6G@UT FORUM
in partnership with
Ericsson
Agenda
Check-in/Breakfast
8 AM
The University of Texas at Austin
Engineering Education & Research Center (EER)
Mulva Auditorium
Opening Remarks
8:45 AM
Welcome and Introduction to 6G@UT
Dean Roger Bonnecaze, Cockrell School of Engineering
Professor Jeff Andrews, Director, 6G@UT
Keynote
9:00 AM
6G - Taking XR to the Next Level
Magnus Frodigh
Vice President and Head of Ericsson Research
Technical Talk
9:45 AM
Path to 6G and Immersive Experiences
Karri Kuoppamaki
Senior Vice President, Technology Development and Strategy, T-Mobile
Coffee Break
10:15 AM
Technical Talk
10:45 AM
Towards Perceptually Optimized XR Compression
Professor Al Bovik
Director of LIVE Lab, 6G@UT, UT Austin
Panel
11:15 AM
From 5G to 6G: Redefining the Boundaries of Human Experience
with XR and Immersive Services
Moderator
Mischa Dohler, Vice President, Emerging Technologies, Ericsson
Panelists
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Tom Novlan, Lead Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs
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Giampaolo (GP) Tardioli, Vice President, Keysight
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Aris Papapsakellariou, Vice President, Samsung
Lunch
12:15 PM
Poster Session &
XR Demos
1 PM
6G@UT researchers present their work on a broad array of topics. Select laboratories and attendees offer live demos of the latest in XR technology.
Technical Talk
2 PM
See What I See: Egocentric Video Understanding and the Future of AR
Professor Kristen Grauman
Research Director, Meta AI; Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Technical Talk
2:30 PM
Scaling the Enterprise Metaverse
Vishal Shah
GM of AR/VR, Lenovo
Coffee Break
3 PM
Technical Talk
3:20 PM
XR Evolution from 5G to 6G
Hemanth Sampath
VP of Engineering, Qualcomm
Panel
3:50 PM
Sensing and Communications for XR Immersion
Moderator
Professor Todd Humphreys, Director of WNCG, UT Austin
Panelists
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Harish Viswanathan, Head of Radio Systems Research, Nokia Bell Labs
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Geoffrey Bund, CEO of Headwall VR
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Professor Ahmed AlKhateeb, Wireless Intelligence Laboratory, Arizona State University
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Professor Ashutosh Sabharwal, Chair of ECE Department, Rice University
Reception
5:00 PM
Forum ajourns
Refreshments provided and discussions continue