Event Recording | The GSMA 13th EMF Forum 2024: Learnings From Five Years of 5G EMF

Event Recording | The GSMA 13th EMF Forum 2024: Learnings From Five Years of 5G EMF

Start: Tuesday 1 October 2024 09:00

End: Tuesday 1 October 2024 16:30

Venue: Le Louise Hotel Brussels - MGallery

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Since its inception five years ago, 5G technology has achieved unprecedented user adoption, yet its journey to becoming the leading mobile technology is still unfolding. The 13th GSMA EMF Forum provided a unique platform to delve into the experience gained from the 5G rollout, what we know about EMF levels, and developments in standardisation.

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09:00-14:00 GSMA EMF Forum 2024 – hybrid sessions.

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14:00-16:30 GSMA workshop with IEC TC106 MT3 experts on 5G RF-EMF exposure assessment best practice – in person only.

  • Base stations RF-EMF exposure assessment methods standardization: a tutorial on methods in IEC 62232 and IEC TR62669

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  • IEC TR 62669 5G NR FR1 extrapolation for in situ RF exposure assessment: measurement campaign D exposure measurements

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  • GSMA EMF Forum 2024 workshop with IEC TC106 MT3 experts: demonstrating practical 5G EMF test methods

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Agenda
09:00-09:15

Introduction to the 13th GSMA EMF Forum

  • Dr Jack Rowley, Senior Director, Research & Sustainability, GSMA

09:15-10:15

Science perspective:

  • Progress of the international Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) study
  • Progress of SEAWave within the CLUE-H research cluster
  • Professor Maria Feychting, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • Professor Theo Samaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, coordinator of SEAWave, and member of the European Commission Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER)
  • Facilitator: DI Manfred Ruttner, A1 Telekom Austria - Deputy Chair GSMA EMF and Health

10:15-10:45

Q&A session with science speakers

  • Professor Akimasa Hirata (remote), Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan and International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) Chair 2024-2028
  • Dr Dan Baaken, German Federal Office for Radiation Protection and ICNIRP Scientific Secretary 2024-2028
  • Professor Maria Feychting, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • Professor Theo Samaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, coordinator of SEAWave, and member of the European Commission Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER)
  • Facilitator: DI Manfred Ruttner, A1 Telekom Austria - Deputy Chair GSMA EMF and Health

10:45-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:30

The World Health Organization (WHO) Task Group on Radiofrequency Fields and Health

  • Dr Emilie van Deventer, Head, Radiation and Health Unit, WHO
  • Facilitator: Dr Jack Rowley, GSMA

11:30-12:30

The experience of five years of 5G EMF evaluations:

  • Overview of the IEC TC106 work on base station RF-EMF assessment methods.
  • RF-EMF levels before and after 5G, what does it mean for the future?
  • Evolution of RF-EMF levels in Poland following limit change and 5G launch.
  • The contribution of 5G small cells to RF-EMF levels.
  • Q&A session
  • Dr Teruo Onishi (remote), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, NICT, Japan - Chair International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TC 106
  • Christophe Grangeat, Nokia – Convenor, IEC TC106 MT 3
  • Dr Ourouk Jawad, Radiofrequency Engineer, Market surveillance and public exposure division, ANFR, France
  • Dr Lidia Stepinska-Ustasiak, T-Mobile, Poland
  • Professor Wout Joseph, Ghent University, Belgium
  • Facilitator: Sami Gabriel, Vodafone - Deputy Chair GSMA EMF and Health

12:30-12:45

Summary and conclusions

 

  • Mike Wood, Telstra – Chair GSMA EMF and Health

12:45-14:00

Lunch and networking

14:00-16:30

GSMA workshop with IEC TC106 MT3 experts on 5G RF-EMF exposure assessment best practice (in person only)

  • Dr Jack Rowley, Senior Director, Research & Sustainability, GSMA
  • Christophe Grangeat, Nokia – Convenor, IEC TC106 MT 3
  • Expert contributors, IEC TC106 MT 3