P02: 6G Strategic Evolution

Proposer’s Name:
Luis M. Correia
Proposer’s Institution:
IST / Univ. Lisbon, Portugal

Proposer’s CV
Luis M. Correia is a Professor in Telecommunications, with his work focused on Wireless & Mobile Communications, at IST (Univ. Lisbon), with the research activities developed in INESC INOV-Lab.  He has acted as a consultant for the Portuguese telecommunications operators and regulator, besides other public and private entities, and has been in the Board of Directors of a telecommunications company.  He has participated in 34 projects within European frameworks, having coordinated 6 and taken leadership responsibilities at various levels in many others, besides national ones.  He has lectured 81 advanced training courses for industry and academia at the national and international levels.  He has supervised over 240 M.Sc./Ph.D. students, having edited 6 books, contribute to European strategic documents, and authored over 550 papers in international and national journals and conferences, for which served also as a reviewer, editor and board member.  Internationally, he was part of 43 Ph.D. juries, and 101 research projects and institutions evaluation committees for funding agencies in 13 countries, and the European Commission and COST.  He has been the Chairman of Conference, of the Technical Programme Committee and of the Steering Committee of 25 major conferences, besides other several duties.  He was a National Delegate to the COST Domain Committee on ICT.  He has launched and served as Chairman of the IEEE Communications Society Portugal Chapter, besides being involved in several other duties in this society at the global level.  He is an Honorary Professor of the Gdańsk University of Technology (Poland) and a recipient of the 2021 EurAAP Propagation Award “for leadership in the field of propagation for wireless and mobile communications”.

Motivation and Background
There are currently many issues around the development of 6G, not only from the technological viewpoint but also addressing other dimensions, such use cases and societal impact.  6G standardisation has already started, but it is still at a very early phase, with many key decisions still to be taken.  The development of 6G in all its dimensions has been a theme for discussion in many fora, which includes the positioning of many industries and the so-called verticals, the sustainability of networks, the way that communications systems relate to climate change, among many other aspects.  This panel intends to be a lively discussion among industry leaders and renowned academics from all world regions, exploring all these dimensions and looking at the future of the development of 6G, discussing the possible novelties and which of them may make the way to the standards.

Questions

1. Which are the main novelties foreseen for 6G?

2. Which are the major challenges in the development of 6G?

3. Will 6G be targeting more consumers or businesses?

4. How can sustainability be incorporated by design in 6G?

5. Can we aim, again, at having a unique standard for 6G?

Participants List

1. Luis M. Correia (IST / U. Lisbon, Portugal) (moderator).

2. Hao Xu (Qualcomm, USA)

3. Kai-Kit Wong (U. College London, UK)

4. Wen Tong (Huawei, Canada)

5. Gerhard Fettweis (T.U. Dresden, Germany)

6. Reinaldo Valenzuela (Nokia Bell Labs, USA)

7. Merouane Debbah (Khalifa U. Abu Dhabi, UAE)