Call for Participation

2021 IEEE 4th 5G World Forum (5GWF'21) 

Theme: Future Networks 

13-15 October 2021 

Virtual Event 

 

 

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2021 IEEE 4th 5G World Forum (5GWF'21) 

Theme: Future Networks 

13-15 October 2021 

Virtual Event 

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Organized by IEEE Future Networks, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communications Society, and IEEE Montreal Section 

 

Register here: 

 

The 2021 IEEE 4th 5G World Forum (5GWF'21) will be a fully virtual event. All sessions will be scheduled to begin and end at specified times, and speakers will be available to answer questions in real-time during those sessions. Registrants will also be able to view these sessions on-demand after their scheduled time, and can communicate with speakers/authors asynchronously using the virtual platform. 

 

 

PLENARY KEYNOTE SESSIONS 

Four keynote talks daily from visionaries in industry, academia and SDOs. Confirmed so far are: 

 

Robert Kahn, “Father of the Internet” and CEO and President of CNRI 

Magnus Frodigh, Head of Ericsson Research 

Vincent Poor, Princeton University 

Shen Jia, OPPO 

Peter Vetter, Nokia 

Javan Erfanian, Bell Canada 

Muriel Médard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Peiying Zhu, Huawei 

Kaniz Mahdi, VMware 

Sylvain Nadeau, EXFO 

Juan Montojo, Qualcomm 

Sumit Roy, Innovate Beyond 5G Lead, OUSD (R&E) 

 

TECHNICAL PROGRAM 

Technical papers are presented across 8 sessions of two hours each. As a consideration to our global author base, this year authors are grouped by time zone rather than topic area. Please click through to the details for each session. 

T-1: Technical Session 1 

T-2: Technical Session 2 

T-3: Technical Session 3 

T-4: Technical Session 4 

T-5: Technical Session 5 

T-6: Technical Session 6 

T-7: Technical Session 7 

T-8: Technical Session 8 

 

 

WORLDWIDE 5G INDUSTRY FORA 

Our annual gathering of invited 5G industry associations from multiple regions/countries to share and discuss their current activities, visions and future roadmaps towards 5G deployment, and also to develop on international industry collaboration. This year's speakers are being confirmed. 

 

 

FUTURE NETWORKS TOWARDS 2031: INGR PANEL SERIES 

The International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR) is a technology roadmap evaluating future network (5G and beyond) technologies, development challenges, and deployment opportunities at 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year horizons. Each panel in this series pairs different INGR working groups and speakers to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead as technologies evolve. The panels will group INGR experts on the following topics: 

 

IP-1: INGR Panel: Millimeter Wave and Massive MIMO – Deployment Challenges and New Trends 

IP-2: INGR Panel: Connecting the Unconnected and Satellite Networking Trends and Challenges 

IP-3: INGR Panel: Testbeds bridging the gap between optical and radio hardware and applications 

IP-4: INGR Panel: Deployment, Energy Efficiency, and Applications and Services Comprehensive Plans 

IP-5: INGR Panel: Combining Energy Efficiency and Systems Optimization for Network Sustainability 

IP-6: INGR Panel: Standardization update on INGR of FNI 

IP-7: INGR Panel: Edge Services, AI/ML, and Security Networking Trends and Challenges 

 

 

WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS 

WS-1: Workshop on 5G Security: Current Trends, Challenges and New Enablers, Second Edition 

WS-2: Architectural Evolution toward 6G Networks: A European View 

WS-3: Predictive Quality of Service in 5G and Beyond 

WS-4: Workshop on AI-enabled Future Networks: A Cross-layer Perspective 

WS-7: Workshop on Satellite and Non-Terrestrial Networks 

 

TOPICAL/VERTICAL SESSIONS 

TV-1: 6G Vertical Summit 

TV-2: Super Infrastructure for Large-Scale Experimental Computer Science (SLICES) 

TV-3: Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) 

TV-4: 5G for Connected & Automated Mobility Vertical Summit 

TV-5: Blockchain Enabling Vertical Summit 

TV-6: Reflecting Intelligent Surfaces for 5G and Beyond 5G 

TV-7: 5G ecosystem towards smarter and sustainable agriculture: opportunities and challenges 

TV-8: Healthcare and IoT 

TV-9: IoT applications in Energy Sectors 

TV-10: Future Networks Security, Privacy and Resilience Track 

TV-11: Dialogues between 5G/B5G and Vertical Domains: AI for Intelligent Services 

TV-12 : The Role of Frugal Technologies in Rural Connectivity 

TV-13 : Systems Optimization for 5G and Beyond 

 

 

INDUSTRY FORUMS AND PANELS 

FP-1: IPv6-based 5G, IoT, CC Industry Forum 

FP-2: 5G Smart Cities 2021 

FP-3: Entrepreneurship and Innovations Forum (EIF) 

FP-4: Existing and Emerging 5G Millimeter-Wave Radiation Technologies 

FP-5: Security challenges in military applications of 5G technology 

FP-6: RAN disaggregation – where are we heading? 

FP-7: Secure end-to-end 5G cloud deployments 

FP-8: The Path to 6G 

FP-9: AI/ML driven 5G & beyond technology 

FP-10: The Internet is broken: we need The Grid (Internet Evolution) 

FP-11: Next G Mix Reality (Gaming + Media & Entertainment) 

FP-12: Cybersecurity – the priority of today & tomorrow 

FP-13: The Next G sustainability & societal challenges 

FP-15: 6G Must be Quantum 

FP-16: Smart-Digital-Green Manufacturing Technology 

FP-18: The Race to 5G is Not Yet Won: Deployment Challenges and Industry Priorities 

 

 

TUTORIALS 

TUT-1: 5G Network Performance: Key Considerations & Open Challenges 

TUT-2: Authentication and Key Agreements in 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G 

TUT-3: Homomorphic encryption over 5G networks 

TUT-4: Blockchain, IoT and 5G – The Trio to Mitigate Current and Post COVID-19 Challenges 

TUT-5: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Future Wireless Communications 

TUT-6: Voice services in 5G – Deployment options and strategies 

TUT-7: Private 5G Deployment Strategies & Use-Cases 

TUT-8: 6G Security and Privacy Vision Towards Reality 

TUT-9: Achieving Global Connectivity Using Aerial and Space Networks 

TUT-10: R & D in 5G with NetSim 

TUT-11: Shaping Future 6G Core Networks – Understanding Evolution Trends from 5G to 6G 

TUT-12: Evolution of NOMA Toward Next Generation Multiple Access 

TUT-13: 5G Inclusive Unified Digital Infrastructure Architecture – Imperatives, Rationale, Approach and Challenges 

TUT-14: 5G & Beyond: Addressing the Energy Challenge 

TUT-15: Evolution of Direct RF Sampling Technology – Recent Advances, Challenges, and the Road Ahead 

 

 

DEMONSTRATIONS 

Session 1 

Session 2 

 

STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM – 

sponsored by OPPO 

Date and time of the Mentorship Program: Day 2 (October 14) at 14:00 – 15:00 PM Eastern Time US. 

 

In the 5G World Forum Student Mentorship Program, students are invited to participate in a one-hour session during which they may ask questions and advice from industry experts. This is an opportunity to get expert advice on career next steps, career choices, and insights into working in the industry. The participating industry experts will be announced here shortly. 

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 

GENERAL CHAIR

Luc Sirois – Chief Innovation Officer, Quebec

 

FOUNDING CO-CHAIRS 

Ashutosh Dutta, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab 

Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum 

 

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS 

Benoit Pelletier, VMware 

Celia Desmond, President WCT 

Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University 

Burkhard Stiller, University of Zurich 

 

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE 

TPC Chair, Fabrice Labeau McGill University 

TPC Co-Chairs: 

Halima Elbiaze, Université du Québec à Montréal 

Essaïd Sabir, ENSEM, Hassan II University of Casablanca 

Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State University 

Gunes Kurt, École Polytechnique de Montréal 

 

Sincerely, 

IEEE Future Networks Initiati