BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260915T225631Z UID:3D9B3FB0-9B42-46E8-AC56-38B15589B743 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261102T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261102T170000 DESCRIPTION:On-site Registration/Breakfast 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.\n\nWorksho p: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.\nOn-site Networking Reception: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p .m.\n\nBoth on-site & virtual Complimentary registration is available\n\n- on-site - registration deadline 2 November 2026 - includes free breakfast \, lunch\, & reception!\n- virtual - registration deadline 2 November 2026 \n\n*** We are also doing walk-in on-site registration on the day of the e vent ***\n\n5G is not just the next evolution of 4G technology\; it’s a paradigm shift. Not only is 5G evolutionary (providing higher bandwidth an d lower latency than current-generation technology)\, more importantly\, 5 G is revolutionary—because it is expected to enable fundamentally new ap plications with much more stringent requirements in latency and bandwidth. 5G should help solve the last-mile problem and provide broadband access t o the next billion users globally at much lower cost because of its use of new spectrum and its improvements in spectral efficiency.\n\nToday\, seve ral standards organizations and forums\, namely IEEE\, 3GPP\, and ITU\, ar e working on defining the architecture and standardizing various aspects o f 5G technologies. However\, little has been studied to explore how 5G tec hnologies can be useful to tactical and first responder networks. It is im portant to investigate how tactical and first responder communities can ta ke advantage of 5G technologies to support massive bandwidth\, massive sen sing\, and massive control type applications.\n\nIEEE is hosting the works hop in collaboration with the JHU Applied Physics Lab. The workshop's focu s is to discuss the applicability of 5G technologies for tactical and firs t responder networks and related opportunities and challenges. The worksho p will provide a platform to bring together 5G experts from industry\, aca demia\, and the standards\, regulator\, and defense communities to discuss various 5G-specific use cases and requirements. The one-day event has inv ited speakers from DARPA\, DHS\, FCC\, NIST\, NSF\, Columbia University\, NYU\, Intel\, National Instruments\, Nokia\, AT&T\, CERDEC\, IEEE\, and 3G PP. This workshop will be a catalyst to develop relevant use cases\, drive standards\, and investigate deployment suitable for tactical and first re sponder networks.\n\nFull details and the agenda can be found at:\n\nhttps ://futurenetworks.ieee.org/conferences/2026-8th-ieee-5g-workshop-on-first- responder-and-tactical-networks\n\nFor more information\, please contact A shutosh Dutta\, IEEE WFRTN Chair\, Johns Hopkins University.\n\nEmail: ash utosh.dutta@ieee.org or Ashutosh.Dutta@jhuapl.edu Tel: 908-642-8593\n\nDet ails on Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities can be found at:\n\nCo-spons ored by: IEEE Future Networks TC\, Washington DC & Baltimore Sections\n\nR oom: Kossiakoff Conference Center\, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory\, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road\, Laurel\, Maryland\, United States\, 20723\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/577164 LOCATION:Room: Kossiakoff Conference Center\, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory\, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road\, Laurel\, Maryland \, United States\, 20723\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/57716 4 ORGANIZER:d.herres@ieee.org SEQUENCE:37 SUMMARY:2026 8th IEEE 5G Workshop on First Responder and Tactical Networks URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/577164 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="htt ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/3fd04ac1-e7a3-46ca-80c 9-37e88aa1fcc3"></p>\n<p>On-site Registration/Breakfast 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a .m.</p>\n<p>Workshop: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.<br>On-site Networking Receptio n: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Both on-site &amp\; virtua l Complimentary registration is available&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>< strong>on-site - registration deadline 2 November 2026 - includes free bre akfast\, lunch\, &amp\; reception!</strong></li>\n<li><strong>virtual - re gistration deadline 2 November 2026</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>*** W e are also doing walk-in on-site registration on the day of the event ***< /strong></p>\n<p>5G is not just the next evolution of 4G technology\; it&r squo\;s a paradigm shift. Not only is 5G evolutionary (providing higher ba ndwidth and lower latency than current-generation technology)\, more impor tantly\, 5G is revolutionary&mdash\;because it is expected to enable funda mentally new applications with much more stringent requirements in latency and bandwidth. 5G should help solve the last-mile problem and provide bro adband access to the next billion users globally at much lower cost becaus e of its use of new spectrum and its improvements in spectral efficiency.< /p>\n<p>Today\, several standards organizations and forums\, namely IEEE\, 3GPP\, and ITU\, are working on defining the architecture and standardizi ng various aspects of 5G technologies. However\, little has been studied t o explore how 5G technologies can be useful to tactical and first responde r networks. It is important to investigate how tactical and first responde r communities can take advantage of 5G technologies to support massive ban dwidth\, massive sensing\, and massive control type applications.</p>\n<p> IEEE is hosting the workshop in collaboration with the JHU Applied Physics Lab. The workshop's focus is to discuss the applicability of 5G technolog ies for tactical and first responder networks and related opportunities an d challenges. The workshop will provide a platform to bring together 5G ex perts from industry\, academia\, and the standards\, regulator\, and defen se communities to discuss various 5G-specific use cases and requirements. The one-day event has invited speakers from DARPA\, DHS\, FCC\, NIST\, NSF \, Columbia University\, NYU\, Intel\, National Instruments\, Nokia\, AT&a mp\;T\, CERDEC\, IEEE\, and 3GPP. This workshop will be a catalyst to deve lop relevant use cases\, drive standards\, and investigate deployment suit able for tactical and first responder networks.</p>\n<p>Full details and t he agenda can be found at:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><a href="https://futurenetworks. ieee.org/conferences/2026-8th-ieee-5g-workshop-on-first-responder-and-tact ical-networks">https://futurenetworks.ieee.org/conferences/2026-8th-ieee-5 g-workshop-on-first-responder-and-tactical-networks</a></p>\n<p>For more i nformation\, please contact Ashutosh Dutta\, IEEE WFRTN Chair\, Johns Hopk ins University.</p>\n<p>Email: <span id="m_8461362777414193892cloak39318e4 1c03fad49e1c0b2a940e7da2d"><a href="mailto:ashutosh.dutta@ieee.org" target ="_blank" rel="noopener">ashutosh.dutta@ieee.org</a></span><wbr>&nbsp\;or& nbsp\;<span id="m_8461362777414193892cloak700c2b9050827c39ca43159fd76314d1 "><a href="mailto:Ashutosh.Dutta@jhuapl.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener ">Ashutosh.Dutta@jhuapl.edu</a></span>&nbsp\;<wbr>Tel: 908-642-8593</p>\n< p>Details on <strong><span class="h4 h2">Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportuni ties&nbsp\;</span></strong><span class="h4 h2">can be found at:&nbsp\;</sp an></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR