Kick off meeting!

The Kick off event, which was successfully organized by 6G- SANDBOX Consortium, took place in the Flemish town of Leuven, in Belgium on the 11th and 12th of January 2023. The 2-day hybrid event, was followed by representatives from 17 project partners from 8 European countries. The participants, had the chance to meet or e-meet each other, introduce their teams and their role at the project, while they followed all the presentations which got everyone on the same page and off to a great start!

The first day, Michael Dieudonne (Keysight), the Project Coordinator, opened the meeting and Pedro Merino (UMA), the Technical Manager, initiated the discussion on 6G-SANDBOX technical aspects. The meeting continued with more discussions on technical components made by partners during afternoon’s sessions. During the second day, and among other presentations, the 4 platforms (Athens, Malaga, Oulu, Berlin) of the project were presented by the partners in charge. Finally, the traditional group photo was taken within the last day. We thank all the participants for their presence and their commitment to the success of this project!

6G-SANDBOX press release

Funded by Horizon Europe, 6G-SANDBOX is one of 35 new projects launched by Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), which the European Commission (EC) established in 2021 to support the development of smart communication components, systems, and networks considered essential in building out a first-class European supply chain for advanced 5G and 6G technologies.

Seventeen organizations join forces to create 6G-SANDBOX, a pan-European testbed for 6G experimentation and validation of 5G-Advanced and 6G capabilities. The project, which started 1st of January 2023, aims to develop EU-wide experimentation platforms to test promising technical 6G enablers, including zero-touch management, flexible multi-tenancy architecture, network intelligence, security, digital twins, artificial intelligence (AI), and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

The project’s press release was made by Keysight, project coordinator, on Thursday 5th January 2023 and you can access it here.