Annual CWI Symposium - 10 Years of PHY Layer Innovation

Join the Annual Symposium on Advanced Wireless Technologies by the Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), to learn from top academic researchers about latest research advances in technologies for Wireless Connectivity and Sensing.

Talks will be delivered by internationally leading research academics from England, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the USA.

This event is kindly sponsored by IEEE ComSoc and Keysight Technologies.

Agenda

Thursday 15 October 2026 (all times in UTC+1)

09:45 Welcome, Professor Simon Cotton, Director, Centre for Wireless Innovation, QUB

09:50 Professor Chris Johnson, UK Gov. BIST (Government Speaker)

Morning Session

10:00 Erik Nordell, Ericsson Research UK

10:30 Professor Holger Claussen, Tyndall Institute, Ireland

11:00 BREAK

11:30 Professor Harald Haas, University of Cambridge, UK

12:00 Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Bristol, UK

12:30 Professor Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK

13:00 BREAK Lunch & Posters session (in Belfast only)

Afternoon Session

14:15 Radu Lupoaie, Keysight Technologies, Germany

14:45 Professor Christos Masouros, University College London, UK

15:15 BREAK

15:45 Professor Luca Sanguinetti, University of Pisa, Italy

16:15 Professor Elza Erkip, New York University (USA)

16:45 Conclusions & Summary, Professor Simon Cotton, QUB

16:50 Event Close & Networking Reception in Belfast