2022 Edition
Institutional representatives

Vice president and Minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration of the Government of Catalonia | Chair of the i2CAT Foundation
H.C. Jordi Puigneró

Director General of Innovation and Digital Economy | Government of Catalonia
Dani Marco
Speakers

Head of Unit and Deputy Director | European Commission
Peter Stuckmann

Chairman of the Board | 6G-IA
Dr. Colin Willcock

Head of the 5G National Observatory | Mobile World Capital Barcelona
Federico Ruiz

Chief Architect | Ericsson Inc
Mischa Dohler

Head of a Research Department and Hexa-X project coordinator | Nokia Bell Labs and Hexa-X project
Mikko A. Uusitalo

General Chair of 5G-ACIA | 5G-ACIA / Bosch
Dr. Andreas Mueller

Chairwoman of One6G Initiative / Associate Professor, National Kapodistrian University of Athens
Nancy Alonistioti

Member CCAM Association Governing Board, Physical & Digital Infrastructure | CCAM Association / HUAWEI
Jan Ellsberger

5G SatCom Systems Architect | ESA - European Space Agency
Maria Guta

Innovation and New Business Manager | MEDIAPRO Group
M. Carmen Fernández

Chief expert Mobile Communication Systems | Robert Bosch GmbH, Corporate Research
Dr. Frank Hofmann

Research Area Director | i2CAT
Daniel Camps, PhD

Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona | President, AIS Channel
Antonio M. Lacy MD, PhD

CTO | 5G Automotive Association (5GAA)
Maxime Flament

Project Manager | Telecom Italia/TIM
Mauro R. Boldi

Steering Board Chair | IT/Networld Europe
Rui Luis Aguiar

Co-Director of the Bristol Digital Futures Institute and the Director of Smart Internet Lab | 6G Futures
Dimitra Simeonidou

Research Leader | Ericsson Research
Gustav Wikström

Professor, Vice-director - 6G Flagship | University of Oulu, Centre for Wireless Communications
Ari Pouttu

Global Innovation Director | Cellnex Telecom
Jose Antonio Aranda

VP, Ambient Connectivity Research | Orange
Eric Hardouin

Senior R&D Manager, Futurist | Vodafone Group
David Lister

Director, Telefonica Research | Telefonica
Diego Perino

Head of Telecom, Media and Edge Technologies at Atos Research and Innovation | ATOS Spain
Josep Martrat

Managing Director | NEC Laboratories Europe
Dr. Juergen Quittek

R&D director for 5G vertical industries | Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Dillinger

Senior Technology Advisor, Chief Architect, Strategy and Technology | Nokia
Dr Volker Ziegler
Moderators

Director | i2CAT
Josep Paradells, PhD

CTIO | i2CAT
Sergi Figuerola, PhD

6G Programme Director, Chairman 6G-IA 5G for CAM WG | i2CAT
Jesus Alonso-Zarate, PhD

Research Area Director | i2CAT
Shuaib Siddiqui, PhD

Scientific Director | i2CAT and Research Professor | ICREA
Xavier Costa, PhD

Full Professor | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Oriol Sallent Roig

Strategic Alliances Marketing Director | Juniper Networks
David Noguer Bau
Conductor of the event

President | Dime Comunicaciones
Andrea M. Michelozzi
Session | Speaker | Organization | Role | |
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9:15 - 9:20 h | Welcome | Andrea M. Michelozzi | Dime Comunicaciones | President |
9:20 - 9:30 h | i2CAT Institutional Message and programme overview | Sergi Figuerola, PhD / Josep Paradells, PhD | i2CAT | CTIO / Director |
9:30 - 9:45 h | Institutional Welcome | H.C. Jordi Puigneró | Government of Catalonia | Vice president and Minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration | Chair of the i2CAT Foundation |
9:45 - 10:00 h | i2CAT 6G Vision | Daniel Camps, PhD | i2CAT | Research Area Director |
10:00 - 11:00 h | Session 1: 6G Visions | Sergi Figuerola, PhD | i2CAT | CTIO |
Peter Stuckmann | European Commission | Head of Unit and Deputy Director | ||
Dr. Colin Willcock | 6G-IA | Chairman of the Board | ||
Federico Ruiz | Mobile World Capital Barcelona | Head of the 5G National Observatory | ||
Mikko A. Uusitalo | Nokia Bell Labs and Hexa-X project | Head of a Research Department and Hexa-X project coordinator | ||
11:00 - 11:15 h | BREAK | |||
11:15 - 12:15 h | Session 2: European Initiatives | Jesus Alonso-Zarate, PhD | i2CAT | 6G Programme Director, Chairman 6G-IA 5G for CAM WG |
Dr. Andreas Mueller | 5G-ACIA / Bosch | General Chair of 5G-ACIA | ||
Nancy Alonistioti | One6G Initiative / National Kapodistrian University of Athens | Chairwoman of One6G / Associate Professor | ||
Jan Ellsberger | CCAM Association / HUAWEI | Member CCAM Association Governing Board, Physical & Digital Infrastructure | ||
Maria Guta | ESA - European Space Agency | 5G SatCom Systems Architect | ||
12:15 - 13:15 h | Session 3: 6G: What users need | Shuaib Siddiqui, PhD | i2CAT | Research Area Director |
M. Carmen Fernández | MEDIAPRO Group | Innovation and New Business Manager | ||
Dr. Frank Hofmann | Bosch | Chief expert | ||
Antonio M. Lacy MD, PhD | Hospital Clinic Barcelona AIS Channel | Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona President, AIS Channel |
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Maxime Flament | 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) | CTO | ||
13:15 - 14:30 h | LUNCH | |||
14:30 - 15:30 h | Session 4: 6G Community | Xavier Costa, PhD | i2CAT ICREA | Scientific Director Research Professor |
Mauro R. Boldi | Telecom Italia/TIM | Project Manager | ||
Rui Luis Aguiar | IT/Networld Europe | Steering Board Chair | ||
Dimitra Simeonidou | 6G Futures | Co-Director of the Bristol Digital Futures Institute and the Director of Smart Internet Lab | ||
Gustav Wikström | Ericsson Research | Research Leader | ||
Ari Pouttu | University of Oulu, Centre for Wireless Communications | Professor, Vice-director - 6G Flagship | ||
15:30 - 16:30 h | Session 5: 6G Trends: an Operator’s Perspective | Oriol Sallent Roig | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Full Professor |
Jose Antonio Aranda | Cellnex Telecom | Global Innovation Director |
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Eric Hardouin | Orange | VP, Ambient Connectivity Research | ||
David Lister | Vodafone | Senior R&D Manager, Futurist at Vodafone Group | ||
Diego Perino | Telefonica | Director, Telefonica Research | ||
16:30 - 17:30 h | Session 6: 6G Trends: a Provider’s Perspective | David Noguer Bau | Juniper Networks | Strategic Alliances Marketing Director |
Mischa Dohler | Ericsson Inc | Chief Architect | ||
Josep Martrat | ATOS Spain | Head of Telecom, Media and Edge Technologies at Atos Research and Innovation | ||
Dr. Juergen Quittek | NEC Laboratories Europe | Managing Director | ||
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Dillinger | Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Germany | R&D director for 5G vertical industries | ||
Dr Volker Ziegler | Nokia | Senior Technology Advisor, Chief Architect Strategy and Technology |
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17:30 - 17:45 h | Closing | Dani Marco | Government of Catalonia | Director General of Innovation and Digital Economy |