Talks

IEEE ICCSPA Conference - Keynote Speaker – “Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for Agentic Mobile Systems” - 2026

EUCNC Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) - Special Session - 2026

ACM MSWIM Conference - Keynote Speaker – “Agentic AI for Mobile Connected Systems - Leveraging Small and Large Language Models (SLMs and LLMs) for Disrupting the Telecoms Ecosystem” - 2025

ACM MOBICOM Conference – AI-RAN WS - Invited Speaker – “Agentic Solutions for AI-RAN Systems” - 2025

ACM MOBICOM Conference – AI-RAN WS - Panelist – “Outlook for Open RAN and AI-RAN in 6G Networks” - 2025

KTH University - Presentation and PhD Defense Tribunal – “6G Research Overview at i2cat and NEC Labs Europe” - 2025

18th European Performance Engineering Workshop (EPEW) – Keynote Speaker – “AI for Future 6G Systems” - 2022

APNOMS (The 23rd Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium) – Distinguished Experts Panel – “AI for Operating and Managing 5G and Future 6G Systems” - 2022

IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) – Keynote Speaker – “Disruptive Technologies for Future 6G Networks” - 2021

Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) Open Days TIC – Keynote Speaker – “Disruptive Technologies for Future Wireless Systems” - 2021

6G Summit – Speaker – “Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN): A 6G Revolution?” - 2021

IEEE GLOBECOM – Panelist – “Challenges for 5G Deployments: Operator and Industrial Perspectives” - 2021

IEEE ComSoc EMEA Student - Industry Panels Initiative – Panelist - 2021

IEEE 5G World Forum – Panelist – “The Race to 5G is Not Yet Won: Deployment Challenges and Industry Priorities” - 2021

IEEE ComNet Conference – Keynote Speaker – “AI-based Automation for Future Networks” - 2020

IEEE BlackSeaCom Conference – Keynote Speaker – “AI-based Automation for Beyond 5G Networks” - 2020

European Big Data Value Forum – Speaker – “AI-based Overbooking of 5G Networks” - 2019

IEEE 5G World Forum – Speaker – “Overbooking 5G Networks for Industry Verticals” - 2019

World 5G Summit – “Overbooking 5G Networks” - 2019

IEEE INFOCOM – Panelist – “Big Teams – Big Money – Big Research” - 2019

IEEE Globecom – Panelist – “5G Network Slice Management” - 2018

IEEE CSCN Conference – Paris – Keynote Speaker – “Overbooking 5G Networks” - 2018

IEEE 5G Summit Tangier 2018 - “5G Networks for Industry Verticals” - Speaker

IEEE WCNC – Panelist – “5G and Verticals: The Connected and Automated Driving Case” - 2018

IEEE 5G Summit Thessaloniki 2018 - “5G Network Slicing for Industry Verticals” - Speaker

EuCNC – Panelist on “ICT consolidation in 5G. The role of Software Networks” – 2016

Germany Connect – Panelist on „Front- und Backhaul-anforderung von 5G“ – 2016

IEEE 5G Summit Toronto 2015 - “NEC Vision and R&D activities towards 5G” - Keynote Speaker

IEEE VTC 2015 Conference - “SDN/NFV for 5G” - Panelist

IEEE ICC 2015 Conference - Panelist on Next Generation Fronthaul/Backhaul 5G Networks

European Wireless (EW) Conference, Panelist on “5G Challenges in H2020” – 2014

ETP Networks – “Wireless SDN” presentation at the ETP Networks experts meeting – 2014

Joint WWRF/SMARTGRIDCOMM Workshop on Wireless Communications and the Smart Grid -Invited talk on “Wireless Standardization efforts for the Smart Grid” - 2013

Orange National Workshop on RAN Sharing, Talk on FLAVIA’s RAN Virtualization R&D - 2013