Agenda
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Registration and Networking
- Welcome Address & Background Presentation on IMT 2030 work in ITU by Shri Bharat B Bhatia, President, IAFI
- Address by Guest of Honour – Shri Sanjay Nayak, CEO, Tejas Networks
- Address by Guest of Honour – Shri Gulab Chand, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
- Address by Guest of Honour – Shri N. Sivasailam, Administrative Member, Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore and Former Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications
- Address by the Chief Guest– Shri Sanjeev Agrawal, Member Technology, Digital Communications Commission, (DoT)
- Vote of Thanks: Shri. HC Soni, Vice President Finance & Treasurer, IAFI
- Address the differences between 6G and the terrestrial component of IMT-2030
- Address the Importance for India to collaborate with other countries in developing 6G technology, and of the engagements in multinational forums such as ITU, 3GPP, etc.
- How the 5G technology will evolve into 6G and aspects of 5G that will still be seen in 6G system design
- What are new technology components and industry that needs disposition by 2030
- How and where to showcase Indian talent on 6G technology development
- How the service/software Industry can benefit from evolving 6G ecosystem (e.g., AI/ML, Edge graphics rendering, Video/Holographic hardware accelerators)
- Timeline of 6G technology development
Session Chair: Shri Sanjeev Agrawal, Member Technology, DoT
Speakers
Dr. Vinosh James, Director, Technical Standards, Qualcomm
Mr. Jishnu Aravindakshan, Principal Product Architect, Tejas Networks
Mr. Dheepan Raja, Group Manager, Vehicle Architecture, Vehicle Strategy & Integration, Volvo Group
Mr. Vikram Tiwathia, Deputy Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)
Mr. R K Pathak, Deputy Director General, DoT
- What kind of spectrum requirements are foreseen
- Where we are in the terms of spectrum allocation for 5G and 6G
- What bands are being considered
- What studies need to be done
- Challenges to the mm Wave bands
- Are there 6G applications that depend on specific bands for 6G?
Session Chair: Mr. N K Bhola, Joint Wireless Advisor, South Region, WPC, DoT
Speakers
Dr. Punit Rathod, 5GIF
Dr. Sendil K Devar, 5GIF
Shri Gulab Chand, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, DoT
Mr. Vinay Shrivastava, General Manager - Telecom Standards, Reliance Jio
How important it is for India to engage early and participate in 6G global standards development what needs to be done to enhance India’s influence in the different standardization platforms.
- Panel Moderated by Mr. R K Pathak, (IC) Deputy Director General, DoT
- Panellists:
- Mr. Suresh Chitturi, Senior Director, Head of Technology Standards at Samsung Research (Bangalore), TSDSI Vice-Chair
- Ms. Pamela Kumar, Advisor TSDSI
- Mr. Prakash R, Technical Expert, Centre for Development of Telematics, (CDOT)
13:30 PM – 14:15 PM – Lunch Break
- What are new technology components and industry that needs to fructify by 2030
- What are some of today's 5G applications that will scale by 2030?
- What are Technology enablers for 6G
- How Machine type communications is evolving
- What are the promising technologies for 6G
- In what ways can India leverage its software and design expertise to develop 6G technology?
- How to leverage Bharatnet initiatives to prepare for 6G rollout by 2030.
- What challenges do you foresee in the development of 6G technology, and how can India overcome them?
Session Chair: Dr. Aloknath De, Former CTO, Samsung R&D India
Speakers
Mr. Amit Anand, CTO Strategy & Technology, NOKIA
Prof. Chandra R Murthy, Professor (EECS), IISC Bangalore
Mr. D.M Ezhil Buddhan (ITS), CGM Data Networks, DoT
Dr. Hanumantha Rao, Director General, Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER)
16:00 PM – 16:15 PM – Networking Tea/Coffee
- Ubiquitous connectivity
- Global connectivity
- Cell Connectivity
- Role of NTN and satellite communications in 6G
- Ethical 6G
Session Chair: Bharat B Bhatia, President, IAFI
Speakers
Ms. Revathi Mannepalli, Joint Wireless Advisor, WPC, DoT
Mr. Bashir Patel, Global Spectrum & Policy Regulator, GSOA
Dr. Amioy Kumar, Tech Lead and Solutions Architect, Data Science, Client Computing Group, Intel Corporation
Mr. Ujjwal Kumar, Associate Director CUTS International
Closing Session: (17:00 PM -17:15 PM)
Concluding Remarks by Shri H C Soni, Vice President Finance and Treasurer, IAFI