Thursday 8 October 2026
09:00 – 21:00 (including lunch and dinner)
The 6G forum is a dynamic and interactive one-day event to bring you up to date with the latest developments in wireless communications. There will be interesting keynote presentations on applications, standardization, spectrum management and advanced microwave and antenna technologies. We will address the ongoing discussions on which frequency bands will be most commercially successful. In addition, there will be several live demos showing recent technological developments on the road to 6G. In addition, there will be plenty of room for discussion and networking. The event includes a networking lunch with live demo’s and dinner.
Organizing committee: Ulf Gustavsson (Ericsson), Chong Li (Glasgow University), Fred van Rijs (Ampleon), Jos Berière (TNO/FNS-6G) and Bart Smolders (TU Eindhoven)
Session 1 – 6G Leading applications
09:00 – 10:30
- Hamed Farhadi, Ericsson
Title: Robotics enabled by AI - Jani Katisko, Oulu Hospital
Title: 6G use in the hospital of the future - Danny Vroemen, Swarco
Accurate sensing with 6G
Coffee and Networking
10:30 – 11:00
Session 2 – Physical Layer Overview, Standardization & Regulation (incl. deployment)
11:00 – 12:30
- Ian Corden, Peira consulting
Title: How geo-politics impact future 6G - Kostas Katsaros, Digital Catapult
Title: 6G overview UK
Lunch and demo’s
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch including several demo’s and informal (poster like) presentations
Session 3 – 6G technologies, Sub-6 towards 7-24 GHz, (FR1, FR3)
14:00 – 15:30
- Jonas Friden, Ericsson
Title: Co-existence and the use of over-the-air testing - Leo de Vreede, TU Delft
Title: Highly efficient digital transmitters - Carolina Vigano, Viasat
Title: Satcom perspective
Coffee and Networking
15:30 – 16:00
Session 4 – 6G technologies, 24 – 300 GHz (FR2, FR4)
16:00 – 17:30
- Maarten Lont, NXP Semiconductors
Title: Technologies for radar sensing - Martin Kuball, Bristol University
Title: New GaN semicon technologies to improve efficiency - Tudor Williams, Filtronic
Title: High performance E-band power amplifiers
17:30 – 18:00
Panel discussion with all presenters
Networking dinner
18:30 – 21:00
Dinner starts with drinks at 18:30
If you have questions/suggestions about the program, please contact Bart Smolders