Berlin 6G Conference

- The Annual Networking Event of the German 6G Program -

Organized by the 6G Platform Germany

colocated with

The 2nd Germany Japan Beyond 5G/6G Research Workshop

Co-organized by NICT and the 6G Platform Germany

Berlin Congress Center (bcc), 27-29 June 2023

  • Get an overview on German 6G projects and their initial results.
  • Learn about EU and other national 6G programs.
  • Get briefed on regulatory questions with respect to 6G (spectrum, electromagnetic exposition, data protection and privacy, AI usage, sustainability, … )
  • Get involved in discussions on visions, key trends, technologies and more.
  • Meet colleagues and build your network.

Conference Program Overview

(subject to changes)

Agenda-NEU

Detailed Session Program

(subject to changes)

Timeslot Plenarsaal C 01 Raum B 05 Raum A 03 - A 04 Raum A 05 - A06

Mon-PM1
Internal Project Meeting
Internal Project Meeting
Internal Project Meeting
Internal Project Meeting

Mon-PM2
Internal Project Meeting
Internal Project Meeting
Internal Project Meeting

Tue-AM1

09:00 - 10:30
Plenary Session: European Perspective on 6G

Tue-AM2

11:00 - 12:30
Plenary Session: National Programs in Europe

Tue-PM1

14:00 - 15:30
System Architecture and 6G Concepts
Resilient Infrastructures
WG3 Innovation Management: From 6G enablers to 6G business cases
Electromagnetic Exposition

Tue-PM2

16:00 - 18:00
Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces
Internal Project Meeting
WG: ROADMAP - 6G Vision, Use Cases, & Case Studies

Wed-AM1

09:00 - 10:30
Plenary Session - Industry presentations

Wed-AM2

11:00 - 12:30
6G in Healthcare
6G Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Semantic-Aware Communication and Networking

Wed-PM1

14:00 - 15:30
Plenary Session - Welcome Message / Industry presentations / Panel

Wed-PM2

16:00 - 18:00
Photonics and Sub THz Communications for 6G
GE-JP Workshop - Session 1
Postquantum Security (security in the quantum era)
Future Optical Networks for 6G

Thu-AM1

09:00 - 10:30
Trustworthiness in 6G (WG-TRUST)
Future Communication Technologies beyond 6G
NTN and 3D I
System Technologies for 6G

Thu-AM2

11:00 - 12:30
Campus Networks
Microelectronics/RF Technologies for 6G
NTN and 3D II
6G in Healthcare II

Thu-PM1

14:00 - 15:30
Integrated Communication and Sensing (ICAS)
GE-JP Workshop - Session 2
6G Enablers: Fraunhofer lighthouse project 6G SENTINEL

Thu-PM2

15:30 - 16:30
Plenary Session: Summary & Conclusion

Venue

Berlin

Berlin, the German capital, is famous for its magnificent and varied selection of sights as well as a thriving culture scene. At the same time, the city offers a relaxed and energetic atmosphere.

In the context of the Berlin 6G Conference 2023, we are looking forward to a pleasant stay accompanied by fascinating lectures.

bcc

The bcc is centrally located in Berlin-Mitte. The journey is simplified and the time reduced by excellent connections to various modes of public transport. The arrival is comfortable and fast by public transport or cab.

Directions & Info

Speaker

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans D. Schotten

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Prof. Max Mustermann

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System Architecture and 6G Concepts

Dr.-Ing. Gerald Kunzmann

Nokia

  • ICAS4Mobility
    BOSCH

  • KOMSENS
    DTAG

  • TakeOff
    DTAG

  • 6G-CAMPUS
    MECSware

  • 6G-ANNA
    Nokia

  • 6G-RIC
    HHI + TUBS

European Perspective on 6G

Opening Plenary Session

09:00h – 09:15 

Welcome Address by 6G Platform Germany

Hans Schotten, 6G Platform Germany

 

09:15h – 09:25

Welcome Address by BMBF

Heike Prasse / Mikael Gast, BMBF

 

09:25h – 09:45

EU 6G Policy Framework

Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit – Future Connectivity Systems,  Deputy Director – Future Networks, European Comission

 

09:45h – 10:05

6G Update from SNS-JU

Dr. Colin Willcock, Chairman of the 6G-IA & SNS-JU Governing Board

 

10:05h – 10:30

6G Update from Hexa-X and Hexa-X-II

Dr. Mikko Uusitalo, Hexa-X and Hexa-X-II overall lead, Nokia Bell Labs

National Programs in Europe

Plenary Session

Hans Schotten, 6G Platform Germany

11:00h – 11:20

Future Network Services – a Dutch National 6G Initiative

Toon Norp, Senior Business Consultant, Network Technology, TNO, NL

11:20h – 11:40

Presentation of French 5G/6G Program

Hakima Chaouchi, Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche

11:40h – 12:00

The Finish 6G Flagship

Ari Pouttu, 6G Flagship vice-director, University of Oulu

12:00h – 12:20

Some views on challenges facing 6G

Rui Aguiar, Chairman, Networld Europe

12:20h – 12:30

Questions and Answers on Collaboration Opportunities

All speakers

Resilient Infrastructures

Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Dr. Philipp Schulz, TU Dresden

14:00 – 14:05
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Dr. Philipp Schulz, TU Dresden

14:05 – 15:00
Impulse talks
(approx. 7 minutes each)

  • Concepts, Applications, and Research Challenges of a Resilient 6G: The 6GEM Perspective
    Prof. Dr. Aydin Sezgin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Project: 6GEM

  • Resilience-by-Design: The Open6GHub Perspective
    Dr. Andrea Ortiz, TU Darmstadt
    Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU, Project: Open6GHub

  • Resilience via Satellite Networks
    Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling, Head of Zentrum für Telematik e.V., Project: 6G-TakeOff

  • FRONT-RUNNER – An Approach to Improve the Robustness and Resilience of Optical Access Networks
    Martin Kuipers, Adtran GmbH, Project: FRONT-RUNNER

  • Healthnet – An Approach towards Resiliency in Healthcare Infrastructures

    Dr. Matteo Große-Kampmann, AWARE7 GmbH, Project: Healthnet

  • Q-TREX: The Design and Experimental Realization of a Resilient Quantum-Classical Internet
    Asst.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Riccardo Bassoli, TU Dresden, Project: Q-TREX

  • Selected Resilience Topics in 6G-Life
    Marek Sobe, Meshmerize GmbH, Project: 6G-life

  • Communication Networks and Power Grids – is Mutual Interdependency an Issue for Network Resiliency?
    Impulse talk by Sigurd Schuster, Nokia Solutions & Networks

15:05 – 15:25
Panel and open discussion

15:25 – 15:30
Conclusions and Closing
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi
Dr. Philipp Schulz

WG3 Innovation Management: From 6G enablers to 6G business cases

Lisa Underberg, ifak

Jörg Schüler, TU Dresden

  • WG Innovation Management – introduction

  • Welcome round

  • Presentation of first innovation ideas and business assessments

  • Discussion of innovation ideas and business assessments

  • Overview pillar 1: Founders Class

  • Overview pillar 2: Industry Network

  • Feedback session

Electromagnetic Exposition

Andreas Weinand

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

  • Overview of biological effects of RF EMF above 6 GHz
    Janine-Alison Schmidt, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz

  • The updated guidelines for protection against proven adverse health effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: An overview with focus on millimetre waves and brief intense exposures
    Jens Kuhne, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz

  • Electromagnetic Field Strength Measurements in a Private 5G Campus Network
    Amina Fellan, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

  • Exposure Simulation using Beam Tracking of a Mobile User in City Scenario
    Xueyun Long, KIT

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

Renato L. G. Cavalcante

Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: Key 6G Technology or a Hype?
    Moritz Garkisch, FAU
    Ehsan Tohidi, TUB
    Fraunhofer HHI

  • Resource Allocation with RIS: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice
    Aydin Sezgin, RUB

  • 6G-LICRIS: Liquid Crystal Technology for RIS
    Taro Eichler, Rhode & Schwarz

  • RIS Hardware activities @ 6G-RIC
    Robert Stöcker, Fraunhofer IZM
    Wilhelm Keusgen, TUB

  • Steering RIS with the help of AI-based semi-empirical RF predictors
    Bernd Schröder, brown-iposs

WG: ROADMAP - 6G Vision, Use Cases & Case Studies

Norman Franchi, FAU

Falko Dressler, TU Berlin

  • Introduction WG4 (WG4 brief report on Status, News, Updates)
    10 min

  • 6G Roadmap / Timeline
    20 min

  • Sub-Group „JCAS Use Cases“
    15 min

  • Sub-Group „5G Testbeds Lessons learned“
    15 min

  • Sub-Group „AI“
    10 min

  • WG4 online survey „6G use cases“
    15 min

  • Open discussion round
    30 min

  • Wrap-up / Next steps
    5 min

Industry presentations

Plenary Session

9:00h – 9:10

Welcome to Day 2
Gerhard Fettweis, 6G Platform Germany

9:10h – 9:30

Deutsche Telekom on the way to 6G
Dr. Konstantinos Chalkiotis, Deutsche Telekom AG, Vice President, Group Technology

9:30h – 9:50

A foolproof guide to 6G failure – the vertical perspective
Andreas Müller, Chairman 5G-ACIA and Bosch

9:50h – 10:10
All Good Things
Peter Merz, VP and Head, Nokia Standards

10:10h –  10:30

Update of 6G Activities in Japan
Takehiro Nakamura, SVP and General Manager, NTT DOCOMO and B5G Promotion Committee

6G in Healthcare

Dr. Ralf Irmer, Vodafone Tech Innovation Center Dresden

Prof. Gerhard Fettweis, TU Dresden

  • 6G Health: Inspiring innovations for a healthier future
    Prof. Thomas Neumuth, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, ICCAS, Project: 6G Health

  • Monitoring of the future
    Prof. Sascha Treskatsch, Charité, Project: 6G Health

  • Task-Oriented Communications for Medical IoT
    Johannes Dommel, HHI, Project: 6G-RIC

  • 6G: Key Technology for the Health Sector?
    Christoph Lipps, DFKI, Project: Open6GHub

6G Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Thomas Windisch

Fraunhofer IIS

  • 6G and Sustainability : a Holistic Perspective
    Ali Rezaki, Head of Systems Sustainability, Nokia Standards

  • Overview of 6G Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
    Sylvie Couronné, Fraunhofer IIS

  • Edge-Limit: Balancing the Ecological Footprint of Dense Deployments
    Bastian Perner, Fraunhofer IIS
    Norbert Franke, Fraunhofer IIS
    Peter Heusinger, Fraunhofer IIS

  • Network Energy Savings in 3GPP
    Elke Roth-Mandutz, Fraunhofer IIS
    Geordie George, Fraunhofer IIS

Semantic-Aware Communication and Networking

Zoran Utkovski, Fraunhofer HHI, 6G-RIC

Holger Boche, TU Munich, 6G-Life

Armin Dekorsy, Uni Bremen, Open 6G Hub

  • Post Shannon Communication 101
    20 min
    Frank Fitzek, TUD

  • Semantic information recovery in wireless networks
    20 min
    Armin Dekorsy, Uni Bremen

  • Goal-oriented communication for 6G connectivity
    20 min
    Zoran Utkovski, Fraunhofer HHI

  • Information Freshness and Relevance in IoT Applications
    15 min
    Andrea Munari, DLR

  • Joint communication and control in multi-robot applications
    15 min
    Fabio Molinari, TUB
    Slawomir Stanczak, Fraunhofer HHI, TUB

Welcome Message / Industry presentations / Panel

Plenary Session

14:00 – 14:05
Welcome address by BMBF

 

14:05 – 14:20

NICT presentation
Dr. Iwao Hosako

 

14:20 – 14:40
6G connecting the cyber-physical continuum
Magnus Frodigh, Head of Ericsson Research

 

14:40 – 15:00
New lifestyles and technologies towards 6G
Y. Kishi, KDDI

 

15:00 – 15:20
Three years of Campus Networks – And what’s next?
Torsten Musiol

Photonics and Sub THz Communications for 6G

Thomas Zwick, KIT

Friedel Gerfers, TU Berlin

  • The Role of Photonics in THz Communication
    Taro Eichler, Rhode & Schwarz

  • Integrated Photonics and Photonic-Electronic Processing: Enabling Technologies for Future ICT Infrastructure
    Christian Koos, KIT

  • Mobile and FWA THz 6G Communications
    Andreas Stöhr, Universität Duisburg-Essen

  • A Sub-THz Mixed-Signal Transceiver Platform based on BiCMOS RF Technology
    Milos Krstic, IHP

  • Spectrum Aspects for sub-THz Communications
    Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig

1st session of the

The 2nd Germany Japan Beyond 5G/6G Research Workshop

Co-organized by NICT and the 6G Platform Germany

  • Welcome by 6G Platform Germany

  • Welcome by NICT

  • Introduction round with short statements on research interests

  • Presentation of the Japanese 5G/6G activities


Exhibition tour incl, short presentation of projects

Postquantum Security
(security in the quantum era)

Igor Bjelakovic

Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute

  • Evaluation of Candidates for Post-Quantum Cryptography
    Hannes Bartz, DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation

  • Quantum Attacks on Symmetric Crypto Schemes
    Gerhard Wunder, Freie Universität Berlin

  • Securing Cellular Networks Protocols Against Quantum Adversaries
    Vincent Quentin Ulitzsch, Technische Universität Berlin & T-Labs

  • Semantic Security Against Quantum-Optical Side Channel Attacks
    Matthias Frey, Technische Universität Berlin

  • Towards Embedding Security by Design into Post-Quantum 6G Systems
    Luis Angel Torres Figueroa, Technische Universität München

Future Optical Networks for 6G

R. Freund

16:00 -16:30
AI-NET-PROTECT – Automating networks for resilient enterprise connectivity
Dimitar Kroushkov

6G NETFAB – Disaggregated transport switches for 6G Networks
Jörg-Peter Elbers

16:30 -16:50
ML-assisted Capacity Adjustment in Optical Access-Metro Aggregation Networks
M. Balanici

16:50 -17:10
Photonic Reservoir Computing for Smart Monitoring and Signal Equalization of Optical Signals
G. v. Hünefeld, S. Kühl

17:10 -17:40
Efficient Transport of eCPRI Fronthaul Over PON
R. Bonk

17:40 -18:00
SDM-PON for 6G-Fronthaul
K. Habel

Trustworthiness in 6G (WG-TRUST)

Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Stefan Köpsell, Barkhausen Institut

09:00 – 09:05

Welcome
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Dr. Stefan Köpsell, Barkhausen Institut

 

From 09:05
Impulse talks
(approx. 7 minutes each)

 

  • Thoughts on 6G and Trustworthiness
    Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fettweis, Barkhausen Institut
    TU Dresden

  • Trustworthiness and Security in 6G
    Matthias Weber, BSI
    Federal Office for Information Security

  • Accelerating digital transformation in Europe by Intelligent NETwork automation: The AI-NET perspective
    Christoph Lipps, Coordinator of the Working Group „Safety & Security“ of the AI-NET projects

  • Application-Guided Trustworthy DNN Design for 6G Technology
    Dr.-Ing. Saleh Mulhem, University of Lübeck, Project: RILKOSAN

  • 6G Technologies for Secure O-RAN-based Campus Networks with ISAC
    Jimmy Nauzad, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Project: 6G-CampuSens

  • Resiliency and Trust in C-V2X Communication
    Daniel Rau, htw Saar, Project: ConnRAD

 

Approx. 09:55
Introduction to WG5 Sub-Group On ”Physical Layer Security Performance“
RWTH Aachen

 

Approx. 10:05 – 10:25
Open discussion round

10:25 – 10:30
Conclusions and Closing
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi
Dr. Stefan Köpsell

Future Communication Technologies beyond 6G

Stephan ten Brink, Universität Stuttgart

Holger Boche, TUM

9:00 – 9:05h
Welcome by the chairs Holger Boche
Stephan ten Brink

9:05 – 9:45h
Four pitch presentations „Impulsvorträge“

  • Molecular Communications
    Prof. Falko Dressler, TU Berlin

  • Quantum Communications
    Prof. Frank Fitzek, TU Dresden

  • Trends in (fiber) Optical Communications
    Prof. Georg Rademacher, Universität Stuttgart

  • Trends in Wireless Communications
    Prof. Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig

9:45 – 10:20h
Podium discussions
Four experts with audience, moderated by chairs

10:20 – 10:30h
Wrap-up, sorting outcome of discussion

NTN and 3D I

Armin Dekorsy

Universität Bremen

  • German Funding Activities for 5G/6G NTN & the European Secure Connectivity IRIS²
    Moritz Hermann, DLR Raumfahrtagentur

  • Satellites as Supplement to the Ground Networks Towards a Network of Networks Approach
    Markus Breitbach, Deutsche Telekom

  • Evolution of satellite-based NTN towards 6G
    Jörg Pfeifle, Airbus Defence and Space

  • NTN to complement mobile networks
    Philipp Gentner, Ericsson Austria

  • Why mobile machines need high speed low latency connectivity
    Peter Pickel, John Deere

System Technologies for 6G

Corrado Carta, IHP

Slawomir Stanczak, TU Berlin/Fraunhofer HHI

  • Europas Chance bei 6G Chip-Plattformen durch Vertrauenswürdigkeit?
    Gerhard Fettweis, TU Dresden/Barkhausen Institut

  • Microelectronic Technologies for 6G Cell Free MIMO Systems
    Paulo Oliveira, Infineon Technologies

  • Energy-efficient 6G Transceiver Architectures, Building Blocks and Integration Concepts at D-band and 300 GHz
    Friedel Gerfers, TU Berlin

  • Hardware and Software Co-design for Energy-efficient and Robust sub-THz Access
    Corrado Carta, IHP and Lorenzo Miretti, HHI

  • A 4-Channels Beamformer Chip for 6G Communication in BiCMOS Technology
    Mohammed Ali, U Ulm

  • Radar-based Vital Sensing
    Nastassia Vysotskaya, Infineon Technologies

Campus Networks

Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi

11:00 – 11:05
Welcome 
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU

11:05 – 12:00
Impulse talks
(approx. 7 minutes each)

  • 6G Technologies for Secure Campus Networks with Integrated Sensing
    Jimmy Nauzad, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Project: 6G-CampuSens

  • Campus Networks for Application Research
    Sebastian Itting, Campus Genius GmbH, Project: 6G-life

  • 6G-Terafactory – Opportunities & Challenges for Open-RAN-based campus networks for industrial real-time applications
    Jörg-Peter Elbers, ADVA Optical Networking SE, Project: 6G-Terafactory

  • On the evolution of campus networks
    Klaus Nagora, Smart Mobile Labs AG, Projects: 6G-ANNA, 6G-TakeOff, 6G-Health

  • Open6GHub: „6G Campus Networks – Specialized and Application Driven“
    Christoph Fischer, DFKI, Project: Open6GHub

  • 6G-Campus: „Situation Aware Campus Network Control“
    Christian Schellenberger, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Project: 6G-Campus

  • Campus Network Optimization and Operation: Challenges and Opportunities
    Dirk Stachorra, AI Networks GmbH, Project: 6G-ANNA

12:00 – 12:25
Panel and open discussion

12:25 – 12:30
Conclusions and Closing
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU

Microelectronics/RF Technologies for 6G

Robert Weigel, FAU

Amelie Hagelauer, TUM

  • Scalable D-Band mm-Wave Multi-Antenna Systems for Wireless TBit/s Transmission
    Dirk Wiegner, Nokia

  • A D-Band Advanced-Sampling CMOS Transceiver Enabling 6G Data Transmission towards 100 Gbit/s
    Friedel Gerfers, TU Berlin

  • Microelectronic Technologies for 6G Secure Campus Networks with Integrated Sensing
    Paulo Oliveira, Infineon Technologies

  • 6G-Terakom: The Antenna-in-Package approach in sub-THz communication
    Sertan Hastürkoglu, Ericsson

  • Highly-Efficient and Miniaturized Circuits in SiGe and CMOS for Millimeter-Wave Phased Arrays in 6G Communications
    Ahmet Cagri Ulusoy, KIT

  • RF-Frontends: Array and MMIC Design for 5G and 6G
    Indra Gosh, IMST

NTN and 3D II

Dirk Wübben

Universität Bremen

  • 6GSatNet – Contribution on 6G for the deployment of Satellite Networks in the Non-Terrestrial Networks paradigm
    Cesc Betorz, i2CAT!

  • Small Satellite Formation Control Challenges in 6G-Context
    Klaus Schilling, Zentrum für Telematik

  • Understanding the high potential of repurposable payloads for 6G telecommunication networks
    Thomas Magedanz, Marius-Iulian Corici, Fraunhofer FOKUS

  • Hyperconnectivity in 6G: Networking from the Sky
    Tomaso de Cola, DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation

  • Unified 3D Networks for 6G​ – Physical Layer Technologies
    Armin Dekorsy, Universität Bremen

6G in Healthcare II

Prof. Gerhard Fettweis

Vodafone Chair

TU Dresden

  • Regulatory aspects of connected medical devices
    Dr. Cord Schlötelburg, DGBMT

  • Joint Working group on Connected Health of 6G Platform Germany, VDE-DGBMT and VDE-ITG

    Prof. Thomas Neumuth, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, ICCAS, VDE DGBMT
    Prof. Hans Schotten, 6G Platform and VDE ITG
    Dr. Cord Schlötelburg, DGBMT

  • SEMECO Cluster – Secure and modular connected medical devices
    Prof. Gerhard Fettweis, Vodafone Chair, TUD

  • Wireless interconnection of different medical devices in the OR
    Karin Somerlik-Fuchs, inomed

Integrated Communications & Sensing (ICAS)

Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU

Prof. Dr. Slawomir Stanczak, HHI

14:00 – 14:05
Welcome 
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU
Prof. Dr. Slawomir Stanczak, HHI

 

14:05 – 14:50
Talks by perspective
(approx. 7-10 minutes each)

 

  • A CSP’s View on Opportunities and Challenges of Integrated Communications and Sensing
    Oliver Holschke, Deutsche Telekom AG, Project: KOMSENS-6G

  • A system vendor’s view on ICaS for future 3GPP-based systems Name
    Ulrich Barth, Nokia, Project: KOMSENS-6G, 6G-CampuSens

  • Automotive Perspective | ICAS in 6G-Sidelink: Project 6G-ICAS4Mobility
    Dr. Oliver Blume, Robert Bosch GmbH, Project: 6G-ICAS4Mobility

  • Solutions & Components Perspective | ICAS Use Cases in the context of 6G Campus Networks
    Dr. Mathias Bohge, R3 Solutions GmbH, Project: 6G-Campus

  • Academia Perspective
    Dr. Tim Hentschel, Barkhausen Institut

  • Academia Perspective
    Prof. Dr. Slawomir Stanczak, HHI, Project: 6G-RIC
    Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU, Project: Open6GHub

14:50 – 15:25
Panel and overall discussion

 

15:25 – 15:30
Conclusions and Closing
Prof. Dr. Norman Franchi, FAU
Prof. Dr. Slawomir Stanczak, HHI

2nd session of the

The 2nd Germany Japan Beyond 5G/6G Research Workshop

Co-organized by NICT and the 6G Platform Germany

  • Interactive session discussing collaboration options in the area of Beyond 5G/6G

6G Enablers: Fraunhofer lighthouse project 6G SENTINEL

Bernhard Niemann

Fraunhofer IIS

  • Project overview
    Bernhard Niemann, Fraunhofer IIS

  • Next-generation positioning within 6G
    Dr. George Yammine, Fraunhofer IIS

  • Integration of GaN D-band amplifier into antenna-in-package front-end module
    Uwe Maaß, Fraunhofer IZM

  • High-capacity wireless THz links enabled by photonics
    Milan Deumer, Fraunhofer HHI

  • Flexible 3D Networks
    Thomas Heyn, Fraunhofer IIS

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Registration open: 08:15h – 17:00h

09:00h – 09:10h 

Welcome Address by 6G Platform Germany

Hans Schotten, 6G Platform Germany

09:10h – 09:20h 

Welcome Address by BMBF

Heike Prasse / Mikael Gast, BMBF

09:20h – 09:40h 

EU 6G Policy Framework

Peter Stuckmann, Head of Unit – Future Connectivity Systems,  Deputy Director – Future Networks, European Comission

09:40h – 10:00h

6G Update from SNS-JU

Dr. Colin Willcock, Chairman of the 6G-IA & SNS-JU Governing Board

10:00h – 10:30h

6G Update from Hexa-X and Hexa-X-II

Dr. Mikko Uusitalo, Hexa-X and Hexa-X-II overall lead, Nokia Bell Labs

Coffee Break and Networking: 10:30h – 11:00h

11:00h – 11:15h
The MetaCity project and 5G Techritory ecosystem (tbc)
Neils Kalnins, 5G Techritory director, Latvia

11:15h – 11:30h 
Presentation of French 5G/6G Program (tbc)
Hakima Chaouchi, Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche

11:30h – 11:45h 
Future Network Services – a Dutch National 6G Initiative
Toon Norp, Senior Business Consultant, Network Technology, TNO, NL

11:45h – 12:00h
The Finish 6G Flagship
Ari Pouttu, 6G Flagship vice-director, University of Oulu

12:00h – 12:30h 
Questions and Answers on Collaboration Opportunities
All speakers

Lunch Break and Networking: 12:30h – 14:00h

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Registration open: tba

9:00h – 9:10h

Welcome to Day 2
Gerhard Fettweis, 6G Platform Germany

9:10h – 9:30h

Deutsche Telekom on the way to 6G
Dr. Konstantinos Chalkiotis, Deutsche Telekom AG, Vice President, Group Technology

9:30h – 9:50h

A foolproof guide to 6G failure – the vertical perspective
Andreas Müller, Chairman 5G-ACIA and Bosch

9:50h – 10:10h
TBC
Peter Merz, VP and Head, Nokia Standards

10:10h –  10:30h

Update of 6G Activities in Japan
Takehiro Nakamura, SVP and General Manager, NTT DOCOMO and B5G Promotion Committee

Coffee Break and Networking: 10:30h – 11:00h

Lunch Break and Networking: 12:30h – 14:00h

Welcome Address by minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

 

Industry plenary talks and panel

Details tbd

Coffee Break and Networking: 15:30h – 16:00h

1st session of the

The 2nd Germany Japan Beyond 5G/6G Research Workshop

Co-organized by NICT and the 6G Platform Germany

  • Welcome by 6G Platform Germany
  • Welcome by NICT
  • Introduction round with short statements on research interests
  • Presentation of the Japanese 5G/6G activities


Exhibition tour incl, short presentation of projects

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Registration open: tba

2nd session of the

The 2nd Germany Japan Beyond 5G/6G Research Workshop

Co-organized by NICT and the 6G Platform Germany

  • Interactive session discussing collaboration options in the area of Beyond 5G/6G

Coffee Break and Networking: 10:30h – 11:00h

Lunch Break and Networking: 12:30h – 14:00h