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Building Value Through The 6G Creation Process

While technologists and researchers are excited by the possibilities inherent in future generations of telecoms, business leaders are cautious about more demands for up-front investment and uncertain gains. We need new economic and commercial models to ensure the industry thrives; models which don’t wait for 6G but which will enable companies to make the most of new capabilities as they emerge.

To enable this, we need to build a fresh dynamic in telecoms; closer collaboration between technical and commercial leaders to enable a shared understanding of where value may lie in the next generation, what customers in the public sector, enterprises and consumers need and how to deliver those requirements. This generational change is something that goes far beyond pure technology but can and should involve policymakers and regulators; business decision-makers; and operational systems.

In Washington DC significant decision-makers will be debating essential questions for the progress of the telecoms industry: Join us to have your say.

Attendance is welcomed from the public sector. Please contact [email protected] to secure your place.

What to expect:

  • Interactive conversations and public debates on essential policy, commercial and technology issues.
  • High-level meetings to dig deeper into sensitive concerns.
  • Networking with a wide variety of stakeholders from across North America and beyond.
  • Live demonstrations of cutting-edge technology.
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2024 speakers include

Caitlin Clarke

Caitlin Clarke

Special Assistant to the US President

Caitlin McCarthy Clarke serves as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Cyber and Emerging Technology on the National Security Council. In that role, Caitlin leads the development of defensive-related cyber policy. Previously, Caitlin served as the Assistant National Cyber Director for Planning and Operations within the Office of National Cyber Director focused on federal coherence in response to significant cyber incidents or campaigns of significance. Prior to returning to government service in 2022, Caitlin was both the Director of Cyber Industry Partnerships and Regulatory Engagement and Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence at American Express. She has also served in various positions at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leading national preparedness policy and doctrine as well as operational planning efforts. 

Caitlin holds a B.A. in Political Science from Providence College and a Master’s in Public Policy, concentration in National Security, from George Mason University. 

Special Assistant to the US President
Carmel Ortiz

Carmel Ortiz

SVP Technology & Innovation, Intelsat

Carmel Ortiz is a seasoned engineering leader with over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, satellite, and digital media industries. As the Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Intelsat, she leads the ideation, design, and development of transformative technology initiatives – including space, ground, and artificial intelligence systems – that reshape Intelsat’s service offerings.

Before joining Intelsat, Carmel served as Vice President and Chief Systems Engineer at OneWeb, where she was responsible for the end-to-end system design and performance of its low-earth orbit (LEO) broadband communication system. Prior to OneWeb, she co-founded Skjei Telecom, a technology consulting firm specializing in satellite communications, where she developed large-scale, mission-critical systems for both commercial and federal clients.

Earlier in her career, Carmel held various engineering roles at GTE Corporation, GTE Spacenet, and GE Americom. She is currently a Board Member of the Digital IFL (DIFI) Consortium and serves on the Alumni Advisory Board for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). A graduate of Georgia Tech with a BS in Electrical Engineering, Carmel was inducted into its Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 2022.

SVP Technology & Innovation, Intelsat
Commissioner Geoffrey Starks

Commissioner Geoffrey Starks

FCC

Commissioner Geoffrey Starks believes that communications technology has the potential to be one of the most powerful forces on Earth for promoting equality and opportunity. To unlock that potential, however, all Americans must have access. From combatting internet inequality to advocating for diversity in employment, entrepreneurship, and media ownership, Commissioner Starks fights for policies designed to ensure that modern communications technology empowers every American.

Because high-quality broadband is essential to participating in our economy and society, Commissioner Starks has been a champion for the millions of Americans who lack access to or cannot afford a home internet connection. As a native Kansan, he understands the communications needs of rural America. He has consistently advocated for broadband deployment that helps rural communities tap into economic and educational opportunities that may not be close to home, which both encourages young people to stay and attracts new residents and employers.

Bringing a wealth of enforcement experience to the Commission, Commissioner Starks advocates for consumer protection and accountability, particularly in managing the Universal Service Fund. Before he was appointed Commissioner, Starks helped lead the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, handling a wide variety of complex investigations. At the Department of Justice, he served as a senior advisor to the Deputy Attorney General on a variety of domestic and international law enforcement matters and received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service—the highest honor award a DOJ employee can receive.

Commissioner Starks is also a leader on national security policy, working to eliminate untrustworthy equipment from America’s communications networks. His Find It, Fix It, Fund It initiative brought national attention to the urgent need to support small and rural companies as they work to make their networks more secure. With regard to personal data security, while Commissioner Starks fully supports the promise of advanced wireless service and other cutting-edge technologies—and works to ensure that all communities share in the benefits of these advancements—he also fully appreciates the potentially intrusive powers of some communications technologies and is vigilant to ensure against any uses of those powers that would promote illegal discrimination or compromise personal privacy.

FCC
David Young

David Young

VP Technology Policy and Government Relations, ATIS

As ATIS Vice President of Technology and Solutions, David Young focuses on strategic initiatives to advance members’ business and technology priorities. He also serves as Managing Director of ATIS’ Next G Alliance, a private-sector-led initiative to advance North American wireless technology leadership in 6G and beyond. Prior to joining ATIS, he had an extensive telecommunications career at Verizon, including most recently as Vice President of Public Policy. Before that, his work included roles as technical staff in research and development where he was a named inventor on 12 U.S. patents, as well as a broad range of assignments in telephone network operations. David holds a master’s degree in economics from George Mason University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

VP Technology Policy and Government Relations, ATIS
Eben Albertyn

Eben Albertyn

EVP & CTO, Echostar

As Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Eben Albertyn oversees network technology strategy and operations for DISH Wireless.

Before joining DISH, Eben held executive leadership positions at telecom companies in Africa and Europe, including MTN South Africa, Airtel Africa and Vodafone Netherlands. He was most recently Executive Director of Technology at VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture between Vodafone and Liberty Global, in the Netherlands.

Eben earned his Master of Engineering in Electronic and Telecoms Engineering from Rand Afrikaans University in South Africa. He enjoys basketball and adventures with his wife, their three children, two dogs and a cat.

EVP & CTO, Echostar
Javier Albares

Javier Albares

Head of Programmes, SNS-JU

Javier Albares Bueno is Head of Program at the Smart Network and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU) of the European Commission. Previously, he worked as Head of Telco Solutions at Here Technologies, a location technology firm with focus on positioning and automation. He also collaborated in 5GAA, as Vice-chair of working group 5 (future business models). Between 2013 and 2021 he worked for GSMA, the world’s largest telecoms association, as Director of Innovation (Brussels office) and Director of Strategy (London office). During this time, he worked to identify future sources of value and opportunities for industry collaboration in the transition to 5G. Previosly, he worked for 13 years at Telefonica-O2, as Director of strategy, mobile services and alliances, both in Europe and Latin America. He started his career as Telecom analyst for HSBC Investment Bank in London. Javier holds an Advanced Management Program from INSEAD France, an MBA from IESE Business School and a double bachelor’s degree in business science and economics from ICADE-Comillas Pontificia University. He has also completed programs on Innovation Management at IMD and on Artificial Intelligence at MIT Sloan.

Head of Programmes, SNS-JU
Mark Dankberg

Mark Dankberg

Chairman & CEO, Viasat

Mark Dankberg is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Viasat, Inc. He co-founded the company in 1986. Under his leadership, Viasat has consistently been one of America’s fastest growing technology companies, and has been recognized multiple times by leading business and industry publications including BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, DefenseNews, SpaceNews, and Washington Technology for its leadership.

Mark is a leading expert in aerospace, defense, and satellite systems and participates in both national and international organizations involved in delivering, defining, and governing space systems and services, including:

  • The US National Academy of Engineering, a part of the National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine
  • The President’s National Security Telecom Advisory Committee
  • As a commissioner-elect of the United Nations ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for sustainable development
  • Founding Chairman of the Mobile Satellite Services Association
  • Board of Directors of the Global Satellite Operators Association

He is globally recognized for leadership in defining, researching, and measuring safe, sustainable, and equitable access to scarce space orbital and spectrum resources as well as technologies and regulations that support achieving the benefits of space integration into national infrastructures while preserving the space and earth environment. He has co-authored and published research papers has been an invited speaker on these and other topics in numerous technical, industry, and governance venues.

Mark has received numerous awards for his industry and business leadership:

  • San Diego Business Journal’s SD500 Leaders
  • 2022 Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2018 UC San Diego CONNECT Entrepreneur Hall of Fame
  • 2017 LEAD San Diego Economic Opportunity Award
  • 2016 Director of the Year Honoree by San Diego-based Corporate Directors Forum
  • 2015 Society of Satellite Professionals Hall of Fame
  • 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Industry Innovator
  • 2013 San Diego Business Journal Most Admired CEO Founders Award
  • 2012 Visionary Executive of the Year, Satellite Markets and Research
  • 2008 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace International Communications Award
  • 2003 Satellite Industry Executive of the Year
  • 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year in San Diego in 2000

Prior to founding Viasat, Mark was Assistant Vice President of M/A-COM Linkabit, a manufacturer of satellite telecommunications equipment, from 1979 to 1986, and Communications Engineer for Rockwell International Corporation from 1977 to 1979.

He earned B.S. EE and M.S. EE degrees from Rice University and is a member of the Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering Hall of Fame.

Chairman & CEO, Viasat
Stuart Strickland

Stuart Strickland

Wireless CTO, HPE Aruba Networking

Stuart Strickland is Wireless Chief Technology Officer and Fellow at HPE Aruba Networking. His team represents HPE in wireless standards bodies, advances industry interests with regulators, runs a wireless lab generating performance and interoperability data, develops new product concepts, and oversees customer deployments of new technologies and features. Stuart is the principal architect of HPE’s enterprise 5G strategy, Aruba Air Pass to enable cellular roaming onto enterprise Wi-Fi networks, and the Open Locate indoor location technology initiative.

Prior to joining HPE in 2015, Stuart led Wi-Fi/small cell convergence and hybrid location strategies at Qualcomm, directing the team that developed the first time-based Wi-Fi ranging techniques. He served as Vice President of the Location Based Services Business Unit at Cambridge Silicon Radio, driving the initial adoption of GPS receivers in mobile phones, and he directed the GNSS receiver product line at SiGe Semiconductor, championing low-cost software-defined receiver architectures. As lead software architect at Siemens Mobile Networks, Stuart played a key role in the development of the first 3G mobile networks.

Before turning his attention to future technologies, Stuart trained as a historian of science, publishing extensively on the history of self-experimentation and the ideology of subjective experience in German Romanticism and co-founding the history of science program at Northwestern University.

Stuart earned his undergraduate degree in the Philosophy of Mathematics from Columbia University and his PhD in the History & Philosophy of Science from Harvard University.

Wireless CTO, HPE Aruba Networking
Thomas Rondeau

Thomas Rondeau

Principal Director, FutureG Office, US Department of Defense

Dr. Tom Rondeau is the Principal Director for the FutureG Office for the US Department of Defense, serving in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). In this role, Dr. Rondeau is responsible for the research, funding, and execution of programs to advance warfighting capabilities using future-generation wireless technologies.

Before assuming his role as Principal Director of the FutureG Office, Dr. Rondeau spent more than six years as a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) program manager, where he led efforts that challenged and advanced studies in a variety of warfighting domains, earning him the Distinguished Public Service Medal.

Prior to joining DARPA, Dr. Rondeau led the GNU Radio project, consulted on wireless communications problem sets, and worked as a visiting researcher with the University of Pennsylvania and as an Adjunct with the IDA Center for Communications Research in Princeton, NJ.

Dr. Rondeau holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, where his dissertation won the Council of Graduate Schools’ 2007 Outstanding Dissertation Award in math, science, and engineering.

Principal Director, FutureG Office, US Department of Defense
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  • September 24, 2024

  • September 23, 2024

ON-SITE EXECUTIVE MEETINGS

As well as the publicly-broadcast conference sessions, we will host a series of roundtables and workshops under Chatham House Rules. Key topics and outcomes will be collated into reports while respecting the confidentiality of the participants.  


September 23

10:00 – 12:30 Advancing Resilience in Future Communications

The US Government, among others, has called for future telecoms systems to adhere to principles supporting resilience, security and privacy. This workshop seeks to sharpen our notions of what we mean by resilience; its dimensions, its metrics and how this needs to be reflected in upcoming research and standards. 

September 24

11.30 – 13.00 Delivering A Commercially Successful Next Generation: Lessons & Next Steps

6GSymposium sees the launch of dedicated research focussing on the hurdles to making a commercially sustainable 6G. In this meeting we dissect the lessons from the research. Participants will be encouraged to examine what changes various parts of the industry can make to guide better outcomes from the 6G creation process.

14.00 – 15.30 Building Models For Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Collaboration

3GPP has been working to build a tighter technology integration between terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks, with the aim ultimately of facilitating a seamless engagement. However, actually delivering that integration requires business justification, operational alignment and policy/regulatory enablement. Moreover, the business landscape is very diverse both for ‘terrestrial’ or ‘non-terrestrial’ players. Can we build bridges in understanding and find useful routes forward? Join this conversation as we ask how, in practice, collaboration can or should work and whether it has anything to do with ‘6G’. 

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Kentaro Ishizu

Kentaro Ishizu

Director, Beyond 5G Design Initiative, NICT

Dr. Kentaro Ishizu received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D degrees in computer science and engineering from Kyushu university, respectively in 2021, 2003 and 2005. Since then, he has been working with National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and dedicated to R&D on wireless communication systems focusing on heterogeneous networking, cognitive radio, TV white space system, and local 5G (private 5G).

The research style is not limited to logical study and simulations, but extended to its prototyping, field experiments, and international standardization such as IEEE802, ETSI and 3GPP. His current interests include Beyond 5G/6G architecture as open service platform enabling cross-industry orchestration.

From April 2021, Dr. Ishizu is directing a newly launched Beyond 5G Design Initiative at NICT, where his team is responsible for R&D strategy on Beyond 5G/6G, development of international R&D activities, facilitation for academic-industry collaborations, and technical information dissemination including the Beyond 5G/6G white papers that NICT has published since 2021.

Director, Beyond 5G Design Initiative, NICT
Kiran Kuchi

Kiran Kuchi

Professor, IIT Hyderabad & Board Member, Bharat 6G Alliance

Kiran Kuchi is a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. He started a company called WiSig Networks Pvt Ltd, which focuses on advanced 5G technology. He is a key member of TSDSI and Bharat 6G Alliance, leading efforts to develop 6G standards in India at 3GPP and ITU-R WP 5D.

Prof. Kuchi works closely with the Government of India to shape the country’s 6G plans. He has also authored over 200 international patents, including crucial ones used in 2G to 5G standards and products.

Professor, IIT Hyderabad & Board Member, Bharat 6G Alliance
Mahmoud Khafagy

Mahmoud Khafagy

VP Product Management & Sales Support, Lynk

Mahmoud Khafagy is the VP of Product & Sales Support at Lynk Global, Inc. (“Lynk”), the world’s leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone (“sat2phone”) telecoms provider. In his role, Mahmoud has oversight of developing new products that allow mobile phones and cellular IoT devices to be connected everywhere on Earth. This includes close partnerships with global MNOs to expand their network coverage using Lynk’s ‘cell-towers-in-space’ satellite constellation. Mahmoud brings 15+ years of experience from the Telecom industry having worked with both mobile operators and service providers globally, including Transaction Network Services, Verizon and Vodafone. He has worked with business partners from more than 100 countries on everything from designing wireless networks to creating and marketing new products. Mahmoud received his MBA from Hult International Business School and BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Cairo University.

VP Product Management & Sales Support, Lynk
Mari Silbey

Mari Silbey

Senior Director, US Ignite & National Spectrum Consortium

Mari Silbey is Senior Director of Partnerships and Outreach for US Ignite, and Program Director for the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, a $100 million initiative funded by the National Science Foundation and a consortium of more than 30 wireless companies and associations. In her time at US Ignite, she has helped launch several public-private partnership programs, convened workshops with local leaders around the country, and developed best practice materials for community connectivity and data-driven initiatives.

Mari has nearly two decades of experience in the telecom industry. Prior to joining US Ignite, she covered broadband infrastructure and telecom as a full-time journalist. She also worked as an independent writer and analyst in the private sector with companies including Limelight Networks and Motorola before its acquisition (and later sell-off) by Google.

A graduate of Duke University, Mari lives just outside of Washington, D.C.

Senior Director, US Ignite & National Spectrum Consortium
Mark Dankberg

Mark Dankberg

Chairman & CEO, Viasat

Mark Dankberg is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Viasat, Inc. He co-founded the company in 1986. Under his leadership, Viasat has consistently been one of America’s fastest growing technology companies, and has been recognized multiple times by leading business and industry publications including BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, DefenseNews, SpaceNews, and Washington Technology for its leadership.

Mark is a leading expert in aerospace, defense, and satellite systems and participates in both national and international organizations involved in delivering, defining, and governing space systems and services, including:

  • The US National Academy of Engineering, a part of the National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine
  • The President’s National Security Telecom Advisory Committee
  • As a commissioner-elect of the United Nations ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for sustainable development
  • Founding Chairman of the Mobile Satellite Services Association
  • Board of Directors of the Global Satellite Operators Association

He is globally recognized for leadership in defining, researching, and measuring safe, sustainable, and equitable access to scarce space orbital and spectrum resources as well as technologies and regulations that support achieving the benefits of space integration into national infrastructures while preserving the space and earth environment. He has co-authored and published research papers has been an invited speaker on these and other topics in numerous technical, industry, and governance venues.

Mark has received numerous awards for his industry and business leadership:

  • San Diego Business Journal’s SD500 Leaders
  • 2022 Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2018 UC San Diego CONNECT Entrepreneur Hall of Fame
  • 2017 LEAD San Diego Economic Opportunity Award
  • 2016 Director of the Year Honoree by San Diego-based Corporate Directors Forum
  • 2015 Society of Satellite Professionals Hall of Fame
  • 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Industry Innovator
  • 2013 San Diego Business Journal Most Admired CEO Founders Award
  • 2012 Visionary Executive of the Year, Satellite Markets and Research
  • 2008 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace International Communications Award
  • 2003 Satellite Industry Executive of the Year
  • 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year in San Diego in 2000

Prior to founding Viasat, Mark was Assistant Vice President of M/A-COM Linkabit, a manufacturer of satellite telecommunications equipment, from 1979 to 1986, and Communications Engineer for Rockwell International Corporation from 1977 to 1979.

He earned B.S. EE and M.S. EE degrees from Rice University and is a member of the Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering Hall of Fame.

Chairman & CEO, Viasat
Mark Kahn

Mark Kahn

Senior Fellow, Principal Investigator 5G.mil, Lockheed Martin

Mark Kahn has over 35 years of experience in commercial and military wireless systems engineering and management.  His areas of technical expertise include machine learning, statistical signal processing, communications theory, SIGINT, wireless location-finding technologies, cyclostationary signal processing, and array processing.  His current role at Lockheed Martin is Senior Fellow and Principal Investigator for the 5G.MIL® Program designed to leverage and adapt commercial 5G technology for application in military and intelligence operations.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Kahn held positions of technical and management leadership at Raytheon, US Wireless Corporation, Protean Radio Networks, and SSPI, where he led development of advanced SIGINT and Communications systems for both Government and commercial-sector customers.  Mr. Kahn has twice been awarded Lockheed Martin’s highest recognition, the NOVA award, for his research in artificial intelligence and 5G communications.  His education includes BSEE, MSEE, and Ph.D. EE (ABD).

Senior Fellow, Principal Investigator 5G.mil, Lockheed Martin
Martin Rowe

Martin Rowe

Senior Technical Editor, EE World

Martin is Senior Technical Editor, EE World. Martin has covered wireless & wired communications and test & measurement technology for engineers since 1992.

Writer, guitarist, and singer of “The Measurement Blues” and other songs about life as an engineer.

Senior Technical Editor, EE World
Masahisa Kawashima

Masahisa Kawashima

Technology WG Chair, IOWN Global Forum

Dr. Masahisa Kawashima is currently leading NTT’s R&D of Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) as the IOWN Technology Director. He is also serving as the Chair of the Technology Working Group at IOWN Global Forum. He has been working as a bridge between technologies and businesses since he joined NTT in 1994. His expertise includes high-speed networking, SDN, cloud/edge computing, AI, and data management. Nowadays, he is exploring innovative ways of making products and services cloud-native levering the evolution of optical communication and optoelectronics integration technologies.

Technology WG Chair, IOWN Global Forum
Milind Kulkarni

Milind Kulkarni

VP, Head of Wireless Labs, InterDigital

Milind Kulkarni is Vice President and Head of InterDigital’s Wireless Labs, responsible for overseeing research and standardization. He brings more than 35 years of advanced technology product development experience and expertise in areas relevant to mobile networks, like radio access networks, cloud-native design, edge computing, and network management and service orchestration.

Prior to joining InterDigital, Milind served as the Vice President of R&D for CommScope within the Intelligent Cellular Networks business unit. In this role he established CommScope’s 5G vision and strategy for Small Cells and led the global R&D team to develop and commercialize vRAN in a North American Tier 1 Mobile Network Operator.

Prior to CommScope, Milind held key leadership positions at Nokia and Motorola while playing a significant role in the development of XG-RAN products. In his early career, Milind also worked on NASA projects at McDonnel Douglas Space Systems as well as Department of Defense projects at Honeywell.

VP, Head of Wireless Labs, InterDigital
Mischa Dohler

Mischa Dohler

VP Emerging Technologies, Ericsson

Mischa Dohler is now VP Emerging Technologies at Ericsson Inc. in Silicon Valley, working on cutting-edge topics of 6G, Metaverse, XR, Quantum and Blockchain. He serves on the Spectrum Advisory Board of Ofcom, and served on the Technical Advisory Committee of the FCC.

He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET); and a Distinguished Member of Harvard Square Leaders Excellence. He is a serial entrepreneur with 5 companies; composer & pianist with 5 albums on Spotify/iTunes; and fluent in several languages. He has had ample coverage by national and international press and media, and is featured on Amazon Prime.

He is a frequent keynote, panel and tutorial speaker, and has received numerous awards. He has pioneered several research fields, contributed to numerous wireless broadband, IoT/M2M and cyber security standards, holds a dozen patents, organized and chaired numerous conferences, was the Editor-in-Chief of two journals, has more than 300 highly-cited publications, and authored several books. He is a Top-1% Cited Innovator across all science fields globally.

He was Professor in Wireless Communications at King’s College London and Director of the Centre for Telecommunications Research from 2013-2021, driving cross-disciplinary research and innovation in technology, sciences and arts. He is the Cofounder and former CTO of the IoT-pioneering company Worldsensing; cofounder and former CTO of the AI-driven satellite company SiriusInsight.AI, and cofounder of the sustainability company Movingbeans. He also worked as a Senior Researcher at Orange/France Telecom from 2005-2008.

VP Emerging Technologies, Ericsson
Mitch Tseng

Mitch Tseng

Research Consultant, ITRI

Dr. Mitch TSENG is a Research Consultant of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI, Taiwan) and a veteran in the international communication standards development. After working on 2G~4G wireless standards, he joined oneM2M and Industry Internet Consortium (IIC) and led the Testbed development for IIoT applications.  Mitch had served multiple leadership positions in many international industrial and standards forums, and is now a Vice Chair of the Application Working Group of the Next Generation Alliance (NGA). His current focus is on connecting the ICT and OT communities with Vertical Services, such as Intelligent Industry, Intelligent Mobility, and Intelligent Healthcare, by working through Applications and Testbeds in both NGA and 5G-ACIA.

Research Consultant, ITRI
Narothum Saxena

Narothum Saxena

Vice President, Technology Strategy & Architecture, UScellular, Board Member, NGMN

Vice President, Technology Strategy & Architecture, UScellular, Board Member, NGMN
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Peter Vetter
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Peter Vetter

President, Bell Labs Core Research, Nokia

Peter Vetter is President of Bell Labs Core Research at Nokia and is leading an eminent global team with the mission to invent game changing innovations that define the future of networks. Bell Labs Core Research is exploring and innovating the key technologies that will prepare Nokia’s core business for the 6G era on a 10-year horizon. That includes foundational research on network architecture, programmable-network systems and security, optical systems and components, mobile radio systems, and platforms and ASICs. Previously under his leadership the Bell Labs Access & Device Research Lab made some of its most significant discoveries and established new milestones in fixed and wireless communications. Many of those innovations form the backbone of Nokia’s mobile and broadband products today. He was also co-founder of an internal venture that produced the first FTTH product in Alcatel (now part of Nokia) in 2000. He received the degree of Physics Engineer from Gent University (Belgium) in 1986 and a PhD with Prof. H. Pauwels in 1991. After a post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. T. Uchida at Tohoku University (Japan), he joined the research center of Alcatel (now Nokia) in Antwerp in 1993. Since 2009, he has worked at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and has been on the senior leadership team of Bell Labs since 2013. He has authored over a hundred international papers and presented keynotes and tutorials at major technical industry events. Peter Vetter is Bell Labs Fellow and IEEE Fellow.

President, Bell Labs Core Research, Nokia
Phil Harvey

Phil Harvey

Editor in Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site’s chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and “collecting” are the same.

Editor in Chief, Light Reading
Rajesh Pankaj

Rajesh Pankaj

EVP & CTO, InterDigital

Dr. Rajesh Pankaj is InterDigital’s EVP, Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company’s technology vision and strategy and advancing the company’s technology roadmaps. Dr. Pankaj works closely with other executives to partner with internal R&I efforts, external investments and corporate development in executing the company’s technology vision.

Dr. Rajesh Pankaj is an inventor and a technology executive with deep expertise in wireless research in 3G, 4G and 5G and in power efficient AI/ML. He joined InterDigital in July 2022 from Qualcomm where he oversaw research in 5G, 4G LTE, augmented reality and other technologies, contributing to an industry-leading wireless and mobile computing patent portfolio. During his 25-year tenure, Dr. Pankaj most recently served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Head of Corporate R&D, managing a global team of engineers focused on artificial intelligence, edge computing and new technologies.

A prolific innovator, Dr. Pankaj is an inventor or co-inventor on 230 patents worldwide.

Dr. Pankaj holds a Ph.D. and a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree of technology in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

 

EVP & CTO, InterDigital
Ray Dolan

Ray Dolan

Chairman and CEO, Cohere Technologies

Ray Dolan joined Cohere Technologies Board of Directors in July, 2018 and took on the role of CEO in October 2018. Mr. Dolan has more than two decades of wireless industry experience. Previously, Mr. Dolan was the CEO of Sonus Networks. Mr. Dolan served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Flarion Technologies from its founding in 2000 through its sale to Qualcomm in 2006, during which time Flarion pioneered the development of OFDM for cellular, which became the foundation of 4G as it is known today. Prior to leading Flarion, Mr. Dolan held executive positions at BellAtlantic/NYNEX Mobile (now Verizon). He began his career in the telecommunications industry at PacTel Cellular in Network Operations. Mr. Dolan was deeply involved in the development of IS-95A (CDMA) while Director of Technology for NYNEX Mobile in the early 1990’s. Before joining the wireless industry in 1986, Mr. Dolan served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps where he served for more than seven years as a Tactical Jet Pilot. Mr. Dolan was an Independent Director of American Tower Corporation from 2003 until 2024. Mr. Dolan holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Chairman and CEO, Cohere Technologies
Roger Nichols

Roger Nichols

6G Program Manager, Keysight

Roger Nichols is an acknowledged subject matter expert in mobile wireless communications design and measurement technologies. He has 39 years of engineering and management experience at Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and Keysight spanning roles in R&D, marketing, and manufacturing. With experience in mobile wireless technology on all five previous generations, he has been directing Keysight’s 6G program since its inception in 2019. He is a member of the FCC Technological Advisory Council and is also the strategic director of Keysight’s work in wireless standards.

Roger holds a BSEE from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

6G Program Manager, Keysight
Stuart Strickland

Stuart Strickland

Wireless CTO, HPE Aruba Networking

Stuart Strickland is Wireless Chief Technology Officer and Fellow at HPE Aruba Networking. His team represents HPE in wireless standards bodies, advances industry interests with regulators, runs a wireless lab generating performance and interoperability data, develops new product concepts, and oversees customer deployments of new technologies and features. Stuart is the principal architect of HPE’s enterprise 5G strategy, Aruba Air Pass to enable cellular roaming onto enterprise Wi-Fi networks, and the Open Locate indoor location technology initiative.

Prior to joining HPE in 2015, Stuart led Wi-Fi/small cell convergence and hybrid location strategies at Qualcomm, directing the team that developed the first time-based Wi-Fi ranging techniques. He served as Vice President of the Location Based Services Business Unit at Cambridge Silicon Radio, driving the initial adoption of GPS receivers in mobile phones, and he directed the GNSS receiver product line at SiGe Semiconductor, championing low-cost software-defined receiver architectures. As lead software architect at Siemens Mobile Networks, Stuart played a key role in the development of the first 3G mobile networks.

Before turning his attention to future technologies, Stuart trained as a historian of science, publishing extensively on the history of self-experimentation and the ideology of subjective experience in German Romanticism and co-founding the history of science program at Northwestern University.

Stuart earned his undergraduate degree in the Philosophy of Mathematics from Columbia University and his PhD in the History & Philosophy of Science from Harvard University.

Wireless CTO, HPE Aruba Networking
Sudharman Jayaweera

Sudharman Jayaweera

Program Director, Emerging Technologies, NSF

Dr. Sudharman K. Jayaweera is a Program Director in the Emerging Technologies section of the Division of Innovation Technology and Ecosystems (ITE) in the Directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) with primary responsibility for the Advanced Telecommunications and Immersive Technologies.  

Dr. Jayaweera is on IPA-assignment from the University of New Mexico where he is a tenured Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also the Founder and President of Bluecom Systems and Consulting, an R&D startup company in Albuquerque, NM. His research expertise is in wireless/cognitive/cooperative communications, Physical Layer Security (PLS), machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), dynamic spectrum sharing and coexistence, spectrum and space situational awareness, statistical signal processing and information theory. 

Dr. Jayaweera completed high school education in Sri Lanka at Rahula College, Matara, and was a science journalist at the Associated Newspapers Ceylon Limited (Lake House) in Colombo Sri Lanka. He received the B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) with First Class Honors from the University of Melbourne, Australia and obtained his M.A. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering (EE) from Princeton University.  

A senior member of the IEEE, he is also a Fellow of the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI). During 2009-2011 he was a faculty fellow at the Kirtland Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RVSV), NM and was a National Academy of Sciences National Research Council (NRC) Senior Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, CA, in 2013. Currently, Dr. Jayaweera serves as an Editor of IEEE Communications Letters and IEEE Open Journal in Vehicular Technology. 

Program Director, Emerging Technologies, NSF
Thomas Rondeau

Thomas Rondeau

Principal Director, FutureG Office, US Department of Defense

Dr. Tom Rondeau is the Principal Director for the FutureG Office for the US Department of Defense, serving in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)). In this role, Dr. Rondeau is responsible for the research, funding, and execution of programs to advance warfighting capabilities using future-generation wireless technologies.

Before assuming his role as Principal Director of the FutureG Office, Dr. Rondeau spent more than six years as a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) program manager, where he led efforts that challenged and advanced studies in a variety of warfighting domains, earning him the Distinguished Public Service Medal.

Prior to joining DARPA, Dr. Rondeau led the GNU Radio project, consulted on wireless communications problem sets, and worked as a visiting researcher with the University of Pennsylvania and as an Adjunct with the IDA Center for Communications Research in Princeton, NJ.

Dr. Rondeau holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, where his dissertation won the Council of Graduate Schools’ 2007 Outstanding Dissertation Award in math, science, and engineering.

Principal Director, FutureG Office, US Department of Defense

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