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TSDSI Inaugural Session
19 October, 2020
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Technology Roadmap 2030 Session
19 October, 2020
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Session 1
20 October, 20
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Session 2
20 October, 20
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Session 3
21 October, 2020
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Session 4
21 October, 2020
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Session 5
22 October, 2020
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Session 6
22 October, 2020
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Session 7
23 October, 2020
TSDSI organises an Annual TSDSI Technical Deep Dive (TTDD) Conference, where technocrats, researchers and standards experts from around the world come together to discuss topics related to global standardisation activities, and, emerging and futuristic technology trends.
This year’s edition, being organised from 19-23 October 2020, is themed around “Technologies for the Digitally Driven World” with the Inaugural Session on 19 October 2020.
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 Pandemic, Digital (i.e. ICT) technologies have emerged as the fundamental tool used by Governments, Health workers, educational institutions, businesses and communities, to run their operations. Several new technologies are being fast forwarded for adoption, as a survival technique. Against this backdrop, the conference will deliberate on topics in areas listed below.
The TSDSI Awards will be announced in the Inaugural Session which will be followed by a session on “Technology Roadmap 2030: India Context” setting the context for the conference theme – “Technologies for the Digitally Driven World”.
Conference Contact: Bindoo Srivastava (bindoo@tsdsi.in, +91 9873840817), Shefali Sinha (shefali@tsdsi.in, +91 9810539624); TSDSI Secretariat (secretariat@tsdsi.in)
Program Brochure
Guidelines for Participating through AIRMEET
Schedule:
| Date - 19 October, 2020 Time - 16:50 - 20:45 IST | ||||
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| 16:50 - 17:00 17:00 - 17:45 17:45 - 18:00 18:00 - 18:30 | Welcome Session TSDSI Fellows Awards Release of TSDSI Whitepaper on “Status of Telecom Start-up Ecosystem in India" Inaugural Speech on the Workshop Theme: “Technologies for the Digitally Driven World” | Launch Session | ||
| BREAK | ||||
| 18:50 - 19:00 Inaugural Session (19:00 - 20:45) | Welcome Session Technology Roadmap 2030: India Context | Session Recording for Keynotes Session Recording for Panel Discussion | ||
| Date - 20 October, 2020 Time - 16:50-21:00 IST | ||||
| 16:50 - 17:00 Session #1 (17:00 - 18:45) | Welcome Session Spectrum – Challenges in a 5G World | Session Recording for Keynotes Session Recording for Panel Discussion | ||
| BREAK | ||||
| 19:05 - 19:15 Session #2 (19:15 - 21:00) | Welcome Session Emerging Open Standards for 5G and Beyond | Session Recording for Keynotes Session Recording for Panel Discussion | ||
| Date - 21 October, 2020 Time - 16:50 - 21:00 IST | ||||
| 16:50 - 17:00 Session #3 (17:00 - 18:45) | Welcome Session Advances in AI/ML for Future Networks | Session Recording for Keynotes Session Recording for Panel Discussion | ||
| BREAK | ||||
| 19:05 - 19:15 Session #4 (19:15 - 21:00) | Welcome Session Rural and Remote Data Connectivity - Global Case Studies and Standards | Session Recording for Keynotes Session Recording for Panel Discussion | ||
| Date - 22 October, 2020 Time - 16:50 - 21:00 IST | ||||
| 16:50 - 17:00 Session #5 (17:00 - 18:45) | Welcome Session Security – A Trust Perspective | Session Recording for Keynotes Session Recording for Panel Discussion | ||
| BREAK | ||||
| 19:05 - 19:15 Session #6 (19:15 - 21:00) | Welcome Session Data Management and Privacy in the Digital Era | Session Recording for Keynotes Session Recording for Panel Discussion | ||
| Date - 23 October, 2020 Time - 16:50 - 21:00 IST | ||||
| 16:50 - 17:00 Session #7 (17:00 - 21:00) | Welcome Session Design in India for AtmaNirbhar Bharat – the IP context (Design Local, Deploy Global) | Session Recording for Keynotes-1 Session Recording for Panel Discussion-1 Session Recording for Keynotes-2 Session Recording for Panel Discussion-2 |
Program Committee
Organizing Committee
Promotion Committee
Outreach Committee
Special Session: Technology Roadmap 2030: India Context
Saha
SaankhyaLabs
Chidambaranathan
Infosys Ltd
Latva-aho
University of Oulu
Svensson
Chalmers University
Session 1: Spectrum – Challenges in a 5G World
Session 2: Emerging Open Standards for 5G & Beyond
Gangadhar
Sterlite
Katti
Stanford University
Session 3: Advances in AI/ML for Future Networks
Ramasetty
CDOT
IIT Bombay
Session 4: Rural and Remote Data Connectivity – Global Case Studies and Standards
Camara Brito
5G Brasil
Session 5: Security: A Trust Perspective
Session 6: Data Management and Privacy in the Digital Era
Shorey
IITD
Session 7: Design in India for AtmaNirbhar Bharat – the IP context
Gangadhar
Sterlite
Chaudhary
Niral Networks
Registrations are closed for this event.
TSDSI TECH DEEP DIVE 2020- CALL for SPONSORS
TSDSI organises an Annual TSDSI Technical Deep Dive (TTDD) Conference, where technocrats, researchers and standards experts from around the world come together to discuss topics related to global standardisation activities, and, emerging and futuristic technology trends.
This year’s edition, is being organised ONLINE from 19-23 October 2020, and is themed around “Technologies for the Digitally Driven World” with the Inaugural Session on 19 October 2020.
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 Pandemic, Digital (i.e. ICT) technologies have emerged as the fundamental tool used by Governments, Health workers, educational institutions, businesses and communities, to run their operations. Several new technologies are being fast forwarded for adoption, as a survival technique. Against this backdrop, the conference will deliberate on topics in areas listed below.
- Technology Roadmap 2030
- Spectrum: Challenges in a 5G World
- Emerging Open Standards for 5G & Beyond
- Advances in AI/ML for Future Networks
- Rural and Remote Data Connectivity – Global Case Studies and Standards
- Security: A Trust Perspective
- Data Management and Privacy in the Digital Era
- Design in India for AtmaNirbhar Bharat – the IP context (Design Local, Deploy Global)
TSDSI Hall of Fame 2020 – Awards will also be announced at the workshop.
The workshop speakers are renowned Subject Matter Experts drawn from TSDSI and the global ecosystem. The workshop is being held online with sessions from 1700-2100 IST from 19 to 23 October 2020. There will be two sessions per day of 1:45 hours duration with a 30 minutes break in between. Participation is open to all (global audience), without any fees, by prior registration.
In order to support the organization of the workshop, TSDSI has issued a call for financial sponsorships from organizations and forums, as per Annexure A. You are welcome to support the workshop financially as a sponsor. Kindly contact outreach@tsdsi.in or bindoo@tsdsi.in/shefali@tsdsi.in to discuss the details.
Annexure A SPONSORSHIP CALL:
| Category | Fees | Privileges |
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| Platinum Partner | Rs 50000* | Sponsor's Logo on the Event Collateral – Brochure and Event Website; + An advertorial movie/slide show of total cumulative 15 minutes to be run during the break slot between sessions. (15 minutes on one day or 5 minutes on 3 days or 3 minutes everyday) |
| Gold Partner | Rs 25000* | Sponsor's Logo on the Event Collateral – Brochure and Event Website; + An advertorial movie/slide show of total cumulative 8 minutes to be run during the break slot between sessions. (8 minutes on one day or 4 minutes on 2 days or 2 minutes everyday) |
The Inaugural session of the Conference will feature:
Felicitation of Awardees of the TSDSI Hall of Fame 2020, by Shri Anshu Prakash, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Govt. of India.
Release of White Paper on “Status of Telecom Start-up Ecosystem in India”. This paper is a culmination of a study commissioned by TSDSI on Indian Telecom Startup ecosystem to capture key impediments to their growth, study best practices from successful countries and come out with recommendations.
Inaugural address by Shri Anshu Prakash.
Session Co-Chairs: Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Mr N G Subramaniam
Session Champions: Ms Pamela Kumar, Mr Amit Gupta
| START TIME | END TIME | SESSION | SPEAKERS |
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| 16:50 | 17:00 | Welcome | Bindoo Srivastava, TSDSI |
| 17:00 17:45 18:00 | 17:45 18:00 18:30 | TSDSI Awards Release of TSDSI White Paper “Status of Telecom Start-up Ecosystem in India” Inaugural Address | Shri Anshu Prakash, Secretary,DoT; Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Immediate Past Chairman, TSDSI (IIT Madras); Mr N G Subramaniam Chairman, TSDSI (Tata Consultancy Services); Ms Pamela Kumar, Director General, TSDSI; Mr Amit Gupta. Advisor TSDSI - Membership Development & Start-up Strategy; Mr Balaji Rangaswamy, CEO Sooktha Consulting |
Special Session
Technology Roadmap 2030: India Context
With the ongoing development and deployment of 5G systems, the focus has shifted to disaggregated and Open systems. This also brings to focus “software as the key differentiator” whereas hardware is expected to be commoditized. India has the potential to play a key role in this “5G and Beyond” landscape because of our proven strengths in the software field. Work on “Beyond 5G” has been initiated in ITU and in multiple SDOs / organizations across the world. TSDSI has also started looking at issues beyond 5G. The SGN working group of TSDSI recently approved a 6G study item. An early start of “Beyond 5G” work is important for developing indigenous IP and influencing global standards in this area. It is critically important for India to chart a path for taking leadership in the “Beyond 5G” space, that relies heavily on software centric systems while also contributing towards commoditization of hardware.
| Time | Session Name | Topic | Speakers |
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| 18:50-19:00 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 19:00-19:25 | Keynote#1 | TSDSI Technical Roadmap | Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Immediate Past Chairman, TSDSI (IIT Madras) |
| 19:25-19:50 | Keynote#2 | Key Drivers for 6G Development | Prof Matti Latva-aho (University of Oulu) |
| 19:50-20:35 | Panel Discussion | Evolution of Technologies for Networks and Services in the Coming Decade. | Prof KVS Hari (TSDSI Standardization Committee Chair, IISc Bangalore); Panelists: Ms. Gnanapriya C, Infosys Ltd; Prof Matti Latva-aho; Mr. Satish Jamadagni (Vice Chairman-TSDSI, Reliance Jio); Dr. Salih Ergut, Turkcell; Dr. Tommy Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology |
| 20:35-20:45 | Open House |
Session Chairs
Session Champions
Session 1
Spectrum: Challenges in a 5G World
Spectrum is the essential resource that fuels innovation and progress in communications. Subsequent to the WRC-19, the standardization of IMT2020 technologies and early global deployments, a key discussion across global markets is the spectrum allocation/ utilization roadmap. The spectrum allocations need to take into account the ever increasing demand for ubiquitous bandwidth and the large suite of emerging use cases and enterprise/captive network requirements which create a need for exploring new bands and allocations. This session will provide a briefing from the recent WRC-19 meetings and take a look at spectrum availability and requirements from a technology and use case lens.
| Time | Session Name | Topic | Speakers |
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| 16:50-17:00 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 17:00-17:25 | Keynote#1 | Spectrum Requirements for emerging 5G/LPWA/V2X/IIOT Services & Use Cases | Mr Yoshinori Ohmura (5GMF) |
| 17:25-17:45 | Keynote#2 | Use Cases, characteristics and considerations in the allocation of spectrum bands beyond 52.6 GHz | Mr Daewon Lee, Intel |
| 17:45-18:00 | Keynote#3 | WRC19 Outcomes: Spectrum Assignment and Recommended Studies | Shri M P S Alawa , Sr. Deputy Wireless Advisor, DoT |
| 18:00-18:45 | Panel Discussion | Emerging global scenario in allocation and use of E/V bands, Licensed / unlicensed spectrum and coexistence in new bands for IMT | Moderator: Mr Ashutosh Pandey, TEC ; Panelist: Shri M P S Alawa; Mr Daewon Lee; Mr P K Garg, Former Wireless Advisor (DoT); Mr Yoshinori Ohmura |
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Session Champions
Session 2
Emerging Open Standards for 5G & Beyond
Technology development is increasingly getting democratized, thanks to Open Initiatives. The white box approach, coupled with interoperability, is accelerating innovations and driving down lifecycle costs, a win -win for the technology community, service providers/operators and end consumers. This session will continue the dialog from our previous edition and the feature talks and discussions with global experts from ORAN/OAI/ONAP initiatives.
| Time | Session Name | Topic | Speakers |
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| 19:05-19:15 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 19:15-19:40 | Keynote#1 | From Research to Practice: Disaggregating the Cellular Radio Access Network with O-RAN | Prof. Sachin Katti (Stanford University, VP Advisor VMWare) |
| 19:40-20:05 | Keynote#2 | Using Open Air Interface for cloud-native 5G networks | Prof Raymond Knopp (Eurecom) |
| 20:05-20:15 | Keynote#3 | TSDSI Initiative for driving open ecosystem in India | Mr Manish Gangey (Airtel) |
| 20:15-21:00 | Panel Discussion | Future of 5G open initiatives | Moderator- Dr Inder Gopal (IISc); Panelists: Prof Sachin Katti; Prof Raymond Knopp; Mr Gilad Garon (ASOCS); Mr Ravikanth Pasumarthy (ALTRAN); Prof Debabrata Das (IIIT Banglaore) |
Session Chairs
Gangey
Airtel
Session Champions
Session 3
Advances in AI/ML for Future Networks
AI/ML is a key enabler technology for future networks. In this session experts from academia and industry bring you the latest from the topic. Some of the key themes discussed here are how to apply AI/ML to address the pain points of future networks, understanding the AI/ML progression in related fields and role of edge/core cloud in AI/ML. Cross-domain, cross-layer interoperability considerations would be debated with an eye towards future opportunities for India, in terms of standardization, contributions and other forms of innovations.
| Time | Session Name | Topic | Speakers |
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| 16:50-17:00 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 17:00-17:25 | Keynote#1 | AI/ML Standards Roundup | Dr Paul Harvey (Rakuten) |
| 17:25-17:50 | Keynote#2 | Recent Innovations in AIML & Mapping of Techniques, Data Sets and Tools | Prof Pushpak Bhattacharya (IIT Bombay) |
| 17:50-18:45 | Panel Discussion | Role of AI/ML: Cross domain and Cross Layer | Moderator: Prof Brejesh Lal (IIT-D); Panelists: Dr Kalpesh Parikh (ESDS); Mr Subhas Mondal (WIPRO); Mr. Vinod Khader (IBM); Dr Saidhiraj Amuru (IITH) |
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Session 4
Rural and Remote Data Connectivity – Global Case Studies and Standards
Rural and Remote areas lack the connectivity required to effectively bridge the digital divide even as we enter the age of 5G and beyond. However, there is increasing focus on this topic around the world and this is one of the pillars of digital initiatives. This session focuses on case studies from around the world on providing effective rural and remote connectivity and the initiatives in standardisation to address this challenge. « 5G for Remote Areas », besides Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications (uRLLC) and Massive MTC (mMTC), could thus become the « 4th pillar » of IMT-2020, as presented by India in its TSDSI RIT accepted specification by ITU-R and as proposed by Brazil in its 5G-RANGE Project between 5G Brasil and EU. We will also consider case studies from the UK.
| Time | Session Name | Topic | Speakers |
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| 19:05-19:15 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 19:15-19:25 | Keynote#1 | IMT-2020, TSDSI Specifications Update | Prof Kiran Kuchi, TSDSI |
| 19:25-19:35 | Keynote#2 | 5G for Remote Areas: The Missing Scenario | Dr. Jose Marcos Camara Brito (5G Brasil) |
| 19:35-19:45 | Keynote#3 | Improving connectivity in rural areas and hard-to-reach places | Dr. Federico Boccardi (OFCOM) |
| 19:45-21:00 | Panel Discussion | Best Practices from around the Globe, Way Forward | Moderator: Prof Kiran Kuchi TSDSI; Dr. Jose Marcos Camara Brito (5G Brasil); Mr. Sandeep Agarwal (CDOT); Mr D K Agrawal (BSNL); Prof. Tharek Abd Rahman (MTSFB); Mr. Jaspreet Singh (KIRAT Communications); Dr. Federico Boccardi (OFCOM) |
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Session 5
Security: A Trust Perspective
Security concerns facing the world, in general, and India, in particular, are more complex and daunting today than at any other time in entire history. The rapid pace of technology evolution has also led to increasingly sophisticated security threats. The dimensions of physical security have clearly been overshadowed by the concerns surrounding cyber and data security where the threat vectors are significantly larger and the unknowns many more. The world of technology and standardization is heavily engaged in finding solutions to minimize the incidences and consequences of such security threats.
This session will discuss state of the art topics such as quantum key, bootstrapping frameworks, security by design, trust centres etc. by bringing together global and national subject matter experts to share their views, opinions and advice on the TTDD platform.
| Time | Session Name | Topic | Speakers |
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| 16:50-17:00 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 17:00-17:25 | Keynote#1 | Quantum Security | Dr Gyu Myoung Lee (KAIST) |
| 17:25-17:45 | Keynote#2 | Security Gaps in 5G | Mr Satish Jamadagni (Reliance JIO) |
| 17:45-18:05 | Keynote#3 | National Trust Centre and Security by Design | Mr UK Srivastava (Sr DDG TEC) Mr Sharad Arora (Sensorise) |
| 18:05-18:45 | Presentation and Panel Discussion | Operator Trust Enabled Security Framework | Context Setting by Mr Adrian Scrase (ETSI); Moderator: Mr U K Srivastava (Sr. DDG, TEC); Panelists: Mr Adrian Scrase (ETSI); Satish Jamadagni (Rel JIO); Mr. Amit Pradhan (Voda-Idea); Mr Narendra Nath (NSCS); Dr Gyu Myoung Lee |
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Session 6
Data Management and Privacy in the Digital Era
In the age of exponential digital proliferation massive volumes of data are generated, collected, stored, and processed by multiple stakeholders in multiple devices and network nodes. This presents many challenges for data management and protection. The new ways of data processing enabled through advances in Big Data and AI/ML further add to such challenges. The effective management and stringent protection of aggregated data, personal data and privacy therefore become imperative towards sustaining digital adoption.
| Time | Session Name | Topic | Speakers |
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| 19:05-19:15 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 19:15-19:35 | Keynote#1 | Trustworthy Data Management | Dr Sachin Lodha (TCS) |
| 19:35-19:55 | Keynote#2 | Personal Data Protection & Privacy | Mr. Anand Virani (CCT) |
| 19:55-20:15 | Keynote#3 | Security & Privacy challenges while improving Contact Tracing (Tracing (overall data collection/analysis) whilst maintaining privacy) | Mr. Akshay Mishra (DSP Networks) |
| 20:15-21:00 | Panel Discussion | Pandemic Technologies- Privacy challenges and solutions | Moderator: Mr. Balaji Rangaswamy (Sooktha); Panelists: Prof V. Kamakoti (IIT Madras); Dr Sachin Lodha (TCS); Mr Akshay Mishra (DSP Networks); Mr Anand Virani (CCT); Dr. Giridhar Mandyam (Qualcomm) |
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Session 7
Design in India for AtmaNirbhar Bharat – the IP context
(Design Local, Deploy Global)
It is well known that countries that have a strong culture of nurturing IP creation and protection, gain global supremacy in the technology driven world. India, with its vast technology talent pool, thriving startup culture, and a market defined by frugal power and cost margins, has all the ingredients to become a self-reliant nation by designing solutions/products/components and the manufacturing processes suited to India and like markets. This session will deliberate on the technology dimension for nurturing an ecosystem to achieve a goal of at least 5% of essential/enforceable global patents from India by 2030.
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| 16:50-17:00 | Welcome Session | Welcome Session | - |
| 17:00-17:10 | Opening Remarks | Opening Remarks | Mr. Hari Ranjan Rao (DoT) |
| 17:10-17:35 | Keynote#1 | Presentation on 5G Use Case Labs | Dr Abhishek Thakur (IDRBT) |
| 17:35-18:00 | Keynote#2 | Indian Multi-institution 5G Test Lab | Mr. V Chandrashekhar(CEWIT) |
| 18:00-18:55 | Panel Discussion | 5G Use Cases and Test Labs Initiatives | Moderator-Mr. Babu Narayanan (CEWIT); Panelists: Mr. R K Pathak (DoT); Mr. Andreas Mueller (5G ACIA); Mr. David Lund (PSC Europe); Mr Lalit Mohan (IDRBT); Dr DongKu Kim (5G Forum) |
| 18:55-19:20 | BREAK | ||
| 19:20-19:45 | Keynote#3 | Design and Manufacturing from India for the World - Case Study | Dr. Badri Gomatam (STL) |
| 19:45-2100 | Panel Discussion | Design in India for AtmaNirbhar Bharat | Moderator- Dr. Kumar Sivarajan ( Tejas Networks); Panelists: Mr. R.K. Pathak (DoT); Mr. Akhilesh Srivastava (TCS); Dr. Vishwakumara Kayargadde (Saankhya Labs); Mr Abhijeet Chaudhary (Niral Networks); Mr. Nitin Jain (VVDN Technologies); Mr Arumugam Govindswamy (MBit Wireless) |
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