Special Session 1: Towards Autonomous Networks
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room to be defined
Session chair:
- Halina Tarasiuk (Orange, PL)
Special Session 2: 6G Architecture Blueprint and Key Innovations: A European Perspective
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room to be defined
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 : Enabling Interoperability in Healthcare through European Health Data Slices (EHDSL), Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), and Advanced Mobile Technologies for 6G Networks
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room to be defined
Session chair:
- Christoph Thuemmler (6G Health Association, DE)
- Amine Arslan (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 to be defined
Session chair:
- Susanna Schwarzmann (Huawei, )
Special Session 5: Hyperconnected Health: How 6G Innovations Can Contribute to the Future of Healthcare
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room to be defined
Session chair:
- Christoph Lipps ( German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), DE)
Special Session 6: Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC)
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room to be defined
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 to be defined
Session chairs:
- Margot Bezzi (CyberSocial Lab., )
Special Session 8: Towards standardized 6G connectivity for ambiently-powered energy-neutral 6G devices
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room to be defined
Session chairs:
- Jeroen Famaey (IMEC & University 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 to be defined
Session chairs:
- Maziar Nekovee ( , )
- Giada Landi ( , )
Special Session 10: Evolution of Networking Systems Software towards 6G
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room to be defined
Session chairs:
- Nakjung Choi ( , )
- Mehdi Bennis ( , )
- Thierry Coupaye ( , )
Special Session 11: How to accelerate EU Funded Research results via Global Standards Activities
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room to be defined
Session chairs:
- David Boswarthick (ETSI , )
Special Session 12: Building Blocks for Autonomous Networks
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room to be defined
Session chairs:
- Marcin Dryjański (Rimedo Labs, )
Special Session 13: PREDICT-6G final event – next steps on deterministic networking
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 16:00 – 17:30, room to be defined
Session chairs:
- Antonio de la Oliva (Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES)
- Valerio Frascolla (Intel Deutschland GmbH, )
- 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 to be defined
Session chairs:
- Adam Kapovits (Eurescom GmbH, DE)
- Akihiro Nakao (Univ. Tokyo, JP)
- Emilio Calvanese-Strinati(CEA-Leti, FR)
- Tobias Ley (Ericsson, FR)
- Renato Luís Garrido Cavalcante (Fraunhofer HHI, DE)
- James Clarke (Walton Institute, South East Technological University, IE)
Special Session 15: Software-based evolution towards the 6G era in telecommunications
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room to be defined
Session chairs:
- Dimitris Tsolkas ( , )
- Silvia Almagia ( , )
- Javier Garcia Rodrigo( , )
- Ricard Vilalta ( , )
- Christos Tranoris ( , )
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 to be defined
Session chairs:
- Mattin Antartiko Elorza Forcada( , )
Special Session 17: Societal Sustainability Driven by Values: Transforming 6G Through Key Value Indicators
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:00 – 12:30, room to be defined
Session chairs:
- Katrina Petersen ( , )
Special Session 18: DECT NR+
Friday, 6 June 2025, 9:00 – 10:30, room to be defined
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 to be defined
Session chairs:
- Engin Zeydan ( , )
