Keynote  Speaker 1: Dr. Vitawat Sittakul - The Principle and Self-development of 5G Private Network for 4.0 Industrial Applications

Dr. Vitawat Sittakul was born in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 1979. He received the B.Eng. degree in telecommunication from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, in 2000 and the M.Sc. degree (with distinction) in optical and communication systems from Northumbria University, Newcastle, U.K., in 2003 where he worked on the thesis of Investigation of Microstrip Antennas using U-slot. He awarded the Ph.D. degree funding from Thai government and he received the Ph.D. degree from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K., in 2006. He worked in the industry and government for more than 15 years. From 2003 to 2004, he was a Measurement Engineer with Fabinet, where he was a global engineering- and manufacturing services provider. From 2004 to 2006, he was a Senior RF Engineer with Advance Information Service Company, Ltd. (AIS), which is the biggest mobile service provider in Bangkok. From 2006 to 2009, he was a research assistant at the University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K where he advised the students and designs the laboratory experiment. From 2009 to 2015, he worked as an RF Metrologist in the National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) where he developed and calibrated industrial electrical equipment in the primary standard levels. He had been a consultant to many companies such as FPRI advisor company and TelcoEconomics company in telecommunication area. He is currently an associated professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology and the head of 5G and beyond Wireless Innovation Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. He had been the chief keynote speaker for more than 6 international conferences and he has published 14 journals and 37 conference proceedings on RF devices & Antenna measurement, optical communication, wireless communication, RF-over-;lifiber, active integrated antennas, antenna design, IoT: smartplug, wireless sensor network, solar tracking system using ZigBee and fuzzy logic control system.

Abstract: The advent of Industry 4.0 has intensified the demand for communication infrastructures capable of delivering ultra-high reliability, massive device connectivity, and deterministic low latency.  The 5G Core (5GC) network serves as the digital backbone of Industry 4.0. By utilizing a cloud-native, service-based architecture (SBA), it replaces rigid physical infrastructure with dynamic, software-driven networks. This enables highly reliable, low-latency, and secure connectivity essential for smart factories, automation, and advanced manufacturing. The 5G Core (5GC) is the intelligent, cloud-native control center of a 5G mobile network. It manages data routing, user authentication, security, and session management. By utilizing Service Based Architecture (SBA) and decoupling the control and user planes, it enables key 5G capabilities like network slicing and edge computing. However, the 5GC is very complicated with many disabled options by the manufacturers for the commercial version. Therefore, we will introduce the 5G private network with self-developed using the OPEN5GS (open source) with very high capability for tuning and optimizing each industry.

Keynote  Speaker 2: Dr. Joannes Sam Mertens - Distributed AI for Smart Mobility: Communication-Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Learning in Vehicular Networks

Dr. Joannes Sam Mertens is with the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Catania. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering from SSN College of Engineering and earned his Ph.D. in 2022 from the University of Catania. His research focuses on distributed and collaborative machine learning for intelligent and infrastructureless networks, with applications in vehicular communications and smart mobility. He has contributed to European and several regional research projects, including SAMOTHRACE, COG-LO, SAFE-DEMON, Cycleshield, and DELIAS. Within the SAMOTHRACE project’s smart mobility pillar, he has been developing collaborative learning protocols for vehicular networks for the past three years. He has also delivered invited talks, keynote lectures, and tutorials on distributed AI for vehicular networks and healthcare applications.

Abstract: The evolution of intelligent transportation systems is enabling a shift toward distributed, data-driven smart mobility, where vehicles and infrastructure collaboratively learn from continuously generated data. Distributed AI plays a key role in this transformation by enabling learning directly within vehicular environments while addressing challenges such as privacy, scalability, bandwidth efficiency, and latency.

This keynote presents recent advances in communication-efficient and privacy-preserving distributed learning for vehicular networks. It focuses on decentralized learning paradigms, including Federated Learning and gossip-based model exchange, where vehicles and infrastructure collaboratively train models without sharing raw data. Emphasis is placed on efficient communication strategies such as layer-wise update selection and partial model sharing, which reduce communication overhead while maintaining model performance.

The talk highlights how these techniques enable scalable collaboration in dynamic mobility environments and discusses representative applications such as driver behavior profiling, anomaly detection, and safety-critical decision-making. Overall, the keynote provides a unified view of distributed AI for smart mobility, focusing on efficient collaboration, privacy preservation, and practical deployment at the edge.

Keynote  Speaker 3: Dr. Santi P. Maity - Edge-Enhanced Collaborative Intelligence in 6G Healthcare Networks

Dr. Santi P. Maity is a Professor (HAG) in Dept. of Information Technology in IIEST Shibpur. He received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur and M. Tech. in Microwaves from the University of Burdwan, India in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from IIEST Shibpur in 2008 and did Post-doctoral work from January 2009 to July 2009 and February 2011 to July 2011 at the Laboratoire des Signaux et Systems (CNRS–Supelec–Universite Paris-Sud 11) in France. His research interests include Cognitive Radio Networks, Image Watermarking and Secret Sharing, Compressed Sensing based Medical Image Reconstruction and Disease Diagnosis using ML and DL techniques. His current research areas include the use of Reinforcement Learning (RL) in Spectrum Prediction, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) in IoT enabled D2D communications and intelligent transport systems (ITS). He has published more than 335 research papers in International journals, International and National conference proceedings, and book chapters. He has guided 22 Ph. D scholars so far and examined more than 80 Ph. D theses of various institutes that include foreign institutes, State Universities, Central Universities, NITs, IITs and IIITs. He has delivered so far more than 80 invited, keynotes and tutorial talks in International and National conferences, seminars, workshops, symposiums and FDP program.

Abstract: Healthcare support turns into one of the persistent challenges for the country like India where diagnosis of diseases is often delayed due to acute shortage of specialist doctors, lack of alertness among the common people, healthcare accessibility in rural and semi-urban regions that are under-served by quality healthcare facilities at low cost and on timely basis. Evolution of 6G networks and edge computing is enabling transformative healthcare applications, including low-cost data acquisition, computer aided diagnosis (CAD) with real-time patient monitoring, and privacy-preserving computation, thereby offering improved latency, reliability, and security in sensitive healthcare environments. This lecture discusses challenges and end-to-end complete solution that includes low-cost non-invasive imaging, edge-IoT architecture coupled with integrated AI-based algorithms for early screening of epithelial cancers from the label-free pathology specimens to facilitate quality and timely healthcare support to the rural people through reliable broadband connectivity. Technologies to be touched upon include autoflurosence (AF) imaging, ML/DL techniques with edge-IoT for timely disease diagnosis while reconfigurable intelligent surface and integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) for wireless connectivity.

 Keynote  Speaker 4: Dr. R. Kishore - Beyond Classical Cryptography: Building Quantum-Safe Communication Systems 

Dr. R. Kishore, Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication, SSN CE has 26 years of experience in teaching and 12 years of experience in research. He received his B.E (ECE) degree from Vellore Engineering College, Madras University, M.Tech. in ECE from Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry University and Ph.D. degree from Anna University, Chennai. He has published over 60 research publications in the refereed international journals, proceedings of international conferences, and national conferences. His area of research is Cryptography & Network Security and IoT. He is one of the Co-Principal Investigator in SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration) Project titled Efficient water management in agricultural fields using mule-based sensor networks in association with Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, the project worth 63 Lakhs funded by MHRD, GoI. He is also one of the Co-Principal Investigator of 5G Use Case Lab set up at department of ECE sanctioned by the department of telecommunications, Govt. of India worth 75 Lakhs. He is a recognized supervisor of Anna University. Four research scholars have graduated and currently guiding one part-time and one full-time Ph.D scholars. He has attended several national/international level workshops, international conferences and summer/winter schools. He participated in the 15th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband ICUWB 2015 (IEEE Ranked Conference) held at Montreal, Canada and presented the research work titled “A Light Weight Security Architecture for Cluster-based Wireless Sensor Networks”. He has organized several national-level workshops and five IEEE technically co-sponsored international conferences. He is a member of IEEE, IETE and ISTE.

Abstract: Increasing progress in quantum computing brings unprecedented challenges to traditional classical cryptography technology. This keynote presentation describes new technologies related to the concept of quantum-safe security, especially the technologies related to quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum random number generation (QRNG), and standardization processes of the post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The topic will cover possible migration strategies, hybrid solutions, and research in future secure communication systems.

Keynote  Speaker 4: Dr. V. Nagarajan - Organizing a Successful IEEE International Conference:
From Vision to Global Impact

Prof. V. Nagarajan is a Professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering at Pondicherry University, with over two decades of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. His research interests include wireless communications, signal processing, the Internet of Things (IoT), sensor networks, and machine learning applications in wireless systems. He has authored more than 200 research papers and book chapters and co-authored six technical books. Prof. Nagarajan is the founding Chair of the IEEE technically co-sponsored International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing (ICCSP), which has successfully completed multiple editions. He has supervised 24 Ph.D. scholars, secured research funding from agencies such as DST and IEEE, and has served as an Associate Editor and guest editor for several international journals. A Senior Member of IEEE and Fellow of IETE, he has received several prestigious recognitions, including the IETE Outstanding Contribution in Technical Education Award and the IEEE Best Researcher Award.

Abstract: Organizing a successful IEEE international conference requires a clear vision, meticulous planning, and a commitment to technical excellence. This keynote explores the key stages of conference organization, from defining a compelling theme and forming an effective organizing committee to ensuring a rigorous peer-review process and delivering a high-quality technical program. It highlights best practices for attracting distinguished speakers, engaging global participants, managing conference operations, securing sponsorship, and complying with IEEE publication standards. The session also discusses strategies for effective publicity, volunteer coordination, and successful publication in IEEE Xplore, while emphasizing the importance of collaboration, ethics, and innovation throughout the conference lifecycle. Drawing on practical experiences and proven approaches, the keynote offers valuable insights for organizers seeking to create impactful conferences that foster knowledge exchange, strengthen international partnerships, and contribute to the advancement of science, engineering, and technology on a global scale.