1st Training School and Research Colloquium on Next Generation Communications

On August 28-30, 2024, the 1st Training School and Research Colloquium on Next Generation Communications took place in Litochoro, Greece. Its rich 3-day program included presentations and lectures by renowned experts in next-generation communications including:

• Periklis Chatzimisios, International Hellenic University (Greece) & University of New Mexico (USA),
• Xueli An, Principal Researcher and Industry Development Specialist, Munich Research Center, Huawei Technologies (Germany),
• Athanasios Iossifides, International Hellenic University (Greece),
• Ana Garcia Armada, Vice President of Member and Global Activities, IEEE Communications Society & Professor, University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain),
• Dejan Vukobratovic, Professor, University of Novi Sad (Serbia),
• Syed Zaidi, Associate Professor, University of Leeds (United Kingdom),
• Konstantinos Karachalios, Strategic Advisor for IEEE Executive Director (USA), Former Managing Director, IEEE Standards Association,
• Gunes Karabulut-Kurt, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) and Associate Professor, Polytechnique Montreal (Canada),
• Aryan Kaushik, Assistant Professor, University of Sussex (United Kingdom),
• Azmat Hossain, Business Development Director, Extend Robotics (United Kingdom)
• Rui Luis Aguiar, Professor, University of Aveiro (Portugal) and Steering Board Chair of Networld Europe,
• Spyridon Louvros, R&D Director, MCNS (Cyprus) and Senior Researcher, Jio (Estonia),
• Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir, Professor, University of the West of Scotland, (Scotland), and
• Constantinos Papadias, Professor, The American College of Greece (Greece).

The main aim of NextGCom 2024 was for the PhD/early-stage researchers to attend lectures delivered by experts in next-generation communications and present their research outputs and receive constructive feedback from them. The event was organized by one6G, the IEEE Communication Greece Chapter, and the International Hellenic University, and endorsed by several IEEE organizations, including IEEE Communication Society (hashtag#ComSoc) Young Professionals, IEEE Future Networks Initiative, IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee in Information Infrastructure & Networking (TCIIN), and the IEEE Student Branch at the International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki.