[KICS ICTC 2026]
The 17th International Conference on ICT Convergence
14–16 October 2026
SHERATON JEJU, Jeju Island, Korea
"Connecting Intelligence, Shaping the Future"
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Mehdi Bennis
Professor, University of Oulu, Finland
Prof. Rui Zhang
Provost's Chair Professor, National University of Singapore
Dr. Hao Xu
Vice President, Qualcomm; IEEE Fellow
Prof. Tony Quek
Associate Provost and Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Prof. John M. Cioffi
Professor, Stanford University
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Mehdi Bennis
Professor, University of Oulu, Finland
The Road to Compositional Intelligence: Semantic Communication, World Models, and Compositionality
Prof. Rui Zhang
Provost's Chair Professor, National University of Singapore
Exploiting 6D Movable Antennas for Enhanced Wireless Communication and Sensing
Dr. Hao Xu
Vice President, Qualcomm; IEEE Fellow
Building Tomorrow's Wireless Foundation: 6G in the Era of AI
Prof. Tony Quek
Associate Provost and Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Token Communications in AI-RAN: A Pathway towards Robust and Scalable AI Services
Prof. John M. Cioffi
Professor, Stanford University
Adaptively Intelligent Canonical Transmission
Industrial Session Speakers
Dr. Jason Insu Park
Senior Advisor, Embassy of Finland in Seoul
Finland’s Quantum Technology Strategy Implementation and Ecosystem
Mr. Hao-Chen Yeh
Technical Sales Engineer, IQM Computers
Quantum technologies, transitioning from basic physics research to commercial reality.
Mr. Eric Rhee
Head of Korea, ICEYE Korea
Near Real-Time Intelligence from Space: SAR Applications for Security and Disaster Response
Ms. Soo-Jin Park
CEO, Visual Components/RCK
Digital Twin Solution in the Era of Industry 4.0 and Robotics
SPC Special Session Speakers
Prof. Seungnyun Kim
Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Radio Digital Twin for Environment-Aware, Proactive Wireless Networks
Dr. Chu-Hsiang Huang
Assistant professor, National Taiwan University
Air-Interface Design for Robust AI-Native Wireless Communication Systems
Prof. Jangwoo Kim
Professor, Seoul National University
A Fault-Tolerant Superconducting Quantum Computer
Prof. Kai Xu
Assistant Professor, King's College London
Toward Energy-Proportional Edge Intelligence: From Ultra-Low-Power IoT Connectivity to Adaptive AI and Future Semantic Communication
Prof. Bipin Rajendran
Professor, Northeastern University London
Hardware Architectures for Generative AI
Prof. Merouane Debbah
Professor, director of the KU 6G Center, Khalifa University
Large Perceptive Models: Toward Environment-Aware Intelligence for AI-Native Systems
Dr. Zhenglei Huang
Principal Researcher, China Mobile
AI agent Communication Network (ACN) for 6G: Challenges and Opportunities
Mr. Moon Hwan Kim
CTO/VP, Maum AI
Connected Physical AI: From Robot Foundation Models to Edge Agentic Autonomy
Mr. Uwe Baeder
Director Corporate Affairs, Rohde & Schwarz
Challenges in ICT standardization – the impact of standards on compatibility and regulation
Dr. Symeon Chatzinotas
Professor, SnT, University of Luxembourg
Space Computing in 6G NTN
Dr. Morio Toyoshima
Distinguished Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Recent Trends of Space Laser Communications and Future Challenges
Mr. James Hyochan Han
CTO, Nokia Korea
6G Mobile Networks and Beyond: Enabling Next Generation Connectivity for Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Jaehyun Ahn
Professional, LG Uplus
An Operator's View of 6G AI Networks
SCSS Keynote Speakers
CEO, Dr. Kimmo Kaario
Magister Solutions Oy, Finland
State of the Art in System Level NTN Digital Twins
Dr. Thomas Haustein
Head of Wireless Communications Department,
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany
Spectrum Sharing based on Sensing between Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks
Notice
- Registration Now Open2026-09-08
- Final Paper Submission Deadline Extended2026-07-20
KICS ICTC 2026 Travel Grant Program
Presenting authors (students and young researchers) can receive up to $500 in travel support. Apply by September 10!
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