NSF US-ALIGNS: Speaker Information
Opening Speakers
Erwin Gianchandani
Opening Speaker
Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Directorate
U.S. National Science Foundation
08:30am - 08:45am — Welcoming Message from NSF
Lance Collins
Opening Speaker
Vice President of the Greater Washington, D.C., Area
Virginia Tech
Member, National Academy of Engineering
08:45am - 08:50am — Welcoming Message from VT
Sudharman K. Jayaweera
Opening Speaker
Program Director, Emerging Technologies Section
Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Directorate, U.S. National Science Foundation
08:50am - 09:00am — Why This Workshop & Why Now?
Keynote Speakers
Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm Fellow
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc
“Success in 6G: What Does it Mean? How Do We Get There?”
09:05am - 9:30am — Morning Keynote
Jim Lansford
Senior Director of Technical Standards
DeepSig Inc
“How Wi-Fi Standards Get Created Now, What Comes Next”
09:30am - 09:55am — Morning Keynote
Martin Weiss
Director for FutureG Applied Research; Technical Lead for Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions
U.S. Department of War (OUSD R&E)
“Reinvigorating Innovation in Standards Setting”
01:00pm - 01:25pm — Afternoon Keynote
Asha Keddy
Vice President of Global Technology Standards
Cisco
“A Framework for U.S Leadership for AI-ML Intelligent 6G Infrastructure”
01:25pm - 01:50pm — Afternoon Keynote
Panel 1: Academia-Industry Collaboration within Existing Wireless Standardization Frameworks
Robert Calderbank
Moderator
Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor; Member of NAS; Member of NAE
Duke University
10:00am - 11:00am — Panel 1 Moderator
Clara Li
Panelist
Senior Principal Engineer, 3GPP RAN Prime Representative & Head of 6G Technology Development
Intel Corporation
10:00am - 11:00am — Panel 1 Panelist
Wei Zeng
Panelist
Senior Engineering Manager, 3GPP RAN1 Lead
Apple Inc.
10:00am - 11:00am — Panel 1 Panelist
Steve McKnight
Panelist
Vice President for Strategic Alliances
Virginia Tech
10:00am - 11:00am — Panel 1 Panelist
Aylin Yener
Panelist
Vice President for Technical Activities
IEEE
Roy and Lois Chope Professor.
The Ohio State University
10:00am - 11:00am — Panel 1 Panelist
Alex Sprintson
Panelist
Academic Fellow and Chair of Research Council
NextG Alliance
Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
George Mason University
10:00am - 11:00am — Panel 1 Panelist
Panel 2: Regional versus Global Standardization Efforts for Existing Wireless Standards
Susan Miller
Moderator
President and Chief Executive Officer
ATIS
11:00am - 12:00pm — Panel 2 Moderator
Chris Boyer
Panelist
Vice President, Global Security and Technology Policy
AT&T
11:00am - 12:00pm — Panel 2 Panelist
Bill Davenport
Panelist
Senior Director for Connectivity and Technology Policy
Cisco
11:00am - 12:00pm — Panel 2 Panelist
Sarah Skaluba
Panelist
6G Policy Lead & Senior Policy Advisor, Standards Engagement and Telecom Policy
NTIA
11:00am - 12:00pm — Panel 2 Panelist
Kuntal Chowdhury
Panelist
6G Developer Relations Manager and Technical Evangelist
NVIDIA
11:00am - 12:00pm — Panel 2 Panelist
Ian Pannell
Panelist
Chief Engineer
GSMA
11:00am - 12:00pm — Panel 2 Panelist
Panel 3: Standards and Commercial Wireless for Private Enterprise
Alexander Hamilton
Moderator
Chair of NATO Wireless Communications Standards Project
NATO
Director of Science, Technology & Standardization
Nokia
02:00pm - 03:00pm — Panel 3 Moderator
Vijitha Weerackody
Panelist
Technical Lead, Communication and Networking Systems Group
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
02:00pm - 03:00pm — Panel 3 Panelist
Sridhar Kowdley
Panelist
Technical Manager
DHS S&T
02:00pm - 03:00pm — Panel 3 Panelist
Bryan Helmick
Panelist
Business Development Manager for Wireless
Rohde Schwarz
02:00pm - 03:00pm — Panel 3 Panelist
Stephan Fuss
Panelist
Principal Research Engineer in the Information and Communications Laboratory
GTRI
02:00pm - 03:00pm — Panel 3 Panelist
Martin Doczkat
Panelist
Chief, Electromagnetic Compatibility Division, Office of Engineering and Technology
FCC
02:00pm - 03:00pm — Panel 3 Panelist
Panel 4: Networking Innovation for the Small & Medium Enterprise: Navigating Standards Landscape
Sridhar Rajagopal
Moderator
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ennoia-Tech
03:00pm - 04:00pm — Panel 4 Moderator
John Baker
Panelist
Senior Vice President Business Development
MDA Space
03:00pm - 04:00pm — Panel 4 Panelist
Anton Monk
Panelist
Senior Vice President, Strategy
Cohere Technologies
03:00pm - 04:00pm — Panel 4 Panelist
Sastry Kompella
Panelist
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Nexcepta Inc.
03:00pm - 04:00pm — Panel 4 Panelist
Jeff Metzger
Panelist
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships
InterDigital Inc.
03:00pm - 04:00pm — Panel 4 Panelist
Hugh Harney
Panelist
President and Founder
Axiom Inc.
03:00pm - 04:00pm — Panel 4 Panelist
Breakout Group Moderators
Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr.
Moderator
Senior Vice President of Engineering; Qualcomm Fellow
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Round 1 Breakout Group 1 — Room 4100
Round 2 New Breakout Group 1 — Co-Moderator
Rose Hu
Moderator
Department Head, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech
Round 1 Breakout Group 2 — Room 4110
Round 2 New Breakout Group 1 — Co-Moderator
Jennifer Manner
Moderator
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and International Strategy
AST SpaceMobile
Round 1 Breakout Group 3 — Room 4120
Round 2 New Breakout Group 1 — Co-Moderator
Abhimanyu (Manu) Gosain
Moderator
Co-Chair, 6G Working Group
FCC TAC
Round 1 Breakout Group 4 — Room 4130
Round 2 New Breakout Group 2 — Co-Moderator
Jaydee Griffith
Moderator
Managing Director
NextG Alliance
Round 1 Breakout Group 5 — Room 4140
Round 2 New Breakout Group 2 — Co-Moderator
David Simpson
Moderator
Professor of Practice
Virginia Tech
Round 1 Breakout Group 5 — Room 4140
Ian Wong
Moderator
Senior Director, RF and Wireless Architecture
VIAVI Solutions
Round 1 Breakout Group 6 — Room 4150
Round 2 New Breakout Group 2 — Co-Moderator
Closing Speakers
Dr. Kirk Cameron
Closing Speaker
Associate Vice President and Managing Director
Institute for Advanced Computing, Virginia Tech
12:55pm - 01:00pm — Closing Remark
