Program

Tuesday March 10, 2026

9:00-9:30
Registration & coffee & posters

9:30-9:40 
Jukka-Pekka Pietilä, Nokia, Ville Viikari, Aalto University & Pekka Rantakari, VTT:
Opening

9:40-10:00
Risto Valkonen, Nokia Bell Labs:
Duplex evolution’s RF challenges

10:00-10:20
Petteri Pulkkinen, Saab:
Model-based reinforcement learning for integrated sensing and communications

10:20-10:40
Break

10:40-11:00
Pasi Tikka, Tagore tech:
End of PIN diodes: RF GaN devices in tactical and drone communications

11:00-11:20
Henrik Forstén, VTT:
Frequency-division multiplexing mm-wave MIMO radars

11:20-12:30
Lunch & posters

12:30-13:10
Keynote: Philipp del Haugne, Université de Rennes & Aalto University:
Toward an Electromagnetic Information Theory for Reconfigurable Microwave Systems

13:10-13:30
Mikko Valkama, University of Tampere: 
RF Positioning, Mapping and SLAM​ –​ Towards 6G Situational Awareness​

13:30-13:50
Ping Jack Soh, University of Oulu: 
Towards Wide-Angle Scanning and Reconfigurability Features in Wideband Antennas and Arrays

13:50-14:50
Coffee & posters

14:50-15:05
Pekka Rantala, Business Finland:
6G Bridge Program Updates

15:05-15:25
Jari Jauhiainen, Bittium: 
RF ECO3 – Benefits from Leading Company perspective!

15:25-15:45
Jussi Rahola, Optenni:
Examples of component de-embedding, passivity and data fitting in RF design

15:45-16:00
Kari Stadius, Aalto University
Recent activities on RF Microelectronics at Aalto University

16:00-16:05
Closing