| 08:30-09:00 | Opening Session: Prof. Thomas Magedanz, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Prof. Zakaria Abou El Houda, INRS, University of Québec, Canada |
| 09:00-10:30 | INTRAN Technical Session: AI‑Native Security and Optimization for Programmable 6G Networks Session Chair: Prof. Lyes Khoukhi * Transformer-Based Web Attack Detection for 6G MEC-Enabled SDN Architectures * Semantic-Aware Learning-Based NOMA User Grouping for Programmable 6G RANs * Beyond Link-Level Enhancements: System-Level Optimizations in AI-Native 6G RANs * A Lightweight Multimodal LLM-Based Intrusion Detection System for Open RAN * Federated Multi-RIC Threat Intelligence for Secure and Scalable Open 6G Radio Access Networks * PP-FedTrust: Securing Federated Learning Against Adaptive Poisoning Attacks |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:15 | Keynote: 6G Values and Technologies Takehiro Nakamura, NTT Docomo, Japan |
| 11:15-12:30 | Open6GNet Technical Session: Integrated Architectures and Performance Engineering for 5G/6G Networks Session Chair: Prof. Thomas Magedanz * Topology Semantic Routing in Multi-Layer Satellite Networks Marius Corici, Fabian Eichhorn and Hauke Buhr (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Matthias Britsch (Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany); Markus Breitbach (Deutsche Telekom, Germany); Adam Kapovits (Eurescom GmbH, Germany) * Resource Provisioning Optimization Concept for Software Core Networks Shreyank Saparia and Pousali Chakraborty (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Hemant Zope (Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany); Marius Corici (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany) * Towards a Mobile Network Measurement Suite for Remote Driving and Indoor Use Cases Johannes Wortmann (Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS), Germany); Bernd Schäufele (Fraunhofer FOKUS & Daimler Center for Automotive IT Innovations, Germany); Robert Protzmann (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Johann Nikolai Hark (Technical University Berlin, Germany); Ilja Radusch (Fraunhofer FOKUS & Daimler Center for Automotive IT Innovations (DCAITI), Germany) *Replacing ULCL with SRv6 in Multi-UPF 5G/6G Networks: An Open-Source Evaluation for Edge Computing Bilal Ghani and Hakima Chaouchi (Télécom SudParis, France) * Experimental Evaluation of 5G NR-U and Wi-Fi Coexistence in the 5 GHz Unlicensed Band Using SDR Innocent Makhubela and Joyce Mwangama (University of Cape Town, South Africa) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:30 | Keynote: The Role of Testbeds for Paving the way to an “Open 6G for all“ Sameh Yamany (VIAVI Solutions), USA |
| 14:30-15:30 | Panel Session: Best practices in building open, secure, modular testbeds for an Open 6G Session Chair: TBA Panelists: Takehiro Nakamura, NTT Docomo, Japan Sameh Yamany, VIAVI Solutions, USA Zakaria Abou El Houda, INRS, University of Québec, Canada Lyes Khoukhi, CNAM Paris, Alliance Sorbonne University, Paris, France Thomas Magedanz, Technische Universtät Berlin, Germany |
* The Open6GNet and INTRAN workshops are jointly organized and will run as a single shared session at IEEE WCNC 2026, April 13, 2026, Kuala Lumpur, Malayesia.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Sameh Yamany is CTO at VIAVI Solutions, spearheading innovations in 5G/6G, AI, quantum communications, and network testing. Previously CEO of Trendium, he revolutionized telecom analytics, leading to acquisition. He held leadership roles at Tektronix Communications and academia as a professor. Sameh holds a Ph.D. from the University of Louisville, with extensive patents and publications. He is a recognized author and international speaker in wireless, AI, Quantum-comms, and biomedical innovations.
Mr. Takehiro Nakamura is currently the Chief Standardization Officer at NTT DOCOMO, Inc. He has played a pivotal role in advancing radio and network technologies such as W-CDMA, HSPA, LTE/LTE-Advanced, 5G, and 6G, while strengthening inter-industry collaboration. Currently, he leads several projects on Local 5G, millimeter wave, and 6G in the XG Mobile Promotion Forum (XGMF), and serves as a board member of 5G-ACIA.