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December 3

EST(US)	GMT(EU)	Activities
8:25 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	1:25 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Opening Remarks General Chair Remarks, Kaveh Pahlavan WPI Provost Remarks,Winston Soboyejo Executive Chair Remarks, Reza Zekavat
8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Shaygan Kheradpir , Former CTIO Verizon, Group COO Barclays, CEOs Juniper Networks & Coriant (Introduced by Kaveh Pahlavan) Talk Title: The New Technology Era is Upon Us - Undergird by 5G
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	2:15p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Lajos Hanzo , University of Southampton, UK (Introduced by Savo Glisic) Talk Title: Benefits of using QC in wireless communications
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m	2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m	First Break
10:00 a.m - 11:15 a.m	3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m	Panel 1: Advances in QC on Spectrum Management and Regulations Moderator: Savo Glisic (WPI) Panelists: Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK Talk Title: Benefits of using QC in wireless communications Jeffrey H Shapiro , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Talk Title: The quantum limit on wireless communication of classical information Luis F. Zuluaga, Lehigh University Talk Title: Quantum computing in spectrum management and regulation Savo Glisic, WPI Talk Title: Quantum Search Algorithms
11:15 a.m - 11:30 a.m	4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Second Break
11:30 a.m - 1:00 p.m	4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Panel 2: Spectrum Sharing for 6G and Beyond Moderator: Ali Abedi (U of Maine) Panelists: Ekram Hossain, U. of Manitoba Talk Title: Spectrally-Efficient Multiple Access Design in the Beyond 5G Era: From Cellular NOMA to Cell-Free NOMA Yingying Chen, Rutgers University Talk Title: Near Real-time Spectrum Usage Detection and Sharing via Mobile Sensing Maziar Nekovee, Sussex University, UK (Formerly Chief Engineer at Samsung) Talk Title: Spectrum sharing for vertical sectors Sastri Kota, President, SoHum Consultants Talk Title: Spectrum Sharing Challenges for Non-Terrestrial Networks in 6G Era Scott Burleigh, NASA JPL, and Vice Chair, InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group Talk Title: Delay-Tolerant Networking for Spectrum Economy
1:00 p.m - 1:15 p.m.	6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.	Third Break
1:15 p.m - 1:45 p.m	6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Preston Marshall , Co-Chair of Spectrum Sharing Committee, CBRS Standards, Wireless Innovation Forum (Introduced by Ali Abedi) Talk Title: Unmet Technical and Policy Research Needs for Sharing and More Effective Utilization of Spectrum
1:45 p.m - 3:15 p.m.	6:45 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.	Panel 3: Economy and Business Development for Spectrum Sharing Moderator: Oleg V. Pavlov (WPI) Panelists: Masoud Olfat, Federated Wireless Talk Title: CBRS: A real world success for dynamic Spectrum Sharing Randall Berry, Northwestern University Talk Title: The Interplay between Economics and Technology for Spectrum Access Jerry Ellig, George Washington University Talk Title: A Brief History of Spectrum Allocation Jeff Prince, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Talk Title: An Economic Assessment of Spectrum Auctions in the U.S. George C. Polyzos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Talk Title: Spectrum Smart Contracts for Ephemeral Connectivity Environments Mohammad Akhtar, Former SVP Motorola Asia Pacific and Middle East Talk Title: Utilizing spectrum sharing to achieve an efficient and economical wireless network architecture
3:15 p.m - 3:30 p.m	8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m	Fourth Break
3:30 p.m - 5:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Panel 4: Hardware and RF for Spectrum Management Moderator: Gregory D Durgin (GaTech) Panelists: Steven Best, Megawave Co. Talk Title: Antenna Technology Unlocks Future Spectrum Availability Paul Jaffe, Naval Research Laboratories Talk Title: Power Beaming and Space Solar Matthew Trotter, Georgia Tech Research Institute Talk Title: Edge Computing and Software-Defined Radio for Spectrum Collaboration Kobus Van Der Merwe, University of Utah Talk Title: Using the POWDER platform for spectrum management research Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh, Arizona State University Talk Title: RF Devices for Future Spectrum Usage Mohammad Akhtar, Former SVP Motorola Asia Pacific and Middle East Talk Title: Active/Smart Antennas required to unlock the full potentials of 6G and beyond

December 4

EST(US)	GMT(EU)	Activities
8:25 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	1:25 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Opening Remarks Kaveh Pahlavan, General Chair
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Reza Arefi, Director, Spectrum Strategy at Intel Corporation (Introduced by Reza Zekavat) Talk Title: Spectrum Sharing – The Road Not Taken
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Ian Akyildiz, Director of the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory (Introduced by Gregory D Durgin) Talk Title: Enabling Wireless Communication in TeraHertz Bands
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	First Break
9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Panel 5: Education and Workforce Development to Broaden Participation Moderator: Suzanne Weekes (Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, ad interim, WPI Professor of Mathematical Sciences, WPI Incoming Executive Director, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Panelists: Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University Talk Title: Incorporating Inclusion-Diversity-Equity Concepts in Undergraduate Engineering Education Susan McKay, Founding Director of the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education and Professor of Physics Talk Title: Using Research-Practice Partnerships to Build and Sustain Improvements in Education and Workforce Development Kathy Chen, Exec Director STEM Education, WPI Talk Title: Innovative and Inclusive Education Elke Rundensteiner, Founding Director of the Data Science Program, Professor, Computer Science, WPI Talk Title: Developing Graduate Professional Leaders For Diverse Career Paths Elliot Moore II, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech Talk Title: Defining Undergraduate Career Paths for Impact in Diversity and Inclusion Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society Talk Title: The role of professional societies in career and workforce development
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Second Break
11:30 a.m - 1:00 p.m	4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Panel 6: Edge and Cloud Network Architectures for Spectrum Sharing Moderator: Weisong Shi (WSU) Panelists: Jeongho Jeon, Samsung Research USA Talk Title: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for Beyond 5G and 6G Fan Bai, General Motors Talk Title: Automotive Cloud Computing Kandan Kathirvel, AT&T Talk Title: RAN disaggregation and role of edge computing in RAN Innovation Collin Castle, Michigan Department of Transportation Talk Title: Cooperative Automated Transportation (CAT) Infrastructure Readiness Mohammad Akhtar,Former SVP Motorola Asia Pacific and Middle East Talk Title: The role of o-RAN (open radio access network) in the enablement of Edge/Cloud architectures Onur Altintas, Senior Executive Engineer, Toyota Talk Title: Spectrum for Vehicles
1:00 p.m - 1:15 p.m.	6:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.	Third Break
1:15 p.m - 1:45 p.m	6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.	Keynote Speaker Georgios B. Giannakis, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Minnesota (Introduced by Donald Brown) Talk Title: Sparsity and Low Rank for Inference of Cognitive Network States
1:45 p.m - 3:15 p.m.	6:45 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.	Panel 7: THz Technologies for Spectrum Sharing Moderator: Alenka Zajic (GaTech) Panelists: Roya Doostnejad, Intel Talk Title: Future of THz Wireless Communications Gerhard Schoenthal, Virginia Diodes Inc. Talk Title: Future directions for THz hardware Jeanne Quimby, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Talk Title: Future directions for THz hardware and communications Ingmar Kallfass, U of Stuttgart Talk Title: The viability of terahertz directional links to provide Gigabit data rates in real-world wireless communication systems Victor M. Lubecke, University of Hawaii Talk Title:
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	8:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Fourth Break
3:30 p.m - 5:00 p.m.	8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Panel 8: Machine Learning and Data Sciences for Spectrum Sharing Moderator: Reza Zekavat (WPI) Panelists: Mike Fang, University of Florida Talk Title: Architectural Network Design for Intelligent Spectrum Sharing Liuqing Yang, University of Minnesota Talk Title: Model-Enhanced Learning-based Detection (ME-LeaD) for Multi-User 1-bit mmWave Zhiguo Ding, University of Manchester Talk Title: Feature Extraction to Facilitate Applications of Machine Learning in Wireless Networks Deniz Gunduz, Imperial College London Talk Title: Adversarial Attacks Against Deep Learning-Based Modulation Classifiers Shucheng Yu, Stevens Institute of Technology Talk Title: Privacy and robustness of distribute learning based spectrum sharing Omid Semiari, University of Colorado- Colorado Springs Talk Title: Spectrum Management for AI-Enabled Industrial IoT Networks
5:00 p.m - 5:15 p.m.	10:00 p.m. - 10:15 p.m.	Closing Remarks