5G for Smart Communities Support Platform

Welcome and Introduction

Moderator: Jean-Luc Lemmens, CEO, IDATE

Chair: Dimitri Jungblut, Project Coordinator, 5GMEC4EU

Keynote speech: 5G and edgeAI

Ilhem Fajjari, Project Leader and Senior Expert, Orange

Open discussion: 5G Use Cases & New Business Models – AI, APIs & Industry-Specific Innovation

Chair: Dimitri Jungblut, Project Coordinator, 5GMEC4EU

Co-Chair: Ioannis Patsouras, Solutions Architect / Project Manager, WINGS ICT Solutions (5G SHEAL enabled surgery planning with holograms)

Co-Chair: Clara Ulken, Project Manager, Gcore

Co-Chair: David Kennedy, Board Member, 6GSNS

🔹 AI-driven automation in 5G networks – predictive maintenance, energy efficiency, self-healing networks. 

🔹 Network APIs & monetisation – how open APIs enable new services and revenue streams. 

🔹 AI & APIs in vertical industries – transforming healthcare, smart cities, logistics, and manufacturing.

Welcome and Introduction  

Jan Droege, Project Director, 5GSC Support Platform  

Chair: Fredrik Engströmer, Head of Innovation, Region Stockholm  

Keynote speech: The SNCF’s Future Railway Mobile Communication System for train digital operation combined with passenger connectivity

Eric Giraud-Desjuzeur (SNCF RESEAU / Directions Techniques Réseau / DGOP DTU Programmes FRMCS)  

Keynote speech: Boosting regional attractiveness in the Danube Delta: Enhancing quality of life and economic opportunity through 5G connectivity and sustainable development   

Cristian Patachia Sultanoiu, Development & Innovation Manager, Orange Romania

Open discussion: Scaling 5G for Smart Cities & Urban Connectivity: Challenges, Opportunities & Cross-Sector Collaboration 

Chair: Fredrik Engströmer, Head of Innovation, Region Stockholm  

Co-Chair: Inga Barisa, Adviser, EU Digital Innovations, City of Riga   

Co-Chair: Tom Collins, Research Expert, Citymesh  

& members who have decided to attend the WG2

🔹 How 5G supports urban digital transformation: connectivity, low latency, and real-time data.  

🔹 Ensuring secure, resilient, and future-proof urban networks.  

🔹What are the best models for cooperation between telecom operators, municipalities, and industries?

Welcome and Introduction

Chair: Ioannis Patsouras, Senior Solutions Architect, WINGS ICT Solutions

Nikos Kastrinios, Sales / Product Manager, WINGS ICT

Rajeshwari Kanesin, 5G Lead and APAC Head, ApoQlar medical

Presentation projects: 5G TRACE, 5G SHEAL

Keynote presentation "Importance of Cloud and Edge AI for healthcare / hospitals"

Edgar Tamaliunas, 5GMEC4EU

Open discussion with the audience including the following projects:

• Project: 5G in Healthcare – Northern Region (PT)

Ricardo DINIS, Head of Mobile Network Analytics and I&D, NOS

• Projects: 5G4ASSAC and 5GCRESCA

Salvatore Vitabile, Professor, University of Palermo

Funda Goker, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Milan

Cinzia Campanella, Vodafone, just participating

• Project: Flanders Smart Fields

Alain Verheyden, Alliances Manager, e-BO Enterprises

Closing remarks

🔹 Evolution of Healthcare Solutions Using 5G and Edge AI

🔹 Innovative services in healthcare e.g. drones in healthcare logistics, emergency health interventions, robotics and autonomous hospitals

🔹 Technical role of edge in hospital environments

🔹 Need for 5G compatible end-user devices

🔹 5G for infrastracture resilience and for enabling healthcare in rural and remote areas

🔹 Initial recommendations for the European Commission 5G Community Conference October

Welcome and Introduction

Chair: Tom Collins, Researcher, CityMesh

Brief presentations and discussion including the following projects:

• Project: SmartMountain 5G

Didier Flaender, President, Numerisat

• Project: CAREWINGS

Heikki Almay, Co-Founder, Poutanet OY

• Project: AirborneRF

Gorazd Mirkovski, Project Director, Dimetor

Open discussion with the contributors:

• Project: Flanders Smart Fields

  Alain Verheyden, e-BO Enterprises

• Project: 5G4LIFE

  Inga Barisa and Stanislav Šeiko, City of Riga, and Vladimirs Petrovs, Latvian Mobile Telephone

Closing remarks

🔹 Access to Infrastructure

🔹 Spectrum allocation and management

🔹 Safety awareness

🔹 Power requirements and energy constraints

🔹Network architecture challenges

🔹Building awareness and stakeholder engagement

🔹Rapid technology evolution and its impact

🔹Technical documentation and practices

🔹Anti-drone security solutions

🔹Synergies with EU programmes such as CEF DIG and SNS-JU

Welcome and Introduction - Challenges of 5GMEC Implementation

Chair: Edgar Tamaliunas, Consultant, 5GMEC4EU

5G-WAT-ERR-IB: Deploying 5G for Public Services

Goran Živec, Director, VAHTA

5G Risk Assesment

• Keynote speech by Andrew Paskauskas, Research Associate, Lithuanian Cybercrime Center of Excellence for Training, Research and Education

• Open discussion

5G-Core-as-a-Service

• Keynote speech by Johannes Weicksel, Head of Business Development, CampusGenius

• Open discussion

Socio-economic value transfer models

• Keynote speech by Nicolas Stichel, Senior Manager, 5GMEC4EU

• Final feedback and open discussion

Closing Remarks

🔹Challenges of 5GMEC Implementation

🔹5G Risk Assesment

🔹 5G-Core-as-a-Service

🔹 Socio-economic value transfer models

Welcome and Introduction

Chair: Christophe Bodin, Director, CBO Consulting

Keynote speech: MPNs and the related unlocked use cases

Francesco Macri', 5G MPN Product Manager, Fastweb&Vodafone

Keynote speech: Lessons learned from GUIDE and 5G Corridors

Pierre-Yves Danet, Smart Connectivity Senior Consultant

Open discussion: Business Models for 5G pilots - creating sustainable revenue streams

Chair: Christophe Bodin, Director, CBO Consulting

Co-Chair: Micaela Bassani, Senior Manager, Vodafone&Fastweb

& members who have decided to attend the WG3

🔹What are the most successful commercial applications emerging from 5G pilots?  

🔹What support is required for scaling 5G investments? 

🔹How can different sectors collaborate to drive 5G adoption and monetization?  

🔹Public-private partnerships (PPPs) and co-investment models for 5G rollouts.