World Day

Host: Viesturs Celmiņš, Managing Director at VEFRESH

Introduction
Host: Viesturs Celmiņš, Managing Director at VEFRESH

Keynote – 5G for Digital Vision of Latvia
Speaker: Raimonds Lapiņš, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Economics of The Republic of Latvia

Roundtable – Boosting 5G infrastructure
Moderator: Viesturs Celmiņš, Managing Director at VEFRESH
Speaker 1: Mariss Mežgals, Member of the Management Board, Latvia State Radio and Television Center
Speaker 2: Māris Aleksandrovs, Technical director, Electronic Communications Office of Latvia
Speaker 3: Dr. Juris Binde, President & Chairman of the Management Board, LMT
Speaker 4: John Tully, CEO, Mikrotik

Hot to touch: 5G use case presentations
Case 1: Quantum Comm.Network
Speaker: Andris Anspoks, Director, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia
Case 2: Train of future
Speaker: Kaspars Briškens, Head of Strategy & Development, Rail Baltica
Case 3: Drones & Mobility
Speaker: Alīna Mezciema, Head of New Development Areas, LMT

Roundtable – Maturing and scaling 5G: Economy, innovations and defense
Moderator: Viesturs Celmiņš, Managing Director at VEFRESH
Speaker 1: Gatis Ozols, Deputy State Secretary on Digital Transformation Affairs, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
Speaker 2: Reinis Bērziņš, CEO, ALTUM
Speaker 3: Mārtiņš Paškēvičs, Under Secretary of State for Logistics, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
Speaker 4: Mārtiņš Staķis, Mayor, Riga City Council

Conclusions and closing remarks
Speaker: Viesturs Celmiņš, Managing Director at VEFRESH

Host: Heidi Himmanen, Traficom

Keynote – The vision of Finland on 5G and Digitalization of Sectors
Speaker: Timo Harakka, Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland

Keynote – Deeper view on the technical aspects of Finland’s 5G network, spectrum, and ecosystem
Speaker: Markus Mettälä, Traficom

Roundtable – Advantages of 5G for vertical industries (success and concrete advantages)
Moderator: Heidi Himmanen, Traficom
Speaker 1: Antti Kauppinen, Chief Technology Officer, Suomen Erillisverkot Oy
Speaker 2: Video analytics and remote presence solutions, Juha Kela, CEO, Finwe
Speaker 3: 5G and autonomic vehicles, Matthieu Myrsky, Remote Control Team Lead, Sensible4
Speaker 4: 5G, Drones and Urban Air Mobility, Gokul Srinivasan, Director of Technology, Robots Experts
Speaker 5: 5G in Smart Cities, Markku Heino, Principal Consultant and Ecosystem Leader, Spinverse

Roundtable
Moderator: Markus Mettälä, Traficom
Speaker 1: Research, Innovation and Collaboration with Finland 6G Flagship Ecosystem. Mika Rantakokko, Liaison Manager, 6GFlagship
Speaker 2: A description on how to collaborate with Finland on technology and innovation. Toni Mattila, Program Director, Business Finland

Host: Sylvia Lu, u-blox – on behalf of UK5G international group

Keynote – United Kingdom Vision and Activities
Speaker: Julia Lopez MP, Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure, DCMS

Keynote – Regulation strategy and vision
Speaker: Cristina Data, Director of Spectrum Insight and Analysis, Ofcom

Accelerating the Real-World Benefits of 5G – Large scale Urban Testbed in the West Midlands
Speaker: Robert Franks, Managing Director of West Midlands 5G (WM5G)

Roundtable organised by the UK5G with various key stakeholders sharing insights of the 5G activities in the UK and the value they bring to the economy and society
Moderator: Sylvia Lu, u-blox, UK5G
Speaker 1: Robert Franks, Managing Director of West Midlands 5G (WM5G)
Speaker 2: Catherine Gull, Head of UK Private Networks, Cellnex/Edzcom
Speaker 3: Dritan Kaleshi, Director of 5G Technology, Digital Catapult
Speaker 4: Chris Woolford, Director, International Spectrum Policy, Ofcom

Closing remarks – How to best collaborate with the UK, contact points, and focus areas of interest
Speaker: Mike Short, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for International Trade

Host: Espen Slette, Chief Advisor, Norwegian Communications Authority (NKOM)

Keynote – Introduction
Speaker: Gunn Karin Gjul, State Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation

Keynote – State of the nation
Speaker: Pål Wien Espen, General Director, Norwegian Communications Authority (NKOM)

Use Cases:
Autonomous shipping
Speaker: Jostein Braaten, Project Manager, YARA
Individualized aquaculture
Speaker: Snorre Jonassen, Region Manager, Cermaq Norway AS
Smart Agriculture
Speaker: Pål Johan From, CEO, Saga Robotics

Closing

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Host: Gerhard Fettweis, 5G Lab Germany

Opening
Host: Gerhard Fettweis, 5G Lab Germany

Keynote – 5G and Digital Vision of Germany
Speaker: Andreas Scheuer, the German Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure

Roundtable – Topic: 5G status, Value, and Development Direction in Germany
Moderator: Gerhard Fettweis, 5G Lab Germany
Speaker 1: Karsten Kemeter, CTO Mobile Communications, Deutsche Bahn
Speaker 2: Abdul Khalil, Research Associate, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
Speaker 3: Jörg Asma, Partner, Leader Digital Healthcare, PwC
Speaker 4: Sander Rotmensen, Director of Industrial Wireless Communication, Siemens

Use case: Private Networks – Industrial 5G Campus Networks: Experiences and Future Perspectives
Speaker: Andreas Müller, Head of Communication and Network Technology, Robert Bosch

Use case: Automotive – 5G as the Baseline Technology for More Traffic Safety, Efficiency, and Cybersecurity
Speaker: Maik Böres, Head of Mobility and Digital Car, BMW

Use case: Testing – Network Quality Evaluation in 5G Private Networks
Speaker: Anne Stephan, Vice President Mobile Network Testing, Rohde & Schwarz

Closing
Speaker: Florian Schröder, CEO, German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce

5G Forum Smart City

This presentation will give an introduction of the Smart City Executive Committee in 5G Forum, Korea. It will include activities of the 5G Forum with Smart City white paper, and various smart city projects in Korea. Some of the technical and governance issues that we have learned from the pilot 5G City project also will be addressed.