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Wednesday 10th January 2024
0900-0910Welcoming Speech : Dr. Nigel Jefferies, Chairman, Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)
0910-0940Outlook on IMT-2030 : 
Speaker : Prof. Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus
Working Group Session, WG: WG A/B, Business Modelling
Chair : Knud Erik Skouby
0940-1010Introducing business and policy aspects to 5G and 6G
Speaker: Petri Ahokangas, Professor of Future Digital Business at University of Oulu
1010-1040Circular and Sustainable Business Model Innovation and Development
Speaker: Peter Lindgren, Director, CGC & MBIT and Vice President, CTiF Global Capsule
1040-1110Privacy, Data and Data Exchange in Connected Cars
Speakers : Lene Tolstrup Sørensen & Knud Erik Skouby , CMI/ Aalborg University
1110-1140Enabling Innovation through VERGE's Open Data Space based on 5G Network
Speaker : Semiha Kosu , Turkcell Technology
1140-1310Break
WWRF Mid-Day Roundup
1310-13406G programme in Singapore
Speaker: Tony Quek, SUTD, Singapore
1340-1410WRC Highlights
Speaker: Bharat Bhatia, ITU-APT, India
Plenary Session 2 : Innovation and Intelligent Wireless Systems
Chair: Román Alcides Lara-Cueva, Professor Principal, ESPE
1410 – 1https://youtu.be/ZzwwqSo-vcc440Enhancing Security at the Physical Layer of Wireless Systems: Applications in Code-Domain NOMA
Speaker: Henry Carvajal, Docente Investigador, Universidad de las Américas Ecuador, Campus UDLAPark
1440 – 1510Results of the WRC-23 regarding the 6GHz band: Good news or bad news?
Speaker: Andrés Navarro, IEEE Comsoc LATAM Regional Director
1510 - 1530Break
Plenary Session 3 : NTN Panel
Chair: Prof Dr Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Professor, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
1530-1545Real broadband in the sky with Air-to-Ground (A2G)
Speaker: Dirk Lindemeier, Chief Commercial Officer, SkyFive, Germany
1545-1600HAPS
Speaker: Halim Yanikomeroglu, Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University, Canada
1600-1615Mega LEO sat constellations
Speaker: A/Prof Al-Hourani is an Associate Professor, RMIT, Australia
1615-1630Direct-to-satellite IoT Connectivity: Overview and Challenges
Speaker: Dr. Houcine Chougrani, Research Scientist, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg
1630-1645Emerging and Future VHT satellites
Speaker : Ludovic Blarre, Chief Specialist & Head of Cyber Security of Airbus
1645-1700Q&A and End of Day 1
Thursday, 11th January 2024
Working Group : WG D, THz
Chair : Prof. Angeliki Alexiou, University of Piraeus
0900-0930A Simple Receiver Design for Spectrally Efficient Frequency Division Multiplexing (SEFDM)
Speaker: Basim Mohammed, PhD Student, Department of System Engineering, University of Arkansas at Little rock
0930 – 1000Performance Analysis and Optimization of Distributed Hybrid 
Active-Passive RIS-Aided THz Wireless Systems
Speaker: Ngoc Phuc Le, Communication Theory Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
1000 – 1030Introduction to the COST Action 6G-PHYSEC
Speaker: Thuy Pham, Chair of 6G-PHYSEC, Barkhausen Institut, Dresden, Germany
1030-1100Coffee Break
Plenary Session 4: WWRF Power Talks
Chair : Knud Erik Skouby, Chair WG A/B , Business Modelling
1100-1130Future of Digital Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Rehan Usman, Superior University of Lahore
1200-1230WWRF Outlook 33: ‘Foundation Models for Telecom: paving the way for self-built networks’
Speaker: Lina Bariah , Khalifah University, Abu Dhabi, UAE 
1230-1330Break
Working Group : Connected Vehicles
Chair: Seshadri Mohan, WWRF
1330 - 1400The impact of mobility, beam sweeping and smart jammers on security vulnerabilities of 5G cells
Speaker: Burak Kantarci, University of Ottawa
1400 – 1430An Efficient Utilization of mm-Wave and THz Wave for V2X Communication
Speaker: Sameer Kumar Singh, IIT Ropar, Punjab, India
1430 – 1500Use of VR and Generative AI to solve real world CV Challenges
Speaker: Dr. Pradipta Biswas, Assoc Prof, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)
1500-1530Coffee Break
1530-1600Wrap-Up & Closing
Speaker: Nigel Jefferies, WWRF Chairman