Workshop: Future Core – New Potential to Connect Everything Intelligently, 19 September 2024
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Rationale and Objectives
The Workshop “Future Core – New Potential to Connect Everything Intelligently” will take place on the morning of the 19th September 2024, organized by NetworldEurope and CCSA. The hybrid event will have 2 components, one onsite in Shanghai and the other online, with the respective zoom link available upon registration. The workshop aims to provide an open information space to share current and future views about the network Core of the future, and how this theme is being addressed by different stakeholders. Two different discussion panels are organized, addressing challenges and evolution, new use cases and technology trends as well as standardization and next step industry developments related to Future Core Networks.
The workshop will feature key speakers from industry and academia, representing the views of manufacturers, operators, industry bodies, and research scientists.
The draft version of the agenda is currently as follows:
Please note that the final version of the agenda as well as more information on how to join the zoom webinar session will be sent out in due time. In the meantime, please proceed to registration here and reserve the slot in your calendar here
Prof. Rui L. Aguiar, Chair of the Steering Board of the NetworldEurope European Technology Platform, has been involved in research and strategic research management since 1988, having been involved (in multiple positions) in all European-funded framework programs. He was involved in the development of the NetworldEurope initiative, and the launch of the 5G-Infrastructure Association PPP, and has led the association before. He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer on 5G in the last years, and has several hundred papers on communication networks and services. He is also the co-chair of the Networks and Multimedia area at Instituto de Telecomunicações, a Portuguese state-associated laboratory, and a Full Professor at Universidade de Aveiro.
WEN Ku, Board Chair of China Communications Standardization Association (CCSA), Professor of Engineering. He is entitled to the special government allowance of The State Council. He used to take positions in succession as Deputy Chief Engineer of Posts and Telecommunications Administration, Director of Data Communication Administration of Shandong Province, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science and Technology, Deputy Director General of the Telecommunications Administration, Director General of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Information Industry, Director General of the Department of Science and Technology, Director General of the Department of Information and Communication Development and News Spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Jean Schwoerer holds a PhD in electronics and communication systems from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (France) since 2006. Subsequently, his research work focused on the connectivity of the Internet of Things and cellular networks. He was also strongly involved in standardization for the Orange group for which he was delegated to ETSI, IEEE802 and 3GPP RAN1&2 where he contributed to the standardization of 5G and IoT connectivity. He is now mainly involved in the preparation of 6G within Orange Research, as co- editor of NGMN 6G white paper and as member of the 6G-IA board.
Patrik Rugeland is a Master Researcher at Ericsson Research, Stockholm Sweden and is the Technical Manager of the Hexa-X-II project. He received his M.Sc. in engineering physics in 2009 and Ph.D. in applied physics in 2013 from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. In 2014 he joined Ericsson Research, Stockholm and has since been working on standardization and concept development for LTE-Advanced and NR with a focus on radio network architecture and protocols towards 3GPP RAN2. He currently holds more than 90 patents in the area. and is the co-editor for the book ‘Towards Sustainable and Trustworthy 6G: Challenges, Enablers, and Architectural Design’. In 2019, he started on 6G research and was the Technical Manager for the Hexa-X project during 2021-2022 before joining Hexa-X-II as Technical Manager in 2023.
Dr. Jose Costa-Requena received his Doctor of Technology degree from Aalto University on the field of networking. Jose has worked for more than 25 years concurrently both at Aalto University and at Nokia. He has gained experience in managing the development of complex end-to-end systems and large multi-site projects with 100s of developers. Jose was part of Nokia patent board for several years and holds 15+ granted patents and 40+ filed applications in the area of local area networks and mobile networks and received award of top 3 inventor of the year 2004-2007. While at Nokia he has contributed to 3GPP since Rel 5 and was chair of DLNA and UPnP working groups. Jose is currently CUMUCORE CEO and Aalto staff scientist where he has published several journals and articles in the field of computer networking.
Dr. Xiongyan Tang is now the VP and Chief Scientist of China Unicom Research Institute. He also acts as the executive director of National Engineering Research Center for Next Generation Internet Broadband Services. He’s a guest professor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He’s a member of the Telecom Technology Committee of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. He has more than 20 years of experience in technology management and R&D of innovative ICT technologies. His professional fields include broadband communications, optical transmission and networks, Internet of things, and future networks.
Dr Diego R. Lopez joined Telefónica in 2011 as a Senior Technology Expert, and he is currently in charge of the Technology Exploration activities within the GCTIO Unit. Before joining Telefónica he spent some years in the academic sector, dedicated to research on network services, and was appointed member of the High-Level Expert Group on Scientific Data Infrastructures by the European Commission.
Diego is currently focused on applied research in network infrastructures, with a special emphasis on data-driven management, new architectures, security, and quantum communications. Diego is an ETSI Fellow and chairs the ETSI ISG ZSM.
Jizhe Zhou received the B.S. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from the Beihang University, China, in 2015, the M.S. degree in Computer Science from the Columbia University, USA, in 2017, and PhD degree in Information and Communication Engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 2021. She is currently an engineer with China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). She is a member of the Wireless Technical Committee of China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), IMT-2020(5G) Promotion Group, and IMT-2030(6G) Promotion Group in China. She is also a senior member of China Institute of Communications. Her main research interests include next-generation network architecture, edge intelligence, and computing-aware networks.
Mr. Xuemin Wang, Vice President of Huawei European Research Institute, Director of Huawei Europe Standardization & Industry Dept
Mr. Xuemin Wang, joined in Huawei in 1995, served as Project Manager of Huawei B-Type Circuit Switching product, Vice General Manager of Product Testing Department, Vice General Manager of General Technical Management Office, Director of Standardization & Industry Dept, etc. Currently served as the Vice President of European Research Institute and also the Director of Europe Standardization & Industry Development Dept, responsible for implementing standard and industry strategy for European regions.
Also served as IIC Steering Committee member China Electronics Standardization association（CESA ）Vice Chair of Board of Director, CCSA board member, etc., for the aim of building nice communication channels with external organizations, partners and customers in the multi-level standardization and industry development environment.
