SLICES-Session @ Berlin 6G Conference 2025

SLICES-DE hosted a session at the German flagship conference on 6G Research.

Our session titled “Large Scale Experimentation Facilities” took place on July 2, 2025 from 14:00 to 15:30 in Room A 08.

The session introduced a program focused on lab-scale facilities, testbeds, and research infrastructures. After a brief introduction [slides] by Georg Carle, several speakers presented:

• Marie-José Montpetit the designated CEO of SLICES-RI gave the keynote on her vision of a European lab-scale research infrastructure. [slides]
• Tobias Hossfeld (University of Würzburg) discussed measuring sustainability and managing research data. [slides]
• Sebastian Gallenmüller (Technical University of Munich) addressed reproducibility, artifact evaluation, and how infrastructures, such as SLICES, help promote and accelerate artifact evaluation. [slides]
• Ivan Seskar (Rutgers University) provided his perspective on US-based testbeds, highlighting large-scale efforts. [slides]
• Serge Fdida (Sorbonne University) & Georg Carle (Technical University of Munich) presented insights from a Dagstuhl seminar on key considerations for building and supporting research infrastructures. [slides 1] [slides 2]

All presenters then participated in a panel discussion and Q&A.