Program Overview
Program Overview
Date/Time（CEST） |
DAY 1 (9 July) |
DAY 2 (10 July) |
Morning (9:00) |
S1. Industry 4.0 and embedded wireless sensor/actuator systems
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S3. WSAN and next-generation networks (5G, 6G, etc.)
S2. Blockchain technologies and Internet-of-Things-based WSAN |
Lunch Break |
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Afternoon (14:00) |
S4. Applications of WSAN in agriculture, vehicle, wearable sensors, smart cities, manufacturing, mobile systems, and health and medical care |
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DAY 1 Program Details (9 July)
S1: Industry 4.0 and embedded wireless sensor/actuator systems
S5. Big Data, Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Date: 9 July 2026 (Day 1) Morning
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (BST, UK) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (CEST) | Time (CST) | Speakers | Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | 15:00-15:10 | Prof. Dr. Lei Shu Event Chair |
Opening Talk |
| 09:10-09:20 | 15:10-15:20 | Prof. Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz Session 1 Chair |
Session Introduction |
| 09:20-09:50 | 15:20-15:50 | Dr. Daniel Ramotsoela Invited Speaker |
Zero-Trust Architecture: Redefining Network Security for Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems |
| 09:50-10:25 | 15:50-16:25 | Dr. Tapiwa Chiwewe | From Sensing to Action: Foundation Models, Edge Intelligence, and Agentic AI for Autonomous Industrial Systems |
| 10:25-11:05 | 16:25-17:05 | Prof. Jianwei Niu Session 5 Chair |
Session Introduction Opening Speech Title: Embodied AI Operating System for Robotics-Thoughts and Practice |
| 11:05-11:40 | 17:05-17:40 | Prof. Shui Yu Invited Speaker |
Mathematical Artificial Intelligence for Networking and Communications |
| 11:40-12:15 | 17:40-18:15 | Dr. Anastasia Bougea | Multimodal Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Applied to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases |
Lunch Break (12:15-15:00) (CEST)
S4. Applications of WSAN in agriculture, vehicle, wearable sensors, smart cities, manufacturing, mobile systems, and health and medical care
Date: 9 July 2026 (Day 1) Afternoon
Time: 15:00 (CEST, Basel) | 14:00 (BST, UK) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (CEST) | Time (CST) | Speakers | Title |
| 15:00-15:40 | 21:00-21:40 | Prof. Sye-Loong Keoh Session 4 Chair |
Session Introduction Opening Speech Title: Smart Public Transportation in the age of Connectivity x AI x IoT |
| 15:40-16:15 | 21:40-22:15 | Prof. Ng Pai Chet Invited Speaker |
Multi-Modal Human Activity Recognition: Federated Learning Across Heterogeneous Physiological and Wireless Signal |
| 16:15-16:45 | 22:15-22:45 | Dr. Masood Ur Rehman | ForestWatch: Observing, Responding and Predicting the Deforestation Events using Wireless Sensors |
| 16:45-17:15 | 22:45-23:15 | Dr. Sushank Chaudhary | From Sensors to the Metaverse: Bridging the Physical and Virtual Worlds |
| 17:15-17:45 | 23:15-23:45 | Prof. Dr. Hovannes Kulhandjian | Advancing AI and Robotics: Innovations in AgTech, Intelligent Transportation, and Assistive Technologies |
DAY 2 Program Details (10 July)
S3. WSAN and next-generation networks (5G, 6G, etc.)
S2. Blockchain technologies and Internet-of-Things-based WSAN
Date: 10 July 2026 (Day 2) Morning
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (BST, UK) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (CEST) | Time (CST) | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:05 | 15:00-15:05 | Prof. Jordi Mongay Batalla Session 3 Chair |
Session Introduction |
| 9:05-9:35 | 15:05-15:35 | Prof. Boon-Chong Seet |
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces in underwater wireless communication: Challenges and future directions |
| 9:35-10:05 | 15:35-16:05 | Dr. Ghazanfar Ali Safdar |
Bandwidth Conscious Interference Mitigation in D2D Underlay 5G Networks |
| 10:05-10:35 | 16:05-16:35 | Dr. Qasem Abu Al-Haija |
Security of Critical Infrastructure Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) |
| 10:35-11:15 | 16:35--17:15 | Prof. Pascal Lorenz Session 2 Chair |
Session Introduction Opening Speech Title: Architectures of Next Generation Wireless Networks |
| 11:15-11:45 | 17:15-17:45 | Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hammoudeh | Enhancing Cybersecurity Resilience in Operational Technology for the Energy Sector: The Role of AI-Driven Anomaly Detection |
| 11:45-11:55 | 17:45-17:55 | Prof. Dr. Lei Shu Event Chair |
Closing Speech |