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- New opportunities with 5G for the Groningen earthquake area by Peter Rake
- New-Radio millimetre-wave technology for future 5G/6G wireless by Bart Smolders

In collaboration with KNVI and IEEE, we are organising the following event: Future Tech and Impact - Towards 5G and Beyond. The title is of course a variation on the quote from the first film about Buzz Lightyear: To infinity.... and beyond! In 2016, there was talk of the Gigabit Society and what the innovations of 5G and IoT would mean for EU and various business sectors and regions. Is this how we are heading towards the Terabit Society? Now the implementation and roll-out of 5G is really coming then, in the Netherlands the first commercial mast in Maastricht was recently commissioned. In the USA, it is available to consumers on a limited scale. We will hear and see all kinds of things from the 5G living lab and the various pilots that have taken place in and around Groningen. Where will be the first focus in the use of 5G? What will be enabled by 5G? There while now the rollout of 5G is actually beginning, the start of the development of 6G is also taking place, including at our own TU Eindhoven. And 6G is already referred to as the Tactile Internet or Ambient Internet.

Speakers

We have engaged Peter Rake and Bart Smolders as speakers.

Peter Rake worked for KPN for many years and is now Program Manager 5G at the Economic Board Groningen. Last year, Peter successfully argued before the Economic Affairs and Climate Committee of the Lower House, for a living lab during a round-table discussion on the roll-out of 5G in the Netherlands. Together with several major players in the (global) telecom sector (Ericsson, Huawei, Vodafone and KPN), Dell EMC / VMware and in cooperation with knowledge institutes and public bodies (Surf, TNO, Agentschap Telecom, Hanzehogeschool, RUG), Peter is now building further on a unique field lab for 5G in North Groningen. Peter recently received the award from the BTG - Trade Association ICT and Telecommunications Large Users as ICT/Telecom Manager of the Year 2019.

Bart Smolders is a professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) and dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He takes us into the not-so-distant future and developments at CWTE Labs (Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven). Where a European team of researchers, led by Prof Bart Smolders' research group, is developing the wireless technology for future 6G networks, with a 4 million euro grant from the European Marie-Curie programme Horizon 2020. The 6G network will be a factor of 100 faster than the 5G network, allowing autonomous driving, for example, to be further perfected. This project allows Europe to take an early lead in developing basic technology for 6G. Within the European research project MyWave, three top universities, Swedish Chalmers, German KIT Karlsruhe and the TUE are working together with companies such as Ericsson and NXP.

Preliminary agenda

15:45 Reception
16:30 Guest speaker 1
17:15 Guest speaker 2
18:00 Break with sandwiches
18:30 Panel discussion with four additional guests
19:30 Networking drinks

In collaboration with KNVI and IEEE, we are organising the following event: Future Tech and Impact - Towards 5G and Beyond. The title is of course a variation on the quote from the first film about Buzz Lightyear: To infinity.... and beyond! In 2016, there was talk of the Gigabit Society and what the innovations of 5G and IoT would mean for EU and various business sectors and regions. Is this how we are heading towards the Terabit Society? Now the implementation and roll-out of 5G is really coming then, in the Netherlands the first commercial mast in Maastricht was recently commissioned. In the USA, it is available to consumers on a limited scale. We will hear and see all kinds of things from the 5G living lab and the various pilots that have taken place in and around Groningen. Where will be the first focus in the use of 5G? What will be enabled by 5G? There while now the rollout of 5G is actually beginning, the start of the development of 6G is also taking place, including at our own TU Eindhoven. And 6G is already referred to as the Tactile Internet or Ambient Internet.

Speakers

We have engaged Peter Rake and Bart Smolders as speakers.

Peter Rake worked for KPN for many years and is now Program Manager 5G at the Economic Board Groningen. Last year, Peter successfully argued before the Economic Affairs and Climate Committee of the Lower House, for a living lab during a round-table discussion on the roll-out of 5G in the Netherlands. Together with several major players in the (global) telecom sector (Ericsson, Huawei, Vodafone and KPN), Dell EMC / VMware and in cooperation with knowledge institutes and public bodies (Surf, TNO, Agentschap Telecom, Hanzehogeschool, RUG), Peter is now building further on a unique field lab for 5G in North Groningen. Peter recently received the award from the BTG - Trade Association ICT and Telecommunications Large Users as ICT/Telecom Manager of the Year 2019.

Bart Smolders is a professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) and dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He takes us into the not-so-distant future and developments at CWTE Labs (Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven). Where a European team of researchers, led by Prof Bart Smolders' research group, is developing the wireless technology for future 6G networks, with a 4 million euro grant from the European Marie-Curie programme Horizon 2020. The 6G network will be a factor of 100 faster than the 5G network, allowing autonomous driving, for example, to be further perfected. This project allows Europe to take an early lead in developing basic technology for 6G. Within the European research project MyWave, three top universities, Swedish Chalmers, German KIT Karlsruhe and the TUE are working together with companies such as Ericsson and NXP.

Preliminary agenda

15:45 Reception
16:30 Guest speaker 1
17:15 Guest speaker 2
18:00 Break with sandwiches
18:30 Panel discussion with four additional guests
19:30 Networking drinks

Registration

This is done centrally via the KNVI website also partly for security reasons. Don't forget to bring ID as well, as you may be asked for it. So register via the KNVI website and mention in the comments: "KIVI member with your member number and contact Ir. R.E. Bierwolf". There are no costs involved. But if you have signed up and still cannot come, please let us know no later than Tuesday 21 October before the morning at 07.00, if only to avoid throwing away food.
Sign up via https://www.knvi.nl/agenda/aanmelden/5d36ff4f831bd9011af62c11 and can be done until 22 October.