Vertical and Topical Tracks Program(WEDST – Western European Daylight Savings Time, Local Time in Aveiro)

San Francisco

New YorkAveiro

Rome

New Delhi

Beijing

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03:00h-05:00h
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06:00h-08:00h
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03:30h-05:30h
EDST
06:00h-08:00h
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09:00h-11:00h
EDT

08:30h-10:30h
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11:00h-13:00h
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14:00h-16:00h
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09:30h-11:30h
CEST
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15:00h-17:00h
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13:00h-15:00h
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08:00h-10:00h
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11:30h-13:30h
EDST

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WEDST17:00h-19:00h
CEST

22:30h-00:30h
IST (Next Day)

15:30h-17:30h
CST
20:00h-22:00h
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23:00h-01:00h
CST (NextDay)
01:00h-03:00h
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Key to Vertical and Topical Tracks (details)
SpecialSessions

Subject

Workshops

Subject

Vert-01

SpaceTopi-01

Sensors and Devices

Vert-02

Maritime

Topi-02

Communications and Networking

Vert-03
Vert-04

Agriculture and Aquaculture
Smart Cities and Mobility

Topi-03
Topi-04

Vert-05

Energy, Build Environment, andSustainability

Topi-05

Security, Privacy, and Trust
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning
Computing and Data Processing

Vert-06Industry and Manufacturing

Vertical and Topical Track Program Chairs••

Topi-02

Damir Filipovic, Alliance for IoT and Edge Computing Innovation (AOTI), Brussels,BelgiumHeiner Stüttgen, IEEE Communications Society & NEC Laboratories Europe (retired),Heidelberg, Germany“Communications and Networking”

Chairs••

Topi-02 - Session 1

Ayman Radwan, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro,
Portugal
Borja Genovés Guzmán, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Session 1: “Beyond 5G and towards 6G.”
Moderator: Ayman Radwan, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro,Portugal

Monday October 23rd
14:00-16:00 WEDSTVirtual

Talk 1 (Presentation 1471): “Empowering 6G Networks:
Autonomous RIS Solutions for Seamless Integration and Enhanced
Performance”, Francesco Devoti, NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH,Heidelberg, Germany.
Talk 2: “Programmable Metasurfaces for WirelessCommunications: A Loaded Thin Wire Model.”, Marco Di Renzo,
Laboratory of Signals and Systems (L2S) of Paris-Saclay University,
CNRS and CentraleSupelec, Paris, France.
Talk 3 (Presentation 1465): “Natively integrating AI in mobilenetworks”, Network Data Group, Marco Fiore, IMDEA Networks
Institute, and Net AI Tech Ltd., Madrid, Spain.

Topi-02 - Session 2Session 2: “Cloud, edge, and far edge / Cloud Edge Continuum.”
Moderator: Borja Genovés Guzmán, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Tuesday October 24th
14:00-16:00 WEDST
VirtualTalk 1 (Presentation 1464): “Cloudification of the mobile network
stack: benefits and challenges”, Marco Gramaglia, Universidad
Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Talk 2 (Presentation 1472): “Getting the Best of Both Worlds (IoTand Edge/cloud) using Hierarchical Inference”, Jaya Prakash
Varma Champati, IMDEA Networks Institute, Madrid, Spain.
Talk 3 (Presentation 1478): “Joint 5G and Robot Orchestration
Leveraging Mobile Edge Offloading”, Xi Li, Lanfranco Zanzi,Carmen Delgado, Arnau Romero, and Xavier Costa-Perez, 6G
Network R&D at NEC Laboratories GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany andi2CAT Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.

Topi-02 - Session 4

Session 4: “Advanced technologies in antenna design andtransceivers.”

Thursday October 26th
14:00-16:00 WEDST
VirtualModerator: Borja Genovés Guzmán, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, USATalk 1 (Presentation 1468): “5G/mm-wave for Long Range
Wirelessly Powered Communications, Localization, and Sensing.”,
Aline Eid, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Talk 2: “Enabling last mile connectivity and backhaul in 5G using
light communication.”, Deepak Solanki, Founder and CEO,Velmenni Ltd., Delhi, India.
Talk 3 (Presentation1491): “Ultra-Low Power Receivers in SelfPowered Industrial IoT Applications”, Kuo-Ken Huang, Everactive,Santa Clara, California.
Topi-02 - Session 5Session 5: “Interoperability between Cellular, WiFi, Space, Satelliteand Optical.”Moderator: Borja Genovés Guzmán, University of Virginia,Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Friday October 27th
14:00-16:00 WEDST
VirtualTalk 1 (Presentation 1466): “The role of visible light
communications as an enabler for IoT in RF-hostile scenarios.”,
Maximo Morales Cespedes, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,Madrid, Spain.
Talk 2: (Presentation 1469): “On the possibilities of Visible Lightand Optical Camera Communications for IoT.”, Marisa Catalan
Cid, Internet of Things (IoT) R&D Group at i2Cat Foundation,Madrid, Spain.
Talk 3 (Presentation 1459): “Global Connectivity via Satellite
Communications.”, Eva Lagunas Targarona, University ofLuxembourg, Luxembourg.

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