Second Workshop on Integrated Sensing and Communications initiatives on the European research framework
Date, hour and room to be defined
Organisers
- Antonio de la Oliva (Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, ES)
- Henk Wymeersch (Chalmers Univ. of Technology, SE)
- Renato Lo Cigno (Univ. of Brescia, IT)
- Christos Oikonomopoulos (IMST GmbH, DE)
- Haibin Zhang (TNO, NL)
- Mario H. Castaneda García (Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, DE)
- Israel Koffman (RunEL, ES)
- Eric, Klumperink (Univ. in Enschede, NL)
- Angeliki Alexiou (Univ. of Piraeus, GR)
- Jesús Gutierrez (IHP GmbH, )
- George C. Alexandropoulos (National and Kapodistrian Univ. of Athens, GR)
- José A. Lázaro (UPC-BarcelonaTech, ES)
- Padmanava Sen (Barkhausen Institut gGmbH, DE)
- Ljupco Jorguseski (, )
- Daniel Martini (IMST GmbH, DE)
Motivation and Background
Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) has emerged as a cornerstone technology for future 6G networks, enabling the tight integration of communication and environmental sensing to significantly enhance network efficiency, situational awareness, and service versatility. Its relevance is rapidly increasing, as reflected by active standardization efforts such as the ETSI ISAC Industry Specification Group (ISG) and ongoing contributions within 3GPP, positioning ISAC as a key enabler of next-generation mobile systems.
The first edition of this workshop, organized within the framework of the Horizon Europe Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) in EuCNC 2025, was an outstanding success, attracting more than 50 attendees and fostering highly interactive discussions among researchers, industry experts, and standardization representatives. The strong participation and engagement clearly demonstrated the need for a dedicated forum to coordinate, align, and critically assess ISAC research activities in Europe.
Building on this success, the second edition of the workshop aims to further consolidate this forum, continuing to serve as a coordination and exchange point for SNS JU projects actively working on ISAC. The workshop will again focus on identifying research advances, open challenges, architectural implications, experimental validation, and standardization perspectives, reinforcing ISAC’s role as a fundamental capability of 6G systems.
Structure
Rather than project-centric presentations, the workshop is structured around expert-driven panels and discussions, promoting a holistic view of the ISAC research landscape, highlighting complementarities and gaps across projects, and fostering collaboration between research, industry, and standardization bodies.
Considering the half-day format (approximately 3 hours), the workshop is organized into four thematic panels:
Panel 1 – PHY-Layer Research -> Moderated by Jesús Gutiérrez (IHP)
Focused on fundamental sensing-communication integration at the physical layer and signal processing aspects:
- INSTINCT -> Angeliki Alexiou (University of Piraeus)
- 6G-DISAC -> Henk Wymeersch (Chalmers University of Technology)
- 6G-MUSICAL -> Izzat Darwazeh (University College London)
- 6G-EWOC -> J. A. Lázaro (UPC-BarcelonaTech)
- iSEE-6G -> C. Oikonomopoulus (IMST GmbH)
- DISCO-6G -> Marco Canil (IMDEA Networks)
- 6G-SENSES-> Jesús Teheran Gutiérrez (IHP)
- TERRAMETA -> George C. Alexandropoulos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Panel 2 – Architectural and Management Perspective -> Moderated by Xi Li (NEC)
Addressing system-level design, network architecture evolution, and management aspects for ISAC-enabled 6G networks:
- 6G-REFERENCE -> Marc Bauduin (IMST GmbH)
- 6G-INTENSE-> Renato Lo Cigno (University of Brescia)
- MultiX -> Vincenzo Sciancalepore (NEC)
- Amazing-6G -> Haibin Zhang (TNO)
- 6G-SENSES -> Jesús Teheran Gutiérrez (IHP)
- iSEE-6G -> C. Oikonomopoulus (IMST GmbH)
- XTREME-6G -> Daniel Martini (IMST GmbH)
Panel 3 – Demonstrations and Trials -> Moderated by Antonio de la Oliva (UC3M)
Showcasing real-world experimentation, validation platforms, and trial results for ISAC technologies:
- OPTI-6G -> Israel Koffman (RunEL)
- 6G-REFERENCE -> Marc Bauduin (IMEC)
- 6G-MUSICAL -> Izzat Darwazeh (UCL)
- 6G-INTENSE-> Renato Lo Cigno (University of Brescia)
- INSTINCT -> Padmanava Sen (Barkhausen Institut)
- MultiX -> Juan Brenes (Nextworks)
- 6G-SENSES -> Jesús TeheranGutiérrez (IHP)
Panel 4 – Standardization and the Operator’s View -> Moderated by Sebastian Robitzsch (InterDigital)
Focusing on standardization progress, industrial alignment, and operator requirements:
- Mario Castañeda (Huawei)
- Ljupco Jorguseski (TNO)
- Cagri Etemoglu (Turk Telekom)
- Giyyarpuram Madusudan (Orange)
- Cristina Ciochina (Mitsubishi)
