ETSI AI and Data Conference 2026

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Day 03

The following demonstrations were available during the conference breaks:

• EUROCOMPLY: Automated Regulatory Compliance Validation for AI/ML Systems in Telecommunications via Agentic AI
  Presented by Mazene Ameur, EURECOM

• CERTAIN RegOps: Automated, continuous compliance for AI systems
  Presented by Dimitrios Christodoulou, Digital for Planet

• AI Core-Next Generation Network Architecture – Demo part of ETSI ENI ISG PoC 24 project
  Presented by Xueli An, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH 

• Advancing AI-assisted Invention for 3GPP Standards
  Presented by Harry Cronin, Iprova

• AI-Driven Anomaly Detection for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)
  Presented by Francesco Kotopulos de Angelis and Kaleb Gebremeskel, CNIT

• Data: the Foundation of Future AI Applications, Services, and Data Governance
  Presented by Hesham Moussa, Huawei Technologies Canada

• Optical Testbed Data Space: Sovereign Data Sharing for Cross-Testbed AI Empowerment
  Presented by Angela Mitrovska, Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, HHI

• Agentic, OSI‑Open, and Auditable: A Standards‑Aligned Data‑Quality Pipeline for Trustworthy AI in eHealth, MedTech, Cybersecurity and Renewable Energy
  Presented by Hans Christiaan De Raad, OpenNovations

The following posters were available during the conference breaks:

• 6G GOALS – Enabling Semantic & Goal Oriented Communications using AI for next wireless network evolutions
  Presented by Olivier Forceville, HPE

• Integrating Network Digital Twinning (NDT) into future AI-native 6G networks
  Presented by Régis Decorme, R2M Solution France

• CoEvolution EU project | A comprehensive trustworthy framework for connected machine learning and secure interconnected AI solutions
  Presented by Orestis Tsirakis, CyberAlytics Limited

• Applying Graph-based RAG to ETSI Standards
  Presented by Aiman Al Masoud, CEI – Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano

• Intelligent NGSI-LD Navigation: A Self-Adaptive Agent for Knowledge Graph Exploration
  Presented by Adam Lewis, EGM

• Sustain-6G: Embedding Responsible AI into the Heart of 6G Network
  Presented by Chaima Ghribi Nokia, CEA, Qampo

• Telco Data Space: A Sovereign Data Ecosystem for Future 6G Networks
  Presented by Angela Mitrovska, Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut International

• SEM-NTN: Enabling Semantic Communications in O-RAN-Integrated Satellite Networks
  Presented by Amedeo Giuliani, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)

• GPT-NL: Transparent, Responsible, and Sovereign LLM
  Presented by Piotr Zuraniewski, TNO

• Open, Auditable Data‑Quality Evidence for AI in eHealth, MedTech, Cybersecurity, and Renewable Energy: A Reference Architecture and Gap Analysis
  Presented by Hans Christiaan De Raad, OpenNovations

Aiman Al Masoud, Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (CEI) & Università di Pavia (UniPV)
I graduated from school in 2018 after completing my A-Levels (mostly STEM subjects) in the UAE. After that, I moved back to Italy to pursue a degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Pavia (UniPV), which I completed in 2021 (bachelors) and in 2023 (masters). As of 2025, I am pursuing a software engineering PhD at UniPV, sponsored by Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (CEI). In the context of this PhD course, I am specializing in the applications and security aspects of LLMs (Large Language Models), especially in the field of standards.

Mazene Ameur, EURECOM
Mazene Ameur (Member, IEEE) is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Communication Systems Department, EURECOM. For the master’s degree project, he completed an internship with the XLIM Research Institute in France. His research focuses on the integration of novel AI systems into next-generation communication networks, specifically 6G networks. He is actively involved in several prominent European projects, including SUNRISE-6G and 6G-DALI.

Xueli An, Head of 6G Network Architecture Research Group, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH
Dr. Xueli An is the Head of 6G Network Architecture Research Group at Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich Research Center, Germany. Her main research focus is on AI-native 6G network architecture design and corresponding new business sectors that could be enabled by 6G, e.g. industry automation, robotics, etc. Other than research domain, she is actively involved in many industry platforms. She serves as 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) working group “Use cases and Requirements” Vice Chair since 2018. She is the Vice Chair of NetworldEurope Enabling Technologies for Future Vertical Ecosystem Transformation Working Group since 2020. She also takes the role as working group “Communication and Dissemination” co-chair position in one6G Association since 2021. She has many peer-reviewed international journal/conference publications and filed/granted patent applications in the field of mobile communication, networking, etc. She received her Master and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherland.

Howard Benn, ETSI
Howard is an independent consultant working in the field of technology standards. He started his career back in 1982, did his degree and PhD at Bradford University, moving into radio based communications in 1989. Standards work started in ETSI on GSM (SMG2) in 1993, then helping create 3GPP and chairing 3GPP RAN 4 from 1998 to 2007. A board member of ETSI 2008 to 2023, currently a member of a number of advisory boards for UK universities and research programs. He retired from his role as ‘Vice President Communications Research’ for Samsung Electronics R&D Institute in 2024, but maintains his visiting Professor at Bristol University and Honorary Professor at QUB roles. He also sits on the UKTIN government advisory committee looking at the future of communications technology in the UK, and co-chairs the standards group.

David Boswarthick, Director of Strategy and Innovation, ETSI
David Boswarthick is the ETSI Director of Strategy and Innovation, where he is responsible for tracking and capturing ICT research & development activities that are ripe for standardization. He devotes himself to new business / technology development and the creation of strong links and enablers towards R&D, academia, National, EU, global research projects as well as the creation of new or enhanced standards groups in ETSI.
David has more than 30 years’ experience in the telecommunications sector, which includes over 25 years’ working in ICT standardization supporting both 3GPP and ETSI Technical groups as well as Board level strategic initiatives.

Scott Cadzow, Chair of ETSI TC Securing AI (TC SAI), Cadzow Communications Consulting – Member of the Programme Committee
Having been awarded an ETSI Fellowship in 2023 Scott Cadzow has used that as a springboard for further involvement in developing and promoting standards. Across a number of fields, often underpinned by the keyword of security, Scott has attempted across his career to make standards clear, concise and simple to understand and apply. In many cases this has been to deconstruct difficult problems to remove the difficulty and to address the key issues that make the standard and its products work. 

Marco Carugi, Rapporteur in ITU-T SG13, Senior Consultant, Huawei Technologies
Senior consultant with Huawei Technologies on Advanced ICTs and related standardization since 2018. He has professional experience in R&D and technology strategy, with past positions in Solvay group, Orange Labs, Nortel Networks CTO division, ZTE R&D Technology Strategy, and as consultant with various customers, including NEC.
IMT-2020/5G and Future Networks, AI/ML for Networks, AI Native Networks, Autonomous Networks, IoT, Digital Twins and Smart Cities are the technical areas he is currently involved in. Active in standardization for a long time, he has led specifications in different domains and held leadership positions in different SDOs (ITU-T, IETF, OIF). Among other positions, he currently serves as Rapporteur for ITU-T Q20 of SG13 (“IMT Networks and AI/ML: Requirements and Architecture”) and Rapporteur for ITU-T Q2 of SG20 (“Requirements, capabilities and architectural frameworks of IoT and SSC&C across verticals”). He also acts as vice-Chair of the ITU-T Joint Coordination Activity on AI/ML and co-convener of the ITU-T Correspondence Group for datasets applicable for AI/ML in networks, as well as active participant in the Focus Group on AI Native for Telecommunication Networks.
Marco holds an Electronic Engineering degree in Telecommunications from University of Pisa (Italy), a M.S. in Engineering and Management of Telecommunication Networks from National Institute of Telecommunications (France), a Master in International Business Development from ESSEC Business School (France), and completed an Executive Program on Big Data Science at Ecole Centrale Supelec (France).

Martin Chatel, Chief Policy Officer, Policy Affairs Department, ETSI
Martin Chatel joined ETSI in February 2025 as Chief Policy Officer, leading the Policy Affairs Department. He drives ETSI’s strategic engagement with European institutions, EFTA, CEPT administrations, standards development organisations, industry associations, and governments at European and international levels. He oversees the coordination of European standardisation requests mandated by the Commission, as well as international cooperation projects and partnerships. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the Brussels Institute of European Studies, he brings extensive experience working with law firms, international organisations, and European standardisation bodies.

Dimitrios Christodoulou, Software Engineer, Digital for Planet
Dimitrios Christodoulou is a Software Engineer at Digital for Planet in Zurich, Switzerland. He holds a Master’s degree in Robotics, Systems and Control from ETH Zurich and an Integrated Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Thessaly, Greece. His research interests lie at the intersection of computer vision, multimodal learning, and AI-enabled compliance checking using large language models, with applications in autonomous systems and augmented reality and a broader focus on enabling trustworthy and compliance of AI systems

Harry Cronin, Head of Standards, Iprova
Dr Harry Cronin Head of Standards at Iprova, where he leads the development of AI-based software to help users invent for and contribute to 3GPP and other technical standards faster and more diversely than previously possible. Harry also leads on Invention-as-a-Service projects for a range of clients in telecoms and other high tech industries. Harry is an accomplished inventor with over 120 patents and patent applications to date. Prior to Iprova, Harry worked in R&D in printed electronics and defense electronics. He obtained his doctoral degree in Advanced Materials from the University of Surrey and his masters degree in Physics from Imperial College London.

Régis Decorme, co-founder and Managing Partner, R2M Solution
Régis Decorme is the co-founder and Managing Partner of the French branch of R2M Solution. An IT engineer graduated from the University of Nice – Polytech Sophia Antipolis (2004), Régis has extensive experience in ICT research and innovation with a strong focus on societal challenges. His expertise covers information technologies and open innovation, applied to strategic domains such as energy-efficient buildings, active ageing, smart design, and smart cities.
Régis began his career at the University Hospital of Nice (2004–2008) before joining the French Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB) in 2008. Over ten years at CSTB, he coordinated European affairs for the IT Directorate and contributed to the organisation and implementation of the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP). He is also one of the initiators of the Sustainable Places conference series and, since 2025, a member of the ECTP Steering Committee.
He currently serves as Dissemination and Innovation Manager of the Horizon Europe SNS JU 6G-TWIN project.

Claire d’Esclercs, Director of Education and Knowledge, ETSI
Claire d’Esclercs is Director of Education and Knowledge at ETSI, where she has been contributing to the field of technology standardisation since joining in 1992. Over the years, she has held various roles, including leading ETSI’s Membership Care Team, managing Forapolis, and supporting ETSI’s external relations.
Her work has included helping launch the International Partnership Project on Mobile Broadband Systems for Public Safety (MESA) and playing a key role in establishing the Emergency Telecommunications group.
Today, Claire is focused on education and knowledge-sharing activities. She manages ETSI’s “Master Tech Standardisation” programme, aimed at equipping the next generation of professionals with a solid understanding of technology standardisation. Her work also includes building links with universities and professional bodies to help connect industry with education. Claire brings a strong commitment to collaboration and international outreach, contributing to ETSI’s wider efforts to support innovation and best practice in standardisation.

Hans Christiaan De Raad, OpenNovations
Hans de Raad is the founder of OpenNovations, where he helps organizations design and operate high‑integrity, security‑first data and AI pipelines in highly regulated environments. His work focuses on turning data governance into something verifiable in practice: measurable data quality, end‑to‑end traceability, and audit‑ready evidence that supports trustworthy analytics and machine learning.
Hans works predominantly with open source software and open standards, advocating for transparency, interoperability, and defensible engineering choices over “black‑box” compliance. He has led and supported projects spanning data management, cybersecurity, and assurance—often at the intersection where privacy, operational resilience, and AI performance meet.

Isabella de Michelis Di Slonghello, European DIGITAL SME Alliance, ErnieApp Ltd
Isabella De Michelis is the CEO and founder of ErnieApp, creator of the Privacy Knowledge Manager (PKM). The three-sided scoped mobile app, serving 150,000+ unique users, shifts the paradigm from defensive privacy to pro-active collaboration. By applying game theory, the PKM empowers users to measure their digital value and engage transparently and opportunistically with enterprises based on dynamic incentive based choices.

Paul Duncan, Principal Scientist, UK National Physical Laboratory
Dr Paul Duncan is a Principal Scientist at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL), where he leads the Informatics group within the Data Science & AI department. With a background in data modelling and uncertainty evaluation, his work focuses on developing data quality frameworks and methodologies for understanding uncertainty in complex, interconnected systems.
Dr Duncan is the Technical Lead for NPL’s involvement in the AI Standards Hub, where he plays a key role in shaping national and international approaches to Trustworthy AI. His current research explores how metrology can underpin the development of reliable, transparent, and accountable AI systems. He is actively involved in cross-disciplinary projects that span data science, semantic technologies, and AI governance, and frequently collaborates with government, academia, and industry to advance confidence in the use of AI

Jan Ellsberger, Director-General, ETSI
Jan Ellsberger is a globally recognised leader in the ICT industry with more than 30 years of experience with research and innovation, industry ecosystem development, standardisation, policy development & regulation, and strategy development in the telecommunications and automotive industries. From 2000-2012 he was leading Ericsson’s global standardisation operations. He has also served in leading positions in several industry associations such as 3GPP, 5GAA, ERTICO and the Horizon Europe CCAM Association.

Ray Forbes, Vice chair of ETSI TC DATA and OCG-AI (ETSI AI Coordination Group) – Member of the Programme Committee
Educated at Loughborough University of Technology between 1977 and 1984, he joined Plessey Telecommunications where he worked on Software Engineering and Analysis. Since 1990 he has worked on network development in the area of Intelligent Networks and Standardisation. Working for many manufacturers. Currently, Ray is vice chair of ETSI TC Data and OCG-AI. He is also working for Huawei Technologies and leads and chairs the ETSI ISG ENI (Experiential Networked intelligence) and ETSI ISG PDL (Permissioned Distributed Ledger) as Acting Chairman.

Olivier Forceville, Telecom and AI technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Olivier Forceville is a Telecom and AI technologist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise focused on innovation inside the HPE Networking Telco Solutions business unit. As an expert inside the 5G portfolio R&D, he leads initiatives on AI enablement and sustainability for 5G network and beyond. He is currently leading the HPE France contribution to the SNS JU 6G-GOALS European project on AI driven and semantic communication. At HPE for +25 years, he managed the validation and product quality of telecoms signaling, radio controller and media platform solutions and contributed as data science subject matter expert to the development of HPE Big Data and Machine Learning Operations commercial platforms. He developed the technical marketing activity for the HPE Telecom analytics and 5G Core Network domains supporting pre-sales, support, and delivery teams worldwide.

Pavlos Fournogerakis, SNS JU
Pavlos Fournogerakis is Deputy Head of Programmes in Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU). His responsibilities include coordination of SNS/Horizon Europe programme implementation and project portfolio, 6G research strategy and work programme definition as well as policy feedback activities in the area of connectivity. From 2012 to 2022 he held various positions in the CONNECT Directorate General of the European Commission and in the Research Executive Agency, where he was involved in the implementation of the 5G Public Private Partnership and cybersecurity programmes, research and policy development in the areas of 5G and future communication networks, IoT and network security. Prior to joining the European Commission, he has occupied several telecom engineering and project management positions in the Greek public sector, industry and academia. He holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, both from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

Bulent Gecer, Data management and incident analytics expert, Ericsson
Bulent Gecer joined Ericsson in 2001. He is an expert in data management and incident analytics within Ericsson’s CTO office and has played a leading role in developing data-management- and analytics-related architectures at corporate level for the past 15 years. Gecer previously worked as a technology specialist and software developer within core networks. He holds an M.Sc. in engineering physics from Uppsala University in Sweden.

Chaima Ghribi, Senior Staff Research Specialist, Nokia Standards
Dr. Chaima Ghribi is a Senior Staff Research Specialist at Nokia Standards, leading research on Responsible AI in 6G networks. With a PhD in energy-efficient cloud computing, she brings expertise in AI-driven network automation, digital twins, and sustainable networking. Her career includes roles at Orange Labs, Bouygues Telecom, and Telecom SudParis, where she contributed to advancing innovations in 5G, SDN, and agent-based modeling

Kathrin Grosse, Research Scientist, IBM Research Zurich
Kathrin Grosse is a Research Scientist at IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland. Her work bridges the gap between AI security research and practical industry needs. She earned her master’s degree from Saarland University and completed her Ph.D. at CISPA Helmholtz Center, Saarland University, in 2021, under the guidance of Michael Backes. Following her doctorate, she conducted postdoctoral research with Battista Biggio in Cagliari, Italy, and Alexandre Alahi at EPFL, Switzerland. Before joining IBM Research full-time, Kathrin gained valuable industry experience through internships at IBM in 2019 and Disney Research in 2020/21. Beyond her core research, Kathrin actively contributes to the scientific community. She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals and top-tier conferences, organizes international workshops and conferences, and holds a patent. Since September 2025, she has been a member of the European research network ELLIS.

Sebastian Hallensleben, Chair of CEN-CENELEC JTC 21
Dr Sebastian Hallensleben is the Chair of CEN-CENELEC JTC 21 where European AI standards to underpin EU regulation are being developed, and co-chairs the AI risk and accountability work at OECD. Sebastian is the initiator and Programme Chair of the Digital Trust Convention and is Principal Advisor Digital Trust at KI Park. As Chief Trust Officer at Resaro, he works towards drilling down to ground truths about capabilities of AI systems. – Previously, Sebastian Hallensleben headed Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence at VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies. He focuses in particular on operationalising AI ethics, on characterizing AI quality and on building privacy-preserving trust infrastructures for a more resilient digital space.

Marwan Haruna, CNIT and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa
Marwan Haruna is a PhD student in Emerging Digital Technologies at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, affiliated with CNIT. He holds an MSc in Cybersecurity from the University of Pisa and has previous industry experience at Nigerian Communications Satellite. His research focuses on cybersecurity, AI, maritime autonomous surface ships, and remote operation centers for ports of the future. He has published two scientific papers and is involved in multiple funded research projects.

Nicolas Hauviller, Amadeus Research, AI Office
Nicolas is Director Innovation within Amadeus’ AI Research department and a member of the Amadeus AI Office. He contributes to the company’s AI strategy, oversees research initiatives, and works to ensure that new AI capabilities are responsibly integrated into Amadeus products and services. One of his key missions is to track the latest technological and business trends in AI to assess how they can create value for the travel industry and for Amadeus in particular. He works closely with engineering and business teams to translate research insights into practical, scalable innovations that enhance the travel experience.

Simon Hicks, ETSI board member and Finance Committee Chair – Member of the Programme Committee
Employed by DSIT UK. Simon leads on technical issues in digital standards for the UK government based in DSIT. He is a past Chair of the ETSI General Assembly of ETSI. He has been on the ETSI board for 23 years and a vice chair for 2 terms. Simon is active in a range of global digital standards and technology work, focusing on areas of concern to society and government, mainly around ETSI and 3GPP. He is a Chartered Engineer and began his civil service career in the UK defence ministry managing, designing and installing radio systems. He joined the trade and industry ministry in 2002 and has been involved in  ICT standards work since then.

Taras Holoyad, Federal Network Agency, ETSI TC MTS
Taras Holoyad holds Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sustainable Urban Transformation. He currently works with the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), focusing on AI standards. In the field of testing, Taras contributes to risk-based testing of AI system’s robustness, programs penetration testing attacks for industrial Wi-Fi communication, and serves as the Vice-Chair of ETSI’s Technical Committee on Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS).

Milan Lalovic, BT
Milan Lalovic has more than 29 years of work experience in BT and telecom industry in UK and USA. He has specialised in Wireless Technologies RAN Design and has extensive experience in 5G Mobile Core Research team in BT, leading research work in Edge Cloud Computing, Network Convergence and Future Private Networks. Currently, Milan is a member of the BT International Standards Team within BT Research and Commercialisation group, focusing in the domain of Cloud and Automation. Milan is a holder of IET CEng, MSc in Telecommunications from University College of London, and BEng (Hons) in EEE from South Bank University of London.

Diego R. Lopez, Chair of ETSI TC DATA, Telefonica – Member of the Programme Committee 
Diego R. Lopez joined Telefonica in 2011 as a Senior Technology Expert, and he is currently in charge of the Technology Exploration activities within the GCTIO Unit. Before joining Telefónica he spent some years in the academic sector, dedicated to research on network services, and was appointed member of the High-Level Expert Group on Scientific Data Infrastructures by the European Commission.
Diego is currently focused on applied research in network infrastructures, with a special emphasis on data-driven management, new architectures, security, and quantum communications. Diego is an ETSI Fellow and chairs the ETSI TC DATA.  Apart from this, Diego is a more than acceptable Iberian ham carver, and extremely fond of seeking and enjoying comics, and good discussions on any (in)appropriate matter. More can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr2lopez/

Angela Mitrovska, Research Associate, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute
Angela Mitrovska is a Research Associate at Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin, working within the Photonic Networks and Systems department. Her work advances data governance frameworks for secure and regulated data sharing among stakeholders in disaggregated networks, in alignment with the EU AI Act and Data Act.
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Antoine Mouquet, ETSI Technical Officer of ETSI TC DATA – Member of the Programme Committee
Antoine Mouquet has been a Technical Officer in ETSI since 2018. He currently supports the ETSI Technical Committee on Data Solutions (TC DATA) and previously supported the ETSI Technical Committee on Securing AI (TC SAI) and the ETSI Operational Coordination Group on AI (OCG AI). Antoine holds a Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering with a specialisation in Telecommunications and Networks.

Hesham G. Moussa, Huawei Canada
Hesham G. Moussa received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, where his research focused on wireless telecommunications and networking. He is currently a Research Engineer with Huawei Canada, Ottawa, working in the Wireless Department. His research interests include wireless communication systems, artificial intelligence for networking, digital twins, Internet of Things (IoT), and biomedical applications. Dr. Moussa has authored and co-authored multiple publications in leading journals and conferences, and his work has been cited extensively in the fields of wireless communications and applied machine learning. He also holds a number of patents in the field of AI and wireless networks.

Markus Mueck, ETSI Board and ETSI OCG-AI Chair – Member of the Programme Committee
Dr. Markus Mueck received the Dipl.-Ing. and ing. dipl. degrees from the University of Stuttgart, Germany and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST), Paris, France respectively in 1999. In 2006, he received the Doctorate degree of ENST in Communications. Dr. Mueck is a Principal Engineer with Intel Deutschland, Munich, Germany and an Engineering Director; he acts as Chair of the ETSI Board, he is Chair of ETSI OCG AI coordinating the overall effort of the organization on AI and Adj. Professor of University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Dr. Mueck was leading the effort on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning of the European funded research Flagship Project Hexa-X preparing the design of 6th Generation Mobile Networks (6G).

Ultan Mulligan, Chief Services Officer, ETSI
Mr. Ultan Mulligan is Chief Services Officer at ETSI, responsible for ETSI’s software and Open Source groups, testing and interoperability, preparation and publication of standards, and new tools and working methods. He is also acting CTO, responsible for the support and management of all ETSI, 3GPP and oneM2M standardisation work.
Previously Director of ETSI’s Centre for Testing and Interoperability, he led the team supporting ETSI technical committees on test specifications, PlugtestsTM interoperability events and use of formal specification methods. There, he oversaw the introduction of Software Development Groups at ETSI.
Prior to that he held the positions of Director of Innovation and Director of Communications at ETSI and was also vice-chairman of the Marketing and Communications committee in the oneM2M Partnership Project – a collaboration on IoT standards between ETSI and 7 other ICT standards bodies across the globe. He was also responsible for Strategy and New Initiatives, establishing the first Industry Specification Groups at ETSI.
Besides ETSI, he has participated in many standards bodies including oneM2M, 3GPP, ITU-T, CEN, and groups such as Bluetooth SIG and Parlay.
Mr Mulligan has a B. Eng. from Dublin City University and an Executive MBA from the ESCP-EAP in Paris.

Francois Ortolan, ETSI OCG AI Vice-chair, ETSI Board Member, NEC Labs Europe – Member of the Programme Committee
Francois Ortolan is a Senior Standardisation Engineer at NEC Labs Europe. He has over 15 years’ experience working with advanced mobile telecommunication and its industrial applications. He is a specialist in the interplay between AI and Telecommunication. He is currently Vice-chair of the ETSI AI coordination group (OCG AI) and an ETSI Board member.

Fernando Pargas Nieto, Telefonica Innovación Digital
Fernando Pargas Nieto is a technology professional specialized in voice platforms and the evolution of value-added voice services within modern telecommunications networks. His work focuses on enhancing voice communications through advanced service capabilities, intelligent features, and seamless integration with next-generation network architectures. He is actively involved in innovation initiatives related to 5G and 6G, with a particular emphasis on network readiness, requirements definition, and product evolution. Fernando contributes to preparing networks to support emerging services, ensuring they are architecturally capable of enabling automation, intelligence, and new user experiences. His interests also extend to immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), exploring how ultra-low latency, high reliability, and intelligent network behavior can unlock new communication and interaction models. With a strong architectural and product-oriented mindset, Fernando bridges technology, innovation, and service design, helping shape how future networks support advanced voice, immersive services, and intelligent applications.

Cheonwoong Park, International Data Research and Cooperation Institution, South Korea
International Data Research and Cooperation Institution : Research Fellow
Korea Data Agency : Manager
Incheon National University : Ph.D

Karine Perset, OECD
Karine Perset is the Acting Head of the OECD AI and Emerging Digital Technologies Division, where she oversees the OECD.AI Policy Observatory, the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) & integrated network of experts as well as the OECD Global Forum on Emerging Technologies. She oversees the development of analysis, policies and tools inline with the OECD AI Principles. She also helps governments manage the opportunities and challenges that AI and emerging technologies raise for governments. Previously she was Advisor to ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee and Counsellor of the OECD’s Science, Technology and Industry Director. Karine is Franco-American.

Tony Rutkowski, OCG-AI vice chair, CIS – Member of the Programme Committee
Tony Rutkowski is an engineer-lawyer with an extremely diverse, sixty-year professional career spanning the telecommunication, mobile, internet, satellite, and broadcasting fields in the U.S. and Europe where he has shaped major technical and legal developments in senior governmental, company, and academic leadership positions at international, national, and local levels. Over the past two decades, his roles have been focused on significant international and global network security initiatives relating to cybersecurity, infrastructure protection, extraterritorial security law, A.I, and lawful interception for new networks and services. He is the rapporteur for the AI Global Ecosystem compendium and AI Common Incident Expression Framework in the ETSI AI Security Technical Committee.

Helene Schmidt, ETSI Board and OCG-AI Support – Member of the Programme Committee
Helene Schmidt graduated from Aalborg University in Denmark in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and French with the specialization: Languages and Marketing. She joined the ETSI Secretariat in 1997 and has held several positions within OPS (Operations). Today Helene’s principle duty is support to the ETSI Board, the Operational Co-ordination Group (OCG) and its subgroups overviewing the ETSI activities on Artificial Intelligence (OCG AI) and Autonomous Networks (OCG AN). She provides support to TC ATTM and its working groups dealing with Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing. Helene is also very active in the OPS quality team in producing quality procedures and processes.

Erwin Schoitsch, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Contribution on behalf of the INSTAR project
Erwin Schoitsch works more than 50 years for AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. Since his retirement 2010 he works as Free Lancer in many European Research projects for AIT and other research organizations. Focus of his engagement was always on trustworthiness of highly reliable, safety-critical automated systems, in industrial as well as European Research projects. In April 2024 he received an honorary doctorate from Mälardalen University in Sweden for his long-standing engagement. Currently, he is responsible for the standardization tasks as “Standardization Manager” in several large European research projects, because of his large oversight knowledge, including ethical and societal concerns and upcoming topics like human-machine teaming (ISO/IEC SC42) or human-machine collaboration (IEC SC65A/WG24). He is active in ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC working groups, on selected generic (IEC SC65A), Automotive, Robotics, IoT, AI, and Smart Manufacturing standards (including the new WG31, Industrial Agent and Multi-Agent Systems), on international and national level.

Adam Leon Smith, AIQI Consortium
Adam Leon Smith is an expert in AI regulation and technical standards and works on research and strategy projects in that area. He is Chair of the AIQI Consortium, a global initiative to promote the use of the quality infrastructure for responsible AI, and Deputy Chair of the UK’s national AI standards committee. He has led many AI standardisation projects in ISO/IEC SC 42 and CEN-CENELEC JTC 21. He is also Chair of BCS Fellows Technical Advsory group, and is assisting the European Commission in co-ordinating the bootstrapping of market surveillance authorities across the EU. Before involvement in quality infrastructure, Adam spent 20 years in senior technology roles, delivering verification and validation solutions for highly complex or high-risk industry challenges. In 2024, the University of Bath awarded Adam an honorary doctorate in recognition of his work and its impact on the profession.

Sebastian Steinbuss, CEN/CENELEC JTC 25, International Data Spaces Association (IDSA)
I am dedicated to research and innovation in the field of IT, specifically in the areas of Cloud Computing, IoT, and Data. As Lead Architect and CTO of the International Data Spaces Association, I help to realize the vision of data sovereignty and digital sovereignty, supported by a strong member community and the growing Data Spaces ecosystem. This includes my work as an expert in International Standardisation activities and my role as chair of CEN/CENELEC JTC25. After my studies of computer science and mechanical engineering, I have been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering as a researcher.

Laurent Velez, Director of ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI)
Laurent has been working at ETSI since 2008, first as technical expert in the ETSI’s Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI) , and then as Director of this department. He is managing a team of experts who provide testing and technical expertise to the ETSI Technical Bodies in the different areas such as 5G/6G, Internet of Things, Intelligent Transport, Edge Cloud , Electronic Signature etc …, The activity includes technical management of interoperability events, project management, test specification development. Prior to this position at ETSI, Laurent worked for Nortel as Network Support Engineer. Before that, Laurent worked for Ericsson and Siemens in the Mobile Network Area.
Laurent holds a MSc in electronics and computer engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Électronique, Informatique, Télécommunications, Mathématique et Mécanique de Bordeaux (ENSEIRB-MATMECA)

Engin Zeydan, Senior Researcher, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Dr. Engin Zeydan is a Senior Researcher in the Services as networks (SaS) at Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) in Barcelona, Spain. He received his PhD degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA in 2011 and M.S. and B.S. degrees from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2006 and 2004, respectively. Before joining CTTC in 2018, he worked as an R&D Engineer for Avea (a Turkish mobile operator) between 2011 and 2016, as Senior R&D Engineer in Turk Telekomunikasyon A.S between 2016 and 2018 and a part-time instruction at Electrical and Electronics Engineering department of Ozyegin University between January 2015 and June 2018. Dr. Zeydan has been primarily responsible for carrying out European Commission and nationally funded research activities at CTTC, Türk Telekomunikasyon, Avea. He is currently the Project Coordinator of the Horizon Europe UNITY-6G European Project (January 2025-present). He was the Project Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 MonB5G European Project (November 2021-April 2023). He has also been involved in other European level projects such as H2020 projects 5Growth (2019-2022) and Clear5G (as WP leader, 2017-2018), FP7 projects MOTO (as WP leader, 2012-2015) and CROWD (2014-2015) in collaborations with various industries and universities. He is co-author of over 200+ papers in international journals and conferences, 12 patents (11 granted in Turkish Patent Institute and 1 granted under European Patent Office). In addition, he has delivered 28+ tutorials on data engineering for networking as well as on quantum-secure 6G at various events/conferences such as IEEE CCNC 2025, ACM SIGAPP 2025, NoF (2025, 2024, 2022), IEEE ICMLCN (2025, 2024), IEEE MeditCom 2024, ACM HPDC 2024, IEEE WF-IoT 2023, IEEE HPSR 2023, COST CA20120 INTERACT, IEEE/IFIP NOMS (2023, 2016), CNSM 2022, IEEE SM 2024 and CITS 2024. He is a member of the editorial board of the Wiley Security and Privacy journal. His research interests are in the areas of telecommunications, data engineering/science and network security.

Piotr Zuraniewski, Senior researcher, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
Piotr Zuraniewski is a senior researcher at the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in The Hague. His current focus is on programmable cloud infrastructures and their management and orchestration using agentic AI, the security of AI in the context of ICT infrastructures, as well as federations of civilian and military clouds and networks.
Piotr holds a PhD degree in mathematics and has co-authored about 25 research papers and 2 patents and has been a co-supervisor of several master’s thesis projects in the last few years. Since ’22, he has been a delegate to the ETSI Technical Committee Securing AI. He is also a former Cisco Academy Instructor and Cisco Certified Network Professional.

ETSI TC SAI (Securing Artificial Intelligence)

• ETSI established the Technical Committee on Securing Artificial Intelligence (TC SAI), focused on creating high-quality technical standards that secure AI technologies from new and evolving threats.
  Topics include: Improving the security of AI by developing technical standards that, Protect AI systems from being exploited, Mitigate the misuse of AI by malicious actors, Leverage AI to enhance cybersecurity defenses, Address societal and safety impacts of AI deployment. More information.

ETSI TC MTS WG AI (AI Testing)

• TC MTS WG AI, focuses on standardization methodologies that support trustworthy, testable, and auditable AI systems across the full lifecycle. The group develops frameworks for testing, documentation, certification, and conformity assessment, while also exploring how AI itself can automate and enhance testing and auditing activities. More information.

• Call to Action!
  ETSI TC MTS / WG AI has recently started a project to further develop the Technical Report TR 104 119. One objective of the project is to validate the documentation approach by creating documentation for some selected Use Cases of High-Risk AI systems and GPAI models. Interested parties are invited to submit their responses via this questionnaire.
  Developers, providers and deployers are invited to provide their use cases along with corresponding requirements and, in return, receive EU AI Act–compliant documentation. 

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