The 6G Monday event, held on April 14th in Sophia Antipolis, France, showcased EU-funded projects contributing to the development of 6G standards. Among the highlights was Dr. Dimitris Tsolkas, Vice Chair of the ETSI SDG OpenCAPIF and a representative of FOGUS, who presented the 6G-SANDBOX project during Session 3 titled ‘From Research to Standards – EU Projects Making Real Impact in ETSI.‘, moderated by David Boswarthick, ETSI’s Director of Strategy & Innovation

Session 3 was divided into two key sub-sections: ‘Deep-Dive on Sensing for 6G’ and ‘The Role of Open Source in 6G.’ .The second sub-section included insights from Silvia Almagia, ETSI’s Director of Software and Standards, and David Artuñedo, Chair of ETSI SDG OpenCAPIF and a representative from Telefonica.

Dimitris Tsolkas highlighted the 6G-SANDBOX project’s approach on leveraging and contributing to open-source.

The session concluded with a panel discussion titled ‘What More Needs to be Done in ETSI to Accelerate Research Input into Standards?’

For more information about the event, visit: ETSI 6G Monday.

On March 27–28, 2025, the Congreso Internacional Smart Living Marbella brought together top experts in innovation and digital transformation at the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones Adolfo Suárez in Marbella. Among the distinguished speakers was Prof. Pedro Merino Gómez, Director of the Institute for Software Technology and Software Engineering (ITIS UMA) and Technical Manager of 6G-SANDBOX. Prof. Merino participated in the roundtable discussion titled “Smart Tourism: How 5G and 6G Technology Influence Various Aspects of Tourism.” The panel, moderated by Carmen Aguayo, Professor at the University of Málaga

In his talk, Pedro Merino presented the Málaga Platform and 6G-SANDBOX project.

He also highlighted how specific 6G innovations like JCAS, RIS, and NTN & 5G Integration are poised to transform tourism.

As an official partner of the event, ITIS UMA proudly confirmed its dedication to advancing digital technologies for the benefit of society.

For more information you may visit: https://www.smartlivingmarbella.es/

The 6G-SANDBOX Deliverable D2.3 – “Final Definition of Trial Networks Lifecycle” – is now available!

‘𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐷2.2. 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 6𝐺𝑆𝐴𝑁𝐷𝐵𝑂𝑋 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑛 6𝐺 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠.’

🔗 Read it here 👉https://6g-sandbox.eu/dissemination/deliverables/