6G Events & Conferences
Key industry events, academic conferences, and standards meetings for 6G and next-gen wireless.
MWC Barcelona 2026
Barcelona, Spain
World's largest mobile industry event. 6G pavilion, Open RAN summit, AI-native networking track.
PastIEEE ICC 2026
Montreal, Canada
IEEE International Conference on Communications. Sub-THz, ISAC, and 6G PHY layer research papers.
6G Summit 2026
Oulu, Finland
Annual summit organized by 6G Flagship. Research roadmap, EU 6G vision, industry-academia bridge.
IEEE GLOBECOM 2026
Cape Town, South Africa
IEEE Global Communications Conference. 6G architecture, NTN, and spectrum management tracks.
MWC Shanghai 2026
Shanghai, China
Asia-focused mobile congress. China 6G testbed demos, Huawei/ZTE sub-THz showcases.
3GPP RAN Plenary #105
TBD
3GPP Radio Access Network plenary meeting. Release 19 finalization, early Release 20 (pre-6G) work items.
Brooklyn 6G Summit
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Nokia Bell Labs annual summit on 6G research vision. Invitation-only thought leadership event.
European 6G Conference
Brussels, Belgium
SNS JU organized event. Hexa-X-II results, EU 6G Smart Networks roadmap, spectrum policy.
ITU-R WP 5D Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland
Working Party 5D. IMT-2030 framework refinement, 6G requirements and evaluation methodology.
MWC Barcelona 2027
Barcelona, Spain
Expected: first 6G prototype demos at scale. Pre-standardization vendor showcases.