Sustainability in 6G: Needs, Methodologies, and Vertical Integration

This webinar explores how 6G technologies can be aligned with sustainability goals, both by minimising their environmental first-order effects and by enabling positive impacts across key sectors like agriculture, healthcare, and energy. It presents a consolidated view of current research and industry efforts, highlighting the metrics, methodologies, and use cases that define sustainability in the 6G context. By integrating perspectives from technology providers, telecom operators, and end users, the session lays the groundwork for a shared framework for sustainability evaluation and offers strategic insights to guide future development. 

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The SUSTAIN-6G webinar will present the European Sustainability Lighthouse Project’s vision of embedding sustainability into the design, deployment, and operation of future 6G networks.
Organised by a consortium of 24 partners across 10 European countries—including leading universities, major telecom operators, industrial leaders, and innovative SMEs—the event aims to share the project’s initial findings and set the stage for ongoing research. The webinar agenda spans perspectives from academia, industry, telecom operators, and end-users, highlighting both the terminology and requirements for sustainability in 6G, as well as practical implications from technical, telco, and customer standpoints. 

At its core, the webinar will showcase the baseline framework for “Sustainable 6G” and “6G for Sustainability.” Participants will gain insights into how sustainability must be built into 6G from the ground up—guided by environmental, societal, and economic pillars. 

Key topics include eco-design strategies, life cycle assessment, AI trustworthiness, circular economy principles, and the integration of sustainability-driven Key Performance and Value Indicators (KPIs/KVIs). Concrete use cases in telemedicine, agriculture, and smart grids will illustrate the transformative potential of 6G when sustainability is embedded by design. Attending this webinar offers stakeholders across academia, industry, and policy the opportunity to understand the scope, methodology, and ambitions of SUSTAIN-6G, and to engage in shaping a holistic, future-proof framework for responsible digital transformation.
A triple perspective will be offered from a telco, tech, and customer point of view. 

 

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Agenda:

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 Presentation Title 

Speaker 
15:00–15:05  Prologue – Introduction  Anastasius Gavras, Project Manager at Eurescom  
15:05–15:15  Sustainability terminology and needs Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Research Director of Infotech Oulu at the University of Oulu
15:15–15:30  A Telco Perspective  Berna Sayrac, Senior Research Engineer at Orange 
15:30–15:45  A Tech Perspective  Dominique Chiaroni, Expert in Optical Networking at Nokia Bell Labs 
15:45–16:05  A Customer Perspective  Daniel Hauer, Research Professional at Siemens  
16:05–16:10  Epilogue – Summary & Recommendations  Sokratis Barmpounakis, Senior Solutions Architect & Project Manager at WINGS ICT Solutions  
16:10–16:30  Q&A   All  

 

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