Speakers

• Deans Panel: Academic view of 6G

Albert P. Pisano was appointed Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego on September 1, 2013, where he holds the Walter J. Zable Chair. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001.

• Deans Panel: Academic view of 6G

Andrea Goldsmith is the Dean of Engineering and Applied Science and the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University. She was previously the Stephen Harris Professor of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where she is now Harris Professor Emerita.

• Panel: ICT Technology Globalization, Opportunities and Risks

Mr Ari Kynäslahti has a long career working at Nokia. He joined Nokia in the beginning of 1995.
In Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks he has worked in many manager positions, for example as Head of Mobile Networks Product Management, Head of LTE Product Management, Head of Global Radio Sales and Head of WCDMA Product Management as well as multiple positions in R&D and Business Development.

• Session: Role of Verticals in 6G

Ben Craker is the Portfolio Manager at AgGateway, a global nonprofit organization whose members develop standards and other resources across agricultural industry sectors by providing a unique forum where companies can meet to solve digital challenges.

• Keynote by AT&T

Chris Sambar leads AT&T’s Network organization and teams responsible for designing, engineering, building, and operating AT&T’s next generation mobile and fiber networks, including America’s most reliable 5G Network.

• Panel: ICT Technology Globalization, Opportunities and Risks

Colin is currently the chairman of the board of the 5G Infrastructure Association. He has detailed knowledge and experience of the telecommunications industry having worked directly or indirectly with many of the major players over a 28-year period. The roles have included software developer, technical consultant, technical marketing, standardization and management. In addition to line manager roles, he has participated extensively in standardization activities at ETSI, ITU-T and 3GPP, including

• Session: Regulatory Landscape of 6G​

As the Deputy Associate Administrator for Spectrum Planning and Policy in NTIA’s Office of Spectrum Management, Derek Khlopin is responsible for strategic planning, spectrum affairs and information, and Intergovernmental Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) programs.

• Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Devaki Chandramouli is a Bell Labs Fellow and Head of North American Standardization at Nokia. She serves as a Steering Group Co-chair in Next G Alliance. She serves as the rapporteur and lead for 5G System Architecture specification, Private Network, Industrial 5G in 3GPP SA2, received 3GPP Excellence award in 2021.

• Session: Role of Verticals in 6G

Douglas Castor is Head of Wireless Research at Interdigital, where he leads the incubation and development of emerging technologies for wireless systems.

• Session: Regulatory Landscape of 6G​

Dr. Fabiano Chaves is Head of Spectrum Standardization North America at Nokia, responsible for defining and executing Nokia’s spectrum strategy. He serves as Spectrum Working Group Vice Chair in Next G Alliance.

• Session: Cloud Native Architecture and Migration towards 6G

Dr. Farooq Bari is Director Wireless Technology and Standards with AT&T. Currently his focus is on 5G Advanced work in 3GPP and on 6G pre-standards activities.

• Deans Panel: Academic view of 6G

Gregory D. Abowd is the Dean of the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, where he is also a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with affiliate appointments in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the Bouvé College of Health Sciences.

Margaret Martonosi is the US National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Assistant Director for Computer and information Science and Engineering (CISE).

• Keynote by Mediatek

Dr. Mingxi Fan is currently the general manager of communication system design at Mediatek, Inc., leading worldwide commercial wireless system and firmware development, advanced research and standardization across cellular and connectivity, and strategic products.
Previously he was the head of strategy at XCOM Labs Inc. driving innovation and ecosystem partnership in wireless edge computing.

• Session: Cloud Native Architecture and Migration towards 6G

Dr. Simone Redana is Head of Architecture, Security and Automation Standards & Research at Nokia Standards, Strategy & Technology with focus on novel e2e architecture, security and network automation solutions for the 5G era and preparation for 6G as well as business acceleration for verticals. He is responsible for Research and Standardization in Nokia on RAN, CORE & System Architecture, Security, Network & Service Automation and creating Nokia IP portfolio in those areas.

• Standards Development Organizations (SDO) Chairman Panel

Dr. Ulrich Dropmann heads the external standardization activities for Nokia. He is responsible for global and regional standardization including radio spectrum aspects. Ulrich is board member of the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA). He also is a VP and Executive Committee member of the Global Mobile Supplier Association (GSA). Since April 2022, he serves in addition as a board member to the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN-GF)

• Session: Cloud Native Architecture and Migration towards 6G

Frank H. P. Fitzek is a Professor and head of the “Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks” at TU Dresden. His current research interests are in the areas of Tactile Internet, In-Network Computing, Quantum and Molecular Communication, Mobile and Wireless Mesh Communication, Post-Shannon Theory, Network Coding as well as Robotics and the Metaverse.

• Session: Cloud Native Architecture and Migration towards 6G

Dr. Gavin Horn is with the Wireless R&D group at Qualcomm Technologies. Since 2014, he has been leading the 5G and subsequently 6G systems architecture design, evaluation, and standardization including network architecture, security, slicing, edge, cloud-native, virtualization, and radio interface protocols.

• Session: Impact of 6G on Metaverse

Hemanth Sampath is the VP of engineering at Qualcomm, driving expansion of 5G/6G into new devices and use-cases such as XR/metaverse, cloud gaming and private networks. He also leads the Qualcomm University Relations Platforms program, enabling educators to incorporate Snapdragon AI, Robotics and XR spaces platforms across research projects and courses.

• Panel: ICT Technology Globalization, Opportunities and Risks

Mr. Jaydee Griffith is the Chief Technologist for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund

• Session: Regulatory Landscape of 6G​

Jayne Stancavage is the Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Intel Corporation. In this role, she leads a global team of subject matter experts responsible for developing and implementing strategy to advance Intel’s regulatory and technical policy positions globally on areas including artificial intelligence and data, connectivity (5G, 6G, Wi-Fi, etc.), cybersecurity, intellectual property, manufacturing and sustainability, and standards.

• ICT Industry Trends in the coming decades​

Jeff Shen, PhD, Managing Director, is Co-CIO and Co-Head of Systematic Active Equity (SAE) at BlackRock. He is a member of the BlackRock Global Operating Committee, BlackRock Systematic (BSYS). Management Committee and the BlackRock Asian Middle Eastern & Allies Network (AMP) Executive Committee.

• Deans Panel: Academic view of 6G

Jelena Kovačević became the Dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering in August 2018—the first woman to hold that position since the founding, in 1854, of the school’s precursor institutions: the New York University School of Civil Engineering and Architecture and the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute.

She is the author of several books and award-winning papers, as well as the founder and co-chair of the Northeast Regional Deans (NeRDs) council.

• Session: Role of Verticals in 6G

Dr. Rizzo has won numerous awards for his work in disability research, particularly focused on the intersection of ocular motor and appendicular motor control and on assistive technology. Several notable achievements include winning the prestigious Crain’s 40 under 40 award in New York Business for his medical devices, the Forbes and KPMG Medical ‘Re-Writer’ Award for Healthcare (a step above disruption), and for a Smithsonian nomination for People’s Choice for Device Design of the Year. He has

• Responsible and Ethical AI

Joydeep Ghosh is currently the Schlumberger Centennial Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Ghosh (Fellow, IEEE 2004) joined the UT-Austin faculty in 1988 after being educated at IIT Kanpur (B. Tech ’83) and The University of Southern California (Ph.D ’88).

• Panel: ICT Technology Globalization, Opportunities and Risks

Junyi Li is a Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm. He was a key inventor of Flash-OFDM, arguably the first commercially deployed OFDMA-based mobile broadband wireless communications system.

• Panel: ICT Technology Globalization, Opportunities and Risks

Karri manages T-Mobile’s long-term network technology strategy, roadmap and associated development, including spearheading the development and evolution of the next generation wireless network and device platform related technologies.
With a focus on technology development especially related to Radio Access Network, Karri is responsible for identifying worldwide trends in telecommunications and applying them to T-Mobile’s network plan.

• Keynote: 10 Years of Brooklyn Summit

Research career started in fiber optics in his alma mater Helsinki University of Technology and continued in Nokia. In addition to mobile technology, led all aspects of communications technology research including internet, IoT, software and cloud technologies, managing a group of several hundred researchers spanning three continents.

• Session: Role of Verticals in 6G

Matti Latva-Aho is professor at the University of Oulu on wireless communications and Director for National 6G Flagship Programme. He is also a Global Fellow with Tokyo University. Prof. Latva-aho has published over 500 conference or journal papers in the field of wireless communications. He received Nokia Foundation Award in 2015 for his achievements in mobile communications research

• Session: Role of Verticals in 6G

Dr. Meryem Simsek is head of the Network Architecture Research (NAR) Lab at Nokia Bell Labs and is leading an interdisciplinary team of experts to drive network architecture innovations across multiple network layers and across all network segments.

• Session: Regulatory Landscape of 6G​

Michael Ha is the Chief of Policy and Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission. Since joining the Commission in 2010, he has been engaged in various proceedings on spectrum allocations for wireless broadband services, mobile/fixed satellite services, public safety services and unlicensed services.

• Session: Impact of 6G on Metaverse

Mikael Höök joined Ericsson in 1994 and has held various positions targeting the research and standardization of 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G. He is currently Research Area Director for Radio-research within Ericsson Research and based in Kista, Stockholm.

• VIP Dinner and Social Evening

Neera Singh is the co-founder of Telcom Ventures, LLC, a private investment firm based in Miami, Florida specializing in telecommunications and related information technologies.
Under her and her husband Dr. Rajendra Singh’s direction, Telcom Ventures and its affiliates have launched numerous wireless and telecommunication systems throughout the world.

• Session: Impact of 6G on Metaverse

Neil Trevett has served as the elected president of the Khronos Group for more than 20 years and now also serves as the President and Chairman of the Metaverse Standards Forum.

• Session: Regulatory Landscape of 6G​

Dr. Nick Laneman is Director of SpectrumX – An NSF Spectrum Innovation Center, Founding Director and currently Co-Director of the Wireless Institute in the College of Engineering, and Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

• Session: Role of Verticals in 6G

Dr. Onur Altintas is the InfoTech Labs Fellow at InfoTech Labs, Toyota North America R&D, in Mountain View, California. He has been with the Toyota Group since 1999 in various roles in New Jersey, Tokyo and California. He has been the co-founder and general co-chair of the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (IEEE VNC) since 2009.

• Keynote by Qualcomm

Ozge Koymen is a Senior Director of Technology at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. where he has been since 2006. He has led the 5G/6G millimeter-wave program within Qualcomm R&D since early 2015, from early conceptual evaluation to commercial deployment.

• Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Patrick Filkins is a Senior Research Analyst with IDC’s Network Infrastructure group covering IoT and Mobile Networks. In his role covering Edge IoT Infrastructure, he is responsible for market and technology trends, forecasts and competitive analysis related to IoT network edge, gateways, and protocol strategies, including the emerging LPWAN domain.

• Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Peter (VP Nokia Standards) 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.

• Welcome Address: 10 years of Brooklyn Summit

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.

• VIP Dinner and Social Evening

Dr. Rajendra Singh is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and together with his family, the principal owner of Telcom Ventures, LLC, a private investment firm based in Miami, Florida specializing in new wireless communications systems and technologies.
Under Dr. Singh’s direction, Telcom Ventures and its affiliates have launched numerous wireless and other telecommunication systems throughout the world.

• Session: Impact of 6G on Metaverse

Satoshi KONISHI joined KDDI in 1993. From 1995, he was mainly involved in research and development in wireless communication systems such as LEO satellite systems, mesh-type fixed wireless access (FWA) systems, and mobile cellular systems. He led development of base stations for LTE in KDDI while contributing for international standardizations in 3GPP, 3GPP2 and ITU-R.

• Keynote: 10 Years of Brooklyn Summit
• Standards Development Organizations (SDO) Chairman Panel

Seizo Onoe took office as Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on 1 January 2023. Known in the industry as “the father of LTE” (Long-Term Evolution), he helped upgrade the wireless broadband standard for mobile devices and networks. He now aims for global outreach to bridge standardization gaps, deliver the benefits of technology widely and speedily, and ensure meaningful and affordable broadband access for everyone.

• Panel: ICT Technology Globalization, Opportunities and Risks
• Keynote by Reliance Jio

Shyam Prabhakar Mardikar is responsible for Reliance Jio’s mobile network and leads the network strategy, design, and transformation towards making Jio’s mobile network fully converged, programable and future ready. Over past one year, he has successfully led world’s fastest 5G network creation with nearly 1 Mn 5G cells live.

• Panel: ICT Technology Globalization, Opportunities and Risks

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

• Keynote by SKT​

Dr. Takki Yu is a Vice President of Infra Tech Office at SK Telecom , while leading the
R&D on E2E mobile communication infra technologies including Radio Access, Core,
Transport, Device, Location, and Network AI .

• Welcome Address: 10 years of Brooklyn Summit

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

• Session: Impact of 6G on Metaverse

Thierry E. Klein is the President of Bell Labs Solutions Research at Nokia Bell Labs. His global multi-disciplinary team conducts fundamental and applied research focused on new Nokia value chains, business opportunities and ecosystems.

• Session: Cloud Native Architecture and Migration towards 6G

Udayan Mukherjee is the Intel Senior Fellow and Chief Architect of Wireless Network & distributed Edge Products for Intel.

• Session: Regulatory Landscape of 6G​

Dr. Rawat is President and CEO of Expert Strategies International, LLC, a US-based consulting firm, advising national and international entities on telecommunication policies and regulations. She is consulting for GSMA as Senior Spectrum Advisor.

• Keynote by Microsoft

Victor Bahl is a technical fellow and chief technology officer of Azure for Operators in Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technologies division. He is the original co-inventor of the edge computing paradigm and architecture and thought leader behind industry-wide edge computing products. He is also one of the architect of the telecommunications and cloud convergence strategy that led to the creation of Microsoft’s Azure for Operators business.

• Session: Impact of 6G on Metaverse

Vincent Douin is a managing director at EY (Ernst & Young), in the Business Transformation consulting practice, based in New York City. He has more than 20 years’ experience working in the telecommunications industry, both in Europe and in North America.

• Standards Development Organizations (SDO) Chairman Panel

Wanshi Chen (Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, USA), is currently 3GPP TSG RAN Plenary Chair appointed in April 2021.He has over 20 years of experiences in telecommunications in leading telecom companies including operators, infrastructure vendors, and chipset vendors.