2nd Workshop on Integrated Sensing and
Communications initiatives on the European research framework
Half-day workshop @ EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026
June 2nd, 2026
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Join the key European workshop on 6G-ISAC
Event Information
The 2026 EuCNC & 6G Summit will be held at FYCMA, the Trade Fairs and Congress Center of Málaga, Spain
Motivation and Background
Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) has emerged as a cornerstone technology for future 6G networks, enabling the tight integration of communication and environmental sensing to significantly enhance network efficiency, situational awareness, and service versatility. Its relevance is rapidly increasing, as reflected by active standardization efforts such as the ETSI ISAC Industry Specification Group (ISG) and ongoing contributions within 3GPP, positioning ISAC as a key enabler of next-generation mobile systems.
The first edition of this workshop, organized within the framework of the Horizon Europe Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) in EuCNC 2025, was an outstanding success, attracting more than 50 attendees and fostering highly interactive discussions among researchers, industry experts, and standardization representatives. The strong participation and engagement clearly demonstrated the need for a dedicated forum to coordinate, align, and critically assess ISAC research activities in Europe.
Building on this success, the second edition of the workshop aims to further consolidate this forum, continuing to serve as a coordination and exchange point for SNS JU projects actively working on ISAC. The workshop will again focus on identifying research advances, open challenges, architectural implications, experimental validation, and standardization perspectives, reinforcing ISAC’s role as a fundamental capability of 6G systems.
Session at a Glance
Duration
2h 30m (half-day)
Format
4 experts panels + question and debate session
Focus areas
PHY layer research, System-level improvements, Real-life experiences, Standardization
Target
6G researchers, Industry, Standards bodies
This workshop is organized under the Horizon Europe SNS JU framework and brings together leading European projects to advance Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) in 6G.
Coordinated by UC3M and supported by over 15 academic and industry partners.
Workshop Structure
Rather than project-centric presentations, the workshop is structured around expert-driven panels and discussions, promoting a holistic view of the ISAC research landscape, highlighting complementarities and gaps across projects, and fostering collaboration between research, industry, and standardization bodies.
Workshop Speakers
Antonio de la Oliva
Associate Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, PhD in Telematics. Active in IEEE 802 since 2007, contributing to multiple working groups. Currently serves as Vice-Chair of IEEE 802.11bi.
Henk Wymeersch
Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, with a Ph.D. from Ghent University and postdoctoral experience at MIT. Led ISAC activities in Hexa-X and Hexa-X-II. IEEE Fellow.
Renato Lo Cigno
Full Professor at the University of Brescia and researcher in the 6G-INTENSE EU project, focused on efficient and high-performance 6G networks.
Christos Oikonomopoulos
He works at IMST GmbH in the department of Antennas and EM-Modelling. Currently he is project manager in numerous industry and public funded projects. He is the project coordinator in the 6G-SNS project iSEE-6G.
HaiBin Zhang
Senior Scientist at TNO in 5G/6G and upcoming wireless technology, 5G/6G for vertical applications, and sustainable ICT networks. He is meanwhile Full Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology and Visiting Professor at National Taiwan University.
Mario H. Castañeda Garcia
Senior research engineer at Huawei’s Munich Research Center, with a strong focus on 5G NR, V2X communication, sidelink and AI-based positioning. ISAC task leader in TIMES and active contributor to 3GPP standardization.
Israel Koffman
Executive Vice President at RunEL, with over 30 years of experience in cellular communications (5G/6G). Involved in multiple European projects and specialized in 5G networks for dense environments and real-time location systems.
Eric Klumperink
Associate Professor at Twente University in Enschede. He teaches Analog and RF CMOS IC Design and guides research projects focussing on Software Defined
Radio, Frequency generation and Beamforming. He is current a Technical Manager of SNS-JU EU-project “6G-REFERENCE”.
Angeliki Alexiou
Professor at University of Piraeus,
Greece. She is the technical manager of (SNS JU) INSTINCT project and the project coordinator of TeraWireless HORIZON-MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network.
Jesús Gutierrez Teran
Postdoctoral researcher at IHP, expert in wireless systems and coordinator of several EU 5G/6G projects.
George Alexandropoulos
Associate Professor at the University of Athens, expert in wireless networks and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, active in leading EU 6G projects.
José A. Lázaro
Associate Professor at the Optical Communications Group (GCO) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He currently coordinates SNS project 6G‑EWOC and the project ELEGANT.
Padmanava Sen
Leads the IC Design Enablement Group at Barkhausen Institut, Dresden. Formerly with Broadcom, IBM, and Sayana Wireless. Expert in RF and millimeter-wave circuit design with 40+ publications and 3 U.S. patents.
Ljupco Jorguseski
Senior Consultant at TNO in wireless 5G Advanced/6G cellular networks focusing on ISAC, energy efficiency, and AI native RAN topics.
Daniel Martini
He is the leader of the radio systems team at IMST GmbH in the Radio Communication Systems department. He is a project manager in several industrial and publicly funded projects.
Sebastian Robitzsch
Senior R&I Manager at InterDigital with 16+ years of experience in system architecture, standardization (3GPP, IETF), and European R&D projects. ETSI delegate, author of 60+ publications, and leader of proof-of-concept activities.
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