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Programme

​Third annual ITU IMT-2020/5G Workshop and Demo Day – 2018
Geneva, Switzerland, 18 July 2018

Contact: tsbevents@itu.int

Day 1, 18 July 2018

08:30 - 09:00Registration
09:00 - 09:20 Opening Ceremony
09:20 - 11:00Session 1: IMT-2020/5G standardization (part 1): activities and future plan in ITU-T SGs
This session will present the main achievements and current activities of ITU-T Study Groups in IMT-2020 standardization. It will also give an overview on the ITU-T future plan in relation with IMT-2020 standards.

Moderator:  Dr Leo Lehmann, ITU-T SG13 Chairman [ Biography ]
        
Q&A
11:00 - 11:20 Tea/ Coffee Break
11:20 - 13:00​​Session 2:  IMT-2020/5G standardization (part 2): activities in other Groups
The objective of this session is to present the major current and future activities of other groups working on IMT2020 standards including standards development organizations, consortia and forums.

Moderator: Dr Rim Belhassine-Cherif, ITU-T SG13 Vice-chairperson, Tunisie Télécom, Tunisia [ Biography ]
              
Q&A
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:20Session 3: Industry’s achievements on IMT-2020/5G and potential future developments
This session will give an overview on the latest achievements of industry in relation with IMT-2020/5G infrastructure, applications and services and will discuss their vision on the future with focus on potential technical issues that could be addressed by standards.

Moderator: Mr Marco Carugi, ITU-T SG13 Mentor, Consultant [ Biography ]
Q&A
15:20- 16:40 Session 4: IMT-2020/5G Demos and Proof of Concept (Part1)
This session will give an opportunity to the industry stakeholders and other groups to present IMT-2020/5G demos and Proof of Concept which were already/still will be implemented.

Moderator: Mr Simon Bugaba, SG13RG-AFR chairman, Q5/13 co-Rapporteur, Uganda Communications Commission, Uganda [ Biography
Q&A
16:40 - 17:00Tea/ Coffee Break
​​ 17:00 - 17:40Session 5: IMT-2020/5G Demos and Proof of Concept (Part2): Live demos
​​​ 17:40 - 18:10 Future Steps in Network Development including 5G and beyond

 *To be confirmed