2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit
2025-06-03 00:00 - 2025-06-06 23:59 (Europe/Helsinki)
The 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on putting together two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC (European Conference on Networks and Communications), supported by the European Commission, and the 6G Summit, originated from the 6G Flagship programme in Finland, one of the very first in its area. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) and the European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP), and focuses on all aspects of telecommunications ranging from 5G deployment and mobile IoT to 6G exploration and future communications systems and networks, including experimentation and testbeds, and applications and services. It brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses, globally attracting in the last years more than 1000 delegates from more than 40 countries all over the world, to present and discuss the latest results, and an exhibition with more than 50 exhibitors, for demonstrating the technology developed in the area, namely within research projects from EU R&I programmes.

The conference has a not-for-profit organisation, hence, registration fees are as low as possible and all surplus will be made available in grants. Best Papers and Booth Awards will be granted. Accepted and presented papers for regular sessions will be published in the Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore and other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

IEEE PIMRC 2025
2025-09-01 00:00 - 2025-09-04 23:59
IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications

PIMRC is one of the flagship conferences of IEEE Communications Society with a special focus on the cutting-edge wireless technology research and innovations.

The IEEE PIMRC 2025 edition will be composed of high quality keynotes, technical sessions, panels, workshops and tutorials. The conference welcomes contributions reporting original research results in all areas of wireless technology as well as in applications, services, and business.

IEEE CSCN 2025
2025-09-15 00:00 - 2025-09-17 23:59
IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking

IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (IEEE CSCN 2025) will deliver a rich technical program discussing the future of mobile communications systems, offering distinguished Keynotes, Panels, Tutorials and Technical Sessions. The Technical Sessions will consist of technical papers reviewed and selected by an international technical program committee representing both academia and industry, with a strong standardization background.

IEEE CSCN 2025 is an excellent networking and publicity event with strong presence of industry, offering the opportunity for academics and industrial people to meet and exchange ideas and information. This is indeed one of the main objectives of the conference.

one6G Summit 2025
2025-09-18 00:00 - 2025-09-19 23:59
6G Innovation: Setting the Standards for Tomorrow

one6G Summit returns for its fifth edition, once again providing a premier platform for expert discussions on the future of connectivity. This year’s Summit will focus on 6G innovation and standardization, bringing together researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers to discuss how the next generation of connectivity will transform our world.

Hosted at the beautiful Palazzo Re Enzo in Bologna, Italy, one6G Summit 2025 will feature 40+ distinguished speakers from leading research institutions, international industry forums, and public and private sector organizations. Together, they will delve into the role of standardization in 6G development, key technological enablers, and the economic and societal impact of 6G.

5th NTN Workshop – Towards a unified TN-NTN system – Current topics and latest advancements
2025-11-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Fraunhofer-Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, Berlin, 10589, Germany
Building on the progress from interoperability toward full unification of terrestrial and satellite communication ecosystems, the 5th NTN Workshop brings together mobile and satellite network operators, integrators, technology providers, and academia in a collaborative setting to present and openly discuss the evolution of the NTN domain. With 3GPP 6G standardisation now underway, this moment marks a decisive turning point, as, for the first time, non-terrestrial communication is fully embedded in the standardisation process from its very first day. The workshop is structured around key presentations, expert panels, and live demonstrations, highlighting the roles of newly available laboratory infrastructure, space assets, and cost-effective testbeds as foundations for experimentation and validation. As a recognised industry forum, the NTN Workshop focuses on unification by bridging terrestrial and non-terrestrial sectors and harnessing the momentum created by 6G and O-RAN standardisation to shape new ecosystems and accelerate cross-industry convergence.

Organizers: Maria Guta (ESA), Adam Kapovits (Eurescom), Marius Corici (Fraunhofer FOKUS)

The workshop will also accompanied by an exhibition area, with a dedicated booth showcasing a use case demo titled “Seamless Connectivity in Sparse Constellations Enabled by UE Context Dissemination for NB-IoT in S&F Operation” developed by I2CAT.

For more details: https://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/en/ngni/events/5th-ntn-workshop-2025.html

IEEE NFV-SDN 2025
2025-11-10 00:00 - 2025-11-12 23:59
IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks

The 11th IEEE Conference on Network Functions Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (IEEE NFV-SDN 2025) Conference will take place in the beautiful city of Athens, Greece. The conference is an essential forum for the ongoing exchange of the latest ideas, developments, and results amongst ecosystem partners in both academia and industry. The conference fosters knowledge sharing and discussion on new approaches and works addressing gaps and improvements in virtualized-enabled architectures, algorithms, and operational frameworks for virtualized network functions and infrastructures.

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN) are accepted evolutions in all areas of network concepts and technologies. They are dramatically transforming telecommunication networks, campus, enterprise, and data center networks and accelerating the introduction of technologies and applications that enable programmatic network control. Currently, NFV and SDN are in the transition phase from development and trials to full-scale deployments.

Significant enablers for rapid adoption are the shifts towards open-source software and hardware development, the convergence of IT and telco tools and technologies, and the alignment of operational processes. The integration of the latest research in software technologies, algorithms, hardware design, etc., driven by competition for the adoption of the best ideas, is helping to drive global acceptance of NFV and SDN.

IEEE GLOBECOM 2025
2025-12-08 00:00 - 2025-12-12 23:59
EEE Global Communications Conference | Sustainable Communications for Ubiquitous Intelligence

The 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in the lively and picturesque city of Taipei, Taiwan, from 8 to 12 December 2025. Themed “Sustainable Communications for Ubiquitous Intelligence,” this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 12 symposia and a variety of tutorials and workshops.

IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) is one of the IEEE Communications Society’s two flagship conferences dedicated to driving innovation in nearly every aspect of communications. Each year, more than 3000 scientific researchers and their management submit proposals for program sessions to be held at the annual conference. After extensive peer review, the best of the proposals are selected for the conference program, which includes technical papers, tutorials, workshops and industry sessions designed specifically to advance technologies, systems and infrastructure that are continuing to reshape the world and provide all users with access to an unprecedented spectrum of high-speed, seamless and cost-effective global telecommunications services.

The 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in the lively and picturesque city of Taipei, Taiwan, from 8 to 12 December 2025. Themed “Sustainable Communications for Ubiquitous Intelligence,” this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 12 symposia and a variety of tutorials and workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2025 will also include an attractive industry program aimed at practitioners, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry and government leaders, business and industry panels, and technological exhibits.

ETHER Final Showcase
2026-03-24 14:00 - 15:30
Demonstrating Sustainable 3D Terrestrial–Non-Terrestrial Networks for Future 6G Services

Join us for the ETHER Final Showcase Webinar, the concluding event of over than three-years Horizon Europe project reshaping future connectivity through the integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks into a unified, sustainable 3D Radio Access Network (RAN). ETHER has advanced an AI-driven, zero-touch approach to resource management and orchestration, targeting 100% coverage, 99.99999% reliability, 3× higher energy efficiency, and up to 95% reduction in Total Cost of Ownership compared to today’s terrestrial-only infrastructures. Built on a fully programmable, multi-layered edge-computing and caching architecture, ETHER has delivered key innovations such as direct handheld device access, unified waveform design, flexible satellite payloads, and seamless vertical handovers across terrestrial, aerial, and space platforms, and a zero-touch network management and orchestration framework.

The webinar will showcase live demonstrations of three flagship use cases:

Global service provisioning for delay-tolerant IoT applications,

Direct handheld device access enabled by TN–NTN vertical handovers, and

Persistent connectivity for safety-critical airspace operations, highlighting impact across IoT, mobility, rural connectivity, aviation, and emergency response.

ETHER’s final showcase offers a unique opportunity to explore the project’s validated solutions and their role in enabling scalable, energy- and cost-efficient 6G networks that bridge the digital divide and drive future investment in NTN integration.

Register now!

Demonstrations

Service Provision to Delay-Tolerant IoT Applications

Use Case 1: Flexible payload-enabled service provisioning to semantics-aware and delay-tolerant IoT applicationsPartners involved: i2CAT (Leader), Sateliot, Linköping University, Ubiwhere

This demonstration showcases how ETHER enables global NB-IoT connectivity for delay-tolerant massive IoT services over LEO satellite constellations, even under service and feeder link discontinuities. By leveraging regenerative flexible payloads and a ground-based AI-enabled MANO framework, satellites can dynamically activate, coordinate, and transfer service context across coverage regions, ensuring continuity. The demo highlights a scalable and sustainable approach for mMTC deployments in rural, remote, and offshore environments. Finally, by leveraging a semantics-aware information handling framework, only the most important for the IoT application device data is dispatched to the satellites. This results in notable energy savings for the devices with respect to their energy consumption without such a semantics-aware framework.

Direct Handheld Device Access, Enabled by TN-NTN Vertical Handovers

Use Case 2: Unified RAN for direct handheld device access at the Ka-bandPartners involved: University of Luxembourg (Leader), National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

This demonstration presents ETHER’s unified RAN solution for direct access from LEO satellites to handheld devices, supporting seamless connectivity anywhere. It leverages a novel prototype of an electrically beam-steerable handheld antenna design that can follow the trajectory of the satellite, thus maintaining an adequate received signal strength. Moreover, a showcased energy-efficient vertical handover from a terrestrial gNB to a satellite-based one bridges the terrestrial with the non-terrestrial network, offering a practical path toward 100% coverage and closing the digital divide. Finally, this demonstration activity is built using OpenAirInterface for the RAN software stack and includes a hardware-in-the-loop setup enhanced by an FPGA-based channel emulator, which emulates realistic LEO satellite conditions.

Airspace Safety-Critical Operations

Use Case 3: Architecture demonstration for air-space safety-critical operationsPartners involved: Collins Aerospace (Leader), Nearby Computing, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Avanti, NetAI

This demonstration has been developed to showcase two scenarios addressing challenges in offering reliable and ubiquitous 3D aircraft communication services and edge computing applications/resources orchestration. The first scenario focuses on the energy-efficient allocation of network resources, i.e., demonstration of aircraft communication services and connectivity provisioning under guaranteed performance. The second scenario focuses on the proactive energy-efficient edge computing resource allocation. Finally, a combination of vertical and horizontal handovers across the trajectory of the aircraft enables its continuous coverage.

Register now!
