Tim Whitley
Managing Director Applied Research, BT
Title: Beyond the 5G Launch: The Future of Personal Communications and Digital Infrastructure
Tim will provide the Honorary Chair’s opening keynote exploring the future of personal communications and digital infrastructure as we move past the initial roll-out of 5G.
Mike short
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Trade, UK Government
Title: The Context of International Research
Peter Stuckman, Head of Unit for Future Connectivity Systems and the European Union (EU) Commission will present the EU’s approach to supporting evolving wireless connectivity and related research, following an introduction by Dr Mike Short CBE, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government’s Department for International Trade.
Concluding the session Mike and Peter will discuss research strategy and support in the sector from an international perspective. The discussion will then be opened to questions from the floor.
Prokar Dasgupta
Chair in Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation, King’s College London (KCL), UK
Title: Remote Surgery – Cost, Connectivity and Artificial Intelligence
Prokar, clinician-scientist and educator will discuss his pioneering work in robotic surgery, looking into how connectivity and technologies such as wireless connectivity and ‘The Internet of Skills’ can impact on innovations and the future of surgery.
Wen Tong
Chief Technology Officer, Huawei Wireless, CA
Title: 6G a Research Frontier
Wen will explore the emerging research frontier and new challenges being presented as we look to the developing road-map toward 6G.
Robert McKenzie
Editor – BBC News Labs, BBC, UK
Title: Objects and Objectivity, Connectivity Enabled Innovations in News
Robert will discuss the innovations necessary to serve the news needs of audiences with ubiquitous, fast mobile connectivity, exploring the use of object-based media creation to enable device and person-specific content delivery.
Maria Cuevas
Principal Manager, Mobility Research Team, BT, UK
Title: Emerging challenges to the Telecoms Industry – and all the exciting opportunities that can be “unlocked”
Maria will provide an overview of some of the key challenges that the Telecoms industry is facing, driven by technological and societal change. The talk will go on to explore the great opportunities that solving those issues will present.
