| 08:30-09:00 <\/b><\/td>\n | Opening Session:\u00a0<\/b> | \nProf. Thomas Magedanz, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Germany \nProf. Zakaria Abou El Houda, INRS, University of Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 09:00-10:30 <\/b><\/td>\n | INTRAN Technical Session:\u00a0 AI\u2011Native Security and Optimization for Programmable 6G Networks<\/b> | \nSession Chair: Prof. Lyes Khoukhi \n* Transformer-Based Web Attack Detection for 6G MEC-Enabled SDN Architectures<\/b> \n* Semantic-Aware Learning-Based NOMA User Grouping for Programmable 6G RANs<\/b> \n* Beyond Link-Level Enhancements: System-Level Optimizations in AI-Native 6G RANs<\/b> \n* A Lightweight Multimodal LLM-Based Intrusion Detection System for Open RAN<\/b> \n* Federated Multi-RIC Threat Intelligence for Secure and Scalable Open 6G Radio Access Networks<\/b> \n* PP-FedTrust: Securing Federated Learning Against Adaptive Poisoning Attacks<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 10:30-10:45<\/b><\/td>\n | Break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 10:45-11:15<\/b><\/td>\n | Keynote: 6G Values and Technologies<\/b> | \nTakehiro Nakamura, <\/b>NTT Docomo, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 11:15-12:30<\/b><\/td>\n | Open6GNet Technical Session: Integrated Architectures and Performance Engineering for 5G\/6G Networks<\/b> | \nSession Chair: Prof. Thomas Magedanz \n* Topology Semantic Routing in Multi-Layer Satellite Networks<\/b> \nMarius 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) \n* Resource Provisioning Optimization Concept for Software Core Networks<\/b> \nShreyank Saparia and Pousali Chakraborty (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Hemant Zope (Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany); Marius Corici (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany) \n* Towards a Mobile Network Measurement Suite for Remote Driving and Indoor Use Cases<\/b> \nJohannes Wortmann (Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS), Germany); Bernd Sch\u00e4ufele (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) \n*Replacing ULCL with SRv6 in Multi-UPF 5G\/6G Networks: An Open-Source Evaluation for Edge Computing<\/b> \nBilal Ghani and Hakima Chaouchi (T\u00e9l\u00e9com SudParis, France) \n* Experimental Evaluation of 5G NR-U and Wi-Fi Coexistence in the 5 GHz Unlicensed Band Using SDR<\/b> \nInnocent Makhubela and Joyce Mwangama (University of Cape Town, South Africa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 12:30-14:00<\/b><\/td>\n | Lunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 14:00-14:30<\/b><\/td>\n | Keynote: <\/strong>The Role of Testbeds for Paving the way to an \u201cOpen 6G for all\u201c<\/strong> | \nSameh Yamany (VIAVI Solutions), USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 14:30-15:30<\/b><\/td>\n | Panel Session: Best practices in building open, secure, modular testbeds for an Open 6G<\/b> | \nSession Chair: TBA \nPanelists: \nTakehiro Nakamura, <\/b>NTT Docomo, Japan \nSameh Yamany, <\/b>VIAVI Solutions, USA \nZakaria Abou El Houda,<\/b> INRS, University of Qu\u00e9bec, Canada \nLyes Khoukhi<\/b>, CNAM Paris, Alliance Sorbonne University, Paris, France \nThomas Magedanz, <\/b>Technische Universt\u00e4t Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joint Open6GNet and INTRAN Workshop at IEEE WCNC 2026 <\/p>\n Time 08:30-09:00 09:00-10:30 |
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Dr. Sameh Yamany<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.open6gnet.org\/ieee-workshop-wcnc-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TakehiroNakamura.jpg\")
\u00a0\u00a0 Mr. Takehiro Nakamura<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"