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Second Global 5G Event on 9-10 November 2016, Rome (Italy)
9 November 2016 - 10 November 2016
The Second Global 5G Event: “Enabling the 5G EcoSphere”
The event will offer participants both Lively debates around spectrum, standards and deploy
ment of 5G as well as exciting showcases of the latest 5G developments from industrial players such as Datang, Huawei, Nokia, Qualcomm and ZTE, And the latest results and demos from 17 5G PPP projects: 5G-CROSSHAUL, 5GEx, 5G ENSURE, 5G-NORMA, 5G-XHAUL, CHARISMA, COGNET, COHERENT, FANTASTIC-5G, FLEX5GWARE, METIS II, mmMagic, SELFNET, SESAME, SPEED-5G, SUPERFLUIDITY and VIRTUWIND. The exhibition of the demonstrations will be open in parallel to the conference for the two days and participants will be encouraged to visit the stands during the breaks or at whatever opportunity they have. The event will in particular cover the main results of European 5G-PPP projects.
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Agenda:
Day 1 – November 9
Registration desk opens at 07:30
| 09.00-09.15
Welcome address |
Representing the Italian Government: Antonello Giacomelli, Under-secretary of the Minister of Economic Development, with the mandate for Communications |
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09.15-10.45 Opening 1: 5G policy perspectives
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Moderator: Dr. Werner Mohr, 5G Infrastructure Association Chair
Mr. Roberto Viola, Director General, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission Mr. Qian Hang, Director of the Division of High-Tech of Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China – presentation Mr. Yuji Nakamura, Director of the New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan – presentation Mr. Julius Knapp, Chief Office of Engineering & Technology, Federal Communications Commission, United States – presentation Mr. Heo WonSeok, Director, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, South Korea |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee Break |
| 11.15-11.20
Welcome address |
Giuseppe Recchi, Executive Chairman, TIM |
| 11.20-12.50
Opening 2: Industry perspectives from the 5G fora
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Moderator: Mr. Bernard Barani, Acting Head of Unit Network Technologies, European Commission
Dr. Werner Mohr, 5G Infrastructure Association Chair – presentation Ms. Wang Zhiqin, Vice Chair of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group – presentation Dr. Kohei Satoh, Secretary General of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation Mr. Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas Prof. Han Youngnam, 5G Forum Executive Committee Chair – presentation |
| 12.50-13.50 | Lunch |
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13.50-15.40 Session 1: Designing the flexible 5G system architecture
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Moderator: Dr. Giovanni Corazza, 5G Infrastructure Association
Dr. Frank Mademann, 3GPP Architecture Working Group Chair – presentation Dr.-Ing. Volker Ziegler, Head of 5G Leadership, Chief Architect, Nokia Mobile Networks – presentation Dr. Chih-Lin I, Chief Scientist, China Mobile Research Institute – presentation Mr. Akira Matsunaga, KDDI, Acting Chair of Technical Committee in 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation Prof. Luciano Leonel Mendes, Research Coordinator of the Communications Reference Center at Inatel – presentation Mr. Kim Younglak, Director, SKT – presentation |
| 15.40-16.10 | Coffee break |
| 16.10-18.00
Session 2: Towards globally harmonized spectrum for 5G
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Moderator: Mr. Takehiro Nakamura, Acting Chairman of Strategy & Planning Committee of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation
Mr. Colin Langtry, Chief of the Radiocommunication Study Groups Department, ITU – presentation Mr. Jonas Wessel, Director of Spectrum, Swedish Post and Telecom Authority – presentation Mr. Chang RuoTing, Director of the Division of Frequency Planning of Bureau of Radio Regulation, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China – presentation Mr. Yuji Nakamura, Director of the New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan – presentation Mr. Julius Knapp, Chief Office of Engineering & Technology, Federal Communications Commission, United States – presentation Dr. Kim KyungMee, Director National Radio Research Agency, South Korea – presentation |
| 18.00-18.30
Address from the European Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society |
Commissioner Günther H. Oettinger, European Union Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society |
| 18:30-18:45
18.45 |
Horizon 2020 Spectrum and Optical Prizes award
Welcome cocktail |
Day 2 – November 10
| 09.00-10.50
Session 3: 5G air interface and radio resource management
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Moderator: Dr. Chung HyunKyu, Vice President, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, South Korea
Mr. Dino Flore, 3GPP Radio Area Network Chair – presentation Mr. Jan Färjh, Vice-President, Head of Standardization & Industry, Ericsson – presentation Dr. Wen Tong, CTO of Huawei Wireless Networks & Huawei Fellow – presentation Mr. Takaharu Nakamura, Fujitsu, Acting Chair of Technical Committee in 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation Mr. Lorenzo Casaccia, Vice President, Technical Standards, Qualcomm – presentation Dr. Lee JunHwan, Director, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, South Korea – presentation |
| 10.50-11.10 | Coffee break |
| 11.10-13.00
Session 4: 5G network management & software networks
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Moderator: Mr. Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas
Dr. Diego R. Lopez, Chair of ETSI NFV – presentation Mr. Philippe Lucas, Senior Vice President Strategy, Architecture & Standardisation, Orange – presentation Dr. Fang Min, Director of 5G Research and Collaboration, ZTE – presentation Dr. Takashi Shimizu, NTT, representative of Network Architecture Committee in 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation Mr. Michele Zarri, Technical Director, GSMA – presentation Dr. Kim TaeYeon, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, South Korea – presentation |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.50
Session 5: 5G for verticals in the new economy |
Moderator: Dr. Wang Yingmin, Expert of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group; CTO & Chief Scientist, Datang
Mr. Mikio Iwamura, Director, NTT Docomo, NGMN 5G Initiative Workstream Lead “Technology and Architecture” – presentation Mr. Andreas Müller, Senior Expert and Project Manager, Bosch – presentation Mr. Yang Fengyi, Vice President, China Telecom Technology Innovation Center – presentation Dr. Rao Yallapragada, Director, Intel – presentation Prof. Park YongWan, Yeungnam University – presentation |
| 15.50-16.20 | Coffee break |
| 16.20-17.20
Wrap up panel: 5G roadmap for mobile broadband and beyond |
Moderator: Mr. Bernard Barani, Acting Head of Unit Network Technologies, European Commission – panel questions
Mr. Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, Secretary General, 5G Infrastructure Association – presentation Ms. Wang Zhiqin, Vice Chair of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group Mr. Takehiro Nakamura, Acting Chairman of Strategy & Planning Committee of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum Mr. Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas Prof. Han Youngnam, 5G Forum Executive Committee Chair |
| 17.20-17.30 Closing remarks |
Dr. Kohei Satoh, Secretary General of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – 3rd Global Event in Tokyo, Japan |
Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0
Venue:
The 2nd Global 5G event was held in the Rome Marriott Park Hotel on via Colonnello Tommaso Masala, 54, in Rome, 00148 Italy.
