• „Towards a Universal Real-Time Neural Receiver“
  Alexander Keller, Senior Director of
  Research, NVIDIA
  
  
• „Neural Receiver: testbeds and data collection“
  Francesco Rossetto, Rhode & Schwarz
  
  
• „Enhancing 6G Receiver Performance: Comparative Analysis of AI-Based and Conventional Post-Distortion Techniques for Power Amplifiers“
  Ali El Husseini, Ericsson
  
  
• „Fixed-point methods and model-driven AI for 6G PHY optimization“
  Jochen Fink, Fraunhofer HHI

“Value-based design of 6G – a systems perspective on desired 6G sustainability outcomes”
Ali Rezaki / NOKIA

“Energy Savings Sustainability, Mobile Network Operators View”
Tilo Heckmann / Telefónica

“Vodafone’s Green Goals: A Perspective on Energy and Sustainability”
Rishikesh Chakraborty / Vodafone

“Sustainability Aspects in 3GPP: Network Energy Saving”
Geordie George / Fraunhofer IIS

• SubTHz sensing for health applications: opportunities & challenges
  Dr. Junqing Guan, Nokia Bell Labs


• Unlocking health insights: cutting-edge radar technology for vital sign and heart sound detection
  Dr. Benedict Scheiner, Sykno GmbH


• Transforming cardiovascular health: a transformer-based approach to continuous, non-invasive blood pressure estimation via radar sensing
  Nastassia Vysotskaya, Infineon AG


• Advancing healthcare with 6G-sensing: interdisciplinary innovations and applications in medicine
  Dr. Johannes Dommel, Fraunhofer HHI

• NTN Aspects
  Alexander Hofmann, Fraunhofer IIS
  
  
• Understanding the importance of nomadic networks for ubiquitous coverage in 6G networks
  Marius Corici, Fraunhofer FOKUS
  
  
• Positioning in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems
  Norbert Franke, Fraunhofer IIS
  
  
• Next-Generation Network Deployment and Services
  Matthias Meyer, TECTWIN

Part 1:

Talks by the 6G Hubs
(15 min. each)

• “ISAC under Security and Privacy Constraints – from Theory to Demonstrations”
  Prof. Dr. Holger Boche, TU München, Project 6G-life
  
  
• “Implications of upcoming JCAS systems in 6G on Privacy in Public Areas”Torsten Reißland, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Project Open6GHub
  
  
• „6GEM Activities and first Results on Joint  Communication and Sensing”
  Gerd vom Bögel, Fraunhofer IMS, Project 6GEM
  
  
• “Network as a Sensor: 6G-RIC Perspective on JCAS”
  Kenan Turbic, Fraunhofer HHI, Project 6G-RIC

Part 2:

Talks by 6G Industry Projects

(15 min. each)

• “6G HW Design Challenges for JCAS Systems”
  Marko Fleischer, Nokia, Project 6G-CampuSens
  
  

• “Integrated Sensing and Communication for Industrial Applications in Sub-6 GHz and mmWave Bands”
  Vladica Sark, IHP, Project 6G-Campus

Part 3:

Panel Discussion

(30 min.)

On the presented perspectives and statements provided by the speakers and on, e.g., open challenges, gap analysis, relevance to commercial applications, etc.

Moderated by Norman Franchi and Falko Dressler, with all speakers, involving the audience

09:00 – 09:05
Welcome on behalf of the 6G Plattform Germany
Gerhard Fettweis

09:05 – 09:15
Message
Mr Engelbert Beyer, BMBF

09:15 – 09:35
Keynote: “Accelerating Beyond 5G/6G R&D in NICT”

Prof. Tokuda, President, NICT

09:35 – 09:55
Keynote: „Harnessing the transformational nature of AI for 6G“

Peter Merz, VP and Head of Standardisation, Nokia

09:55 – 10:10
Keynote: „RF, Power and Sensor Solutions for energy efficient 6G Networks“
Ludger Verweyen, Head of Product Line RF, Infineon Technologies AG

10:10 – 10:30
Keynote: „1&1 makes a difference as the fourth mobile network operator“
Mr Martin, CEO of 1&1 Mobilfunk

Healthcare has been identified as a core theme for 6G, as highlighted at the Berlin6GConference by Minister Stark-Watzinger. The medical sector faces numerous challenges, including staff shortages, cost pressures, and an increasing number of elderly patients. 6G technologies have the potential to alleviate and address these issues.

This session provides a comprehensive overview of current research projects in the field of 6G and their applications in healthcare. It presents an approach for a Medical Device Compliant solution that meets high standards for data security and protection. The solutions aim to enhance efficiency and improve the quality of patient care. Experts from various disciplines will share their insights and discuss the future opportunities that 6G can offer in the healthcare sector.

HealthNet
Dr. Matteo Große-Kampmann (Hochschule Rhein-Waal)

Towards 6G in Healthcare – A Holistic Approach
Clemens Möllenhoff (ICCAS)

Connected Health: Compliant and Efficient Integration of Medical and Non-Medical Devices by applying the MD Comp framework
Hans Wenner (VDE)

Hardware Security for Medical Devices
Jörn Hoffmann (InfAI)

Panel Discussion:

• Stefan Maas (NXP)
• Dr.-Ing. Tobias Urban (Hochschule Rhein-Waal)
• Hans Wenner (VDE)
• Clemens Möllenhoff (ICCAS)

14:00 – 15:30
The session consists of a series of invited talks with contributions from the 6G-hubs, related BMBF projects, and companies providing security solutions.

• Physical Layer Based Security Solutions
  PHYSEC GmbH, BMBF-UltraSec project, TBC


• Quantum Private Queries
  Thorsten Strufe (KIT), Open6GHub


• Privacy and Confidentiality for Multi-Party Over-the-Air Computation
  6G-RIC, TBD


• IRS-assisted Secure Communication
  6G-RIC, TBD


• Contributions by 6G-life


• Contributions by 6GEM
  TBC

14:00 – 15:30

The event will start with an overview of the WG Innovation Management within the 6G Platform, highlights its role for innovations in the 6G technology. Following this, representatives from each startup 6G-incubator (xG-Incubator, 6GEM Cubator, Launch Hub42 and SSC Kaiserslautern) will present their respective impulses, highlighting their approaches and contributions to fostering innovation in the field. In addition, start-ups and prospective founders will report on their experiences in general and on lessons learned specifically from the StartUpConnect program. Our Crowd Innovation concept will be presented afterwards and discussed in an interactive format.

• Introduction and WG Innovation Management: „Help with the concretization of ideas“
  
  
• Details on the StartUpConnect program and the associated incubators: „Taking concrete ideas further“
  
  
• Best practice presentations: “Experience report and stumbling blocks from the StartUpConnect program”
  
  
• Crowd Innovation: „Concept and interactive discussion “
  
  
• Conclusion & Summary

10:50 – 10:55
Agenda
Xavier Priem, Director of CELTIC-NEXT

10:55 – 11:10
Keynote
Dr. Rudolf Haggenmueller, EUREKA Chair

11:10 – 11:20
Keynote
David Kennedy, CELTIC-NEXT Chairman

11:20 – 11:30
Keynote
Dr. Tina Klüwer, BMBF, Dept 5 Director

11:30 – 11:40
Keynote
Volker Ziegler, Nokia

11:40 – 12:10
Panel discussion on “Future Pervasive Networks and how to build them ”
moderated by David Kennedy, CELTIC-NEXT Chairman

Panelists:

• Mr Engelbert Beyer (BMBF, Dept 51)
  
• Mikko A. Uusitalo (Lead, EU 6G Flagship Hexa-X II, Nokia)
  
• Johannes Springer (DTAG)
  
• Maria Guta (ESA)
  
• Hans Schotten (6G Platform Germany)

12:10 – 12:30
CELTIC-NEXT Awards Ceremony
moderated by David Kennedy, CELTIC-NEXT Chairman

09:10 – 09:15
Welcome message by 6G Platform Germany
Hans D. Schotten

09:15 – 09:30
Opening and EUREKA message
Federal Minister Stark-Watzinger, BMBF

09:30 – 09:45
EUREKA message
Deputy Ambassador of Canada Evelyn Coulombe

09:45 – 10:10
Towards a Resilient and Secure Society: 6G Innovation for the Future
Christina Gessner, Executive Vice-President, Rohde & Schwarz

Speaker:

• Takehiro, Nakamura, DoCoMo, Japan
  
  
• Muslim Elkotop, Vodafone, Germany
  
  
• Tilo Heckmann, Telefonica, Germany
  
  
• Andreas Mueller, Bosch, Germany
  
  
• Joachim Sachs, Ericsson, Germany
  
  
• Slawomir Stanczak, HHI, Germany

Talks:

1. Advanced RF Packages, Integrated Antennas and Reflectarrays for 6G and Sub-THz Radar Sensing Applications

• Speaker: Robert Stöcker, Fraunhofer IZM, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
• Additional contributors: Uwe Maaß, Thi Huyen Le, Ivan Ndip
• Funding: 6GKom, 6G-TERAKOM, 6G-RIC, TKOS

2. SiGe BiCMOS Integrated Transceivers and Module Integration for Resilient Communication at D-band

• Speaker: Corrado Carta, IHP GmbH
• Additional contributors: Andrea Malignaggi, Batuhan Sütbas, Karthik KrishneGowda
• Funding: 6G-RIC, Open 6G Hub, ESSENCE-6GM
  
  

3. Integrating Communication and Sensing: 6G and Radar Circuits in the D-Band

• Speaker: Jan Schöpfel
• Additional contributors: Tobias T. Braun, and Nils Pohl, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Funding: 6GEM
  
  

4. SiGe BiCMOS Technology and Circuits for mm-Wave Applications

• Speaker: Hans-Dieter Wohlmuth, Infineon
• Funding: CampuSens, MassIMO, AI4CSM, ESSENCE, 6G-TERAKOM
  
  

5. 200Gbit/s Wireless Point-to-Point Transmission over 50m at 300GHz

• Speaker: Sebastian Randel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
• Additional contributors: Dittmer, D. Fang, Y. Chen, H. Peng, A. Bhutani, C. Koos
• Funding: Open6GHub, 6GEM
  
  

6. D-Band Sensing Testbed: Advancing Ultra-Broadband Near-Realtime Capabilities

• Speaker: Ramez Askar, Fraunhofer HHI
• Additional contributors: Sven Wittig
  
  

Funding: 6G-RIC

• „Challenges for Human Exposure Assessment in 5G and impacts on 6G” (15 min)
  Tam Ta, RWTH Aachen
  
  
• „Calculation of Protection Areas of Cellular Radio Stations using Wattwächter“ (15 min)
  Thorsten Kayser, PKTEC GmbH
  
  
• Possible research focuses (15 min)
  Josef Opitz, BNetzA
  
  
• Panel Discussion (30 min)

Session Part I
Presentations (45 minutes)

“RIS – RF Measurements & Qualification Aspects”
Simon Otto, IMST, Project 6G-LICRIS

“On the realization of RIS – about trade-offs, drawbacks and impairments”
Robert Stöcker,
Fraunhofer IZM, Project 6G-RIC

“Liquid-Crystal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces based on the Delay-Line Architecture”
Alejandro Jiménez Sáez, TU Darmstadt

Session Part II

Panel (45 minutes)

Vincenzo Sciancalepore
NEC

Wilhelm Keusgen
TU Berlin, Projects 6G-RIC, 6G-LICRIS

Thomas Zwick
KIT, Project Open6GHub

Markus Heinrichs
TH Cologne

Simon Otto
IMST, Project 6G-LICRIS

Robert Stöcker
Fraunhofer IZM, Project 6G-RIC

Alejandro Jiménez Sáez
TU Darmstadt

• “Antenna and Packaging for a Sub-THz Wireless Point-to-Multipoint Link”
  Akanksha Bhutani, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  
  
• “Configurable mm-wave antennas for communications and sensing”
  Indra Gosh, IMST GmbH
  
  
• “All-Dielectric Directive Antennas”
  Guillaume Francois, RWTH Aachen
  
  
• “Multi-Mode Multi-Port Antennas (M³PA) – a Promising Concept for Advanced 6G Antenna Systems”
  Dirk Manteuffel, Leibniz Universität Hannover
  
  
• “D-Band active antenna array with lens enabling quasi-optical and analog beam reconfiguration for 6G applications”
  Simona Bruni, IMST GmbH
  
  
• “Antenna Technology for 6G Mobile Radio Network Infrastructure”
  Jacob Martin, Ericsson

• „Optical Transport Evolution Towards 6G“
  Jörg-Peter Elbers, Adtran, Germany
  
  
• “Space-Division Multiplexing in Future 6G Optical Transport”
  Ruben Luis, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
  
  
• „Coherent DSCM Transceivers: A Scalable Solution for Future Mobile Transport?“
  Antonio Napoli, Infinera, Germany
  
  
• „Designing and operating secure optical networks: from classical to quantum-based solutions“
  Matheus Sena, Deutsche Telekom, Germany

• “Challenges in Quantum-Secure Communication – From
  Research to Integration”
  M. Reinecke (BearingPoint GmbH)
  
  
• “Quantum Communication
  Technologies: Overview of Research Activities and Challenges”
  L. Krieg (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), SquaD)
  
  
• „The road to provable quantum advantage in 6G“
  R. Bassoli (TU Dresden, 6G-life)
  
  
• “Integrated photonics for quantum applications and
  more”
  J. Philipps (Quix Quantum GmbH)
  
  
• “Quantum Joint Detection Receivers: Advantage and
  Challenges“
  J. Nötzel (TU München, 6G-life)
  
  
• “Quantum Hardware Aware Security for 6G Networks”
  I. Bjelakovic (Fraunhofer HHI, 6G-RIC)

• „6G-ANNA sub-network architecture“
  Dr. Bahare Masood Khorsandi, Nokia Strategy and Technology, Munich
  
  
• „Unsourced Multiple Access for Next Generation IoT Connectivity“
  Dr. Zoran Utkovski, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Berlin
  
  
• „Massive grant-free access in 6G Networks“
  Dr. Gianluigi Liva, German Aerospace Center, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen
  
  
• „Fast Unsourced Random Access, Channel Estimation and Localization in Cell-Free User-Centric Massive MIMO Networks“
  Prof. Giuseppe Caire, TU Berlin

The session is organized as a panel, starting with short expert-pitches on feature topics, followed by a moderated discussion with Q&A from the audience.

• “Medium access and link layer control”
  Prof. Marina Petrova, RWTH Aachen Thema
  
  
• „7G“
  Prof. Gerhard Fettweis, TU Dresden
  
  
• „Future of Integrated communication and sensing“
  Dr. Silvio Mandelli, Nokia Bell Labs
  
  
• „New spectrum and THz communications“
  Prof. Ingmar Kallfass, U Stuttgart
  
  
• „AI for next gen. communication networks“
  Dr. Zoran Utkovski, Fraunhofer/HHI

• “PA- and GaN device requirements for 5G base stations and beyond”
  Tim Canning, Ericsson
  
  
• “Power Amplifier in SiGe for mmWaves with Enhanced Back-Off Efficiency”
  Jan Schöpfel, Nils Pohl, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  
  
• “Millimeter-Wave Power Amplifiers in SiGe and CMOS Technologies for 6G”
  Ahmet Cagri Ulusoy, Alexander Haag, Ibrahim Aksoyak, Kaan Balaban, Tsung-Ching Tsai, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – KIT
  
  
• “Linear Power Amplification – a Bottleneck for Terahertz Communication Transceivers“
  Ingmar Kallfass, B. Schoch, T. Ufschlag, L. Gebert, S. Haussmann, D. Wrana, Universität Stuttgart
  
  
• “Advanced PA Concepts and Technology for 5G/6G Power Amplifier Applications”
  Loose, A. Deublein, D. Riess, A. Engelmann, T. Huang, R. Weigel, G. Fischer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Introduction
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Volker Jungnickel (Fraunhofer HHI)

Optical Access and Satellite
Rene Bonk (Nokia), Luigi Martino (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

In-building Networks
Stefan Prücklmayer (Maxlinear), Anil Mengi (devolo)

Wi-Fi
Guido Hiertz (Ericsson)

Millimeter-wave and LiFi
Wilhelm Keusgen (TU Berlin), Christoph Kottke (Fraunhofer HHI)

Industrial and Medical Applications
Ernst-Joachim Steffens (EJS Industrie 4.0), Henner Baberowsky (Uni Leipzig, ICCAS)

Panel Discussion
All speakers

Session:

(60 minutes for presentations + 30 minutes for panel discussion)

The session will be organized into several short presentations (8 + 2 minutes). The programme includes the topics and speakers below:

• Sub-THz technologies
  Dr. Lorenzo Miretti, Fraunhofer HHI
  
  
• O-RAN Real-time RIC
  Osman Basaran, TU Berlin
  
  
• RAN Telemetry
  Dr. Julius Schulz-Zander, Fraunhofer HHI
  
  
• RAN-Core convergence
  Dr. Marius Corici, Fraunhofer FOKUS
  
  
• Service-Based 6G RAN Control Plane
  Dr. Peter Schefczik, Nokia
  
  
• In-network AI in 6G
  Prof. Holger Karl, Potsdam University

The presentations will be followed by a discussion among panelists on the impact of the 6G technologies on the RAN Control Plane and whether it needs to be substantially transformed to achieve its goals.

Speaker:

• Georg Carle (TUM)
  
  
• Serge Fdida (Sorbonne University)
  
  
• Hakima Chaouchi (Institut Mines-Telecom)
  
  
• Sebastian Gallenmüller (TUM)

Panel Discussion:

Industrial vs. Academic Viewpoints on Large Scale Research Infrastructures for Computing/Communication Experiments

• Requirements from the world of networked robotics (10 mins)
  Frank Hofmann, Bosch
  
  
• Robotics and Communications (10 mins)
  Frank Fitzek, 6G-life
  
  
• Highly reliable networking for 6G-enabled immersive robot control (10 mins)
  Christian Wietfeld, 6GEM
  
  
• Over-The-Air Consensus for Collision Avoidance and Formation Control in Multi-Robot Systems (10 mins)
  Michael Epp, 6G-RIC
  
  
• Applications of advanced network technologies in robotics (10 mins)
  Dr. Thomas Staufenbiel, Gestalt Robotics
  
  
• Panel discussion (40mins)
  Stefanie Speidel (6G-life), Dr. Frank Hofmann (Bosch), Prof. Christian Wietfeld (6GEM), Michael Epp (6G-RIC), Prof. Dr. Thomas Staufenbiel (Gestalt Robotics)

• QuaPhySI: Quantum Physical Layer Service Integration
  
  
• QUIET: Hybrid quantum-conventional communication network
  
  
• QD-CamNetz: Quantum Wireless Campus Network
  
  
• 6G-QuaS: 6G-Quantum Security
  
  
• Q-TREX: Resilience for the Quantum Internet
  
  
• QUARKS: Future quantum communication networks
  
  
• Panel Discussion

• “Learning the MIMO Radio Propagation Environment Using Lightweight Generative Modeling”
  Wolfgang Utschick, TUM, (20 min)
  
  
• “Energy efficiency for multi-cloud MIMO networks”
  Aydin Sezgin, RUB, (20 min)
  
  
• “Modeling massive MIMO with electrically large arrays”
  Miguel Lopez, Ericsson, (20 min)
  
  
• “Fairness Scheduling and Fronthaul Optimization in Cell-Free User-Centric Massive MIMO Networks”
  Giuseppe Caire, TUB, (20 min)
  
  
• “Microelectronic Circuits and Technologies for MIMO architectures”
  Paulo Oliveira, Infineon, (20 min)
  
  
• “Revisiting cell-free massive MIMO versus small cells”
  Lorenzo Miretti, HHI, (20 min)

• 6G architecture views
  (15 mins per project incl short Q&A)
  
  
• Panel discussion on findings and recommendations
  (45 mins)

Part 1:
Impulse Talks (10 min. each)

• On the 6G Trustworthiness & Trust Research Challenge
  Dr. Gerhard Fettweis, TU Dresden & Barkhausen Institut
  
  
• Security Risks in Hybrid Private Network Deployments
  Matthias Weber, BSI, Federal Office for Information Security
  
  
• Zero-Trust architecture for 6G technologies and infrastructures 
  Ralf Irmer, Vodafone Germany [Tentative]
  
  
• Convergence of security and sustainability for trustworthiness
  Ali Rezaki, Nokia Germany
  
  
• Hexa-X-II 6G Vision in term of trustworthiness
  Bin Han, Hexa-X-II, RPTU Kaiserslautern
  
  
• AI-NET-PROTECT: Automated, resilient and secure networks for business and society
  Christoph Lipps (DFKI)

Part 2:
Panel Discussion (45 min.)

Panelists:

• Dr. Gerhard Fettweis
  TU Dresden & Barkhausen Institut
  
  
• Matthias Weber
  BSI, Federal Office for Information Security
  
  
• Ralf Irmer
  Vodafone Germany [Tentative]
  
  
• Bin Han
  Hexa-X-II, RPTU Kaiserslautern
  
  
• Christoph Lipps
  DFKI
  
  
• Dr. Norman Franchi
  FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
  
  
• Stefan Köpsell Barkhausen Institut
  
  
• Dr. Hekma Chaari
  FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Panelists:

• Aki Nakao
  Tokyo University, Japan
  
  
• Kostas Chalkiotis
  Deutsche Telekom, Germany
  
  
• Maria, Guta
  European Space Agency, The Netherlands
  
  
• Serge Fdida
  Sorbonne University, France
  
  
• Anita Dohler
  NGMN Alliance
  
  
• Anastasius Gavras
  EURESCOM, Germany
  
  
• Tony Quek
  SUDT, Singapore
  
  
• Abhimnayu Gosain
  Northeast University, USA

Session Part I

4 Talks (60 min.)

• Eduard Jorswieck (6G-RIC)
  
  
• Wolfgang Utschick (6G-Life)
  
  
• Vahid Jamali (Open6GHub)
  
  
• Taro Eichler (stc) (6G-LICRIS)

Session Part II

4 Talks (60 min.)

• Michael Peter (6G-LICRIS, 6G-RIC)
  
  
• Robert Stöcker (6G-RIC, Fraunhofer IZM)
  
  
• Alejandro Jiménez Sáez (Open6GHub)
  
  
• Markus Heinrichs (TH Köln)