IEEE Future Networks World Forum
13–15 November 2023 // Baltimore, MD, USA
Imagining the Network of the Future

Symposium and Workshop Committee

Symposium Committee

Symposium Chair

Eman Hammad
Texas A&M-Commerce, Canada

Symposium Co-Chair

Periklis Chatzimisios
International Hellenic University, Greece

Symposium on Future Mobile Networks

Organizer

Nancy Alonistioti
one6G/National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Co-organizer

Jorge Pereira
Principal Scientific Officer, European Commission

Co-Organizer

Latif Ladid
IPv6 Forum/Univ. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Symposium on AI/ML-Driven Communications in Future Networks

Co-organizer

Shimin Gong
Sun Yat-sen University, China

Co-organizer

Zhu Kun
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Symposium on Blockchain for Future Networks

Organizer

Latif Ladid
IPv6 Forum/Univ. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Co-Organizer

Mithun Mukherjee
Nanjing Univ. of Info. Science and Technology, China

co-organizer

Minghu Xu
Shandong University, China

Co-organizer

Owen Vaughan
nChain, UK

Symposium on Connecting the Un/Under-Connected in Future Networks

Organizer

Sudhir Dixit
Basic Internet Foundation, USA

CO-organizer

Ashutosh Dutta
JHU/APL, USA

Symposium on Digital Twins for Future Networks

Organizer

Ala Al-Fuqaha
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Co-organizer

Wen Wu
Peng Cheng Laboratory, China

Symposium on Economics in Future Networking

Organizer

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico

Organizer

Symeon Papavassiliou
National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Symposium on Future Networks for Connected and Automated Mobility

Organizer

Jorge Pereira
Principal Scientific Officer, European Commission

Symposium on Future Networks to Enable Metaverse

Organizer

Dinh Thai Hoang
University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Co-organizer

Nguyen Van Huynh
Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom

Co-organizer

Wenbo Wang
Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

Symposium on Future Optical Communications and Networks

Organizer

Dan Kilper
CONNECT Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Co-organizer

Lena Wosinska
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Co-organizer

Zuqing Zhu
Univ. of Sci. and Tech. of China (USTC), China

Symposium on Non-terrestrial Communications in Future Networks

Organizer

Gunes Karabulut-Kurt
Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Co-organizer

Andreas Knopp
Munich University of the Bundeswehr, Germany

Co-organizer

Giovanni Giambene
University of Siena, Italy

Co-organizer

Hongliang Zhang
Peking University, China

Symposium on Quantum Computing and Communications in Future Networks

Organizer

Winston Seah
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Co-organizer

Yuan Cao
Nanjing Univ. of Posts and Telecom (NJUPT), China

Symposium on Security in Future Networks

Organizer

Antonio Skarmeta
University of Murcia, Spain

Co-Organizer

Youyang Qu
Data61, CSIRO, Australia

Symposium on Semantic Communications in Future Networks

Organizer

Merouane Debbah
TII, Abu Dhabi

Co-organizer

Christina Chaccour
Ericsson, USA

Symposium on Spectrum Management in Future Networks

Organizer

Nazanin Rahnavard
University of Central Florida, USA

Co-organizer

Kapal Dev
Munster Technological University, Ireland

Co-organizer

Waleed Ejaz
Lakehead University, Canada

SYMPOSIUM ON SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION in Future NETWORKS

Organizer

Dilip Krishnaswamy
QWalks, USA

Co-organizer

Lyndon Ong
Ciena, USA

Co-organizer

Ranganai Chaparadza
IPv6 Forum/ Capgemini Engineering, Germany

SYMPOSIUM ON TERAHERTZ COMMUNICATIONS FOR FUTURE NETWORKS

Organizer

Vitaly Petrov
Northeastern University College of Engineering, USA

Co-organizer

Chong Han
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

co-organizer

Hina Tabassum
York University, Canada

SYMPOSIUM ON FUTURE RAN ARCHITECTURE

organizer

Mohammad Asif Habibi
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität, Germany

Co-organizer

Ashutosh Dutta
JHU/APL, USA

Co-organizer

Hans D. Schotten
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität, Germany

Co-organizer

Ivan Seskar
Rutgers University WINLAB, USA

Co-organizer

Mithun Mukherjee
Nanjing Univ. of Info. Science and Technology, China

Workshop Committee

Workshop Chair

Mohammad Patwary
University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIR

Alireza Ghasempour
University of Applied Science and Technology, Iran

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIR

Hina Tabassum
York University, Canada

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIR

Rasheed Hussain
University of Bristol, UK

Workshop on 5G TRIALS ACROSS MULTIPLE VERTICAL INDUSTRIES - FROM EXPERIMENTS TO BUSINESS VALIDATION

Organizer

Meng Lu
Aeolix ITS, The Netherlands

Co-organizer

Latif Ladid
IPv6 Forum/Univ. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

WORKSHOP ON CURRENT TRENDS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Organizer

Abdellah Chehri
Royal Military College of Canada, Canada

Co-organizer

Periklis Chatzimisios
International Hellenic University, Greece

Co-organizer

Kamesh Namuduri
University of North Texas, USA

Co-organizer

Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir
University of the West of Scotland, UK

Co-organizer

Eman Hammad
Texas A&M-Commerce, Canada

WORKSHOP ON AI-ENABLED FUTURE NETWORKS: A CROSS-LAYER PERSPECTIVE

Organizer

Mohammad Patwary
University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Co-organizer

Md Arafatur Rahman
University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Co-organizer

Mithun Mukherjee
Nanjing Univ. of Info. Science and Technology, China

Workshop on Autonomous Future Networks for Industry 5.0

Organizer

Mohammad Patwary
University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Co-organizer

Md Arafatur Rahman
University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Co-organizer

Samiya Khan
University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

Patrons

Exhibitors

Financial Co-Sponsors

Technical Co-Sponsors