Conference Program

16:00

Check-in

Open from 16:00 to 18:00

19:30

 Chairs' Dinner (by invitation only)

 The dinner will be held at Trattoria Bertamè, Via Francesco Lomonaco 13b, 20131 Milano. Tel. +39 393 077 3564

Trattoria Bertamè is conveniently located within walking distance of the Politecnico di Milano – Conference Center.

8:00

Check-in

Open during conference hours

8:30

Room: Sala Conferenze (Plenary room)

Opening Remarks 

by: Badri Younes, Conference Executive Chair, and Carlo Riva, Conference Technical Chair.

8:45

Room: Sala Conferenze

Keynote: From Ku/Ka to Q/V band: the future for LEO/MEO Broadband Constellations 

 Presented by: Alberto Ginesi, Head of the Telecommunication Systems and Techniques Section, ESA, The Netherlands. 

10:10

Coffee break

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

10:30

Room: Sala Conferenze

Plenary Panel 1:  NTN - the roadmap to 6G

Chaired by Barry Evans, Professor at University of Surrey, UK.

12:10

Lunch,

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

14:00

Room: Sala Conferenze

Invited Taĺk:  Integrated communication and positioning services for B5G/6G Non-Terrestrial Networks.

Presented by: Riccardo De Gaudenzi, Adjunct Professor at University of Parma, Italy, and Florin-Catalin Grec, Navigation Future Programs, ESA, The Netherlands.


15:40

Coffee break

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

16:00

Room: Sala Conferenze

Plenary Panel 2: Quantum Era: Re-imagining Space Communications, Navigation, and Sensing.

Chaired by Nafiz Karabudak, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA.

19:00

Welcome Reception, and Guided Tour of the Leonardo da Vinci Galleries

Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci – Via San Vittore 21, Milano.

8:00

Check-in

Open during conference hours

8:30

 Room: Sala Conferenze (Plenary room)

Invited Talk: NTN specification in 3GPP: 5G progress and 6G vision

Presented by: Sergio Parolari, ZTE, Italy. 

9:30

Room: Sala Conferenze

Invited Talk: From Specifications to Demonstrations: In-Orbit NTN Experiments

Presented by: Stefano Cioni, ESA, The Netherlands.

10:10

Coffee break

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

10:30

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Room: PT1

Ka 1 – Communication Systems and Technologies 1

Chair:  Badri Younes,  NASA retired, USA

10:30

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Room: PT2

Ka 2 - Remote Sensing Onboard Data Processing and Communications

Chair: Marco Brancati, Leonardo spa, Italy

12:00

Lunch

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

14:00

Room: Sala Conferenze

Invited Talk: When Technological Developments Boost the Future

Presenter: Massimo Comparini, Leonardo S.p.A., Italy

14:00

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Room: PT1

Ka 3 – Communication Systems and Technologies 2

Chair:  Nafiz Karabudak, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA.

14:00

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Room: PT2

Ka 4: Satellite-Based 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks 1 

Chair: Barry Evans, University of Surrey, UK. 

14:00

Room: PT3

22nd BroadSky Workshop (part 1)

Chair: Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan.

15:30

Coffee break

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

15:50

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Room: PT1

Ka 5:  LEO Communications Systems and Technologies

Chair: Riccardo De Gaudenzi, University of Parma, Italy. 

15:50

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Room: PT2

Ka 6: Satellite-Based 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks 2 

Chair: Nadia Kortas, JPL-NASA, USA.

15:50

Room: PT3

22nd BroadSky Workshop (part 2) 

Chair: Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan.

20:00

Conference Dinner  

Palazzo Giureconsulti – Piazza dei Mercanti 2, Milano.


8:00

Check-in

Open from 8:00 to 12:00

8:30

Room: Sala Conferenze (Plenary room)

Special Session: Maritime Communications and Surveillance: Advanced Satellite Constellations

Chair: Nader Alagha, ESA, the Netherlands.

 

8:30

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Room: PT2

Session Ka 7: Propagation Studies and Experiments 1

Chair: Michael Schmidt, Joanneum Research, Austria

10:00

Coffee break

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

10:20

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Room: PT1

Session Ka 8:  Space Infrastructure, Applications and Services

Chair:  Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan.

10:20

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Room: PT2

Session Ka 9: Propagation Studies and Experiments 2

Chair: Carlo Riva, Politecnico di Milano, Italy


12:00

 Lunch

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

14:00

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Room: PT1

Session Ka 10:  Space Systems, Architecture and Modelling

Chair: Avi Freedman, MDA, Israel.

14:00

Room: PT2

12th ASAPE, Group of the Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Propagation Experimenters (Part 1)

Chaired by: Carlo Riva, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Antonio Martellucci, ESA, the Netherlands.

15:30

Coffee break

Will be served near Sala Conferenze

15:50

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Room: PT1

Session: Ka 11:  Simulation and Signal Processing 

Chair: Nader Alagha, ESA, The Netherlands.

 

15:50

Room: PT2

12th ASAPE, Group of the AlphaSat Aldo Paraboni Propagation Experimenters (Part 2)

Chaired by: Carlo Riva, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Antonio Martellucci, ESA, the Netherlands. 

17:00

Room: Sala Conferenze

Closing Remarks

by: Badri Younes, conference Executive Chair and Carlo Riva, Conference Technical Chair.  

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