Wednesday, 10th January 2024 (0900-1800 CET)
Plenary Session 1 : Opening of WWRF50
0900-0910 Welcoming Speech Dr.Nigel Jefferies, Chairman, Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)
0910-0940 Outlook on IMT-2030 Prof. Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus
Christos Politis, Kingston University
Working Group Session
WG: WG A/B, Business Modelling
Chair : Knud Erik Skouby
0940-1010 Introducing business and policy aspects to 5G and 6G Petri Ahokangas,Professor of Future Digital Business at University of Oulu
1010-1040 Circular and Sustainable Business Model Innovation and Development Peter Lindgren, Director, CGC & MBIT and Vice President, CTiF Global Capsule
1040-1110 Privacy, Data and Data Exchange in Connected Cars Samant Khajuria, Lene Tolstrup Sørensen & Knud Erik Skouby , CMI/ Aalborg University
1110-1140 Human-technology centric for cyber security awareness Firkhan Ali bin Hamid Ali, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia
1140-1210 Enabling Innovation through VERGE's Open Data Space based on 5G Network Gokan Kalem & Semiha Kosu , Turkcell Technology
1210-1310 Break
WWRF Mid-Day Roundup
1310-1340 6G programme in Singapore Tony Quek, SUTD, Singapore
1340-1410 WRC Highlights Bharat Bhatia,ITU-APT, India
Plenary Session 2 : Innovation and Intelligent Wireless Systems
Chair: Román Alcides Lara-Cueva, Professor Principal, ESPE
1410-1440 Enhancing Security at the Physical Layer of Wireless Systems: Applications in Code-Domain NOMA Henry Carvajal, Docente Investigador, Universidad de las Américas Ecuador, Campus UDLAPark
1440-1510 Results of the WRC-23 regarding the 6GHz band: Good news or bad news? Andrés Navarro, IEEE Comsoc LATAM regional Director
1510-1530 Break
Plenary Session 3 : NTN Panel
Chair : Prof Dr Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Professor, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
1530-1545 Real broadband in the sky with Air-to-Ground (A2G) Dirk Lindemeier, Chief Commercial Officer, SkyFive, Germany
1545-1600 HAPS Halim Yanikomeroglu, Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University, Canada
1600-1615  Mega LEO sat constellations A/Prof Al-Hourani is an Associate Professor, RMIT, Australia
1615-1630 Direct-to-satellite IoT Connectivity: Overview and Challenges
Dr. Houcine Chougrani,
Research Scientist, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg,Luxembourg
1630-1645 Emerging and Future VHT satellites Ludovic Blarre, Chief Specialist & Head of Cyber Security of Airbus
1645-1700 Q&A
End of Day 1
Thursday, 11th January 2024 (0900-1800 CET)
Working Group Sessions
WG: WG D, THz
Chair: Prof. Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus
0900-0930 A Simple Receiver Design for Spectrally Efficient Frequency Division Multiplexing (SEFDM) Basim Mohammed, PhD Student, Department of System Engineering, University of Arkansas at Little rock
0930-1000
Performance Analysis and Optimization of Distributed Hybrid
Active-Passive RIS-Aided THz Wireless Systems
Ngoc Phuc Le
Communication Theory Lab
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
1000 - 1030 Introduction to the COST Action 6G-PHYSEC Thuy Pham, Chair of 6G-PHYSEC, Barkhausen Institut, Dresden, Germany
1030 - 1100 Break
Plenary Session 4: WWRF Power Talks
Chair : Knud Erik Skouby, Chair WG A/B , Business Modelling
1100-1130 Future of Digital Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities Rehan Usman, Superior University of Lahore
1130-1200 Rail standardisation & CEPT Activities Steffen Ring, CEO Ring Advocacy
1200-1230 WWRF Outlook 33: ‘Foundation Models for Telecom: paving the way for self-built networks’ Lina Bariah , Khalifah University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
1230-1330 Break
WG : Connected Vehicles
Chair: Seshadri Mohan
1330-1400 The impact of mobility, beam sweeping and smart jammers on security vulnerabilities of 5G cells Burak Kantarci, University of Ottawa
1400-1430 An Efficient Utilization of mm-Wave and THz Wave for V2X Communication Sameer Kumar Singh, IIT Ropar, Punjab, India
1430-1500 Use of VR and Generative AI to solve real world CV Challenges Dr. Pradipta Biswas, AssocProf, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)
1500-1530 Break
WG : C, 6G
Chair :Sudhir Dixit
1530-1600 Performance Evaluation of the WiFi Technology Basedeal-Real Time Control Robotic Arm Luis Xavier Topón Albornoz
1600-1630 Wrap Up & Closing Nigel Jefferies, WWRF Chairman