"6G Horizons: Synergies for a Connected Future" Workshop

April 01, 2025 - 09:00 to 19:00 (Tokyo)

Sanjō Conference Hall, Hangō Campus, University of Tokyo

The "6G Horizons: Synergies for a Connected Future" workshop aims at fostering and deepening collaboration and partnership between the EU and Japan (and other Indo-Pacific countries) regarding 6G development.

Organiser

Adam Kapovits, Eurescom, Germany

Co-organiser

Prof. Akihiro Nakao, ASPIRE, Japan

Target audience

6G experts, mostly from Japan. 120 participants are expected.

Agenda

See the detailed programme on the EU-Japan Digital Week website.

Expected outcomes

The big question is and the ambition of the workshop should be to try to answer, whether we are correctly perceiving and assessing, and subsequently addressing and responding to the major trends, social and business needs from a broad set of industries in the 6G research and development, considering the rapidly unfolding disruptive trends such as generative AI.

Methodology

The workshop will be primarily held in person. If needed, we can permit a replay of a pre-recorded contribution. The workshop will be preferably streamed on the web.

Speakers

Mr. Masayuki Matsui, Deputy Director, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Japan
Ms. Erzsébet Fitori, Executuve Director, Smart Networks Services Joint Undertaking Office, Belgium
Dr. Colin Willcock, Chairman of the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association Governing Board, Belgium
Prof. Akihiro Nakao, head of Nakao-Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan, co-chair of the XG Mobile Promotion Forum (XGMF), Japan
Prof. Emilio Calvanese-Strinati, Scientific and Innovation Director of Smart Devices, Telecommunications and Security, CEA-LETI, France
Dr. Szabolcs Malomsoky, Head of Ericsson Research, Japan
Prof. Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, Full Professor at Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Italy
Dr. Alessandro Bassi, Programme and Project Manager, Eurescom GmbH, Germany
Prof. HyeonWoo Lee, Professor on Mobile System Engineering, DanKook University and vice chair of the Executive Committee of the 6G Forum Korea, Republic of Korea
Dr. Kentaro Ishizu, Director, Beyond 5G Design Initiative, NICT, Japan
Dr. Maria Guta, European Space Agency
Dr. Ing. Marius Corici, Deputy Head of the Software-based Networks Division, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Dr. Arthur Sona de Sena, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Takehiro Nakamura, Chief Standardisation Officer, NTT DoCoMo, Japan

Language of the workshop: English
Please note that interpretation in Japanese will not be available.

Attachments

EU-Japan Digital Week_6G Horizons Synergies for a Connected Future Workshop_Draft agenda_06.03.2025.pdf

The EU-Japan Digital Week is an initiative under the EU-Japan Digital Partnership and is supported by the following projects and organisations: