Berlin 6G Conference 2026

The Annual Networking Event of the German 6G Program

Organized by the 6G Platform Germany

Save the Date for 08.-10. September 2026

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Program on Day One: Tuesday | 8 September 2026

Program on Day Two: Wednesday | 9 September 2026

Program on Day Three: Thursday | 10 September 2026

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Opening Session – TUE-AM1, 08:45h-10:00h, Plenary Hall

TUE-AM1 Session

09:00 – Welcome by moderator

09:03 – Welcome message by Prof. Hans Schotten, Chairman 6G Platform Germany

09:10 – Opening message Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space BMFTR

09:20 – International Messages

09:30 – International Messages

09:40 – Keynote, Prof. Gerhard Hindricks, Charite Berlin, Chief Integration Officer and Acting Director of the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care

10:00 – End of session

Plenary Keynote Session – TUE-AM2, 10:30h-12:15h, Plenary Hall

TUE-AM2 Session

10:30 – Introduction “International Messages” – moderator

10:33 – Message by DSIT, UK

10:43 – Message by Dr. Kumar Sivarajan, Vice Chairman, Bharat 6G Alliance  and CTO, Tejas Networks Limited), India

10:53 – Introduction “Industrial Keynotes” – moderator

10:55 – Petr Ledl, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, Group Technology / Head of T-Labs

11:15 – Daniel Leimbach, CEO Ericsson Germany

11:35 – Gianaldo Mantovani, Vorstand OHB System AG

11:55 – Demonstration Connected Robotics, MilleMani

12:15 – End of Session

International 6G Collaboration – TUE-PM1, 14:00h-15:30h, Plenary Hall

TUE-PM1 Session

14:00 – Introduction by moderator

14:04 – Message by Colin Wilcock, Chairman 6G-IA

14:15 – Introduction of panelists

                6G-IA, NL, UK, JP, SGP, India, IR 

14:20 – Panel on international 6G collaboration: Goals of Cooperation

15:30 – End of session

Plenary Keynote Session – WED-AM1, 09:00h-10:30h, Plenary Hall

WED-AM1 Session

09:00 – Opening by moderator

09:05 – Message by BMFTR

09:15 – Keynotes by Dr. Hideo Ohno, NICT President, Japan
09:35 – Keynote by Thibault de Assi, Siemens, Senior Vice President Digital Connectivity and Power

10:05 – Keynote by Alex Jinsung Choi, Chairman Ai-RAN Alliance and Principal Fellow, SoftBank Corp.
10:15 – Keynote by Alexander Pabst, Rohde & Schwarz, Vice President Wireless Communication

10:35 – End of session

 

Prof. Frank Fitzek

6G for Cooperative Mobile Robotics

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Benjamin Nuss, Silvio Mandelli 

Integrated Sensing and Communication

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Anke Schmeink

From AI to Autonomy: Building Self-Driving 6G Networks

Agenda:

  1. „AI-Driven Self-Configuration and Optimization in Telecom Networks“, Prof. Marina Petrova, RWTH Aachen
  2. „Future networks for AI and AI for NWs“, Marijana Krsteva Topaloska, Head of Technology Strategy and Operations in Ericsson BCSS
  3. „Towards Reliable 6G Radio Access Networks for Industrial URLLC Applications: A Physical AI and
    Cooperative Robotics Perspective“, Neda Petreska, Siemens
  4. „From Monitoring to Real-Time Prediction: AI-driven Modeling of a 5G Network Digital Twin“, Xi Li, NEC laboratories Europe

 

Format:
4 presentations 15-18 minutes each, followed by a panel discussion with all speakers.

Dr. Ehsan Tohibi, Dr. Björn Richerzhagen

Network Digital Twins for 6G Campus Networks

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George Yammine

Charting the Unseen: Radio Environment Mapping, Latent Channel Representations, and Spatial Awareness in 6G

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Achim Authenrieth, Sandip Das,  Christoph Lipps

CELTIC Public Event (SUSTAINET)

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Michael Meyer

6G Standardisation Update

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Kenan Turbic, Benjamin Nuss, Silvio Mandelli

ISAC: Groundwork for Practical Implementation

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Haris Gačanin

Wireless connectivity and intelligence for the Artificial-Intelligence-of-Things

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Bin Han

3rd Workshop on Security, Privacy, and Resilience of Next-Generation Mobile Networks

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Zoran Utkovski, Andrea Munari, Prof. Dr. Sławomir Stańczak

Edge Learning and Inference over RAN

The session invites speakers from industry and academia on topics related to semantic and task-oriented communication, edge-native learning and inference, joint optimization of communication and computation, and hardware- and energy-constrained system design. Considered applications include, but are not limited to, networked robotics, IoT, and satellite/non-terrestrial networks.

Thomas Neumuth, Cord Schlötelburg, Christoph Lipps

Connected Health: High‑Density 6G Systems for Clinical Ecosystems

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Haris Gačanin

8th JAP-GER Beyond 5G/6G Technical Session

  • GOAL:
    Research and development projects on Beyond 5G/6G are highly active in Germany and Japan. To strengthen global collaborations and promote joint activities from fundamental technologies to demonstrations, a research workshop on Beyond 5G/6G is going to be held between Germany and Japan. Any participants who are interested in Beyond 5G/6G research activities are welcome to join.
  • Programm (Preliminary):
    Opening Remarks BMFTR and MIC
    Panel Discussion: Researchers from Germany and Japan

Haris Gačanin

8th JAP-GER Beyond 5G/6G International Technical Session and Poster Presentation

  • GOAL:
    Research and development projects on Beyond 5G/6G are highly active in Germany and Japan. To strengthen global collaborations and promote joint activities from fundamental technologies to demonstrations, a research workshop on Beyond 5G/6G is going to be held between Germany and Japan. Any participants who are interested in Beyond 5G/6G research activities are welcome to join.
  • Programm (Preliminary):
    Poster Session
  • Poster and demonstration contribution invited

Igor Bjelakovic, Janis Nötzel, Henrike Wissing

Quantum Sensing for Future Communication Networks

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Norman Franchi

Trustworthy and Secure 6G Across Critical Sectors: Architectures, Metrics, and Certifications

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André Bergmann, Heiner Grottendieck

Cybersecurity for advanced connectivity and digital technologies

Format: Expert Panel & Stakeholder Talk

Agenda (90 Min.):

– Welcome & Introduction (5 Min.)
– Impulse: Secure Future Connectivity (10 Min.)
– Panel Discussion I – Secure and Resilient Technologies (25 min)
– Panel 2 Discussion – Regulation, Standards & Sovereignty (25 Min.)
– Open Discussion & Q&A (15 Min.)
– Wrap-up & Key Takeaways (10 Min.)

Kenan Turbic, Matthias Mehlhose

Open-Source Wireless Systems

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Amina Fellan, Mario Pauli, and Xueyun Long

EMF Exposure in 6G Networks

Agenda:

  1. Introduction and opening by session chairs
  2. „Measurement, Exposure, and Perception: Contributions to the Cluster’s EMF Knowledge in 5G and Beyond“, Prof. Shanshan Wang, Télécom Paris, Polytechnic Institute of Paris, France
  3. „Simplifying EMF Compliance: Spectrogram-Based Maximum Field Strength Assessment for 5G and 6G Outlook“,  Furkan Dayı, Narda Safety Test Solutions GmbH, Germany
  4. „A Realistic Assessment of Emission from Cellular Base Stations – Results from TEMIT-II Project „, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Fischer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  5. Q&A and closing by session chairs

Marius Corici

6G Research Infrastructures & Toolkits for a realistic Evolution to 6G from an Industry Perspective – Best Practices and Challenges

Moderator: Dr. Marius Corici, Fraunhofer FOKUS

In this panel we want to review from an operator perspective the challenges and best practices in setting up the right infrastructures for shaping a realistic 6G environment and the related ecosystem right in time for a successful start of 6G. There are many lessons learned from the 5G introduction and ongoing optimizations to assure its adoption in the different targeted vertical industries. While this reach out into the diverse application domains is ongoing addressing also aspects like flexibility, efficiency, costs, energy consumptions, etc, 6G infrastructures will likely incorporate new and disrupting technologies, such as Integrated Communications and Sensing, a much deeper NTN integration and most importantly the adoption of AI technologies in different parts of the network but also the optimization of network for AI traffic and applications.

Speaker:

Igor Bjelakovic, Janis Nötzel, Henrike Wissing

Physical Layer Security for 6G: Cross-Hub Insights from Intelligent Surfaces to Quantum Resilience

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Prof. Dr. Sławomir Stańczak, Dr. Johannes Dommel

Beyond Connectivity: 6G as an Enabler of Future Medicine

The session will be structured around invited keynote presentations, selected technical and clinical talks, and a concluding panel discussion bringing together perspectives from medicine, wireless communications research, and industry.

Frank Loh, Christoph Lipps, Sandip Das

SUSTAINET Session on Emerging Trade-offs in Networking: Sovereignty, Security, ReSilience, and Sustainability (4S-Net)

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Renato L. G. Cavalcante

Distributed MIMO for 6G: What’s next?

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Haris Gačanin

AI-integrated Radio Access Networks

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Andreas Gladisch

i14y Lab: How AI and Digital Twins are changing testing for RAN

Heiko Lehmann (Deutsche Telekom), Ehsan Tohidi (Fraunhofer HHI), and Carsten Rossenhövel (i14y Lab/EANTC) will present our scalable Multi Level Network Digital Twin approach with its inherent zoom functionality, current development progress, and first applications.

Andreas Gladisch

i14y Lab: The Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Measurement Framework – an i14y Lab Tutorial

Marcin Hoffmann (Rimedo), Andreas Gladisch (Deutsche Telekom/i14y Lab), Carsten Rossenhövel (i14y Lab/EANTC), and Taushif MD (i14y Lab/BISDN) will present a comprehensive tutorial on Energy Efficiency Measurement in O-RAN, exploring the current situation, the need for frameworks, practical implementations, real-world results, and the path toward standardized EE testing.

Michael Peter, Ramez Askar

Radio Channel Measurements and Modeling for 6G and Beyond

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Norman Franchi

Critical Infrastructure: Connected, Secure, Resilient

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Dimitar Kroushkov

Digital Twins for Optical Networks

Two invited Speaker form Japan and from Germany.

Talks on major achievements in the area of all-photonics telecommunications networks as well as trends and developments in international forums like IOWN Global Forum and Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).

Talks from the joint German-Japan project SHINKA

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Aydin Sezgin, Robert Schober, Ehsan Tohidi

Future/flexible MIMO systems

Session Part I, 4-5 Talks
– Eduard Jorswieck (TU Braunschweig)
– Anke Schmeink (RWTH Aachen)
– Robert Schober (FAU Erlangen)
– Startup (NovoFlect GmbH)
– Vendor
Session Part II: Panel: moderator (Ehsan Tohidi)

Sahana Raghunandan

Smart Computing Solutions for 6G Communications

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Zoran Utkovski, Johannes Dommel, Prof. Dr. Sławomir Stańczak

AI-RAN for Networked Robotics and Physical AI

The interdisciplinary session will invite speakers from industry and academia to address topics including, among others, edge intelligence for robotic systems, semantic and task-oriented communication, embodied and multimodal AI, and digital twins for networked robotic applications.

Volker Jungnickel

Optical access and in-building networks as 6G Infrastructure for Centralized Coordination and Distributed AI

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Stefan Köpsell, Hekma Chaarie

Barkhausen Workshop on Trustworthiness I: Influence of AI on Trustworthiness – Challenges & Opportunities

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Stefan Köpsell

Barkhausen Workshop on Trustworthiness II: Formal Methods as Driver for Trustworthiness

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Georg Fischer, Norman Franchi

Efficient Power Amplifiers for 6G and their linearisation

Agenda:

  1. „RF System requirements and trends for 6G basestations“, Marko Fleischer, Tilman Felgentreff, NOKIA, Ulm
  2. „Digitally Enhanced TRX“, Valerie Fetzer, Andreas Wentzel, FBH Berlin
  3. „Massive MIMO Without Circulators: What the Power Amplifier Must Deliver“, Michael Loose, FAU-LITES Erlangen
  4. „Advanced integration of 6G Transmitters on GaN-Si – technological sovereignty in Europe“, Christian Musolff, Daniel Oloumi, Infineon
  5. Panel mit allen Referenten, Moderator: Prof. Georg Fischer, FAU LITES

Thomas Zwick

ESSENCE-6GM Project I – Sub-THz Technologies and Devices

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Norman Franchi

ESSENCE-6GM Project II – Sub-THz System and Architecture

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Dirk Wübben

3D/NTN I

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Dirk Wübben

3D/NTN II

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Daniel Lindenschmitt

How to boost DeepTech Startups with CrowdInnovation

– Short overview on how to get funded by the StartUpConnect program and how our incubation program works (15 min)
– Introduction of the concept of Crowd Innovation and our experience with this method (10 Min)
– 1– 2 startups will pitch their idea and present a specific recent business challenge of theirs (20 Min)
– Initiation of an exemplary Crowd Innovation process in which we will discuss possible solutions for the given challenges in an interactive workshop format based on Design Thinking (30 Min)
– Q&A session (10 Min)

Prof. Dr. Sławomir Stańczak

xG-ALOE: From Ecosystem to Deployment – Bringing Open RAN to Enterprise Networks

Introduction & Vision
– Vortrag:
– How to get involved
– Overview of xG-ALOE
– Role of a partner ecosystem
– Positioning within Open RAN and xG evolution
– Networking and knowledge exchange formats

Panel: xG-ALOE Ecosystem in Action
– Insights from xG-ALOE Working Group
– Framework for testing & validation
– Opportunities for SMEs and startups

Jan Herbst

From Channel Reciprocity to Network Planning: AI-Assisted Security for 6G

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Alexander Pabst

Alexander Pabst, Vice President Market Segment Wireless Communications

In his role as Vice President of the Market Segment Wireless Communications, Alexander Pabst is responsible for driving the strategic direction of the wireless technology product range at Rohde & Schwarz. Most recently Alexander took on additional responsibility as Vice President 6G Technology for Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.

Alexander has more than 25 years of experience in the wireless industry. After spending some years in sales, he joined Rohde & Schwarz to work in various product management and business development positions. Before his current role he was Vice President of the systems group within the test & measurement division, launching a full range of 5G over-the-air test solutions.

Alexander represents global test & measurement vendors in the board of the Global Certification Forum, GCF. He holds a degree in physics from the University of Bonn.

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Alex Jinsung Choi

Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi, a South Korean luminary in the global

mobile telecommunications sector, boasts over three decades of industry

experience. Currently, Dr. Choi is working at SoftBank Corp. and

continues to champion innovation at the intersection of AI, mobile

technology, and network architecture. He is also currently the Chair of

the AI-RAN Alliance. He is dedicated to advancing technology frontiers,

crafting strategies that enhance both business and consumer experiences,

and guiding the industry towards a more connected, intelligent, and open

future.

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Thibault de Assi

Thibault de Assi is Senior Vice President and heads the Digital Connectivity and Power division at Siemens Digital Industries in Nuremberg. The business unit develops and produces equipment for industrial communication networks, industrial identification systems, and power supplies. Thibault began his career at Siemens in 2014 as an Associate in the CFO Excellence Program in Munich. In 2016, Thibault moved to the Factory Automation Business Unit and became Global Head of Digitalization and Automation in Digital Industries. He led international teams that developed automation software products and solutions. From 2020, Thibault was Global Head of Industrial Computing in DI – Factory Automation in Nuremberg. In this position, he realigned the portfolio and focused investments on growth areas.

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Gianaldo Mantovani

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Daniel Leimbach

Daniel Leimbach (45) is Chairman of the Management Board of Ericsson Germany since September 2024 and responsible for the company’s business in Germany. He has over 21 years of experience in telecommunications industry. Initially, he spent five years at Alcatel, including working in sales with Deutsche Telekom. After his MBA, he joined Ericsson in 2007. Since then, he has held various management positions as Vice President, worked within the Ericsson Group in Asia and was responsible for the business with Telefónica and Vodafone in Germany. Leimbach holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, a Diploma in Business Administration (BA) and a bachelor’s degree from the Open University of London. He is married, has two children and lives with his family in Düsseldorf.

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Dr. Kumar Sivarajan

Dr. Kumar N. Sivarajan is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Tejas Networks. He is an IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and the Indian National Science Academy and has nearly three decades of experience in the field of telecommunications. Dr. Kumar received the prestigious IEEE W.R.G. Baker Prize Paper Award in 1997, which is presented for the most outstanding paper reporting original work in the transactions, journals, and magazines of the Societies or in the proceedings of the IEEE.

 

He has been ranked among the top-2% most-cited scientists in the world in the field of networking and telecommunications by a Stanford University study and has co-authored the best-selling textbook titled “Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective”, which is currently in its third edition. Dr. Kumar was the founding Chairman of India’s national telecom standardization body (TSDSI) and is currently the Vice Chairman of the Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA). Dr. Kumar obtained a B. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from IIT, Madras and MS and PhD degrees from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Prof. Gerhard Hindricks

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Dr. Colin Willcock

Colin is currently chairman of the board of the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA), the vice-chairman of the board of the European Smart Networks and Services Joint undertaking (SNS-JU) and vice-chairman of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) board. He has detailed knowledge and experience of the telecommunications industry having worked directly or indirectly with many of the major players over a 30-year period.

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Tony Quek

Tony Quek received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, respectively. At MIT, he earned the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Currently, he is the Associate Provost (AI & Digital Innovation) with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He also serves as the Director of the Future Communications R&D Programme, and the ST Engineering Distinguished Professor. He is an IEEE Fellow, a WWRF Fellow, and a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore.

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Rui Luis Aguiar

Rui L. Aguiar is currently a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, responsible by the area of Networks and Systems. He has been previously an adjunct professor at the INI, Carnegie Mellon University, a Visiting Research Scholar at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil and an advisor for the Portuguese Government under the Secretaria de Estado das Comunicações. He is currently co-coordinating a research line in Instituto de Telecomunicações, on the area of Networks and Services. He is also the current Steering Board Chair of Networld Europe. He has been an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for topics associated with novel communication systems.  He has more than 500 papers published in journals and conferences across different scientific domains. He was involved in multiple groups of R&D and in the evaluation of networks and computation programmes in multiple countries. He has participated in more than two dozens of R&D european projects, in the areas of networks and distributed computing.

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Prof. Harald Haas

Professor Harald Haas FREng FRSE FIEEE FIET is the Van Eck Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where he leads the LiFi Research and Development Centre (LRDC). He is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of pureLiFi Ltd. His recent research interests focus on photonics, communication theory, and signal processing for optical wireless communication systems. He is the Director of the UK National Hub on Network of Networks, TITAN, which includes 15 UK partner universities. He is also a Co-Director of the UK Federated Telecoms Hubs (FTH), where he coordinates research translation activities under FTH governance.