Speakers

• Panel: What’s Next on 5G?

Ali Yazdan is an Engineer at Facebook’s Connectivity Lab in Menlo Park California where he works with a small team of innovators in developing ways to make affordable internet access possible in communities around the world. The team is exploring a variety of technologies, including high-altitude long-endurance planes, satellites and lasers. For more information please visit: www.internet.org.

• Future X Network Architecture: 5G Cloud Technology
• Panel: Future of Spectrum

Andreas Mueller is a Senior Expert and Project Manager within the Corporate Research Department of Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany. In his current role, he is coordinating Bosch’s research activities in the area of future industrial connectivity infrastructures, with a special focus on wireless communications and emerging 5G technologies. This is done in close collaboration with various business units and external partners in order to ensure a high practical relevance.

• Future X Radio: 5G New Radio Phase-1 and Phase-2

Antti Toskala is responsible for Nokia’s 5G radio standardization. He has his MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tampere University of Technology. He has been the author and editor on the many books in the field, including recent books on HSPA+, VoLTE, LTE-Advanced and LTE Small Cell Optimization. He participates to 3GPP RAN standardization, and has also chaired 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 during HSPA development until 2003.

• Future X Radio: 5G Phased Array Technology

As Director, Advance Technology at Intel Baljit Singh is responsible for Wireless and 5G RF development, having developed 5G mmW 28GHz and 39GHz RFIC and also Massive Antenna Arrays for a base station, phased arrays for CPE, Laptops, and cell phones. His current focus is Wireless systems and RFIC development. Baljit has over 20 years in RFIC and wireless systems design and deployment of state-of-the-art wireless systems.

• Future X Transport: Integrated Access and Backhaul

BOON LOONG NG (member, IEEE) received the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) degree and the Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2001 and in 2007, respectively. He is currently a Research Director with Samsung Research America – Standards & Mobility Innovation (SMI) Lab in Richardson, Texas. He leads a team researching on wireless communication technologies for 5G and beyond.

• Future X Network Architecture: 5G Cloud Technology

Brian K. Daly – Director, Core Network & Government/Regulatory Standards, is a globally recognized technology visionary and thought leader for emerging technologies, focusing on frontiers of technology that transform the industry. Brian identifies the impact of disruptive innovation and telecommunication regulation on the industry, and shapes the development of standards in an open source world to enable the next generation software defined ICT end to end ecosystem.

• Industry Panel on V2X and 5GAA

Caroline Y. Chan is vice president in the Data Center Group and general manager of the group’s 5G infrastructure division at Intel Corporation. She has overall responsibility for Intel’s global network infrastructure strategy and solution development related to 5th-generation wireless technology. Chan and her team identify and develop use cases that incorporate the Internet of Things, innovation in wireless technologies and deployment models.

• Industry Analyst Panel on success of 5G

Chris Nicoll is a Principal Analyst at ACG Research responsible for wireless and mobile technology services with a focus on markets and messaging strategies with a focus on 4G, 5G, IoT and noncellular wireless technology development and deployment. His target for more than 35 years has been to pull from global experiences, best practices, trials and tests and apply them to local-market needs.

David Eckard joined Alcatel in 1998 and is currently the CTO for the Fixed Networks Division of Nokia overseeing the technology development for products relating to the xDSL, cable and optical access markets. David received his BS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering and his MS degree in Computer Networking from North Carolina State University.

• Panel: What’s Next on 5G?

David Gesbert (IEEE Fellow) is Professor and Head of the Communication Systems Department, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France. He obtained the Ph.D degree from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, France, in 1997. From 1997 to 1999 he has been with the Information Systems Laboratory, Stanford University. He was then a founding engineer of Iospan Wireless Inc, a Stanford spin off pioneering MIMO-OFDM (now Intel).

• Future X Transport: Integrated Access and Backhaul

Douglas Castor is Senior Director of R&D at InterDigital’s Pennsylvania office, where he leads the incubation and development of emerging wireless technologies. In recent years, Doug and his team have developed InterDigital’s EdgeHaul™ and EdgeLink™ millimeter wave solutions that deliver mesh connectivity using a software defined networking (SDN) framework. He has supported roles in both product development and research innovations for 3G, 4G, 5G cellular and other wireless technologies.

• Keynote #8: The Other 5G – 60 GHz WiFi  Access/B-Haul Solutions

Paulraj is an Emeritus Professor at Stanford University. After 25 years’ service in Indian Navy, where he developed ASW Sonar Technology and founded three National Labs, Paulraj joined Stanford University in 1991. He Is the invented the MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) concept in 1992 which is the key to today’s 4G cellular and WiFi wireless networks.

• Future X Radio: 5G New Radio Phase-1 and Phase-2
• Future X Transport: Integrated Access and Backhaul

Dr. Arun Ghosh is the Director of Advanced Wireless Technology Group with AT&T Labs where he leads the development and implementation of advanced wireless technology for 5G and beyond 5G Radio Access Network. Currently he is involved in the development and standardization of new technology for 5G mobile networks where his main area of focus are mmWave communication systems, massive MIMO systems and network architecture for 5G network, spectrum sharing, software defined radio access networks etc.

• Keynote #3: MIT

Dina Katabi is the Andrew & Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. She is also the director of the MIT’s Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award. Professor Katabi received her PhD and MS from MIT in 2003 and 1999, and her Bachelor of Science from Damascus University in 1995.

• Panel: Future of Spectrum

Federico Boccardi is a Principal Technology Advisor in Ofcom (the UK communication regulator). In Ofcom, he oversees the work of various engineers involved in the technical studies for 5G spectrum. He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, in 2002 and 2007 respectively, and a master in Strategy and Innovation from the Oxford Saïd Business School in 2014.

• Industry Panel on V2X and 5GAA

Gaurav is a Principal Researcher at the Toyota InfoTechnology Center leading research efforts in perception and mapping for autonomous driving. Gaurav extensively uses deep learning, machine learning, sensor fusion, connectivity and positioning techniques in his research. Prior to this, Gaurav worked on ADAS solutions at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America.

• Future X Transport: Integrated Access and Backhaul

Dr. Georg Hampel has more than 20 years of experience in mobile technologies, cellular and IP networking. In the last 5 years, he has been working in the development of new technologies for 5G cellular systems at wireless R&D at Qualcomm. Before, he worked at Bell Labs Research in networking, wireless communications and carrier platform development. He is presently rapporteur in 3GPP RAN WGs 2 and 3 for integrated access and backhaul.

• Industry Panel on V2X and 5GAA

Gerhard P. Fettweis is Vodafone Chair Professor at TU Dresden since 1994, and heads the Barkhausen Institute since 2018, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. under H. Meyr’s supervision from RWTH Aachen in 1990. After one year at IBM Research in San Jose, CA, he moved to TCSI Inc., Berkeley, CA. He coordinates the 5G Lab Germany, and 2 German Science Foundation (DFG) centers at TU Dresden, namely cfaed and HAEC. His research focusses on wireless transmission and chip design.

Dr. Jeon has worked on the R&D and technology strategy area for the next generation networks during the most of his career in KT. He researched the communication technologies such as the evolution of network architecture and strategic development. He also had led the strategic planning of technology evolution and deployment in the services and networks of KT.

• Future X Radio: 5G New Radio Phase-1 and Phase-2

Dr. Ian C. Wong is Senior Manager of the Advanced Wireless Research group at National Instruments where he leads the company’s 3GPP and 802.11 wireless standards strategy and platforms for wireless system design, simulation, prototyping, and implementation. From 2007-2009, he was a systems research and standards engineer with Freescale Semiconductor where he represented Freescale in the 3GPP LTE standardization efforts.

• Opening Keynote: Unleashing the Potential of 5G

Marc has over 20 years of international management experience in the telecommunications industry, having held positions in R&D, customer operations and product management in the U.S., France and Finland. Showing clear strategic and tactic leadership in complex commercial and technical markets, Marc has turned around large businesses to achieve growth and profitability in competitive environments.

• Future X Radio: 5G New Radio Phase-1 and Phase-2

Dr. Peiying Zhu is an IEEE Fellow and Huawei Fellow. She is currently leading 5G wireless system research in Huawei. The focus of her research is advanced wireless access technologies with more than 200 granted patents. She has been regularly giving talks and panel discussions on 5G vision and enabling technologies. She served as the guest editor for IEEE Signal processing magazine special issue on the 5G revolution and IEEE JSAC on Deployment Issues and Performance Challenges for 5G.

• Future X Radio: 5G Phased Array Technology

As chief technologist of Phased Array & RF Technologies in the Tactical Solutions strategic business unit, Pete is responsible for managing the technology roadmaps and capture activities for all phased array products. Pete has held leadership positions within Ball Aerospace as an Advanced Systems manager since 2006 and has been a driving force behind the growth in the phased array business area since joining the company in 1997.

• Future X Network Architecture: 5G Cloud Technology

Dr. Simone Redana is Head of Network & Architecture Research Group in Nokia Bell Labs and Chairman of the 5GPPP Architecture Working Group. Simone is currently responsible for the Standardization Research on E2E Network Architecture and Automation in Nokia. He contributed in 3GPP to the standardization of Self Organizing Network (SON) and Relays for Long Term Evolution (LTE).

• Future X Radio: 5G New Radio Phase-1 and Phase-2

Dr. Rangan received the B.A.Sc. at the University of Waterloo, Canada and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, all in Electrical Engineering.  He has held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Bell Labs.  In 2000, he co-founded (with four others) Flarion Technologies, a spin off of Bell Labs, that developed Flash OFDM, the first cellular OFDM data system and pre-cursor to 4G cellular systems including LTE and WiMAX.

• Welcome Reception and Cocktail and Light Dinner
• Welcome Address: 5 years of Brooklyn 5G Summit
• Panel: What’s Next on 5G?

Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport is the David Lee/Ernst Weber Chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and is a Professor of Computer Science at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He is also a Professor of Radiology at the NYU School of Medicine. Rappaport is the founding director of NYU WIRELESS, one of the world’s first academic research centers to combine wireless engineering, computer science, and medicine.

• Keynote #2: Platforms for Wireless Advanced Research

Dr. Thyaga Nandagopal is the Deputy Division Director of the Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) Division in the Directorate of Computer & Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation. He previously served as a Program Director at the NSF in the Networking Technologies and Systems (NeTS) program, where he managed mobile systems and wireless networking research across multiple funding programs with an annual budget of over $50M.

• Panel: Future of Spectrum

Ulrich heads the Standardization activities for Nokia. He is responsible for global and regional standardization and technical regulation as spectrum. The team is part of the Nokia BellLabs CTO group.Ulrich is member of the Executive Committee of the Global Mobile Supplier Association (GSA). Prior to that Ulrich was responsible for Nokia Networks Industry Environment activities. Between 2007 and 2012 Ulrich lead the NSN 3GPP standardization team and has served as Head of Delegation to 3GPP.

• Panel: What’s Next on 5G?

Upamanyu Madhow is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests broadly span communications, signal processing and networking, with current emphasis on next generation communication, sensing and inference infrastructures centered around millimeter wave systems. Dr. Madhow is a recipient of the 1996 NSF CAREER award, and co-­‐recipient of the 2012 IEEE Marconi prize paper award in wireless communications.

• Industry Analyst Panel on success of 5G

Volker Ziegler serves as Head of 5G Leadership and Chief Architect of Nokia Mobile Networks. He leads and orchestrates the Nokia e2e 5G program with special emphasis on 5G era technology, innovation and architecture; drives roadmap alignment for 5G differentiation and growth across Nokia Mobile Networks and other business groups in close cooperation with Nokia e2e solution and Mobile Networks sales; he assures landing zone for Bell Labs innovation and; maximizes 5G impact with customers.

• Industry Panel on V2X and 5GAA

Dr.-Ing. Emmanuel Pollakis is a R&D specialist at BMW Group leading the research for connected car with recent emphasis on Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and 5G mobile communication technology. He is a delegate to the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) and contributes to the specification of wireless communication systems for automotive applications.

• Future X Network Architecture: 5G Cloud Technology

Edmund Yeh received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University in 1994. He then studied at Cambridge University on the Winston Churchill Scholarship, obtaining his M.Phil in Engineering in 1995. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT under Professor Robert Gallager in 2001. He is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University.

• Future X Radio: 5G Phased Array Technology

James F. Buckwalter received the B.S.E.E. degree with honors in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), M.S. degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Caltech. He is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with UCSB.

• Industry Analyst Panel on success of 5G

Joe Madden is the Founder and Principal Analyst at Mobile Experts, Inc. Joe focuses on 5G and IoT vertical markets, leading a team of six analysts to triangulate on accurate market forecasts. With more than 28 years in mobile communications, he accurately predicted the rise of 5G Fixed Wireless, Small Cells, Digital Predistortion, and Remote Radio Heads. He validates ideas with mobile and cable operators, as well as hardware suppliers to find the match between business models and technology.

• Keynote #7: Introduction to 5G Pyeongchang Olympic & Future Plan

Jongsik Lee is currently the head of 5G TF in Infra Lab. of Institute of Convergence Technology. He joined KT in 1998 and has worked on various wireless areas including 3G, Mobile WiMAX, and LTE-related R&D project. Since 2014, he has been leading LTE Evolution and 5G-related R&D projects. He received the B.S. & M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Seoul National University in 1996 and in 1998, respectively. His main research areas were RF and microwave engineering.

• Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Julie Kunstler has over 25 years of experience in the communications components, equipment, and software industry. She is responsible for market analysis of wireline and wireless broadband access technologies and networks, focusing on developing technologies such as next-gen PON and 5G-based FWA. Julie has worked as an executive, investor, and board member for communications companies.

• Panel: Future of Spectrum
• Keynote #4: Evolution to 5G – The Un-carrier view

Karri Kuoppamaki is the Vice President of Technology Development and Strategy for T-Mobile USA. In this role, Karri is responsible for Radio Access related technology development activities, including device development, as well as ensuring alignment between T-Mobile USA Network Technology and the regulatory environment, specifically in the area of radio technology and spectrum policy.

• Future X Radio: 5G Phased Array Technology

Kaushik Sengupta received the B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in electronics and electrical communication engineering from IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, in 2007, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. His current research interests include high-frequency ICs, arrays,  reconfigurable antennas and optis for various applications in wireless communication, sensing and imaging.

• Industry Analyst Panel on success of 5G

As Founder and Principal Analyst at CritComm Insights, Ken Rehbehn brings more than 30 years of experience tracking the IP-based technologies that shape society today. Combined with first-hand insight into the unique requirements of emergency service operations, CritComm Insights offers an ideal lens for evaluating the future technology advances for the emergency services. As a wireless technology analyst, Ken tracks radio technology deployed to support mission critical agencies and enterprises.

• Future X Network Architecture: 5G Cloud Technology

Kenichiro Matsumoto is Senior Manager of Network Architecture Group in Core Network Development Department of NTT DOCOMO since July 2017. In his current position, he is responsible for future 5G core network architecture which can flexibly enable various new services. Before joining to NTT DOCOMO, he worked for NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories of NTT Corporation as a research engineer for more than 20 years.

• Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
• Welcome Reception and Cocktail and Light Dinner

Lauri Oksanen is Vice President for Research and Technology in Nokia. He heads the Industry Standards Group in Nokia Bell Labs. He started his industrial career 28 years ago in fiber optics in Nokia. Then Lauri moved to mobile networks where he has worked with all major wireless technologies from GSM to 5G. Lauri has worked in various advanced technology management positions covering fixed and wireless access, core, management and services.

• Welcome Address: 5 years of Brooklyn 5G Summit
• Presentation and Tour of Bell Labs

As President of Bell Labs and Corporate Chief Technology Officer, Marcus Weldon is responsible for coordinating the technical strategy across the company and driving technological and architectural innovations into the portfolio. Marcus is considered one of the luminaries in our industry in terms of the clarity, depth and breadth of his vision.

• Future X Transport: Integrated Access and Backhaul

Mark is a Nokia Bell Labs Fellow and a Department Head in the Standardization Research Lab with Nokia Bell Labs in Chicago. His research focuses on cellular network evolution and his team is looking at ways to meet the continued growth in data consumption and expanding diversity of wireless applications. Recently, his team has focused on 5G MIMO system simulations and has made numerous contributions to the 3GPP 5G New Radio work item.

• Dinner and Evening Social at Intrepid

Martin Cooper conceived of the portable cellular phone and led the team that created the first phone in 1973. He has contributed to the technology of in the wireless communications industry for over 60 years as an inventor, entrepreneur and executive. He contributed to every significant advancement in wireless communications, during this time, from the first car phones and radio pagers to the latest cellular generations. He is known as the “Father of the Handheld Cellular Phone”

• Keynote #1: 5G: The Coming Evolution

Melissa Arnoldi, president, Technology & Operations, AT&T Communications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc., is responsible for technology development, network deployment and operations, and AT&T’s transition to a software-defined and future 5G network. Melissa currently serves as a board member of Nasdaq & Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas. Melissa leads the company’s networks and technologies team.

• Panel: Future of Spectrum

Michael Ha is the Deputy Chief of Policy and Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission. Since joining the Commission in 2010, he has been engaged in various proceedings on spectrum allocations for wireless broadband services, mobile/fixed satellite services, public safety services and unlicensed services. Michael’s recent focus has been on Spectrum Frontiers where mmW band spectrum above 24GHz is being made available for 5G services.

• Future X Radio: 5G New Radio Phase-1 and Phase-2

Mikael Höök joined Ericsson in 1994 and has held various positions targeting the research and standardization of 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G. He is currently Research Area Director for Radio-research within Ericsson Research and based in Kista, Stockholm. The responsibility covers research on air-interface design, advanced signal processing, multi-antenna systems, radio network performance and propagation. Results are fed into standardization, regulation and product development. The work addresses 5G

Neville R. Ray serves as T-Mobile’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Ray has more than 25 years of experience in the design, deployment and operational management of wireless networks in the United States and worldwide, and is recognized for his leadership in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Ray joined T-Mobile USA (then VoiceStream) in April 2000 and since December 2010 has served as its Chief Technology Officer.

• Future X Radio: 5G Phased Array Technology

Ozge Koymen is a Senior Director of Technology at Qualcomm Incorporated where he has been since 2006.  He currently leads the 5G millimeter-wave program within Qualcomm Research.  His previous areas as a technical contributor includes wireless backhaul, Small Cells, LTE-D, LTE and UMB.  Prior to Qualcomm Inc., he was a member of Flarion Technologies developing OFDMA systems during 2003-2006. His earlier experience includes consulting work for Impinj, Inc. (2000-2003) and TRW (1996-2000).

• Panel: What’s Next on 5G?

Peter is currently leading the Standardization Research lab within Bell Labs at Nokia. The lab is responsible for developing holistic concepts and innovations for 3GPP Access and Core networks as well as automation breakthroughs in network and service automation. Peter received his Master of Science degree on electrical Engineering in 1995 from the University Stuttgart, Germany. In 1996 he joined the Siemens Mobile Networks division and started to work on GSM technology.

• Panel: What’s Next on 5G?

Peter Vetter is Head of the A-Lab (or Access research lab) in Nokia Bell Labs and Bell Labs Fellow. He is leading an eminent global team with the mission to invent game changing innovations that define the future of mobile and fixed access. Under his leadership, he and his teams have realized several world-first system demonstrations in access and successfully transferred industry leading concepts into product.

• Keynote #5: 5G Ready for Launch; its Past and Future

Seizo ONOE became Chief Technology Architect of NTT DOCOMO, INC in June 2017 after his 5 years tenure as Chief Technology Officer, while retaining the position of President of DOCOMO Technology, Inc. since June 2015. Prior to his current position, he was Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President and a Member of the Board of Directors of NTT DOCOMO from June 2012. Mr. Onoe became a Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the R&D Strategy Department in June 2008.

• Industry Panel on V2X and 5GAA

Sudhir joined Qualcomm in 2013 as Staff Engineer. He has worked extensively on research and standardization of D2D communications, discovery and V2X communications. He is PHY/MAC lead of V2X research and standards in Qualcomm. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he worked with Samsung Electronics from 2002-2012. He has worked on research, development and standardization of 3G, 4G and 5G technologies.

• Future X Radio: 5G Phased Array Technology

Mr. Takayuki Nonami is Chief Engineer of Wireless Communication System in Communication Networks Center of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation since 2014. Currently he works for 5G mmWave Mobile Radio Access system developments with Antenna, Microwave, and Mobile communication technology research teams of Corporate R&D within Mitsubishi Electric. He joined Mitsubishi Electric in 1983 after graduating from Kobe University with a master’s degree in engineering.

• Panel: What’s Next on 5G?

Takehiro Nakamura joined NTT Laboratories in 1990. He is now VP and General Manager of 5G Laboratory in NTT DOCOMO, INC. Mr. Nakamura has been working for research and development of the W-CDMA, HSPA, LTE/LTE-Advanced, 5G and C-V2X/Connected Car technologies. He has been engaged in the standardization activities at ARIB in Japan since 1997.

• Industry Analyst Panel on success of 5G

Teresa Mastrangelo, Founder, brings 31 years of telecommunications experience to Broadbandtrends LLC. She is regarded as one of the leading analysts covering fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure and services and network transformation strategies. She has an extensive background in product management, product marketing and strategic planning background to bring an unmatched level of expertise to her market research and analysis.

• Industry Analyst Panel on success of 5G

Wally Swain is a Senior Vice President at 451 Research focusing on emerging markets. He contributes research and consulting deliverables related to both fixed and wireless telecommunications markets. Based in Bogota, Colombia, he maintains continuous contact with the various global players to produce his analysis, demand modeling and forecasting and market reports.

• Future X Network Architecture: 5G Cloud Technology

Wolfgang Kellerer is a Full Professor with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, heading the Chair of Communication Networks at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Before, he was for over ten years with NTT DOCOMO’s European Research Laboratories. His last position was head of the research department for wireless communication and mobile networking. His current research focuses on flexible networking based on SDN/NFV and wireless M2M networking towards 5G.