Presenters

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  Younsun Kim

  3GPP TSG RAN Chair (Samsung)

  Dr. Younsun Kim is a Master (Vice President of Technology) at Samsung, specializing in wireless communication standards. Since 1999, he has been a key contributor to the global development of 3G, 4G, 5G cellular communication standards, and he is currently leading research efforts for 6G.
  In 2025, he was elected Chair of 3GPP TSG RAN, having previously chaired RAN Working Group 1 for 4 years. He was recognized as an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to the 5G physical layer in 2025. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and MS/BS degrees from Yonsei University
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  Peter Schmitt

  3GPP TSG CT Chair (Huawei)

  Since 1999 active in 3GPP as Delegate, CT4 Vice Chair and CT4 Chair for several years and CT Chair since 2023
  Detailed timeline
  2023-till present Chair of 3GPP CT
  2019-2023 Chair of 3GPP CT WG4
  2016-2019 vice Chair of 3GPP CT WG4
  2012-2016 Delegate in 3GPP CT WG4
  2003-2012 Chair of 3PP CN WG4/3GPP CT WG4
  2001-2003 vice Chair of 3GPP CN WG4
  1999-2001 Delegate in 3GPP CN WG4
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  Dr. Juan Montojo

  3GPP rapporteur for Rel-18 and Rel-19 AI/ML for NR Air Interface (Qualcomm, Vice President of Technical Standards)

  Juan Montojo is Vice President of Technical Standards at the Qualcomm’s Corporate Standards group. He has Telecommunications Engineering degrees from the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, and Institut Eurecom, Sophia Antipolis, France, as well as, MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) and University of California San Diego (UCSD), respectively.
  Currentlly, Dr. Montojo is the global head of Cellular Standards and Industry Organization at Qualcomm. He is an ETSI Board member from November ’23 and is a member of ATIS Board of Directors from November ‘24.
  Dr. Montojo joined Qualcomm in San Diego, CA in January 1997 and has worked in the system design and standardization of various communication systems including Globalstar, 3G, 4G, 5G, and WiFi as part of the corporate R&D and Standards groups. He led the 3GPP Physical layer standardization of 3G/WCDMA Rel-7 and of 4G/LTE Rel-8, 9, 10, and part of 11. He led the Qualcomm Research Germany group from Nov ’11 to July ’15 working on Gbps cable modem design and IEEE 802.3 standardization, as well as, 802.11ah modem design and implementation. Upon his return to San Diego, Dr. Montojo led the system design of 5G NR unlicensed and spectrum sharing until he moved back to the 3GPP team in January ‘17 where he helped with the execution of the 5G NR acceleration. As of late, Dr. Montojo has been focusing on AI/ML for NR air interface for which he was the rapporteur of the 3GPP Rel-18 and Rel-19 projects. He is also researching 6G areas focusing on identifying the benefits that 6G could offer over 5G/5G-Adavanced.
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  Jianchi Zhu

  (China Telecom, Director of wireless standardization)

  Jianchi Zhu is director of wireless standardization with China Telecom Research Institute. His research interests include MIMO, spectrum aggregation, ISAC and 5G/6G standardization. He is the rapporteur for 3GPP Rel-17 NR coverage enhancements and Rel-17 NR uplink Tx switching
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  Eko Onggosanusi

  Rapporteur for multiple MIMO work items (Samsung , Senior Director)

  Eko Onggosanusi is currently a senior director of standards at Samsung Research America. Prior to joining Samsung in 2014, he was a manager at Texas Instruments. He has worked on cellular standards and algorithm/system designs especially 3G HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access), 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution), 5G NR (New Radio Interface), and currently works on 6GR (6G Radio). Having been a 3GPP RAN1 delegate since 2005, he has contributed to numerous components of LTE and NR physical layer specification. He has been the 3GPP rapporteur of the 4G and 5G MIMO work items from 2015 to 2025. He received the 2025 3GPP Excellence Award for his contribution and technical leadership in the 3GPP RAN1 community. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000), has (co)authored a number of papers in conferences and peer-reviewed journals, and is an inventor of numerous patents in wireless communications.
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  Mr. Nicolas Chuberre

  3GPP rapporteur for multiple NTN Rel-17/18/19 work items (Thales Alenia Space France, 5G/6G Solution Line Manager)

  Nicolas CHUBERRE graduated in 1988 from “Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieur en Electronique et Electrotechnique” in Paris. Previously with Nokia & Alcatel Mobile phones to design signal processing algorithms, Medium Access Control protocols and test tools for 2G cellular handsets & systems assembly, he joined Thales Alenia Space to manage the development of satellite payload equipment and the design of advanced Satellite Communication Systems (GEO and Non GEO). He has successfully initiated and led several European collaborative research projects in FP6, FP7, H2020, Horizon Europe as well as ESA ARTES context. He has been chairing the SatCom Working Group of Networld2020 technology platforms (https://www.networld2020.eu/) during 9 years and as such was member of the partnership board of the 5G Infrastructure Association (https://6g-ia.eu/). Nicolas has published several papers on innovative Satellite System concepts and co authored a book ” 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks: Technologies, Standards, and System Design”. Currently he is defining and developing Satellite Solutions for 5G and 6G systems. In addition, he is the lead representative of Thales in 3GPP TSG RAN where he is the rapporteur of the standardisation on the integration of satellite in 5G since 2017 (https://www.3gpp.org/news-events/partners-news/2254-ntn_rel17). He also chairs since 2006 the Satellite Communication and Navigation working group at ETSI (www.etsi.org). He is the technical manager of the Horizon Europe research project “6G-NTN² NEXUS” (https://www.6g-ntn.eu/). Last, he chairs the NTN forum steering board (https://connectivity.esa.int/nonterrestrial-networks-ntn-forum).
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  Puneet Jain

  3GPP TSG SA Chair (Intel Corporation - Sr. Principal Engineer and Sr. Director of Technical Standards)

  Puneet Jain is a Senior Principal Engineer and Senior Director of Technical Standards at Intel Corporation. Within this role, he leads the Network Standards team, spearheading research and standardization efforts in the realm of end-to-end network architecture for cutting-edge mobile broadband technologies such as 5G, 5G-Adv, and 6G. Puneet is the current 3GPP TSG SA Chair. Prior to this, he served as the 3GPP SA2 Chair (2019 – 2023) and as the 3GPP SA2 Vice-Chair (2015 – 2019). Additionally, he has held key roles such as TSDSI Global SDO Task Force co-chair (2021 – 2022) and oneM2M Steering Committee Vice-Chair (2014 – 2016).
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  Vasil Aleksiev

  3GPP SA1 Chair (Deutsche Telekom AG)

  Vasil Aleksiev has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications field in different engineering positions, project management and participation in various standardization projects.
  Vasil holds a master’s degree in Telecommunications from the Technical University of Bulgaria.
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  Rajavelsamy Rajadurai

  3GPP SA3 Chair (Samsung)

  Rajavelsamy Rajadurai holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and a Master's in Computer Science and Engineering. Since joining Samsung Electronics in 2003, he has been at the forefront of wireless mobile communications research and standardization, with a strong focus on security system architectures, security protocols, and wireless cellular communications.
  
  With over 25 years of experience, Rajavelsamy has been actively involved in the 3GPP SA3 Working Group since 2004, contributing significantly to SA3 specifications. He has served as Rapporteur for key topics and has held three terms as SA3 Vice-Chair (2007-09, 2019-21, and 2022-23), demonstrating exceptional leadership during critical periods.
  
  In 2024, he was recognized with the 3GPP Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions to the SA3 Working Group, particularly for his leadership in advancing security specifications.
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  Yang Tang

  3GPP RAN4 Chair (Apple - Senior manager)

  Dr. Yang Tang is the Chair of 3GPP RAN4 and Senior Manager of 3GPP Standards at Apple. With a career spanning two decades in wireless standardization, he currently leads the Apple RAN4 team. His extensive background also includes seven years at the helm of Intel’s RAN4 team and a tenure as a leading MIMO delegate for Huawei USA. Dr. Tang holds a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, conferred in 2006.