Special Sessions

Special Session 1: One6G – An Open Accelerator for 6G Research in Europe

Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 11:30-13:00, Zoom Room

Session chair:
  • Egon Schulz (Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich Research Center)

Special Session 2: EU-China Collaboration in 5G and Beyond

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 09:30-11:00, Zoom Room

Session chair:
  • Uwe Herzog (EURESCOM)
  • Tao Chen (VTT)
  • Kai Zhang (Martel)

Special Session 3 : Recent Progress in Antennas and Metasurfaces for 6G

Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 16:00-17:30, Zoom Room

Session chair:
  • Qi Luo (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
  • Luis Pessoa (INESC TEC, Portugal)

Special Session 4: Edge-Side and Device-Level Innovation for 6G Wireless Networks

Wednesday, 09 June 2021, 11:30-13:00, Zoom Room

Session chair:
  • Mohammad N. Patwary (University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)

Special Session 5: Advances in OpenRAN and the Neutral Host Paradigm

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 09:30-11:00, Zoom Room

Session chair:
  • Angelos Goulianos, Satellite Applications Catapult (United Kingdom)
  • Nikolaos Tsampieris, ERTICO ITS Europe (Belgium)
  • Greig Paul, University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)

Special Session 6: Space – the Next 6G Frontier

Friday, 11 June 2021, 09:30-11:00, Zoom Room
Session chairs:
  • Maria Guta (Esa)
  • Tomaso de Cola (DLR, Germany)
  • Adam Kapovits (Eurescom GmbH, Germany)

Special Session 7: 6G Visions:

Thursday, 10 June 2021, 16:00-17:30, Zoom Room
Friday, 11 June 2021, 09:30 – 11:00, Zoom Room
Session chairs:
  • Marja Matinmikko-Blue (University of Oulu, Finland)

Special Session 8: Autonomous Network Management towards 6G

Friday, 11 June 2021, 09:30-11:00, Zoom Room
Session chair:
  • Stefania Bartoletti (CNIT)
  • Gino Carrozzo (Nextworks s.r.l.)

Special Session 9: RIS-empowered Communications and Localization for Smart Radio

Friday, 11 June 2021, 09:30-11:00, Zoom Room
Session chair:
  • Emilio Calvanese Strinati (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission -Laboratory of Electronics and Information Technology (CEA-LETI, France))
  • Vincenzo Sciancalepore (NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH, Germany)
  • Marco Fiore (IMDEA Network Institute, Spain)
  • Benoît Denis
  • Ahmed Elzanaty (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
  • Anna Guerra (University of Bologna (UNIBO, Italy)
  • Francesco Guidi (National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IEIIT), Italy)