6G INSTAR-TTA Standardisation Areas Alignment Workshop

Date
20 October 2025 09:00–11:00

 

Inviation only event

 

This online workshop, organized by the Cooperation and Support Action INSTAR, aims to foster alignment and provide grounds for EU-South Korea collaboration towards 6G standardisation. For this purpose, the workshop is structured in three main areas: 

  1. Current perspective on 6G knowledge areas being analysed by INSTAR and the European experts involved in the INSTAR 6G European Task-force.

  2. Current perspective on 6G knowledge areas of interested in South Korea, coordinated by TTA.

  3. Discussion on most relevant areas to collaborate, and methodology thereof.

This workshop is part of the overall INSTAR activities focused on strengthening cooperation in standardization, research, and innovation through structured dialogues and joint priority setting.

 

Who can join: TTA, INSTAR partners; European experts involved in the 6G ETF and beyond; South Korea experts on 6G; researchers and engineers developing efforts towards transfer of knowledge to 6G standardisation. 

 

Expected outcome:

  • List of actions for the ITF to develop until the end of INSTAR (e.g., to speak with a specific SDO; or to prepare a recommendation document to an SDO; public events, etc).

  • Potential interest in collaborating towards 2026 HE proposals or similar.

 

Agenda

Time (CET)Session DetailsSpeakers

09:00 – 09:10 CET

16:00 – 16:10 JST/KSC  

Opening Remarks and Agenda Overview
Welcome and outline of knowledge area prioritization objectives 
Tanya Suarez, BluSpecs, INSTAR Coordinator

09:10 – 09:55 CET

16:10 – 16:55 JST/KSC 

EU perspective on knowledge areas and priorities (INSTAR)

The INSTAR 6G ETF overview on knowledge areas and priorities.

The ITU-R main standardisation directions.

The ETSI Software Development Group OpenOp (SDG OOP)

New directions towards 6G

IETF efforts towards 6G: CATS, GREEN 

Rute C. Sofia, fortiss, INSTAR 6G ETF Chair

Martinmiko-Blue, University of Oslo

Vasileios Theodorou, Intracom-Telecom

Dario Sabella, ETSI MEC

Luis Contreras Murillo, Telefonica

09:55 – 10:15 CET

16:55 – 17:15 JST/KSC 

Republic of Korea Perspective

Overview of knowledge areas and national priorities, and Standardization.

Haseong KIM, KT

10:15 – 10:45 CET

17:15 – 17:45 JST/KSC 

Discussion Session: International Task Force, Directions towards 6G  

Define a list of relevant areas and action items to jointly tackle together

Chair: Damir Filipovic, AIOTI, INSTAR CEI ETF

Hyeyoung Esthel LEE, TTA

Haseong KIM, KT

Myeongjoon Yoon, LG Electronics

Rute C. Sofia, fortiss, INSTAR 6G ETF Chair

Luis Contreras Murillo, Telefonica

Vasileios Theodorou, Intracom-Telecom

10:45 – 11:00 CET

17:45 – 18:00 JST/KSC

Convergence and Next Steps  

Summary, identified common priority areas and discussion on further steps 

Rute C. Sofia, fortiss, INSTAR 6G ETF Chair

 

 

6G INSTAR-TTA Standardisation Areas Alignment Workshop