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| European Conference on Networks and Communications | |
|---|---|
| Name | European Conference on Networks and Communications |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Academic conference |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country | Various European locations |
| First | 2000 |
| Organizer | Academic and industry consortiums |
European Conference on Networks and Communications The European Conference on Networks and Communications is an annual technical forum connecting researchers from institutions such as École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Imperial College London, Technical University of Munich, Politecnico di Milano, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology with engineers from companies like Nokia, Ericsson, Siemens, Cisco Systems, and Huawei to present advances in networking and communications. The conference attracts delegates from organizations including European Commission, European Space Agency, NATO Communications and Information Agency, ITU, and IEEE and features keynotes, tutorials, and panels that intersect work by groups at Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer Society, CNRS, CERN, and University of Cambridge.
The conference focuses on technical exchange among contributors affiliated with University of Oxford, Delft University of Technology, University of Edinburgh, École Normale Supérieure, and Sorbonne University as well as practitioners from BT Group, Deutsche Telekom, Orange S.A., Vodafone, and BT Research. Sessions commonly cite standards and projects from 3GPP, IETF, ETSI, GSMA, and ITU-T and engage stakeholders from European Investment Bank, Horizon Europe, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, CORDIS, and European Research Council.
The conference was established in the early 2000s by collaborations linking researchers at University of Pisa, University of Trento, RWTH Aachen University, Politecnico di Torino, and Universitat Politècnica de València with industry partners such as Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Texas Instruments, and Intel Corporation. Early venues included assemblies with participation from Barcelona, Paris, Munich, Rome, and Vienna delegations and featured contributions referencing work at Bell Labs, AT&T Research, Siemens Research, Nokia Bell Labs, and Philips Research. Over time the program absorbed themes influenced by initiatives at European Space Agency, ESA's ARTES, Copernicus Programme, CERN Openlab, EURECOM, and multinational projects funded through FP6, FP7, and Horizon 2020.
Topics cover areas researched at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, and ETH Zurich including wireless communications, optical networks, network security, and protocols examined in work by IETF RFCs, 3GPP Releases, IEEE 802, ITU-R, and ETSI ISG. Technical tracks often reference research from Google Research, Microsoft Research, Facebook AI Research, Amazon Web Services, and IBM Research in fields such as 5G, 6G, Software-Defined Networking, Network Function Virtualization, and edge computing with ties to projects at Open Networking Foundation, Linux Foundation, ONF, ETSI NFV, and Open Source MANO.
Governance typically involves steering committees drawn from academic institutions such as University College London, Politecnico di Bari, Leiden University, University of Amsterdam, and Aalto University alongside representatives from corporations including Huawei Technologies, Ericsson Research, Nokia Bell Labs, Siemens AG, and Telefonica. Conference oversight references charter practices similar to those at IEEE Communications Society, ACM SIGCOMM, IETF Internet Engineering Task Force, European Telecommunications Standards Institute, and ETSI Board with program chairs appointed from University of Bristol, Trinity College Dublin, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, and Université catholique de Louvain.
Proceedings are published with editorial boards comprising scholars from University of Warsaw, Charles University, University of Helsinki, University of Southampton, and Technical University of Denmark and are archived alongside collections from IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library, Springer, Elsevier, and Wiley. Past conferences have been hosted in collaboration with local organizers in Lisbon, Brussels, Budapest, Zurich, and Stockholm and include workshops and special sessions coordinated with NetSys, INFOCOM, MobiCom, SIGCOMM, and CoNEXT.
Sponsorship comes from multinational firms and funding bodies such as Nokia, Ericsson, Cisco Systems, Google, Facebook, European Commission, Horizon Europe, European Space Agency, Deutsche Telekom, and Vodafone and often partners with professional societies like IEEE, ACM, IET, VDE, and FIW. Institutional collaborations involve laboratories and centers such as Fraunhofer FOKUS, EURECOM, CEA-Leti, IMDEA Networks Institute, and A*STAR and align with consortia including 5G PPP, ETSI NFV ISG, Open RAN Alliance, ONE Lab, and European Cloud Partnership.
The conference grants awards modeled after prizes from IEEE Communications Society, ACM SIGCOMM, EATCS, Royal Academy of Engineering, and European Research Council including Best Paper, Best Student Paper, and Distinguished Contribution awards named in association with benefactors such as Nokia Bell Labs, Ericsson Research, Cisco Systems, Intel, and Google Research. Recipients often hold affiliations with Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, MIT, and Tsinghua University and are later recognized at venues like ITU Telecom World, Mobile World Congress, IEEE Globecom, and ACM SIGCOMM.
Category:Academic conferences in Europe