Conferences

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2024 Future Networks World Forum - submission closes 1 March 2024

2024 Connecting the Unconnected Summit - submission closes 1 March 2024

2025 Future Networks World Forum - not open at this time

2025 Connecting the Unconnected Summit - not open at this time

  

Upcoming Events

Join IEEE at the following events related to next generation networking.

 

EventDatesLocation
2023 IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu TechX 27-28 April 2023 Virtual

2nd Real-time And intelliGent Edge computing workshop (RAGE) at CPS-IoT Week 2023

9 May 2023 San Antonio, Texas, USA
Machine Learning in Optical Networks Roadmap: Chart out applications and needs workshop at ODNM 2023 10 May 2023

Coimbra, Portugal

IEEE Testbed Panel: Leveraging Open Source for 5G and 6G Innovations at the Big 5G Event  16 May 2023  Austin, Texas, USA
IEEE Future Networks Roadmap Panel: Towards 6G at the Big 5G Event  17 May 2023  Austin, Texas, USA
2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications - visit our booth 28 May - 01 June 2023 Rome, Italy
2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum 13-15 November 2023 Baltimore, MD, USA
2023 6th Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks 13 December 2023 Baltimore, MD, USA
2023 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) Summit 4 December 2023 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

For previous conferences, please see Past Events.

 

Past IEEE Future Networks Events

 

EventDatesLocation
IEEE FNI Workshop: Innovative Ideas for Satellite 6G workshop 20 April 2023 Virtual
2nd Future Network Security: Challenges and Opportunities Workshop 14-15 March 2023 Virtual
2nd Systems Optimization Imperatives, Techniques, and Opportunities for Future Networks Workshop 13 December 2022 Virtual
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2022) 4-8 December 2022 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2022 5th Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks 7 November 2022 JHU/APL, USA
Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) Summit 1-3 November 2022 Virtual
2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum 12-14 October 2022 Montreal, CA
IEEE Energy Conversion Confress & Expo (ECCE) 2022 9-13 October 2022 Detroit, MI
Ninth Workshop and Industry Panel on “Cooperative and Automated Driving” at ITSC 2022 8-12 October 2022 Virtual
Future Networks 2nd Massive MIMO Workshop 3-5 October 2022 Virtual
Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 28-30 September 2022 Virtual
European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2022 18-22 September 2022 Basel, Switzerland
5G Demystified 8 September 2022 Virtual
Advanced Solutions for 6G Satellite Systems 19-21 July 2022 Virtual
IEEE BTS Pulse 12-14 July 2022 Virtual
First ACM/IEEE Next G Summit 14 June 2022 JHU/APL, USA
Eighth Workshop and Industry Panel on “Cooperative and Automated Driving 5 June 2022 Aachen, Germany
Open-RAN Hybrid Summit 26 May 2022 JHU/APL, USA
Origins of the Internet, Digital Inclusion, and NASA Technologies Seminar 24 February 2022 Baltimore, MD
Forging a Sustainable Path to 6G 3 March 2022 Barcelona, Spain
2022 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) 6-10 March 2022 San Diego, USA
Future Networks Testbed Requirements, Challenges, and Opportunities 8-10 February 2022 Virtual
IEEE Summit on Communications Futures (ComFutures) 16-17 January 2022 Virtual
14th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS 2022) 3-9 January 2022 Bengaluru, India
4th Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks 14 December 2021 Virtual
Future Network Massive MIMO Workshop 8-10 November 2021 Virtual
2021 Connecting the Unconnected Summit 3-5 November 2021 Virtual
2021 IEEE 4th 5G World Forum 13-15 October 2021 Virtual
Future Network Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Workshop 27-29 September 2021 Virtual
2021 International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications, and Networking (SmartNets 2021) 22-24 September 2021 Glasgow, Scotland
Public Safety Technology Initiative Workshop 20-21 September 2021 Virtual
24th IEEE International Conference on Intellegient Transportation (ITSC 2021) 19-22 September 2021 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
17th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2021) 6-9 September 2021 Berlin, Germany
12th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN 2021) 17-20 August 2021 Jeju Island, Korea
IEEE 5G Summit 24-25 July 2021 Virtual
IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2021) 14 June - 31 July 2021 New Orleans, Louisiana
32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV21) 11-15 July 2021 Nagoya, Japan
Internaional Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON 2021) 6-9 July 2021 Virtual
6G Wireless Foundations Forum (6GWFF) 2021 1-2 July 2021 Virtual
IEEE Infernational Conference on Communications (ICC) 14-23 June 2021 Virtual/Montreal, Canada
2021 Joint EuCNC & 6G Summit 8-11 June 2021 Porto, Portugal
22nd IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WOWMOM) 7-11 June 2021 Pisa, Italy
Optical Networking and Communication Conference (OFC) 6-11 June 2021 Virtual
13th International Conference on Communications Software and Networks (ICCSN 2021) 4-7 June 2021 Chongqing, China
28th International Conference on Telecommunications 1-3 June 2021 London, England
IEEE ComSoc International Communications Quality and Reliability Workshop (CQR)  13 May 2021 Virtual
Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) 11-12 May 2021 Virtual
2nd IEEE 5G++ Online Summit Dresden 4-6 May 2021 Virtual
Wireless Telecommunication Symposium (WTS 2021) 19-22 April 2021 Milan, Italy
Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN 2021) 21-23 April 2021 Virtual
3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC 2021) 13-16 April 2021 Jeju Island, Korea
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2021 29 March - 1 April 2021 Nanjing, China
Future Network Security: Challenges & Opportunities Workshop 22-24 March 2021 Virtual
ITU-ETSI-IEEE Joint SDOs Brainstorming Workshop on Testbeds Federations for 5G & Beyond: Interoperability, Standardization, Reference Model & APIs 15-16 March 2021 Virtual
IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC) 2021 13 March 2021 Virtual
Third Toward THz Communication Workshop 12 March 2021 Virtual
1st IEEE International Online Symposium on Joint Communications & Sensing 23-34 February 2021 Virtual
Broadcast Technology Society (BTS) Pulse 2021 9-11 February 2021 Virtual
28th Finnish-Russian University Cooperation in Telecommunications (FRUCT) Conference 25-29 January 2021 Moscow & Virtual
Systems Optimization Imperatives, Techniques, and Opportunities for Future Networks Workshop 21,22,25 January 2021 Virtual
Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC'21) 17-20 January 2021 Virtual
IEEE Summit on Communications Futures (ComFutures) 16-17 January 2021 Virtual
13th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS) 5-9 January 2021 Virtual
IEEE 5G and IoT Thessaloniki Summit 2020 16 December 2020 Virtual
International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Signal Processing (ACTS 20) 4-6 December 2020 Virtual
International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing and their Applications (ICCSPA 20) 10-12 November 2020 Sharjah, UAE
IEEE Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation System (FISTS) ISTS2020  3-5 November 2020 Delft, The Netherlands 
Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS) 28-30 October 2020 Virtual
3rd Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks 23 October 2020  Virtual
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium - IV2020  20-23 October 2020 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 
11th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF) 12-14 October 2020 Virtual
2nd Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services (BRAINS) 28-30 September 2020 Virtual
2020 IEEE 3rd 5G World Forum  10-12 September 2020  Virtual
International Microwave Symposium 4-6 August 2020  Virtual
IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security 29 June - 1 July 2020  Virtual
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 7-11 June 2020  Virtual
Cooperative and Automated Driving Workshop and Industry Panel 2019 at IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference - ITSC 2019  27-30 October 2019 Aukland, New Zealand 
Second APL-IEEE Workshop on 5G Technologies for First Responder and Tactical Networks 7 October 2019  Laurel, Maryland, USA 
2019 IEEE 2nd 5G World Forum  30 September - 2 October 2019 Dresden, Germany 
IEEE Future Networks Standards Forum 17-18 September 2019 Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
2019 Summer Session for Young Professionals 7 September 2019 Arlington, Virginia, USA
International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR) Roadmap Workshop  16-18 July 2019  Milpitas, California, USA 
3rd Workshop on "Connected, Cooperative, and Autonomous Driving" in conjunction with IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2019), 9 June 2019  Paris, France 
System Optimization for the 5G Era - Future Network Initiative Roadmap Exploration Workshop 
Co-located at IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things 
18 April 2019  Limerick, Ireland
IEEE Future Networking Workshop for 5G and Beyond Testbed and Trials located at
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2019
15 April 2019 Marrakech, Morocco
6G Wireless Summit, IEEE Future Networks Tutorials, and IEEE 5G Summit  24-26 March 2019  Levi, Lapland, Finland 
5G Technology Workshop during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 28 February 2019 Barcelona, Spain
Second THz Communications Workshop  7 March 2019  Brussels, Belgium 

5G Technology and Standards Track at IMC 2018: 

26 October 2018 New Delhi
Workshop on 5G Technologies for Tactical and First Responder Networks 23 October 2018  Laurel, Maryland, USA 
IEEE 5G Learning Series - Bay Area: Energy Efficiency Edition 19 September 2018 Santa Clara, California, US
2018 IEEE 5G World Forum  9-11 July 2018  Santa Clara, California, USA 
IEEE 5G and Beyond Testbed Workshop at IEEE VTC 2018 Spring  3 June 2018 Porto, Portugal 
IEEE Beyond 5G Roadmap Workshop at ICC 2018  23-24 May 2018  Kansas City, Missouri, USA 
IEEE 5G and Beyond Testbed Workshop at IEEE VTC 2017  24 September 2017 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
IEEE 5G Roadmap Workshop at ICC 2017  25 May 2017 Paris, France
IEEE 5G Roadmap Workshop at Globecom 2016 8 December 2016 Washington DC, USA