The European Commission will present the new strategy for 6G at the 5G Forum

As soon as the celebration in Seville of the 5G Forum 2022, from May 9 to 13, the European Commission has confirmed its participation to offer the Spanish technology community an update on the community policy on 5G and present the new 6G R&D strategy.

The German Peter Stuckmann, who heads the Future Connectivity Systems Unit of the European Commission, will be in charge of presenting the recently created Joint Undertaking for Intelligent Networks and Services y sus dos pilares estratégicos: la investigación e innovación 6G y las acciones de despliegue 5G financiadas por programas de financiación europeos o nacionales.

El presupuesto público-privado ya comprometido para esta empresa comunitaria es de 2.000 millones de euros y establece la seguridad de planificación financiera necesaria para proceder a una ambiciosa hoja de ruta de I+D sobre la tecnología 6G.

El 5G Forum es el principal evento específico y multidisciplinar sobre 5G que se celebra en España. En esta quinta edición ha ampliado de tres a cinco días su agenda, con una primera jornada presencial en FIBES, el Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Sevilla, y las cuatro jornadas restantes en formato virtual.

The inauguration of this fifth edition, under the motto Seville, where 5G leaders meet, will be chaired by the mayor of Seville, Antonio Muñoz, together with the general director of Telecommunications and Regulation of Communication Services in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Arturo Azcorra.

The international relevance that the 5G Forum has achieved in its four previous editions is evident by the participation of professionals from companies from 18 countries, among which managerial profiles such as CEO, CIO, CTO and directors of business innovation, product, strategy, marketing, as well as consultants and researchers stand out.

Peter Stuckmann

Stuckmann manages the Commission's policy on 5G communication systems and the corresponding research and innovation programme. In 2021 he was appointed Deputy Director of Future Networks, a portfolio that includes future connectivity, cloud and software, Internet policy and governance, as well as the Internet of Things.

In December 2021, he was appointed Interim Executive Director of the newly created Joint Undertaking for Intelligent Networks and Services, responsible for managing its office and implementing its work program until its autonomy.

Prior to his appointment as Head of Unit, he was Sector Head of Spectrum Policy, coordinating the Digital Single Market Strategy, the 2012 Roaming Regulation and the EU R&D program leading to 4G mobile communications standards.

Before joining the European Commission in 2004, he held various engineering and management positions in industry, academia and start-ups. He is an engineer and doctor from the RWTH University of Aachen (Germany) and author of the textbook The GSM Evolution (Wiley 2003).