Speaker 1: Mr. Dayan Ng
(Senior Manager, APAC Technical Solutions Architects, Juniper Networks, Singapore)

Summary of Presentation: The evolution toward 6G demands a paradigm shift in how radio access networks (RAN) are managed, optimized and imagined. This presentation explores the transformative role of the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) as a cornerstone of open, programmable and AI-native RAN architectures. With O-RAN RIC, the closed RAN data, which was previously accessible only to RAN vendors, is now available for service providers and third-party developers to build innovative applications using AI/ML technologies. We will showcase how AI/ML-trained RIC applications such as RAN Slice SLA Assurance can deliver proactive interventions and promising results, enabling smarter and pervasive management in the era of 6G networks.

Biography: Dayan Ng is a Routing Specialist within the Technical Solutions Architect team at Juniper Networks, where he partners with Service Providers across the Asia-Pacific region to drive 5G/6G transformation strategies and future-ready solution architectures. He also leads a high-performance team of specialists in Routing, Data Center, and AI/ML-Ops Automation across APAC.

He has over 25 years of industry experience, and holds dual JNCIE Emeritus expert-level certifications in Service Provider and Enterprise Routing & Switching. His areas of expertise and interests include mobility technologies, large-scale routing architectures, and Timing & Synchronization protocols.

Prior to joining Juniper, Dayan held technical and architectural roles at Cisco, Gigamon and Singtel, contributing to the evolution of carrier-grade networks and infrastructure.

Speaker 2: Dr. Yukio Ito
(Chairman, Okinawa Open Laboratory, Japan)

Summary of Presentation: Okinawa Open Laboratory is a research institute in Okinawa, Japan that gathers 82 companies, universities and institutes. It aims to resolve social issues and contribute social innovation through digital technologies. This time its activities will be shared such as, evaluation of edge computing use cases, including disaster recovery in Okinawa during large-scale natural disasters, large-scale data processing for autonomous vehicles, and recovery mechanisms for authentication hub failures, and use case verifications on the next generation networks like the IOWN which would be able to assist 6G networks in the future as a fixed line part, etc.

Biography: Yukio Ito is a seasoned professional in the field of network architecture and telecommunications infrastructure, with over two decades of leadership experience spanning both industry and open innovation initiatives. Following the reorganization of NTT in 1999, he led the architectural design of the transport network for NTT Communications and was instrumental in introducing advanced technologies across its IP and L1–L3 backbone infrastructure.

From 2010, he was responsible for the engineering, construction, and operation of NTT Communications' entire service infrastructure, including the deployment of SDN and OpenFlow technologies. In 2012, he joined the Board of Directors of NTT Communications, overseeing its global networks, data centers, submarine cable systems, and power infrastructure.

He has also made significant contributions to the open networking community, serving as a board member of the Open Networking Foundation (2011–2015), and as Chairman of the Okinawa Open Laboratory since 2013.

In 2015, Mr. Ito joined NEC Corporation as a senior advisor on carrier business, later serving as Executive Senior Vice President and Corporate Executive. After retiring from NEC in 2025, he began offering independent advisory services to technology firms, drawing on his extensive expertise in network systems, infrastructure planning, and cross-sector technology integration.

Speaker 3: Prof. Chuan-Sheng Lin
(Assistant Professor, National Pingtung University, Taiwan)

Summary of Presentation: 6G will flood networks with exabytes of data from dense sensors, XR services, and edge AI. Cloud centric storage alone cannot guarantee the reliability, agility, and trust that such traffic needs. This talk first gives a clear look at how blockchain is already stepping into mobile networking, covering spectrum trading, decentralized identity, secure handovers, and slice billing. Building on these use cases, I outline a blockchain powered storage concept for 6G that shards and verifies data across edge nodes, clouds, and user devices, and I point out key research paths in standards, privacy, and sustainable ledgers.

Biography: Chuan-Sheng Lin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Pingtung University (NPTU), Taiwan. His research spans mobile networking, especially 5G/6G systems, educational technology (EdTech), and artificial intelligence. Recent work explores AI-enhanced learning analytics and intelligent services deployed on mobile and edge platforms for next-generation networks. He has published multiple papers across these areas and actively collaborates with partners in academia and industry. At NPTU, he teaches cloud computing and AI courses and supervises student projects that translate research into real-world applications.

Speaker 1: Prof. Yeunwoong Kyung
(Assistant Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea)

Summary of Presentation: In the 6G era, networks will be expected to provide continuous and intelligent connectivity by seamlessly integrating Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) with Terrestrial Networks (TNs). As TN-centric architectures evolve into tightly integrated TN-NTN networks, new challenges emerge across both the control and user planes, which requires adaptive and intelligent control strategies in a unified manner. This talk addresses the challenge of achieving autonomous 6G networking by focusing on two core technical directions. First, we introduce an adaptive control plane framework that dynamically deploys core network functions (NFs) in NTN-TN integrated environments. Depending on service scenarios, the system intelligently determines the suitable placement of control plane NFs, ensuring responsiveness. Second, we investigate a traffic steering mechanism tailored for asymmetric connectivity, where NTNs are persistently available while TNs provide intermittent access. In this context, we explore how dual steering strategies can optimize user experience across available paths. Together, these approaches move toward an autonomous NTN-TN architecture that adapts to user needs, service requirements, and environmental dynamics.

Biography: Yeunwoong Kyung received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, in 2011 and 2016, respectively, both in the School of Electrical Engineering. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea. From 2016 to 2020, he was a staff engineer at the advanced CP lab., Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. His current research interests include B5G/6G mobile core network, network automation, mobility management, mobile computing, and IoT.

Speaker 2: Mr. Tomonori Takeda
(Senior Research Engineer, NTT Network Service System Laboratory, Japan)

Summary of Presentation: IOWN initiatives have been launched for future network and compute infrastructure, aiming “high capacity”, “low latency” and “low-power consumption”. Based on IOWN initiatives, this talk will present R&D activities on network and compute infrastructure towards B5G/6G, to achieve deterministic performance for applications across distributed data centers with energy efficiency.

Biography: Tomonori Takeda is a Senior Research Engineer and Supervisor at the Network Architecture Project, Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Inc., Japan. He received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in electronics, information, and communication engineering from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. Since joining NTT in 2001, he has been engaged in research and development of next-generation transport network architectures and mobile network architectures. His work focuses on advancing network and compute infrastructures to support the evolution toward beyond 5G and 6G systems.