On October 5–7, the xG-RIC community came together at Fraunhofer HHI in Berlin for the xG-RIC Advisory Board Meeting & Workshop 2026, hosted by the xG-RIC Technology Transfer Hub.

Day 1–2: Consortium and Advisory Board Meeting
We reviewed our progress in technology development, technology transfer and ecosystem development and discussed next steps with our Advisory Board.

Day 3: xG-RIC Workshop
More than 120 experts from research, industry, policy and startups joined us to explore one question: How do we transfer cutting-edge 6G research into technologies and solutions that create tangible impact in industry and society?

Highlights included:
Strategy: Opening perspectives from Dirk Ziemann (BMFTR), Kai Börner (VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik) and Slawomir Stanczak (Fraunhofer HHI, xG-RIC Coordinator) on success criteria and xG-RIC's progress as a Technology Transfer Hub Application

Domains: 6G for future healthcare, from service robotics to quantum sensing; 6G for mobility, to sovereign wireless solutions for NTN and critical infrastructures

Panel "From Research Excellence to Market Impact": Representatives from BMFTR, Ericsson, Eutelsat Group, Infineon and Siemens discussed how to accelerate the path from research to market

Panel "Fostering the Berlin Ecosystem in 6G & Related Areas": Representatives from Berlin Partner, xG-ALOE / airpuls, atesio, xG-Incubator, Fraunhofer HHI and DroneMasters discussed how research, industry, startups and public stakeholders can jointly strengthen Berlin as a hub for 6G and related technologies

Technology Sessions: “Microelectronics & Hardware Platforms (TN & NTN)”, “MIMO, ISAC & Radio Technologies”, “Edge Intelligence & AI-Native Networks” Startup pitches from the xG-Incubator and live demonstrations from the xG-RIC Technology Transfer Hub showed how research and transfer come together in practice.

Thanks to our speakers and panelists for sharing their expertise 

Heiko Lehmann (Deutsche Telekom), Philipp Walk (MOXZ), Lorenzo Miretti (Ericsson), Mariam Kaynia (Eutelsat), Nikolaus Fichtner (Infineon Technologies), Bernhard Kloiber (Siemens), Matteo Berioli (Augusta Space GmbH), Henning Sanneck (Apple), Marcus Henninger (Nokia Bell Labs Stuttgart), Alexander Keller (NVIDIA), Victor Funk (Linque), Dejan Vukobratovic (University of Novi Sad), Giuseppe Caire (Technische Universität Berlin), Gerhard Hindricks (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), PD Dr. med. Till Althoff (Charité), Henrike Wissing (Fraunhofer HHI), Andrea Munari (DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation), Ahmed S. Elsayed (IHP – Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics), Milos Krstic (IHP), Deduo Qiang (TU Berlin), Martin Kasparick (xG-ALOE / airpuls GmbH), Andreas Eisenblätter (Atesio GmbH), Felix Willems (xG-Incubator), Frank Wernecke (DroneMasters), Amira Gutmann-Trieb (Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH)

And thank you to our moderators and sessions chairs who made the sessions possible:

Prof. Slawomir Stanczak (Fraunhofer HHI, xG-RIC Coordinator), Zoran Utkovski (Fraunhofer HHI), Johannes Dommel (Fraunhofer HHI), Ehsan Tohidi (Fraunhofer HHI), Michael Peter (Fraunhofer HHI), Kenan Turbic (Fraunhofer HHI), Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante (Fraunhofer HHI), Markus Petri (IHP), Andrea Munari (DLR Institut für Kommunikation und Navigation), Felix Willems (xG-Incubator)

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