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Event type: Conferences & Summits

Please note that the presentations and discussions during this conference were exceptionally conducted in French.

ETSI and the French Non-Governmental Organization eG4U (e-Green for users) organized the Sustainable Digital Multiservice Communities (SDMC) Conference on 10th April 2025 in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France. The day-long event focused on the challenges faced by communities and territories around the sustainable development of communication infrastructures, including roads, green spaces, energy supply, construction & renovation of buildings.

The event was part of the eG4U Conference series, dedicated to strengthening at European level the environmental, economic and societal sustainability of ICT, across towns and cities in France (Montrouge/Grand Paris, Labège/Toulouse).

In times of climate emergency, communication infrastructure technologies must be optimized in terms of sustainable development. The key technologies in question include IoT, AI & open data, Building information modeling (BIM) and digital twins. Much of this work is already addressed in ETSI.

Discussion were encouraged on how Smart city buildings & infrastructure are to communicate, to provide the vital data needed for automated resource optimization. Speakers also addressed how security, energy & waste management are becoming more efficient thanks to digital technologies.

Now is the time for the exchange of ideas on the pooling of resources, the convergence of applications through open connectivity, the reconditioning and reuse of materials to deliver a greener future. This discussion had to influence and guide ETSI to focus on providing even greater interoperability of equipment, through standardized interfaces and communication protocols.

The SDMC Conference provided a platform for the exchange of ideas on dealing with energy, lighting, water quality, intelligent buildings, video and wireless transmission systems, waste treatment and recycling… in a greener & connected way.

Main themes of the Conference:

Standardization for sustainable and efficient digital technology Interoperability, a factor of sovereignty within the EU Living-in.EU, a European initiative for responsible digital technology in communities. The global environmental footprint of digital technology Interoperability and IoT standards at ETSI Measuring efficiency in eco-responsible buildings  Eco-design of digital infrastructures OpendthX for construction and BIM data What do communities need to master their digital decarbonization? A wireless network infrastructure in the field of education.

Who could attend the event?

Elected officials and officials of the local & regional authorities Elected officials in charge of innovation in the region Metropolises & community managers (ICT User representatives) ETSI IoT and Smart Communities interested members Equipment and services providers for communities (lightening, roads, parkings, …) Prescribers on projects and engineering: IoT Smart City Pilots, Lighthouse, AIOTI … Smart Community Innovation R&D and academic stakeholders

Event schedule

Monday
07.04  Tuesday 08.04  Wednesday 09.04 Thursday
10.04 Video Surveillance Plugtests Video Surveillance Plugtests Video Surveillance Plugtests Conference & Showcases

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Event type: Interoperability Events
Event Technology: Safety

ETSI, with the support of the PowerEOC Alliance and the ETSI TC ATTM, organized the Video Surveillance Plugtests™ event, which was hosted at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France, from 07 to 09 April 2025. 

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Event type: Webinars

3 April 15:00 CET (Paris Time) - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

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View all past and upcoming ETSI webinars on our webinar page.

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Event type: Conferences & Summits

The event is at full capacity and registration is closed. If you'd like to join the waiting list, please email events@etsi.org

UCAAT 2025 will be hosted by CERTH, the Center for Research & Technology - Hellas, in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 1-3 April 2025.

Overview

The annual ETSI User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT) is the most important point in the calendar of ETSI’s Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification (TC MTS).

ETSI's UCAAT conference, now in its eleventh edition, is dedicated to all aspects of automated testing, including model-based testing, cloud and mobile testing, security testing, agile test methodologies, test management, and standardized test specification, by focusing on the practical challenges that are often faced in industry and standardization as dictated by relevant policies and regulations.

UCAAT 2025: Automated Testing in a Digital Transformation World

As the world goes digital, rapidly evolving technology, policy, and regulation landscapes drive transformation across all industries. To stay competitive, facilitate swift market delivery, and meet escalating customer demands, organizations should prioritize customer-centric digital transformation while leveraging technologies such as AI, Big Data, IoT, and robotic operations and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and regulations.

The need for seamless, robust, and user-centered digital solutions highlights the critical role of automated testing in shaping future digital business operations or public services and improving customer and citizen satisfaction respectively. It is essential to ensure that systems operate reliably and are sufficiently scalable, secure and easily configurable to meet specific user requirements, which places additional demands on suitable testing methods, tools, and processes. Usability testing is essential in this context, as it ensures that the product is intuitive to use, ultimately leading to higher user satisfaction and reduced maintenance costs.

Additionally, ensuring cybersecurity becomes critical, considering the digital nature of services and products offered through digital transformation and the ever-increasing number of users relying on these services. Customers demand trustworthy and resilient systems, whose properties can only be guaranteed through vigorous security testing, quality assurance, and cyber resilience assessment that align well with policies and regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act.

Similarly, the uptake of technologies related to big data and Artificial Intelligence poses additional challenges to digital solutions and products. The probabilistic nature of AI makes it particularly hard to use this technology in a safety-critical context. New testing techniques are therefore urgently needed. On a regulatory basis, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act plays a crucial role.

Another significant element, especially for digital public services, but not limited to them, is interoperability testing of digital systems even across borders, which has recently come into play with the enforcement of the Interoperable Europe Act, envisioning mandatory interoperability assessments for all public sector bodies. This will guarantee improved user experiences within and beyond the country of residence.

UCAAT 2025 will delve into the crucial role of automated testing in driving successful digital transformation. It will explore innovative solutions and best practices that empower organizations to thrive in an increasingly digital world while ensuring that user-centric and personalized approaches are central to testing strategies.

Target audience

The event is of particular interest for:

Test engineers, designers or test automation experts Engineers working in test specification, automation, DevOps and RPA Software developers or architects Project leaders or managers in digital transformation Test tool or service providers Test and quality assurance analysts Academics and researchers in testing

Programme Committee

The independent Programme Committee includes representatives from the testing industry, users, academia, and standardization bodies across different domains and different regions nominated by the appointed Programme Committee Chair.
The Programme Committee determines the call for presentations and evaluates the received presentations, posters, and tutorial proposals to select the best ones for the conference programme.

Programme Committee Chair:

Marija Jankovic, CERTH, Greece

Programme Committee Members: 

Nenad Anicic, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Daniel Ardelean, Nokia, Romania
Sergio Borghese, Kalliope S.r.l., Italy
Michele Carignani, Autostrade per l’Italia, Italy
Rémi Caudwell, Sogeti, France
Theodore Chaikalis, Mysten Labs, Greece
Alexandros Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece
Alexis Despeyroux, Testing Solutions and Services, France
Sascha Hackel, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany
Dimosthenis Ioannidis, CERTH, Greece
Raquel Jimenez, MTP
Martti Käärik, Elvior, Estonia
Philip Makedonski, University of Göttingen, Germany
Sebastian Müller, ETSI, France
Maria-Olga Raimondo, Onelity, Greece
Stephan Schulz, Giesecke + Devrient, Germany
Pedrag Skokovic, Quality House, Serbia
Szilard Szell, Eficode Oy, Finland
Dirk Tepelmann, Gematik, Germany
Jan Tretmans TNO NL
Sofia Tsekeridou, Netcompany - Intrasoft, Greece
Andreas Ulrich, Siemens, Germany
Kyriaki Vadeska, GRTB/WeTest.Athens, Greece
Laurent Velez, ETSI, France

Important Dates

Call for Presentation Deadline: 31 October 2024 Notification of Acceptation: 6 December 2024 Programme online: 13 December 2024 Presentation submission: 28 February 2025

 

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Event type: ETSI @ External Events
Event Technology: Artificial Intelligence

ETSI is pleased to support the 2025 edition of the MPLS & SRv6 AI Net World Congress, which will take place from March 25th to 27th at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.

About the 2025 Edition

This year, the main sessions of the congress will cover AI’s impact on networking and SRv6 deployments. Other sessions will address IP/optical networks, routing challenges, 5G/6G and the edge, latency, and security. For 25 years, the Congress has highlighted and explained the processes of softwarization, disaggregation, and cloudification.

Join ETSI SDG TeraFlow SDN

Waleed Akbar, ETSI SDG TFS contributor and researcher at Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), will be presenting opensource perspectives on Network Automation using ETSI TeraFlowSDN in the Automation track on 27 March 2025.

For more details about the event and the agenda, please visit https://www.uppersideconferences.com/mpls-sdn-nfv/

 

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Event type: Conferences & Summits
Event Technology: Cybersecurity

The European Standardization Organizations CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, are pleased to join forces with ENISA, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, to organize the

9th Cybersecurity Standardization Conference 
European standardization supporting new legislative cybersecurity landscape
NHow Hotel, Brussels / Online

The programme Committee, composed of recognized European Experts in the area of Cybersecurity standardization, is building a conference addressing the following questions: 

State of play of the European standardization - What are the current challenges? What is the role of European Standardization Organisations in the global ecosystem? Interplay of cybersecurity legislation – How to map requirements from various laws to standards? Where are we with the standards for the most recent regulations? Overarching cybersecurity by standards – What are the different approaches and processes towards standardization? What are we doing in the most important areas? Visions of the future – Where are we heading, and where should we head? What challenges await us in the near future and how to prepare for them?

About the Event

The conference will be professionnally moderated and animated by Rogier Elshout from Moderating EU. 
The organizers are planning a hybrid event:
The physical capacity of the event has been reached, and now people can only attend online. The conference will offer regular live interactions possibilities, orchestrated by our moderator. 

Target Audience

The conference aims to foster dialogue among policymakers, industry, research and standardization organizations in view of an effective implementation of the EU cybersecurity legislation.

Join us also on social media and be part of the interactive debate with #Standards4Cyber!

For more information please visit the event website.

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Event type: ETSI @ External Events

ETSI is proud to support TelecomTV Spotlight on 5G. 

Spotlight on 5G is back! From 3-6 March, we’ll bring you multimedia coverage of the hottest industry news, game-changing announcements, cutting-edge solutions, and groundbreaking product launches that take place at MWC25.

As part of our Barcelona coverage, tune in to The Slice, our daily news coverage straight from the MWC25 show floor, for the latest updates from the event, alongside exclusive CXO-level service provider interviews, lively panel discussions, and expert analysis.

Spotlight on 5G is your window into the key strategic moves – essential viewing for anyone connected to the global telecom sector. Don’t miss out! 

Find out more here 

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Event type: Webinars
Event Technology: Augmented Reality

4 March 03:00pm CET (Paris Time) - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

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View all past and upcoming ETSI webinars on our webinar page.

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Event type: ETSI @ External Events

ETSI is proud to be a partner at #MWC25 – the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event.

Join ETSI at two exciting sessions featuring Jan Ellsberger, ETSI Director-General.

Connect 5G Summit - Monetising 5G networks and 5G-Advanced technologies
🗓   Date: Monday, March 3, 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00–18:15 CET
📍   Location: GSMA Summits Stage, Hall 6

Session details...here 

O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit - Expanding O-RAN Adoption and Future Outlook
🗓   Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
⏰ Time: 08:30–13:00 CET
📍   Location: Partner Theatre 6, Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner Theatres

Session details...here

On Wednesday, there is also an opportunity to see a session with Issam Toufik, ETSI CTO:

Global 5G Alliance Summit will bring together the APAC 5G Industry Community. 
🗓   Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
⏰ Time: 13:30 – 16:00 CET
📍   Location: GSMA Knowledge Zone in Hall 8.1 CC8.16

Session details...here

MWC25 Barcelona - Where technology, policy and commerce converge

If you want to be part of the MWC conversation shaping the future of connectivity, you need to be here! (MWC Official Website)

MWC Barcelona is the one time of year where everyone who’s anyone, in the world of connectivity, comes together under one roof. Tens of thousands of senior leaders from top global companies, international governments and trailblazing tech businesses converge to connect and create the future.

Miss out on MWC25 Barcelona – and you miss out on the next 12 months.

Iconic insights: The only platform where you’ll hear big names and emerging voices – from across technology, industry, policy and ethics. Big ideas: Where the world’s greatest startups and tech mavericks demo their latest innovation – to the world’s leading investors and venture specialists. Emerging tech: The one place where connectivity meets connected industries – kickstarting the solutions that revolutionise business and society. Global change: The unique intersection of ministerial programmes, social policy, business leadership and tech development – uniting on a mission for sustainable progress.

For more details, please visit MWC 2025 here.

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Event type: Interoperability Events
Event Technology: Public safety & emergency communications, Testing languages, TETRA

ETSI, with the support of the Critical Communications Association (TCCA) and the Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC), is organizing the 9th MCX PlugtestsTM. This interoperability testing event will be hosted by by Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas, US from 24 to 28 February 2025.

What are the objectives and scope of the 9th MCX Plugtests event?

The concept of Mission Critical Services such as “Mission Critical Push To Talk" (MCPTT), “Mission Critical Data" (MCData) and “Mission Critical Video" (MCVideo) started with 3GPP Release-13 and is ongoing in current Releases. The goal of this MCX Plugtests event is to validate the interoperability of a variety of implementations using different using different multi-client / vendor complex scenarios based on 3GPP Mission Critical Services. The format of the event will be live testing conducted face-to-face over 4G and 5G Networks.

This Plugtests event will focus on off-network communication and the 3GPP Release 18.

Specific focus will be put to cross communications including the Interworking Function (IWF) to other technologies like TETRA and P25, Off network communication and the inter MCX scenarios (enabling the connection of different systems, agencies or countries). The tests are based on 3GPP, ETSI and IETF standards and are designed for:

MCS Application Servers (MCPTT, MCDATA, MCVIDEO) MCS Clients (MCPTT, MCDATA, MCVIDEO) eMBMS Components IMS / SIP Cores Consoles and Control Rooms connected to MCX servers MCS Test Equipments RAN equipment (4G and 5G) Packet cores (4G and 5G) UEs (User Equipment), Cab Radios, embedded equipment, Rugged Handheld Phones and 5G NR Sidelink Devices IWF towards TETRA and P25 systems.

This event will feature tests with 4G and 5G radio equipment (gNBs, eNBs, 5GCs, EPCs, UEs) and will also allow Over-The-Top (OTT) testing of Mission Critical Servers and Clients. Test Equipment vendors will have a possibility to test as well in the Plugtests event.

What are the advantages of attending the 9th MCX Plugtests event?

To assess the level of interoperability of your implementations To validate your understanding of the standards To test with (many) other real implementations and demonstrate end-to-end interoperability To debug your implementation: early bug fixing, saving time and costs To promote the technology and the ecosystem.

Who may participate?

Vendors which develop and produce above-mentioned equipment Observers, which can be government organizations, mobile network operators, public safety operators, users, agencies or regulators.

New Vendors and Observers must sign the Rules of Engagement and NDA of the MCX Plugtests Programme to participate. 

The Plugtests Observer Program

Observers are welcome to help define the scope (i.e. functionality to be tested) for this event and to evaluate the tests statistics in the TRT (Test Reporting Tool).

In parallel to the testing, we are planning to organise an observer round table discussion, an observer program with presentations and interoperability demos. The focus of the observer round table discussion and program is to examine and discuss the progress of deployment and the challenges in testing of the Mission Critical Services for Public Safety and Public Transport. The observer round table discussion and program will be held onsite during the event.

The interoperability demos will be demonstrated by the interested vendors showing interoperability of their equipment by showcasing the MCX Plugtests test cases and observer scenario use cases.