Special Session 1: Towards Autonomous Networks: challenges and directions
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room EH.A (level2)
Session chair:
- Halina Tarasiuk (Orange, PL)
- Ilhem Fajjari (Orange, FR)
Special Session 2: 6G Architecture Blueprint and Key Innovations: A European Perspective
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 0.B
Session chair:
- Xi Li (NEC Laboratories Europe, )
- Ömer Bulakci (Nokia , )
- Marco Gramaglia (Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, ES)
- Anastasius Gavras (Eurescom GmbH, )
Special Session 3 : Towards a European Health Data Slice (EHDSL) – Resilience, Security, Interoperability and Use Cases
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 1.D
Session chair:
- Christoph Thuemmler (6G Health Association, DE)
Special Session 4: Understanding and Shaping the Role of In-Network Computing for 6G Networks
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 1.F
Session chair:
- Susanna Schwarzmann (Huawei, DE)
- Aryan Kaushik Manchester (Metropolitan Univ.,UK)
- Riccardo Guerzoni (Docomo Euro-labs, DE)
- Antonio Iera (Univ. of Calabria, IT)
- Laki Sandor (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University)
- Andreas Müller (Bosch)
- Diego Lopez (Telefónica)
- Frank Fitzek (TU Dresden)
- David Gonzalez G. (Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH)
Special Session 5: Hyperconnected Health: How 6G Innovations Can Contribute to the Future of Healthcare
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room 0.B
Session chair:
- Christoph Lipps (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), DE)
- Thomas Neumuth (Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), DE)
Special Session 6: Integrated Sensing and Communications Towards 6G
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room 1.D
Session chairs:
- Xavier Costa Pérez (i2cat, )
Special Session 7: Social Acceptance as a Catalyst for Sustainable 6G: Bridging Technology, Society, and Policy
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room 1.F
Session chairs:
- Margot Bezzi (CyberSocial Lab., )
- Monique Calisti (Martel Innovate, )
Special Session 8: Towards standardized 6G connectivity for Ambient-IoT devices
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 0.B
Session chairs:
- Jeroen Famaey (IMEC & Univ. of Antwerp, BE)
Special Session 9: Unlocking 5G-Advanced and 6G for Verticals Through Service Based Architecture, Network Exposure and Network APIs
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 1.D
Session chairs:
- Maziar Nekovee (NetworldEurope, Univ. of Sussex, UK)
- Giada Landi (FLECON-6G, Nextworks, )
Special Session 10: Evolution of Networking Systems Software towards 6G
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 1.F
Session chairs:
- Nakjung Choi (Nokia Bell Labs, US)
- Mehdi Bennis (Univ. of Oulu, FI)
- Thierry Coupaye (Orange, FR)
Special Session 11: How to accelerate EU Funded Research results via Global Standards Activities
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room 0.B
Session chairs:
- David Boswarthick (ETSI , )
- Colin Willcock (6G-IA,)
Special Session 12: Building Blocks for Autonomous Networks
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 1.2-1.4
Session chairs:
- Marcin Dryjański (Rimedo Labs, PL)
Special Session 13: PREDICT-6G Final event: a special session on PREDICT-6G main results and highlights
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room 1.F
Session chairs:
- Antonio de la Oliva (Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES)
- Valerio Frascolla (Intel Deutschland GmbH, DE)
- Sebastian Robitzsch (InterDigital Europe Ltd, )
- Josep Vidal (Univ.Politècnica Catalunya, ES)
Special Session 14: Research collaborations beyond Europe towards 6G
Friday, 6 June 2025, 9:00 – 10:30, room 0.A
- Adam Kapovits (Eurescom GmbH, INPACE CSA, DE)
- Akihiro Nakao (Univ. Tokyo, JP)
- Emilio Calvanese-Strinati(CEA-Leti, FR)
- Renato Luís Garrido Cavalcante (Fraunhofer HHI, DE)
- James Clarke (Walton Institute, South East Technological Univ., IE)
Special Session 15: Software-based evolution towards the 6G era in telecommunications
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 0.A
Session chairs:
- Dimitris Tsolkas (Fogus Innovations & Services, GR)
- Silvia Almagia (ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), )
- Javier Garcia Rodrigo (Telefonica, ES)
- Ricard Vilalta (CTTC (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya),ES)
- Christos Tranoris (Univ. of Patras, GR)
Special Session 16: Network Softwarization technology enablers for Trust and Security in B5G and 6G Networks
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room 0.A
Session chairs:
- Mattin A. Elorza Forcada (Telefónica Innovación Digital S.L., ES)
Special Session 17: Value Approach of 6G: The Role of Key Value Indicators in Design and Societal Impact
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room 0.A
Session chairs:
- Katrina Petersen (Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE), )
- Anastasius Gavras (Eurescom GmbH,)
- Monique Calisti (Martel Innovate,)
- Margot Bezzi (CyberSocial Lab,)
- Pooja Mohnani (Eurescom GmbH,)
Special Session 18: DECT NR+
Friday, 6 June 2025, 9:00 – 10:30, room EH.B
Session chairs:
- M. Dolores Pérez Guirao (Ostfalia Univ. of Applied Sciences, DE)
- Mikko Valkama (Tampere Univ., FI)
Special Session 19: AURA-6G: Towards an AI-native, service oriented, ubiquitous and verifiable 6G integrated fabric
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room 0.A
Session chairs:
- Engin Zeydan (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), ES)
- Tomaso De Cola (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), DE)
- Michael Dieudonne (Keysight Technologies, )
- Luis Blanco (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), ES)
- Elli Kartsakli (Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), ES)
