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Tuesday, 10th September 2024
08:30 – 09:00Registration and Refreshments
Session IOpening Session 
Chair: Vasilis Friderikos , Kings College London
09:00 – 09:10Opening Speech : Professor Bashir M. Al-Hashimi, King’s College London, UK
09:10 – 09:20Welcoming Speech Speaker: Nigel Jefferies, Chairman of WWRF
09:20 – 10:00Opening Keynote: Tony Quek, SUTD, Singapore Open RAN: From 5G Applications to 6G Research
10:00 – 10:30 Morning Coffee Break
Session IIIPlenary Session 1 – Exploring Next-Gen Telecom: Can Autonomous Agents and Large Action Models Lead the Way? Chair: Vinod Kumar, WWRF
10:30-11:00The Path To Intelligent Telecom & Autonomous Networks Lina Bariah, Open Innovation AI, UAE
11:00 – 11:30A Tale of Two ‘G’s: Beyond ‘G’en AI and the Next Telecom ‘G’ Christina Chaccour, Ericsson Inc., USA
11:30-12:00A-Core: The New Paradigm for Next Generation of Networks Riccardo Trivisonno, Huawei Technologies, Munich
12:00 – 13:00Lunch
13:00-14:00General Assembly, Chaired by Nigel Jefferies, WWRF Chairman
Session IIIPlenary Session 2 :Hexa-X-II Workshop, Chair: Hendrik Berndt, WWRF
14:00-14:30Overview of Hexa-X-II and eco-system, introduction to the E2E system view Mikko Uusitalo, Nokia (Virtual)
14:30 – 15:30Key results on Radio Evolution & Innovation Tommy Svensson, Chalmers
15:30– 16:00Coffee Break
Session IVPlenary Session 3, Chair: Angeliki Alexiou 
16:00-16:25Terahertz COMING: from Channel to Communications and Sensing Chong Han, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
16:25– 16:50Sensing & AI Enabled 6G Intelligent Communication: From Digital Twin Channel (DTC) to Channel Large Model (ChannelGPT) Prof. Jianhua Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China
16:50-17:15Energy Efficiency Comparison of THz and Optical Wireless Communication for 6G Iman Tavakkolnia, University of Cambridge
17:15-17:40Fixed Link sub THz Propagation Measurements Exploiting Scattering Tim Brown, Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey 
Wednesday, 11th September 2024
08:30 - 09:00Registration and Refreshments
Session VPanel Session 1; Universal Communications Chair: William Webb
09:00 - 10:00Ben Allen , OneWeb
Anas Al Ravi, Ofcom
Goran Malmgren, Nokia
Stephen Wang, Viavi
10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
Session VI-aPlenary Session 4a: Clean slate and Non-traditional approaches to 6G Chair: Sudhir Dixit 
10:30-10:50Paving the Way for 6G in Finland Mika Klemettinen, Business Finland China
10:50 – 11:15A name not a (phone) number: Time for cellular to deliver on the hetnet vision by relinquishing the core William Webb, Marconi Society/Consultant
11:15-11:40The Elements of Clean Slate Design for 6G Wireless Networks Ali Zaidi, University of Leeds
11:40-12:00SparkLink – a non-cellular solution for short range wireless communications Tommi Jamsa, Huawei
Session VI-bPlenary Session 4b – Global Views Chair: Nigel Jefferies
12:00-12:30To be confirmed Jorge Pereira (European Commission)
13:00– 14:00Lunch Break
Session VIIPlenary Session 5 – Digital Healthcare Chair: Rehan Usman
14:00-14:30Wearable sensing for fitness and health Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge
14:30– 15:00Innovations in Digital Technologies for Early Detection and Monitoring of Dementia: From Speech to Circulatory Biomarkers Fasih Haider, University of Edinburgh
15:00-15:30How the digital game industry can positively influence child well-being Dr. Asiri Hewamalage, Consultant Community Physician, National Program Manager Child Care, Development and Special needs unit, Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
Session VIII-aWG Session 1; Connected Vehicles Chair: Seshadri Mohan 
16:00 – 16:30Cross-Industry Orchestration with Connected Vehicles for Beyond 5G/6G Services Dr.  Kentaro Ishizu, Director, Beyond 5G Design Initiative
NICT
16:30 – 1700Can Connected Vehicles with Multi-modal sensing lead to Road as a Service? Dr. Bhavani Shankar, University of Luxembourg 
17:00-17:30Performance Comparison of Linearly Polarized Antenna Array (LPA) Against Circularly Polarized Radha Maturi, UA Little Rock, USA
17:30-18:00Vehicle-to-Everything Technology for Vulnerable Roadside Users’ Safety on Hills Collin McNerny, UA Little Rock
Session VIII-bWG Session 2a; Joint Session with one6G on ITU evaluation process Chair: Angela Alexiou
16:00 – 16:30Welcome and introduction to WWRF WG Evaluation,  Angela Alexiou
16:10 – 1620Introduction to one6G      Mona Ghassemian
16:20-16:40ITU IMT-2020 and IMT-2030 Evaluation Process              
16:40-16:50Previous evaluations by WWRF – results and methods   
16:50-17:00Discussion on possible collaboration during the current and next round of evaluations      
Session VIII-aWG Session 2b; WG Evaluation Discussion Chair: Angela Alexiou
Thursday 12th September 2024
08:30 - 09:00Registration and Refreshments
Session IXPlenary Session 6: ETSI ISGs(THz, RIS,ISC)  Chair: Angeliki Alexiou (University of Piraeus) and Alain Mourad (InterDigital)
09:00-09:30ETSI ISG THz Sana Salous, University of Durham
09:30-10:00ETSI ISG RIS Arman Shojaeifard, InterDigital
10:00-10:30ETSI ISG ISC Alain Mourad, InterDigital
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
Session X-aWG Session 3 : WG A/B Chair : Knud Erik Skouby
11:00 – 11:20Optimizing 5G Network Deployment in Turin: A Comprehensive Study of Mobile Demand, Cost, and Environmental Sustainability Dr. Hassan Osman, Real Wireless
11:20 – 11:40Revolutionary Blockchain Solution with Tailored Consensus Algorithm Enhancing Future Smart Grid Architectures. Charithri Yapa
11:40 – 12:00Circular Sustainable Human Centric Symbiosis Business Model Ecosystems (CSHSBMES) – Realizing The Bharat 6G Vision with advanced technology and Responsible-AI Peter Lindgren, Rajesh Gade, 
12:00 – 12:20Post Quantum Cryptography – the QUARC project JJ Vegas Olmos 
12:20-12:40Use Cases and Challenges of Leveraging In- House Open Source Generative AI at WHO- Aram Babayan, Kingston University London, UK
House Open Source Generative AI at WHO Dr. Nuwan Weerasinghe SIMULTELCO LTD, London, UK
Session X-bWG Session 4 : WG D Chair : Angeliki Alexiou
11:00 – 11:20System- and signal-theoretical perspective for RIS-based systems Werner Mohr
11:20 – 11:40Channel Modelling using Deep Neural Network with RIS-powered Wireless Communication Systems Kumud S. Altmayer, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
11:40 – 12:00Energy-Efficient Service Differentiation in Hybrid WiFi/LiFi Networks with Multi-Access Technology Real-Time Intelligent Controller Asim Ihsan, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, UK
12:00 – 12:20Comparison of Friis Free-Space Model and Two-Ray Path Model Against Two Rigorous Ray Tracing Tools  Radha Maturi, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
12:20 – 12:40Spectral Sampling and Signal Decomposition (SSSD) for Improved Spectral Efficiency Basim H. Mohammed, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
12:40-13:30Lunch
Session XIWG Session 5: WGC and 6G Chair : Sudhir Dixit
13:30 – 13:50Coverage Analysis of Large-Scale HAPS Networks Using Directional Beams: A Stochastic Geometry Approach Zhengying Lou. KAUST, Saudi Arabia
13:50 – 14:10Federated Learning Enhancement Through Transfer and Continual Learning Integration: Analyzing Effects of Differerent Levels of Dirichlet Distribution Boyuan Zhang, KCL, UK
14:10 – 14:30Computation Offloading in NTN-Empowered MEC Systems: A Distributed Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach Using Policy Gradient Nida Fatima, BITS, India
14:30 – 14:50Optimizing Energy Efficiency in 6G through AI-Driven Federated Learning Architecture Satwat Bashir, LSBU, UK
15:00 – 15:30Coffee Break
Session XIIPlenary Session 7:  6G Sustainability  Chair : Simon Fletcher
15:30-16:00A Concurrent Dual-band Low Power Radio for Neutral Host 5G Base Stations, Tim O’Farrell, University of Sheffield
16:00-16:306G-empowered robotics Mona Ghassemian, Huawei, UK
16:30-17:00Simon Saunders (tbc)
Session XIIIClosing by Nigel Jefferies, WWRF Chairman