Program
Thursday, May 07
8:30 am
9:00 am
Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am
9:15 am
Welcome Remarks
Yasaman Ghasempour, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
Kaushik Sengupta, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
9:15 am
9:30 am
Dean Welcome Remarks
Andrew Houck, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science. Anthony H.P. Lee ’79 P11 P14 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
9:30 am
10:00 am
Keynote 1: Quantum x NextG
Chris Monroe, Professor of ECE and Physics, Duke University; co-Founder and Chief Scientist, IonQ
10:00 am
11:00 am
Panel 1: Convergence of Communication, Sensing, and Intelligence in NextG
Moderator Yasaman Ghasempour, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
Ali Khayrallah, Senior Technical Advisor, Ericsson Inc.
Kuntal Chowdhury, AI-RAN and 6G Developer Relations, NVIDIA
Ozge Koymen, Vice President of Technology, Qualcomm
Jinfeng Du, Department Head, Radio Systems USA, Nokia
Edward Diaz, Senior Director of Network Infrastructure Planning and Standards, Verizon Wireless
11:00 am
11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am
12:00 pm
Fireside Chat
Moderator Kaushik Sengupta, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
Moderator Ari Fitzgerald, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Arielle Roth, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Lunch and Student Poster Session
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
Distinguished Lecture
Sanjeev Arora, Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
Panel 2: NextG Policy and Technology Frontiers
Moderator Mihir Kshirsagar, Tech Policy Clinic Lead, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University
Ed Knapp, Former – CTO, American Tower Corporation
Ari Fitzgerald, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Mike Schmidt, Distinguished visitor, Princeton’s Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, ex-director of the CHIPS Program Office (CPO) , US Department of Commerce
Ioannis Broustis, Inventive Science, AT&T
3:00 pm
3:15 pm
Coffee Break
3:15 pm
4:00 pm
Faculty Flash Talks
Prateek Mittal, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
Barry P. Rand, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University
Zachary Kincaid, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies-Admissions, Princeton University Computer Science
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
Panel 3: Technology Fabric for NextG
Moderator Kaushik Sengupta, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
Chris Monroe, Professor of ECE and Physics, Duke University; co-Founder and Chief Scientist, IonQ
Alberto Valdes-Garcia, Principal Research Scientist & Manager, IBM Research
Bhushan Asuri, Senior Director of Technology, Qualcomm
Emad Farag, Principle Engineer, Samsung Research America
5:00 pm
5:15 pm
Closing Remarks and Poster Session Awards
5:15 pm
6:45 pm