IEEE 5G Summit

Speakers

Dr. Jorge Pereira

Title: 5G Cross-Border Corridors
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Biography

Jorge Pereira obtained the Engineering and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal in 1983 and 1987, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering-Systems from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, in 1993.

He has been with the European Commission since September 1996, initially as Scientific Officer, becoming Principal Scientific Officer in 2005. He has remained in the same DG, dealing with ICT, covering a broad variety of areas, with a focus on networking, devices, applications and services, experimentation, testing and validation, as well as deployment. He is, since 2016, in the area of Future Connectivity Systems, focusing on 5G and beyond, where he is responsible for the areas of Advanced Spectrum Management; optical-wireless convergence; Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM); and Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR).

He is a member of the Advisory Board of John Wiley’s Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, and of the Editorial Board of Kluwer Academic Publishers’ Wireless Personal Communications Journal.

He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer in Portugal and a Member of the IEEE, where he is Associate Editor for Mobile Radio, including Vehicular Communications, for the IEEE VTS Magazine, and a member of the IEEE 5G Summit Steering Committee of the IEEE Communications Society. He also served as Associate Editor of the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks

Dr. Jorge Pereira Principal Officer
European Commission

Professor Rahim Tafazolli

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Regius Professor of Electronic Engineering and Professor of Mobile and Satellite Communications, Founder/Director of 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) and Director of the Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey.

Regius Professor Tafazolli is distinguished for his outstanding contribution to strategic research and development in future mobile and wireless communications including areas such as ad hoc networking, novel mobile architectures, massive MIMO, Green Communications and the Internet of Things (IoT). He is the inventor of the NOMA technique for Mass connectivity in 5G and Beyond 5G.

In Europe he pioneered clean slate research on Future Internet called “post-IP” era Internet. He is renowned for establishing the world’s first 5G Innovation Centre at Surrey University, which has galvanised national and international interest and funding for next generation mobile communications.

Professor Rahim Tafazolli

Director, Institute for Communication
Systems, University of Surrey

Bernard Duval

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Bernard Duval is a technology transformation management consultant focusing on 5G disruptive technologies. He manages several collaborative research projects between industry and universities as part of the ENCQOR project, Canada's first pre-commercial 5G digital infrastructure corridor. The project is intended to make 5G networks accessible to Canadian businesses, researchers and universities, helping them realize its potential, promoting long-term economic growth within Canada’s innovation ecosystem.

With over 20 years of managerial and advising experience in the information technology, e-commerce and communication sectors, Bernard focuses on negotiating and building partnerships, thereby bringing a business agreement or an innovation project to fruition.

Bernard Duval

Manager, Research
MITACS, Montreal, Canada