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2025 is the year where work begins on the road to 6G but there are still some big questions to answer.
Following directly from an ETSI event exploring the work and key questions in standards and pre-standards, 6G FORGE will bring together 6G advocates and doubters from across the industry to make sure we can address two critical issues:
- Is 6G development aligned with the business needs and direction of the telecoms industry and its customers – and if not, how do we change that?
- Linking the development from 5G to 6G with growth opportunities. While reducing cost per bit is a relatively easy sell to the CFO, telecoms providers need revenue growth. What does 6G offer?
We’ve all heard the hype, and some of us are already in Gartner’s “trough of disillusionment”; it’s high time for real talk with the people who can act on your needs.
6G FORGE brings together companies big and small to determine the true value of 6G for stakeholders and how best to achieve it. Make sure you’re part of the conversation!
Leading Speakers Include

Nancy Alonistioti, in addition to being the chair of one6G Association, is also an associate professor at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She holds a BSc and a PhD in Informatics and Telecommunications. She has over 20 years of experience in numerous national and European projects, including project/technical management experience. She currently leads the SCAN group activities at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is also a member of the ETSI Experts group and the Greek standardization group ELOT (5G, smart city autonomic communications).
Nancy is a highly cited author. She authored over 200 publications in mobile networks, IoT, NGI, SDN/NFV, autonomic communications, and reconfigurable mobile systems. She also co-authored 4 WO Patents.

Jan Ellsberger is a globally recognised leader in the ICT industry with more than 30 years of experience with research and innovation, industry ecosystem development, standardisation, policy development & regulation, and strategy development in the telecommunications and automotive industries. From 2000-2012 he was leading Ericsson’s global standardisation operations. He has also served in leading positions in several industry associations such as 3GPP, 5GAA, ERTICO and the Horizon Europe CCAM Association.

Javier Albares Bueno is Head of Program at the Smart Network and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU) of the European Commission. Previously, he worked as Head of Telco Solutions at Here Technologies, a location technology firm with focus on positioning and automation. He also collaborated in 5GAA, as Vice-chair of working group 5 (future business models). Between 2013 and 2021 he worked for GSMA, the world’s largest telecoms association, as Director of Innovation (Brussels office) and Director of Strategy (London office). During this time, he worked to identify future sources of value and opportunities for industry collaboration in the transition to 5G. Previosly, he worked for 13 years at Telefonica-O2, as Director of strategy, mobile services and alliances, both in Europe and Latin America. He started his career as Telecom analyst for HSBC Investment Bank in London. Javier holds an Advanced Management Program from INSEAD France, an MBA from IESE Business School and a double bachelor’s degree in business science and economics from ICADE-Comillas Pontificia University. He has also completed programs on Innovation Management at IMD and on Artificial Intelligence at MIT Sloan.

Kailash Narayanan is the senior vice president of Keysight Technologies and president of Keysight’s Communications Solutions Group. He leads the multibillion-dollar global business that addresses the end-to-end communications industry, including wireless and wireline segments, and aerospace and defense. His team significantly contributes to accelerating technology adoptions of 5G, 400/800G, electromagnetic spectrum operations, and space and satellite modernization.
Previously, Kailash served as president of Keysight’s Commercial Communications business, leading the company’s wireless and wireline test programs, and driving substantial expansion in the 5G program. Kailash championed Keysight’s outside-in approach and commitment to customer-centricity, emphasizing external partnerships and enabling customer innovation.
Kailash’s tenure with Keysight and its predecessors, Agilent, and Hewlett-Packard, spans more than 20 years. He has held different leadership positions and has been part of multiple business areas, including wireline backhaul, base stations, signal sources, wireless handsets, and fiber optics.

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.
The roles have included software developer, technical consultant, technical marketing, standardization and management. In addition to line manager roles, he has participated extensively in standardization activities at ETSI, ITU-T and 3GPP, including instrumental work in creating and developing the TTCN-3 testing language.
Colin has also been very active in the European research ecosystem, including leading a number of award winning European projects such as TT-Medal, D-MINT and SEMAFOUR.
Colin is currently head of Research Alliances at Nokia.

Jean Schwoerer holds a PhD in electronics and communication systems from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (France) since 2006. Subsequently, his research work focused on the connectivity of the Internet of Things and cellular networks. He was also strongly involved in standardization for the Orange group, for which he was delegated to ETSI, IEEE802, and 3GPP RAN1&2, where he contributed to the standardization of 5G and IoT connectivity.
Jean is now mainly involved in the preparation of 6G within Orange Research as co-editor of the NGMN 6G requirements white paper and as a member of the 6G-IA board.
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The Venue

EURECOM is a Graduate school and Research Centre in digital sciences located in the Sophia Antipolis technology park (French Riviera), a major European place for telecommunications activities.
It was founded in 1991 in a consortium form [GIE] that allowed EURECOM to build a large network of renowned academic and industrial partners. The Institut Mines Telecom is a founding member of EURECOM consortium. EURECOM research teams are made up of international experts, recruited at the highest level, whose work is regularly honored and has earned international recognition.
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