner
• Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Head of Nokia Standards

Peter is currently leading Nokia Standards at Nokia. The unit is responsible for developing holistic concepts and innovations for Access and Core networks as well as automation breakthroughs in network and service automation and driving them accordingly into external standardization bodies and fora.

• 6G Graduate Students Panel
• Welcome Reception with cocktails and light dinner

President of Bell Labs Core Research

Peter Vetter is President of Bell Labs Core Research and Bell Labs Fellow.  He leads an eminent global research organization with the mission to create game changing innovations that define the future of networks and insure portfolio leadership for Nokia’s core business.

• Session 3: Energy Efficiency in AI/ML Network

Sr. Principal Engineer

Phil Pietraski is a Sr. Principal Engineer at InterDigital Communications, a Wireless Communications, Video, and AI research company with offices in the US, Canada, UK, EU, and China.

• Panel: 6G Gaps and priorities

Director General

• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G

Professor

• Session 4: Security, Trust and Resilience in 6G Networks

Connectivity Security lead

Roger Piqueras Jover leads Android Connectivity Security. His team partners with cross-functional collaborators to solve complex challenges hardening baremetal connectivity firmware, protecting Android user privacy against False Base Stations and SMS Blasters, and mitigating wireless-based attacks or fraud.

• 6G Graduate Students Panel

Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ruth Gebremedhin is a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. She completed her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi in 2020 and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at NYU Tandon in 2022. She does research in the physical layer for wireless communication as part of the NYU Wireless center where she is advised by Prof. Thomas L. Marzetta.

• Session 1: Role of AI/ML in 6G RAN

Expert Member of Technical Staff

Dr. Akoum is an expert member of technical staff in the advanced RAN technology, spectrum and standards group within network CTO at AT&T. She is currently working on air-interface research and standardization for 6G communication systems, including integrated sensing and communication, and native artificial intelligence capabilities. 

• Session 2: 3-D Networks (Terrestrial Network & Non-Terrestrial Network) and impact on Verticals

Director of Engineering Programs in the Stratospheric Division

Sara Venhuizen is the Director of Engineering Programs in the Stratospheric Division at Aerostar International, LLC. Sara works to solve problems for customers interested in high-altitude balloon flight in the stratosphere – including NASA, US DoD, commercial companies, international companies, or MNOs.

• Keynote by National Telecommunication and information Association (NTIA)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Administrator

Sarah Morris serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Administrator (Acting). Sarah is a lawyer, non-profit executive, and recognized communications policy expert. She joined NTIA in March 2022 as the agency’s senior advisor for broadband.

• Session 4: Security, Trust and Resilience in 6G Networks

Anthony Ephremides Professor in Information Sciences and Systems

Sennur Ulukus is a Distinguished University Professor and the Anthony Ephremides Professor in Information Sciences and Systems in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she also holds a joint appointment with the Institute for Systems Research (ISR).

• Session 3: Energy Efficiency in AI/ML Network

Head of the Wireless Communications and Networks Department

Slawomir Stanczak is Professor of Network Information Theory at the Technical University of Berlin and Head of the Wireless Communications and Networks Department at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI).

• Session 5: 6G Midband Technology and Spectrum

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sundeep Rangan received the B.A.Sc. at the University of Waterloo, Canada and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, all in Electrical Engineering. He has held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Bell Labs.

• Session 4: Security, Trust and Resilience in 6G Networks

Chair, 3GPP Security Working Group SA3

Suresh Nair currently holds the chair position for 3GPP security working group SA3 since may 2021. He is a member of the security standardization team under the Architecture Security and Automation group in Nokia.

• Session 1: Role of AI/ML in 6G RAN

Senior Director of Technology

Taesang Yoo is a Senior Director of Technology at Wireless R&D Qualcomm Research in San Diego, CA, USA. He leads Qualcomm’s wireless AI/ML R&D for 5G/6G system design and 3GPP air-interface standards.

• Keynote by NTT DoCoMo

Senior Executive Vice President

Mr. Takaaki Sato is responsible for technologies at NTT DOCOMO, INC. as the Senior Executive Vice President. His responsible areas include R&D, network, devices, procurement, and intellectual property.

• Panel: 6G Gaps and priorities

Chief Standardization Officer

Mr. Takehiro Nakamura joined NTT Laboratories in 1990. He is now Chief Standardization Officer in NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

• Keynote by SKT​

Vice President & Head of Infra Tech Office

Dr. Takki Yu primary interests are focused on advanced mobile communications including 5G and Beyond 5G(6G) systems, network virtualization & cloud, location quantum security, and network AI In particular, he has been leading the 5G technology development with a successful world’s first 5G commercialization in Korea, along with Beyond 5G and 6G technology evolution.

• Welcome Address: 11 years of Brooklyn Summit
• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G
• Welcome Reception with cocktails and light dinner

David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport founded the NYU WIRELESS research center in 2012 and the wireless research centers at the University of Texas Austin (WNCG) and Virginia Tech (MPRG) earlier in his career.

• 6G Graduate Students Panel

 President of Bell Labs Solutions Research

Thierry Klein is President of Bell Labs Solutions Research at Nokia Bell Labs. His global team conducts fundamental and applied research dedicated to new value chains, business opportunities and ecosystems beyond Nokia’s current product and solutions portfolio with a focus on advanced sensing technologies, AI-based knowledge systems, autonomous software and data systems and integrated solutions and experiences.

• Session 1: Role of AI/ML in 6G RAN

CTO

Dr. Tim O’Shea is the CTO at DeepSig Inc, where he is focused on enhancing wireless performance using AI/ML in the physical layer where they have fielded the world’s first AI-Native OpenRAN network. 

• Session 4: Security, Trust and Resilience in 6G Networks

Professor

Todd E. Humphreys holds the Ashley H. Priddy Centennial Professorship in Engineering in the department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Keynote by US Department of Defense (DoD)

Principal Director for FutureG & 5G

Dr. Tom Rondeau is the Principal Director for FutureG & 5G for the US Department of Defense serving in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)).

• 6G @ Universities Panel : Academic view of 6G

Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things

• VIP Dinner and Social Evening

Co-establisher and former chair, IEEE

Vic was one of the persons responsible for establishing the IEEE 802.11 Working Group for Wireless LANs in 1990. He chaired the group from its establishment until the end of his term in March 2000.

• Session 5: 6G Midband Technology and Spectrum
• Session 1: Role of AI/ML in 6G RAN

Executive Director

• 6G Graduate Students Panel

Doctoral researcher, Centre for Wireless Communications

Yushan Siriwardhana has over 7 years experience in telecommunication industry. His research interests include 5G, 6G, security in 5G and 6G, AI/ML security, and the Security of AI/ML systems.