5G-PPP

2nd EAI International Conference on 5G for Ubiquitous Connectivity
2015-11-25 - 2015-11-27 | 5G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey in Guildford, Guildford, United Kingdom
Scope:
In order to meet the huge demand for increasing capacity in wireless networks several major leaps in technology development need to made. Several research initiatives around the world on 5th generation mobile cellular systems have been launched recently. Also frequency regulation and standardization activities will be launched very soon targeting at the next generation standard. This conference targets at bringing together researchers and developers as well as regulators and policy makers in presenting their latest views on 5G: potential disruptive technologies enabling 5G, spectrum policies for 5G, future business models, and of course, latest finding in key research activities on 5G.
Highlights:

The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organization devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT
Accepted papers will be published in the 5GU Conference Proceedings and by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST). The proceedings will be available both in book form and via the SpringerLink digital library, which is one of the largest digital libraries online and covers a variety of scientific disciplines.
The proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as ICST’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

5G PPP projects present at the Tweether Workshop on November 20th, 2015
2015-11-20 | School of Telecomunications Engineering, Avenida de los Naranjos, Access N (UPV Entrance) , Valencia, Spain
5G PPP projects, especially mmMAGIC, 5G-Xhaul and METIS-II were at the Tweether Workshop in Valencia on November 20th, 2015.
Dr. Mehrdad Shariat from Samsung Electronics will deal with Millimetre-Wave Based Mobile Radio Access Network for Fifth Generation Integrated Communications.
Mr. Josep Mangues (CTTC) will be presenting an overview of the 5G-Crosshaul project with a deep-dive on the role of mmWave in the project, specifically for backhaul and fronthaul, and its integration with other wireless (microwave), optical and copper technologies, under common SDN-based control.
Mr. José Monserrat, from University of Valencia, will be presenting the METIS-II project and some activities related to spectrum for 5G and to massive MIMO performed in the project. Mr. Mauro Boldi’s (Telecom Italia) presentation be in the context of the panel that will conclude the day at the workshop. His talk will be more dedicated to the exploitation of millimeter waves for 5G, with some reference to beamforming activities in METIS-II.

About 5G-XHaul Project:
5G-XHaul proposes a converged optical and wireless network solution able to flexibly connect Small Cells to the core network. Exploiting user mobility, our solution allows the dynamic allocation of network resources to predicted and actual hotspots. To support these novel concepts, we will develop:
1) Dynamically programmable, high capacity, low latency, point-to-multipoint (P2MP) mm-Wave transceivers, cooperating with Sub-6 GHz systems;
2) A Time Shared Optical Network (TSON) offering elastic and fine granular bandwidth allocation, cooperating with advanced passive optical networks;
3) A software-defined cognitive control plane, able to forecast traffic demand in time and space, and the ability to reconfigure network components.
Contact: https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-xhaul/

About mmMAGIC:
The mmMAGIC (Millimetre-Wave Based Mobile Radio Access Network for Fifth Generation Integrated Communications) project will develop and design new concepts for mobile radio access technology (RAT) for mm-wave band deployment. This is envisaged as a key component in the 5G multi-RAT ecosystem and will be used as a foundation for global standardization. The project will thus enable ultrafast mobile broadband services for mobile users, supporting UHD/3D streaming, immersive applications and ultra-responsive cloud services.
Contact: https://5g-ppp.eu/mmmagic/

About METIS-II:
Key objectives of METIS-II are to develop the overall 5G radio access network design and to provide the technical enablers needed for an efficient integration and use of the various 5G technologies and components currently developed. The innovation pillars that will allow METIS-II to achieve this goal are

a holistic spectrum management architecture addressing the spectrum crunch,
an air interface harmonisation framework enabling an efficient integration of new and legacy air interfaces,
an agile Resource Management (RM) framework providing the dynamics required to efficiently adapt the integrated 5G air interfaces and radio concepts to the varying traffic demand and service requirements,
a cross-layer and cross-air-interface system access and mobility framework ensuring an ubiquitous access continuum,
and a common control and user plane framework providing the means for an efficient support of the broad versatility of services expected for 5G as well as a future-proof and cost-efficient implementation of the 5G integration.

Contact: https://metis-ii.5g-ppp.eu

DigiWorld Summit 2015
2015-11-17 - 2015-11-19 | Le Corum, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, Montpellier, 34000, France
DigiWorld Summit: ‘Digital First’
17th-19th November 2015, The Corum – Montpellier (France)
IDATE, think tank pioneers of digital economy, is organising its 37th edition of the DigiWorld Summit conference, debating digital innovation which, with increasingly less restraint in ICT sectors, is now thoroughly transforming all vertical field of activity. This international conference roughly welcomes more than 1200 professionals and 120 speakers from over 25 different nationalities taught through plenary sessions and topical forums: Connected Things, Future Networks, Smart City, TV & Video, VideoGame…
Mr. Terje TJELTA, Board Member of 5G Infrastructure Association will take part in the DigiWorld Summit forum devoted to “Future networks: welcome to the gigabit era?” to be held on Wednesday November the 18th.
In addition, this year there is: the second edition of the DigiWorld Week, for one week dedicated to digitization, and the DigiWorld Awards, which rewards French talents around the world!
http://www.digiworldsummit.com/

CHARISMA and 5G-XHaul at the COMBO workshop on CTTE 2015
2015-11-10 | Munchen, Germany
The CHARISMA and 5G-Xhaul 5G PPP projects will be present at the COMBO workshop on CTTE 2015.

Mr. Theodoros Rokkas will present the case of CHARISMA in terms of converged architecture. CHARISMA brings together 10G-wireless (via mm-wave/60-GHz & free-space optics, FSO) access and 100G fixed optical (OFDM-PON) solutions through an intelligent cloud radio-access-network (C-RAN) and intelligent radio remote head (RRH) platform with IPv6 Trust Node routing featuring very low-latency for the traffic management. Low-cost Ethernet is used across front- and backhaul, and end-user equipment (vCPE), and intelligence distributed across the back-, front-hauls, and perimetric data transports. Ad-hoc mobile device interconnectivities (D2D, D2I, C2C etc.), content delivery network (CDN) and mobile distributed caching (MDC) offer an energy-efficient (better than x20 improvement possible) information-centric networking (ICN) architecture. Furthermore, caching will provide efficient utilization of scarce resources by early aggregating data or/and by executing communication locally.

Mr. Egon Schultz will present views on access/aggregation convergence using heterogeneous (optical/wireless) network segments from the 5G-XHaul project. 5G-XHaul aims at building up an ambitious converged optical and wireless network solution that relies on a flexible infrastructure able to support of the backhaul and fronthaul networks required to tackle the current and future challenges that the Radio Access Network (RAN) imposes. 5G-XHaul will provide an efficient, reconfigurable, modular and highly scalable platform to support RAN processing, depending on different architectural solutions, network elements and devices.

Contacts:
CHARISMA: Mr. Theodoros Rokkas, INCITES Consulting, trokkas@incites.eu
5G-XHaul: Mr. Egon Schultz, ERC, egon.schulz@huawei.com, Mr. Jesús Gutiérrez, Terán, IHP, teran@ihp-microelectronics.com
Related Twitter channels / hashtags:
Tweets by 5G_XHaul
https://twitter.com/@charisma5G
About the COMBO project:
COMBO (COnvergence of fixed and Mobile BrOadband access/aggregation networks) is a European Union FP7 ICT Integrated Project, undertaken by 16 partners over a period of three and a half years, starting January 1st, 2013, with over 9 million Euros in funding, of which almost 6 million Euros are funded by the EU. COMBO will propose and investigate new integrated approaches for Fixed / Mobile Converged (FMC) broadband access / aggregation networks for different scenarios (dense urban, urban, rural). The COMBO project and research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) in the ICT area, under grant agreement n° 317762.

METIS-II presentation at the MiWEBA workshop on 2-3 November 2015
2015-11-02 - 2015-11-03 | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
At the next MiWEBA workshop held in Tokyo on 2-3 November 2015, Mr. Ingolf Karls, Intel Mobile Communications will present the METIS-II project.
About METIS-II: METIS-II (Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for Twenty-twenty (2020) Information Society-II)
METIS-II is a project with 23 partners co-funded in the European H2020 research programme with a budget of 8 M€. Ericsson is the project coordinator and Nokia Networks is the technical coordinator. Further partners are Alcatel Lucent, Deutsche Telekom, Huawei, IDATE, Intel, ITRI, Janmedia Interactive, KTH, NTT DOCOMO, NYU, Orange, Samsung, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, University of Kaiserslautern, Universitat Politècnica de València and WINLAB.
Contact for METIS-II
Dr. Olav Queseth, Ericsson
Mr. Ingolf Karls, Intel Mobile Communications
E-mail: contact@metis2020.com
Web: https://metis-ii.5g-ppp.eu
About MiWEBA: MiWEBA (Millimetre-Wave Evolution for Backhaul and Access) is a Japan-Europe ICT international Joint R&D research programme focusing on millimeter waves. It started within the framework of the FP7 in 2013. Partners are The Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Panasonic Mobile Communications for the Japanese side, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (Germany), INTEL Mobile Communications (Germany), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies renouvelables (France), Orange Labs Networks (France), Politecnico di Milano (Italy) for the European side.

EC-TW workshop on the 5G Targeted opening
2015-10-21 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
This workshop is jointly organised by the European Commission and ITRI Taiwan, with assistance from the 5G PPP, to present the themes and opportunities of the targeted opening the commission will have with Taiwan in the next 5G PPP call. The workshop will give insight to the 5G-related activities in Taiwan and present their specific interests in relation to the call. The primary focus points for the joint call will be access convergence and integration.
Agenda
1- Welcome Remarks (EU + TW )
2- Presentation of national R&D programmes and conditions in Taiwan (TW: 20 min))
• Focus areas
• 5G-related
3- Taiwan ICT Industry Overview (ITRI: 10 min)
4- 5G-PPP (EU: 15 min)
• International dimension
5- Status & Planning of EU-TW Targeted Opening (EU + TW: 15 min.)
6- Presentations from European companies (EU: 30 min)
7- Presentations of Taiwan Proposal Areas:
• 5G Channel Model Generator & Simulator (10 min.)
• 5G Edge Network (10 min.)
• UDN (10 min.)
• M2M (10 min.)
• V2V (10 min.)
8- Wrap-up Discussion (30 min.)
Registration:
This workshop is open to everyone who wants to know more about the targeted opening in the call and/or are interested in participating in the call. The maximum attendance is 100 on a first come first served basis.
We would appreciate an early registration to facilitate catering.
Click on this link to register: https://5g-ppp.eu/registration-for-ec-itri-workshop/
Venue:
Macau meeting room in the Museu do Oriente Conference Center (20 min. from the ICT conference centre)
References:
European Commisson, DG CONNECT: https://ec.europa.eu/dgs/connect/en/content/dg-connect
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan: https://www.itri.org.tw/eng/

Towards a 5G Connected World: A Security Insight, ICT2015 Networking session, Lisbon, 20/10/2015, Room 12, 16:50-17:35
2015-10-20 17:50 - 18:35 | Unnamed Venue, lisbon, Portugal
A session covering the security aspects of 5G will be organized as part of the Networking Sessions of ICT 2015. The session goes under the title: “Towards a 5G Connected World: A Security Insight” and will take place in Room 12 on Tuesday 20/20/2015 from 16:50 to 17:35.
The session aims to provide an open forum for discussion about how security should be considered with upcoming 5G systems, networks and components. The ubiquity of 5G network thrives the need for secured environments that will provide users a safe, fast and reliable connectivity underpinning the future generation of application and services.
The session will pave the way towards open security considerations in the initial core 5G design such as multi-operator isolation, privacy preservation between virtual tenants, trust requirements and management in heterogeneous environments and low-latency security constraints at the physical level in 5G systems.
Expected outcome:

Identification of the major security requirements and concerns around future 5G systems from different perspectives.
Open discussion about the security challenges and aspects of future 5G networks.
Security as a driver towards the future 5G-connected digital society

Format/Participants:
The session is divided into three major blocks:

Five lighting talks (5 minutes each) will be carried out by five different experts:
Dr. Ioannis Neokosmidis (INCITES Consulting, Luxemburg)
Dr. Dimitris Kanakidis (Exus, Greece)
Dr. Haitham S. Cruickshank, (Institute for Communication Systems – ICS, University of Surrey, UK)
Jordi Ferrer Riera (i2CAT Foundation, Spain)
Dr. Emmanouil Kafetzakis (Orion Innovations, Greece)
Open panel discussion between experts in the panel, the public and interactive participant who can join the discussion using the hashtags #5GSecurity #ict2015 (15 min).
Conclusion and closure from Eduard Escalona (i2CAT, Spain) project manager of the CHARISMA project (5min).

Related Twitter channels / hashtags: #5gppp; #5GSecurity; #ict2015.

ICT2015 5G PPP Booth 5G NORMA demo
2015-10-20 11:00 - 2015-10-22 16:30 | Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
ICT2015 (Innovate, Connect, Transform) is an event organized by European Commission together with the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal) that will comprise a number of parallel activities: a policy conference presenting the new Commission’s policies and initiatives on Research & Innovation in ICT (Horizon 2020 Programme); an interactive exhibition showcasing the best results and impact of most recent EU ICT Research & Innovation; many networking opportunities to enhance quality partnerships, help participants find partners, connect Research and Innovation and trigger collaboration; Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017 thematic sessions, offering detailed information on the funding opportunities in ICT sector; the Startup Europe Forum, offering a set of activities profiling EU policy actions for startups and SMEs, innovators, private and public investors.
Key purpose
5G-NORMA will be present at the 5G PPP booth alongside METIS II, XHAUL and FANTASTIC5G. 5G NORMA develops a novel, adaptable and future-proof 5G mobile network architecture. This architecture will be validated by demos showing (1) its capability to support natively multiple services on a shared network and (2) Software Defined Mobile network Control (SDMC) which applies the SDN principles to mobile network specific functions. At ICT 2015, a preliminary version of the demo concept will be presented, which will consist on network emulations with 3D visualizations, real-world prototypes for 5G-base stations and emulation of the cloud infrastructure that will support the 5G network deployment.
Related Twitter channels / hashtags:
https://twitter.com/5G_NORMA

ICT2015 5G PPP Booth METIS-II demo
2015-10-20 11:00 - 2015-10-22 16:30 | Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
ICT2015 (Innovate, Connect, Transform) is an event organized by European Commission together with the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal) that will comprise a number of parallel activities: a policy conference presenting the new Commission’s policies and initiatives on Research & Innovation in ICT (Horizon 2020 Programme); an interactive exhibition showcasing the best results and impact of most recent EU ICT Research & Innovation; many networking opportunities to enhance quality partnerships, help participants find partners, connect Research and Innovation and trigger collaboration; Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017 thematic sessions, offering detailed information on the funding opportunities in ICT sector; the Startup Europe Forum, offering a set of activities profiling EU policy actions for startups and SMEs, innovators, private and public investors.
Key purpose
METIS-II will be at the 5G PPP booth together with projects 5G NORMA, FANTASTIC-5G and XHAUL and will show a preliminary version of the METIS-II Visualization platform that will be used throughout the project to illustrate important concepts and solutions as well as provide an open environment for other projects to collaborate on 5G simulations.
Related Twitter channels / hashtags / Facebook:
https://twitter.com/metis2020; #5gppp; #ICT2015; @DigitalAgenda.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/701253670004327/

ICT2015 5GPPP Booth XHAUL demo
2015-10-20 11:00 - 2015-10-22 16:30 | Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
ICT2015 (Innovate, Connect, Transform) is an event organized by European Commission together with the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal) that will comprise a number of parallel activities: a policy conference presenting the new Commission’s policies and initiatives on Research & Innovation in ICT (Horizon 2020 Programme); an interactive exhibition showcasing the best results and impact of most recent EU ICT Research & Innovation; many networking opportunities to enhance quality partnerships, help participants find partners, connect Research and Innovation and trigger collaboration; Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017 thematic sessions, offering detailed information on the funding opportunities in ICT sector; the Startup Europe Forum, offering a set of activities profiling EU policy actions for startups and SMEs, innovators, private and public investors.
Détails on Event :
XHAUL project will be present at the 5G PPP booth alongside METIS II, 5G-NORMA and FANTASTIC5G, to show a demo on the control plane for 5G transport networks. In the demo, a multi-domain multi-technology (optical and wireless) infrastructure will be emulated. However, the control of this infrastructure will be through an actual/real control plane software. So, you can see the message flows for setting up end-to-end paths in a simple way through the underlying multi-domain multi-technology infrastructure.
Related Twitter channels / hashtags / LinkledIn:
https://twitter.com/Xhaul_eu; #5gppp; #ICT2015;
https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=8344554

ICT 2015 Innovate, Connect, Transform
2015-10-20 - 2015-10-22 | Centro de Congressos de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
The European Commission and the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia will organise: ICT 2015 – Innovate, Connect, Transform

5G-NORMA talk and panel "5G NORMA: A NOvel Radio Multiservice adaptive network Architecture for the 5G era based on Network Slicing" in NGMN Forum, Innovation Session, Montreal (CA) on Oct.13/14
2015-10-13 - 2015-10-15 | Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1228 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1H6, Canada
The NGMN 5G White Paper is demanding 5G to improve the performance of mobile networks as well as to provide greater flexibility and better support to new business and partnership models. Efficient support of new business models requires this flexibility along the whole end-to-end communication path. As key technology to achieve this high flexibility, the NGMN 5G White Paper promotes Network Slicing: Network slices are mutually isolated, dedicated networks providing customer-specific functionality. 5G NORMA is going to propose an E2E Architecture based on network slicing. It will develop a highly flexible network architecture that adapts the use of the network resources to service requirements and network topology. The presentation will explain 5G NORMA’s innovative functionalities and the key enablers behind that.
Venue details
This meeting is open for NGMN Partners only.
The NGMN Forum takes place at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Montreal (1228 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1H6, Canada)
The presentation will be given by Klaus Martiny on Oct. 14th from 10:00-10:15am; the panel discussion will be from 10:30-10:50am.
Related Twitter channels / hashtags:
https://twitter.com/fantastic5g; #5gppp, #5G

FANTASTIC-5G TALK and PANEL "5G Multi-Service Air Interface (
2015-10-13 - 2015-10-15 | Bell Mobility, Montreal, Canada
5G is mainly about two ambitions: To find a response to the strong growth of requested data rates (evolutionary effect) and to enhance the business model of operators by widening the pool of services (revolutionary target). Therefore, main objective of FANTASTIC-5G is to develop a flexible and scalable multi-service air interface (ambition 2) with ubiquitous coverage and high capacity (ambition 1) where and when needed. The new air interface is targeted to be highly efficient in terms of energy and resource consumption as well as to be future proof, allowing sustainable delivery of wireless services far beyond 2020.
Venue détails
This meeting is open for NGMN Partners only.
The NGMN Forum meeting is hosted by Bell Mobility, Montreal („Gold Room“)
The Fantastic-5G talk is scheduled for the first slot 9-9:15am on Oct. 14th
Related Twitter channels / hashtags:
https://twitter.com/fantastic5g; #5gppp, #5G

WWRF 5G Huddle
2015-10-13 - 2015-10-14 | Confederation of Danish Industry, H. C. Andersens Blvd., Copenhagen , 1550, Denmark
Theme of the Huddle 2015 : Delivering a Sustainable 5G EcosystemS

Workshop on 5G Channel Measurement and Modeling
WWRF, China Mobile and BUPT are jointly organizing a “Workshop on 5G Channel Measurement and Modeling” which will be in conjunction with IEEE PIMRC 2015, August 30th, 2015, Hong Kong, China. This workshop will focus on 5G channel measurement and modeling, including framework of 5G channel model, channel measurement campaign, channel parameter extracting and modeling, measurement data application, and measurement equipment development, etc. This workshop is organized to provide a platform to share and present the latest views and development on 5G channel measurement and modeling issues across the world.

Spectrum crunch below 6GHz? 5G research trends in Europe
2015-10-01 11:30 - 12:30 | Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Ringvägen 98 , Stockholm, 10460 , Sweden
Spectrum crunch below 6GHz? 5G trends
Moderator: Dr. Dominique Noguet, CEA-LETI, France
5G is expected to address a 1000x capacity compared to today’s networks, whereas available spectrum resource will, by far, not grow in the same proportion, enabling only a few new portions or frequency bands. In particular, spectrum below 6GHz will be under pressure as the most demanded one. New technologies will have to be researched and tested in order to exploit this scarce and already crowded spectrum. Solutions range from radio and network technologies to new regulation policies or regimes. Besides, the convergence of cellular systems with the Internet of Things and machine-to-machine communications will require a new technology bundle in order to enable a flexible service delivery over flexible networks to optimize spectrum usage and power consumption. The European 5G Public Private Partnership (5GPPP) projects will tackle these challenges from various angles. In this panel, key experts from recently approved 5GPPP projects will present and debate their approaches.
The panel will be composed as follows: Oscar Carrasco (SISTELBANDA), representing SPEED-5G Marja Matimikko (VTT), representing COHERET Gerhard Wunder (FhG), representing FANTASTIC-5G Du Ho Kang (ERICSSON), representing METIS II

— Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerhard Wunder, Privatdozent TU Berlin
Coordinator 5GNOW (www.5gnow.eu, EU 5G – ‘Beyond LTE-A’ Project)
Coordinator PROPHYLAXE (www.ict-prophylaxe.de, BMBF Security Project) PMT FANTASTIC-5G (www.fantastic5g.eu, ‘The’ European 5G New Air Interface Project)
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institut Einsteinufer 37, D-10587 Berlin/Germany Mobile: +49 151 61530882, Office: +49 30 31002 872
Web: https://www.commit.tu-berlin.de/menue/mitarbeiter/pd_dr-ing_habil_gerhard_wunder/

EU project METIS-II hosts workshop on 5G system with 5G PPP projects
2015-09-28 10:00 - 2015-09-29 17:00 | Ericsson, Kistavägen 25 , Kista, Sweden
METIS-II is arranging the 5G-PPP Cross-project Workshop on Scenarios, Requirements, Performance Evaluation, Spectrum and RAN Design Assumptions

Key purpose
Early alignment among 5G-PPP projects in the wireless strand on key assumptions and models related to the 5G RAN design, in particular focusing on

Scenarios, requirements, test cases
Spectrum assumptions
Common scenarios and models for performance evaluation of 5G RAN concepts
Basic RAN design considerations
Visualization of 5G RAN concepts

The workshop is pre-structured according to the particular needs of the METIS-II project, but the organizers are open to any proposals from the participating projects to adjust the structure, for instance to accommodate needs from other projects. In general, all participating projects are highly encouraged to share their viewpoints in the form of presentations on the topics above, or other topics of interest.
In advance to the workshop, the following reports will be shared by the METIS-II project:

R 1.1 “Preliminary refined scenarios and requirements, and consolidated test cases”
R 2.1 “RAN design guideline and methodology”
R 2.2 “Preliminary performance evaluation framework”
R 3.1 “Prel. spectrum scen. and justification for WRC Agenda Item for 5G bands above 6 GHz”
R 7.1 “Preliminary 5G visualisation considerations”

The discussion in the workshop will be used to refine and enhance these reports towards later public deliverables disseminated from METIS-II.
Who should join
Project leaders, technical managers and/or selected technical experts from projects in the 5G-PPP wireless strand. As a guidance, about 2 – max. 5 persons should join on behalf of each project. The workshop may make use of parallel tracks, depending on the need and number of delegates per project.

Registration
Please register here
Agenda and schedule
Preliminary schedule is available here: 5GPPP_WirelessStrandWorkshop

International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD)
2015-09-07 - 2015-09-09 | University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
The International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD) provides a forum for discussion of recent developments on analytical and simulation tools and techniques for the performance evaluation of communications systems. IEEE CAMAD 2015 will be held between 7-9 September, 2015, at University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK, including a general track and a series of special sessions.
We would like to invite prospective authors to submit papers to the Special Session on Duplexing Techniques for 5G Networks, which focuses on (but not limited to) the following topics: FD networks, performance analysis of FD networks, FD relaying, FD transceiver design, MIMO FD design, self-interference cancellation techniques, cognitive FD networks, FD MAC protocols, dynamic spectrum allocation, dynamic spectrum sharing, dynamic TDD.
Submitted papers should be of not more than five IEEE style pages. Papers should be submitted via EDAS. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings and IEEE digital library. The submission deadline is May 15th, 2015.

Session Chairs
Hirley Alves, Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu, Finland.
Richard Demo Souza, Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil.

2015 IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2015-Fall
2015-09-06 - 2015-09-09 | Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, MA, United States
The 2015 IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conference will be held 6–9 September 2015 at the The Westin Boston Waterfront, in Boston, USA. This semi-annual flagship conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society will bring together individuals from academia, government, and industry to discuss and exchange ideals in the fields of wireless, mobile, and vehicular technology. The conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, tutorials, and technical as well as application sessions.

IEEE PIMRC 2015
2015-08-30 - 2015-09-02 | HK Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Dr., Wan Chai, Hong kong, Hong Kong
IEEE 26th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, Mobile and Radio Communications (PIMRC) 2015

TRUST 2015 - 8th International Conference on Trust & Trustworthy Computing
2015-08-24 - 2015-08-26 | Aldemar Royal Mare Hotel, Hersonissos, Crete, 85100, Greece
TRUST 2015 is an international conference on the technical and socio-economic aspects of trustworthy networking and computing infrastructures. It provides an excellent interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to explore new ideas and discuss experiences in building, designing, using and understanding trustworthy networking and computing systems.
Building on the success of TRUST 2014 (held in Heraklion GR) TRUST 2013 (held in London, UK), TRUST 2012 (held in Vienna, Austria), TRUST 2011 (held in Pittsburgh, USA) and TRUST 2010 (held in Berlin, Germany) TRUST 2009 (held in Oxford, UK), this conference focuses on trusted and trustworthy computing, both from the technical and social perspectives. TRUST 2015 is hosted by the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and technology-Hellas (FORTH-ICS), Greece, and it is sponsored by 5G-PPP VirtuWind project, OPTET project, Intel, Huawei and Universta Delgi Studi Di Padova.

WISTP 2015
2015-08-24 - 2015-08-25 | Aldemar Royal Mare Village, Hersonissos, Crete, 85100, Greece
Future ICT technologies, such as 5G networks, Cyber-physical Systems, and Internet of Things provide a vision of the Information Society in which: a) people and physical systems are surrounded with intelligent interactive interfaces and objects, and b) environments are capable of recognising and reacting to the presence of different individuals or events in a seamless, unobtrusive, and invisible manner. The success of future ICT technologies will depend on how secure these systems are and to what extent they protect the privacy of individuals.
In 2007, Workshop in Information Security Theory and Practice (WISTP) was created as a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners in related areas and to encourage interchange and cooperation between the research community and the industrial/consumer community. Based on the growing interest of the participants, 2015 edition is becoming a conference – The 9th WISTP International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice (WISTP’2015). WISTP 2015 is hosted by the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and technology-Hellas (FORTH-ICS), Greece, and it is sponsored by 5G-PPP VirtuWind project, Huawei and Intel.

19th ITU Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) meeting
2015-07-15 - 2015-07-16 | ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
ITU will be hosting the 19th Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) meeting on 15-16 July 2015 at its Headquarters in Geneva.
On 14 July (late afternoon) there will be a preparation meeting for Heads of Delegation (HOD).​
GSC-19 will focus on the following strategic topics:

IoT (includes M2M, smart cities, smart cars)
IMT-2020/5G (covers spectrum topics and network architecture, also Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV))
Critical communications and public safety

EUCNC 2015
2015-06-29 - 2015-07-02 | Palais des Congrès of Issy les Moulineaux, Paris, France
EuCNC’2015 is the 24th edition of a successful series of a technical and scientific conference open to the world research community, sponsored by the European Commission, in the area of Telecommunications, focusing on communication networks and systems, and reaching services and applications. It aims at showcasing the results of the consecutive programmes on R&D and projects co-financed by European programmes, as well as presenting the latest developments in this area. The conference has a not for profit organisation, hence, registration fees are as low as possible, and all surplus will be made available in grants. The conference will be indexed in the major databases. Best Paper Awards will be granted. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the EuCNC’2015 Conference Proceedings and submitted to other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
2015-06-08 - 2015-06-12 | Excel London Convention Center, London, United Kingdom
The IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) will be held in London, UK from 8-12 June 2015. Themed “Smart City & Smart World,” with its proximity to London’s Tech City, the fastest growing technology cluster in Europe, this flagship conference of IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive technical program including twelve Symposia and a number of Tutorials and Workshops. IEEE ICC 2015 will also include an exceptional Industry Forum & Exhibition program including business panels and keynote speakers. We invite you to submit your original technical papers, and industry forum, workshop, and tutorial proposals to this event. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE ICC 2015 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®.

International Microwave Symposium
2015-05-17 - 2015-05-22 | Unnamed Venue, Phoenix, AZ, United States
The IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society’s 2015 International Microwave Symposium (IMS2015) will be held 17 – 22 May 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona as the centerpiece of Microwave Week 2015. IMS2015 offers technical sessions, interactive forums, plenary and panel sessions, workshops, short courses, industrial exhibits, application seminars, historical exhibits, and a wide variety of other technical and social activities including a guest program. As usual, the Microwave Week 2015 technical program also includes the RFIC symposium and the ARFTG conference. Unique to Microwave Week 2015, a High School Science and Engineering Invitational will be held this year.
Apostolos Georgiadis from CTTC is co-organizer of the focus session “Ambient RF energy harvesting and transfer”.

2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference
2015-05-11 - 2015-05-14 | University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
The 2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference will be held 11–14 May 2015 at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland. This semi-annual flagship conference of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society will bring together individuals from academia, government, and industry to discuss and exchange ideals in the fields of wireless, mobile, and vehicular technology. The conference will feature world-class plenary speakers, tutorials, and technical as well as application sessions.

Celtic-Plus Event 2015
2015-04-27 - 2015-04-28 | Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Wiedner Hauptstr. 63, Vienna, Austria
The Celtic-Plus Event 2015 will be organised on 27-28 April 2015 in Vienna. The event is co-located with the Software Days 2015 and will be hosted by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG together with the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and the Vienna Business Agency.
Use the opportunity to network with proposers and experts.
The event will include a comprehensive matchmaking possibility and facility, where you can meet other experts from the ICT community to discuss emerging R&D needs and proposals for related collaborative projects. The matchmaking part is an extraordinary opportunity for participants to present their companies and expertise, to offer project ideas for collaboration and to find partners. The meetings will be organized upfront, supervised and the meeting places will be provided. Celtic-Plus invites the participants to submit their proposals at the next upcoming Celtic-Plus Call.

5G Forum USA
2015-04-14 - 2015-04-15 | Crown Plaza, Palo Alto, CA, United States
The LTE World Series is delighted to launch their first solo 5G Forum USA, taking place 14-15th April 2015 in Palo Alto, which will bring together senior executives & key decision makers from the full 5G ecosystem to discuss the future of the 5G network.
The 5G PPP Chairman Dr Werner Mohr will participate and give a vision on 5G.

Net Futures 2015
2015-03-25 - 2015-03-26 | tbc, Brussels, Belgium
Net Futures 2015 is a brand new two-day conference taking place on 25-26 March 2015 in Brussels. Offering a rich programme of three plenary sessions and nine thematic workshops, it builds on a strong Future Internet Assembly legacy, bringing in key stakeholders from the Future Internet community.
Registrations are open as of now!
Net Futures programme aims to maximize the debate on competitiveness of the European technology industry as Net Futures 2015 is expected to gather over 600 attendees, to form an interconnected community involving companies, organizations and people in:

Research & Innovation
Market Validation & Living Lab Research
Business Development, Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Strategy
Policy Making

Importantly, this year’s edition will very timely address the Strengthening Digital Innovation & Research” objective of Digital Single Market, addressing cross-cutting topics such as Internet of Things (IoT) or Open Source, promoting innovation ecosystems based upon open platforms such as FIWARE and in general fostering entrepreneurship and new business models enabled by an hyper-connected society. The focus will be also placed on key infrastructures and technologies, considered as having an important economic and industrial potential.
Net Futures 2015 is born to scale, be part of it.

NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition 2015
2015-03-24 - 2015-03-25 | KAP Europa, Frankfurt, Germany
Following the successful NGMN Industry Conferences in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012, NGMN is proud to present the Industry Conference 2015 in Frankfurt – a unique, global 5G mobile summit.
