Large Scale Trials and Pilots: Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 16:00-17:30, Room Gorilla Room 5
Session Chair:
- Andreas Georgakopoulos (WINGS ICT Solutions S.A., )
- Marco Gramaglia (Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, ES)
- Alessandro Trogolo (Trialsnet project, Telecom Italia SPA, IT)
- Ioannis Markopoulos (NOVA, GR)
- David Gomez Barquero (UPV, ES)
- Niels König (Fraunhofer IPT, )
The European Union is funding four different projects on large scale trials and pilots focus on the deployment, testing and evaluation of advanced 5G/6G technologies in various vertical sectors under the Stream D, with the goal to incorporate technologies that are currently key enablers for 6G networks, such as AI/ML, cybersecurity, cloud/edge and advanced IoT solutions etc. Large scale trials and pilots attract the participation of vertical industries in view of stimulating a strong European participation in future downstream standardisation phases. Therefore, participation of industrial actors with demonstrated strong standardisation impact is important in such activities. Large-Scale Pilots are carried out from an end-to-end perspective, with representative technologies covering the full value chain, including devices, connectivity, and service delivery. They demonstrate the integration of different IoT, cloud/edge computing environments in public and private domains towards a distributed environment with a landscape unified management able to support the emergence of a European offer and capability in that domain. Framed in this context, the proposed Special Session will show the current status and main challenges of large-scale trials and pilots that are currently taking place in EU countries and across various domains.
Programme
The tentative structure is presented below (total duration 1h 30min):
- Introduction (5 minutes): This presentation will introduce the session and provide an overview of the key European activities that are currently ongoing.
- TRIALSNET: Challenges and Opportunities (15 minutes): This presentation will provide details about the large-scale trials and pilots of the Trialsnet project. It will also discuss on the challenges and opportunities they present.
- FIDAL Beyond 5G: trials overview, current challenges and expected outcomes (15 minutes): This presentation will provide an overview of FIDAL project trials, the challenges and expected outcome.
- IMAGINE-B5G: First Trials and Pilots (15 minutes): This presentation will provide an initial view and discuss the chellenges and way forward of the IMAGINE-B5G project.
- TARGET-X: Integration of 5G and Beyond 5G Technology into Manufacturing, Energy, Construction and Automotive Verticals (15 minutes): This presentation will elaborate on the current status and next steps of the TARGET-X large scale trials and pilots.
- Panel discussion and Q&A (25 minutes): A concluding panel discussion and Q&A will take place for closing the session. The panel discussion will focus on the main challenges and opportunities from large scale trials and pilots that were presented in the previous presentations, as well as provide an opportunity to exchange visions and approaches to sustainability in the large-scale trials. The panel will encourage an open discussion with the audience. The panellists will be:
- TRIALSNET (Andreas Georgakopoulos, Marco Gramaglia, Alessandro Trogolo)
- FIDAL (Ioannis Markopoulos)
- IMAGINE-B5G (David Gomez-Barquero)
- TARGET-X (Niels König)
