5G technologies and infrastructures have rapidly evolved in the past years and several application use cases have been identified and explored in early trials. Now, as first 5G standards have been released, the first commercial products become available and initial 5G deployments are happening in the US and Asia. It is about time to focus on the impact of 5G within the progressing digitalization of various industries in Europe. In particular, the concept of network slicing has been addressed in-depth during the last months by industry alliances for various industries, such as manufacturing, automotive, energy, and media, demonstrating the potentialities of network virtualization.

This year´s edition of the FOKUS FUSECO Forum continues the very successful international event series in its ninth year, bringing together international key experts from various industry sectors to discuss the opportunities and challenges of emerging 5G-related information and communication technologies, such as cyber-physical systems, new radio access networks, edge computing, network virtualization, analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, within various key industry sectors in the emerging digital world.

During these two days and together with leading operators, manufacturers, integrators, and solution providers we want to understand and assess 5G-related technologies, infrastructures, and their use in various business sectors enabling innovative business models, value chains, productivity gains, and new revenue opportunities. In addition, we want to look at the challenges of 5G rollout, legacy interworking, and migration.

This year's forum will feature four dedicated tracks consisting of one tutorial and interactive workshops on the first day, namely:

DAY 1