Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004
Thought Leaders Across Industry, Government and Academia Include
Featured Fall 2023
Tareq Amin
Former CEO, Rakuten Symphony & Rakuten Mobile
Alex Jinsung Choi
Chairman, O-RAN Alliance
Igal Elbaz
Chair, ATIS; SVP & Network CTO, AT&T
Ed Knapp
SVP & CTO, American Tower
Anne Neuberger
Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Technologies
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About 6GSymposium Fall 2023
Beyond The Hype
The USA has signaled its intention to take a lead in 6G with provisions in, among others, the $280bn CHIPS and Science act. Canada is also investing heavily to play a major role. While some of the technology directions for 6G are becoming clearer, reaching those aspirations through the 2020s will be demanding. Building sound commercial models for 6G and its related services is key to ensuring timely deployments and uptake, which will depend in turn on coordination with regulators and policymakers across multiple domains. We can learn from 5G but there’s more to be done.
So what do we need to do to get beyond the hype and be ready to deliver practical, effective solutions from day one?
Join the people shaping the industry as we delve into the critical issues across policy, business and tech and showcase demonstrations from cutting-edge research.
Agenda
All times are in ET
Day 1 - October 18 |
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| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET | Opening Keynotes | |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET | CHIPS & SCIENCE Act Funding & Its Impact Shaping 6G | |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Networking Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM ET | International 6G – What Issues Need Ironing Out Before 6G Reaches 3GPP Standards? | |
| 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Debate: The Most Important 6G Foundations To Build Are Operational And Commercial, True Or False? | |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET | Coffee Break | |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET | Debate: Does North America’s Strength in Software & Open Networks Set It Up For Success In 6G? | |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET | Academic & Industry Collaboration Developing 6G: What Works & What Doesn’t? | |
| 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM ET | Closing Keynote | |
| 6:15 Onwards | Evening: VIP Networking Reception | |
Day 2 – October 19 |
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| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET | Opening Keynote | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET | Telecoms’ Co-Evolution With The Automotive Industry: The Inside Story | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET | Can The Evolution To 6G Deliver For Process and Manufacturing Industries? | |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET | Will 6G Be A Necessary Part Of Immersive Content And The Metaverse? | |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET | Networking Lunch | |
| 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM ET | New Dimensions In Delivering Connectivity | |
| 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM ET | Will AI Do Anything in 6G Networks That It Can’t In 5G? | |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET | Coffee Break | |
| 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET | Can Distributed Compute & Communications ‘Break’ The Internet Or Make 6G? | |
| 5:30 PM ET | Closing Keynote | |
Speakers Fall 2023
Tayo Adesanya
Founder, Lola Vision Systems
Jesse Alton
Founder, Angellxr & Co-Chair, Open Metaverse Interoperability group
Tareq Amin
Former CEO, Rakuten Symphony & Rakuten Mobile
Bill Best
CEO, Azenby
Nicola Blefari-Melazzi
Professor of Telecommunications, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Eric Burger
Next G Alliance TPO Director & Professor, Virginia Tech
Graham Carter
Managing Director, Wireless International Consultants Ltd.
Doug Castor
Head of Wireless Research, InterDigital Research And Innovation
Caroline Chan
VP & GM, Intel
Sidd Chenumolu
VP Technology Development, DISH
Alex Jinsung Choi
Chairman, O-RAN Alliance
Chris Dick
Wireless Architect, Nvidia
Ray Dolan
Chairman & CEO, Cohere Technologies
Igal Elbaz
Chair, ATIS; SVP & Network CTO, AT&T
Ken Figueredo
Founder, More With Mobile
Bob Gazda
Sr Director Engineering, InterDigital
Amitava Ghosh
Head, Radio Interface Group, Nokia Bell Labs
Arunabha Ghosh
Sr Manager, Amazon Lab126
Monisha Ghosh
Professor, University of Notre Dame
Erwin Gianchandani
Assistant Director, NSF
Mazin Gilbert
Director Engineering, Telecom Analytics, Automation & Orchestration, Google Cloud
Jack Gold
Founder & Principal Analyst, J Gold Associates
Nada Golmie
Fellow, IEEE & NIST
Marc Grant
Vice Chair, Next G Alliance Roadmap WG
Jaydee Griffith
Chief Technologist, Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, NTIA
Stephen Hayes
VP Standards, Americas, Ericsson
Rittwik Jana
Principal Network Engineer, Google
Mike Johns
Futurist & Founder, Digital Mind State
Josep Jornet
Professor, Northeastern University
Adnan Khan
Director, Technology & Market Development, Anritsu
Ali Khayrallah
Senior Technical Advisor, Advanced Technology Group, Ericsson
John Kim
Senior Director, Service Provider & Edge, VMware
Ed Knapp
SVP & CTO, American Tower
Stiepan Kovac
CEO & Founder, Quantum Resistant Cryptography (QRC)
Kiran Kuchi
Professor, IIT Hyderabad & Bharat 6G Alliance
Matti Latva-aho
Director, 6GFlagship, University of Oulu
Alex Lawrence
Managing Editor, 6GWorld
Judah Levine
CEO, HIP Consult
Junyi Li
VP Engineering, Qualcomm
Abhinav Mahadevan
Technologist, Keysight Technologies
Scott McCormick
President, Connected Vehicle Trade Association
Tommaso Melodia
William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor, Northeastern University
Dr. Andreas Mueller
Chairman, 5G-ACIA
Jeremy Nacer
Vice Chair, Societal & Economic Needs Working Group, Next G Alliance
Takehiro Nakamura
Chief Technology Architect, NTT DOCOMO
Mike Nawrocki
VP Technology & Solutions, ATIS & Managing Director, Next G Alliance
Anne Neuberger
Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Technologies
Michael O'Rielly
President, MPO'Rielly
Tim O'Shea
CTO & Co-Founder, DeepSig
Rajesh Pankaj
EVP & CTO, InterDigital
Benoit Pelletier
Director, Next Gen Ecosystems & Alliances, VMware
Ravi Pragada
Senior Director, InterDigital Research & Innovation
Robert Rice
CEO, Transmira
Diane Rinaldo
Executive Director, ORPC
Dario Sabella
Intel & Chair, ETSI MEC
Tom Snyder
Executive Director, RIoT
Yuji Tazaki
Head of Strategy, 6G Infrastructure Strategic Planning, Fujitsu
Kristian Toivo
Executive Director, Telecom Infra Project
Amanda Toman
Head of Wireless Innovation Fund, NTIA
Mitch Tseng
Research Consultant, ITRI
Manjunath Varyali
Vehicle to Cloud Architect, CNHi Industrial
Peter Vetter
President, Bell Labs Core Research, Nokia
Michael Wu
Professor, University of Arizona
Charlie (Jianzhong) Zhang
SVP, Samsung
About: Ronald Reagan Building
Currently the largest structure (3.1 million square feet) in Washington, DC, the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (RRB/ITC) is owned by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and is operated by TCMA (A Drew Company). As the first and only federal building dedicated to both government and private use, it is mandated by Congress to bring together the country’s best public and private resources to create a national forum for the advancement of trade. Designated as the official World Trade Center, Washington, DC, the building houses a premier conference and event center, executive office space, retail and dining, and offers community entertainment and programming.
