{"id":3230,"date":"2020-05-05T07:22:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T06:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.5gforum.es\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2020-05-05T08:35:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T07:35:50","slug":"tomorrow-starts-the-virtual-5g-forum-with-more-than-30-speakers-demos-and-exclusive-networking-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.5gforum.es\/en\/tomorrow-starts-the-virtual-5g-forum-with-more-than-30-speakers-demos-and-exclusive-networking-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"TOMORROW STARTS THE VIRTUAL 5G FORUM WITH MORE THAN 30 SPEAKERS, DEMOS AND EXCLUSIVE NETWORKING SESSIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow the third edition of the 5G Forum starts, the first in virtual format, which will be held on May 6th and 7th. After the cancellation of the Mobile World Congress, the Virtual 5G Forum 2020 has become\u00a0a unique opportunity to learn about the latest advances in 5G technology<\/strong>, concentrated in 2 days, with more than 30 speakers, and 20 minute keynotes in an agile format, so that anyone can have an overview of what is happening in 5G in the rest of the world and, above all, in Spain.<\/p>\n

Viewers will have first hand views of the\u00a0European Commission and Eurovision, and the latest on what is happening in Korea, China, Japan, USA, UK, France, Greece, Finland and Germany<\/strong>. In addition, you will find out everything that is being done in Spain: from the Ministry’s plans, to the main projects being developed in Barcelona, Seville, Malaga, Vitoria, Madrid and Valencia.<\/p>\n

Peter Stuckmann, Head of the Future Connectivity Systems Unit of the European Commission<\/strong>, who will be the keynote speaker, will open the Virtual 5G Forum with a keynote on\u00a0the vision and current state of 5G in Europe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Maite Arcos, the Director General of Telecommunications and Audiovisual Communication Services Management<\/strong>, will also welcome all virtual attendees to the event.<\/p>\n

Federico Ruiz, Director of the 5G National Observatory (ON5G)<\/strong>, will follow with a report on 5G at such a key moment.<\/p>\n

David Cierco, General Manager of Red.es<\/strong>, will introduce the participation of\u00a0Vodafone Business which, through the General Manager of Vodafone Spain Companies, Daniel Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong>, will show some of the 32 practical cases of use in which the operator is applying the benefits of 5G technology in the sectors of energy, industry, intelligent cities, tourism, agriculture, health and dependence, security, emergencies and defence, society and digital economy.<\/p>\n

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After Daniel Jim\u00e9nez’s speech, there will be a panel session moderated by\u00a0Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda Vieira, Director of Digital Public Services of Red.es<\/strong>, with the participation of\u00a0Rafael Alcaide, Territorial Director in Andalusia, Extremadura, Ceuta and Melilla of Vodafone Business; Raquel Barco, Vice-Chancellor of Smart Campus of the University of Malaga (UMA); Enrique Colilles, General Director of Trops; and Pilar Rodr\u00edguez, Strategy, Innovation& R&D Director of Altran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This panel session\u00a0will analyze the various use cases that are being carried out within the 5G pilot project of Vodafone Business<\/strong>, as well as the role that 5G is playing and will play in the exit of the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Angel L\u00f3pez Mayoralas, Head of Solutions Validation Services for Cisco EMEAR & APJC<\/strong>, will explain to the participants of the Virtual 5G Forum, how the e-commerce leader in Japan, in collaboration with Cisco, has designed\u00a0this pioneering network with end-to-end automation and virtualization of native cloud functions<\/strong>, becoming a 5G mobile provider with a level of disruption unique in the industry.<\/p>\n

On the other hand,\u00a0Daniel Borr\u00e1s, director of Marketing and Business Development at Samsung Networks Europe<\/strong>, will present the trends in this country and also the next innovations around 5G technology.<\/p>\n

In his keynote, Samsung\u00a0will explain the importance of this cooperation and other keys to the successful development of 5G in Korea, as well as Samsung’s vision for the near future of this technology<\/strong>. Daniel Borr\u00e1s will show the evolution of 5G and the next technological innovations from the company’s point of view, such as the millimeter band, Stand Alone architecture or virtualization.<\/p>\n

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After Daniel Borr\u00e1s’ speech, \u00c1lvaro Villegas, Director of Nokia Bell Labs Espa\u00f1a, will present at the Virtual 5G Forum 2020 a device through which\u00a0we will move from conventional video calls to “teleportation”<\/strong>, called “The Owl”. This device would be placed at a point within a group of people providing immersive audio and 360\u00ba vision to a person who is remotely connected with virtual reality glasses.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Vice President of sales of Intracom Telecom for Italy, Spain, Portugal and Latin America, Ercole Rovida<\/strong>, will be responsible, on behalf of the European multinational, to advance the “mega-trends” that will be imposed in the coming years in the post-crisis Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Afterwards,\u00a0David Gonzalo, T&M Sales Manager of the multinational Rohde & Schwarz\u00a0<\/strong>will give us an introduction to the free webinar that the company will offer on Thursday, May 7th at 2:30pm as part of the 5G Forum, entitled “5G network simulation for carrying out measurements on mobile devices”.<\/p>\n