Speakers

Bio

Dr. I-Kang Fu,

Sr. Director of Technology,

MTK

Dr. I-Kang Fu is currently a Senior Director of Technology at MediaTek Advanced Communication Technology Division. He received Ph.D degree from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan in 2007, then joined MediaTek at 2008 until now. From 2005, I-Kang has been actively developing and contributing new technologies to mobile cellular standardization projects in IEEE and 3GPP for mobile WiMAX, LTE, NB-IoT and 5G NR systems. He has been leading MediaTek’s NTN R&D initiatives from research, PoC prototype, standardization and support ecosystem engagement since 2019. Now he is also contributing to MediaTek’s 6G R&D initiative. I-Kang has been serving multiple roles in different international/regional standard organizations, including Taiwan standard organization (TAICS) TC1 Chair service since 2018. He also received MediaTek Special Contribution Award and Innovation Award in 2010 and 2023 respectively.

Kim Younsun,

Master (VP of Technology),

Samsung

Younsun Kim is a Master (VP of Technology) with Samsung Electronics where he leads the research on physical layer standardization of wireless communications. Since joining Samsung in 1999, he has been working on wireless communication standards – starting with 3GPP2 and then moving on to 3GPP. He has served as the Vice-Chair of 3GPP RAN1 from 2017 until 2021. Since 2021, he has been serving as the Chair of the same working group.

Sorour Falahati,

Principal Researcher and Head of Ericsson 3GPP RAN1 delegation,

Ericsson

Sorour Falahati holds a BSc degree from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and MSc. and PhD. degrees in telecommunication from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. She works at Ericsson Research since 2005 and has specialized in the Physical layer design aspects of cellular radio access technologies. She has been with Ericsson 3GPP TSG RAN1 delegation since 2014. She is currently a Principal Researcher and acts as the Head of Ericsson 3GPP RAN1 delegation.

Hiroki Harada,

Manager of the Standardization Team,

NTT Docomo

Hiroki Harada is a manager of the standardization team in NTT DOCOMO, INC. He received the B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Yokohama National University, Kanagawa, Japan, in 2003, 2005 and 2008, respectively. From 2005 to 2008, he had been a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) research fellow. He joined NTT DOCOMO in 2008 and has since been involved in research and development (R&D) activities related to wireless access technologies for LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro, 5G, 5G-Advanced and 6G. He has been an active contributor to 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 since 2012 and 3GPP TSG-RAN plenary since 2019.

Gene Fong,

Director of Technical Standard,

Qualcomm

Gene is serving as Vice Chair of 3GPP RAN4 where he is currently leading the session on basestation RF, UE and BS demodulation, and OTA testing. Gene has been actively participating in RAN4 for more than 15 years with contributions to LTE, LTE-A, and 5G NR.  In addition to standardization and research, he has extensive experience in the practical implementation of cellular, satellite, and short-range wireless communications systems.

Yang Tang,

Senior manager and the head of 3GPP RAN4 team in Apple,

Apple

Dr. Yang Tang is currently the senior manager and the head of 3GPP RAN4 team in Apple and responsible for overall RAN4 standard strategy, ecosystem collaboration and technology innovation in both 5G and 6G. He currently serves as the editor of TS38.133 and has been appointed with various leading positions in 3GPP to drive the discussions and conclusions across RF and baseband.  Previous to Apple, he was the head of Intel’s RAN4 team and leading delegate in Huawei USA. Dr. Tang has over 20 years of experience in the wireless communication and standardization. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at University of Sydney and Bachelor Degree with the first class honors from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.