MITRE Engenuity 2021 Open Generation 5G Summit

MITRE Engenuity 2021 Open Generation 5G Summit

Start: Monday 27 September 2021 09:00

End: Tuesday 28 September 2021 18:00

Venue: Virtual

Getting to Our 5G Future Faster

A Free, Live Virtual Event 

Join leading visionaries and pioneers achieving the unachievable in 5G innovation.

Six virtual 5G events in one Summit. Highlights include:  

  • Influential industry and government leaders in 5G and UAS.
  • Examples of experimental work our members are doing to accelerate 5G commercialization.
  • Discussions around overcoming 5G challenges.

Your Hosts:

  • Dr. Ajit Kahaduwe, Managing Director of Incubation & New Product Development at MITRE Accelerator
  • Dr. Leila Ribeiro, Technology Director, MITRE Engenuity Open Generation

Confirmed speakers and presenters: 

  • Barbara Pareglio, Executive Director for Connectivity for Aviation and Drones, GSMA
  • Charles Clancy, Senior Vice President, General Manager, MITRE Labs, Chief Futurist
  • Laurie Giandomenico, Vice President & Chief Acceleration Officer, MITRE Accelerator
  • Paul Challoner, VP Network Product Solutions, Ericsson
  • Marcus Weldon, Former CTO at Nokia and President of Bell Labs
  • Thierry Klein, VP, Enterprise and Industrial Automation Research Lab, Nokia
  • Gerry Libunao, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Verizon
  • Andrew Thiesson, Senior Principal 5G and NextG Technologist, MITRE
  • Elise Neel, VP, New Business Incubation, Verizon
  • Prasanth Ananth, Technical Leader for Drone Research – Enterprise & Industrial Automation, Nokia
  • Barbara Baffer, VP, Government & Industry Relations, Ericsson

Event topics:

  • Generational Impact: The Importance of Accelerating 5G
  • The Visions Driving 5G: Unleashing World-Changing Use Cases
  • Innovation at the Edges: New Frontiers with 5G Architecture 
  • For Public Good: The Vitality of 5G, National Interests, and Global Impact 
  • Radical Collaboration: Solving Complex Challenges with 5G
  • Defining Standards: Bringing Best Practices to the Unprecedented Breadth of 5G

Register now to book your access, receive event updates, lineup additions, and attendance information.

Speakers

Barbara Pareglio

Senior Technical Director, Smart Mobility Lead, GSMA

Since 2014, she has been the technical lead for several areas of focus within the GSMA such as 5G, IoT, automotive, aviation and more. Looking at how to best utilise new technologies and services from the constantly evolving mobile networks, like 5G-Advanced.

Barbara is also leading several activities and communities with the GSMA members, like the activities related to smart mobility, including automotive and advanced air mobility. The latter by leading the GSMA Drone Interest Group and the Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity, to investigate and help the mobile industry to create a trusted solution for commercial unmanned aircraft. Exploring features and capabilities of 4G and 5G needed for the aviation.

Barbara has over 20 years of experience in the mobile industry. Before joining the GSMA, Barbara worked in R&D in several areas of telecommunications. She also participates and actively contributed to, several standards.