SSIE 2026: Technical Program Track 1
New Frontiers of Beyond-5G Networks
School dates: Monday 06 - Friday 10 July, 2026
SSIE is organized by the Department of Information Engineering (DEI) at the University of Padova. In line with the school tradition, SSIE 2026 Track 1 will cover very timely and cutting-edge research areas, covering theory, systems and applications in next-generation telecommunications.
Monday, July 6 | |
09:00 – 13:30 | Free morning |
13:30 – 14:00 | Marco Giordani – University of Padova, Italy Welcome address and logistics |
14:00 – 15:30 | Joerg Widmer – IMDEA Networks, Spain Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00 – 17:30 | Sundeep Rangan – New York University (NYU), United States Spectrally Agile Systems for the Upper Mid-Band |
Tuesday, July 7 | |
09:30 – 11:00 | Marco Di Renzo – CentraleSupelec, France MIMO / Next-generation antennas for 6G |
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 – 13:00 | Petar Popovski – Aalborg University, Denmark Quantum communication |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 – 17:30 | |
Wednesday, July 8 | |
08:45 – 17:30 | NETWORKING EVENT (HIKING) With lunch on the mountain chalet |
Thursday, July 9 | |
09:30 – 11:00 | Francesca Meneghello – Northeastern University (NEU), United States Semantic communications for 6G |
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 – 13:00 | Nicola Piovesan – Huawei Technologies, France Agentic AI: Unlocking the Next Generation of Network Automation |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 – 17:30 | STUDENT WORKSHOP |
Friday, July 10 | |
09:30 – 11:00 | Fosca Giannotti – University of Pisa, Italy Explainable AI in 6G |
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 – 13:00 | Giovanni Apruzzese – Reykjavik University, Iceland The interplay between Machine Learning and Cybersecurity |
13:00 – 13:30 | CLOSING CEREMONY |
13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
Registrations are open!
Technical Endorsements
SSIE’26 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges grant number 101129618.
