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International Open RAN Symposium 2025
This meeting will contain a mixture of technical and policy topics. Mornings will focus on technical presentations and panel discussions. Afternoons will include breakout sessions, where attendees will be split into smaller groups to enable interactive discussions. No admittance fees.
Please hold off on making travel plans until we can confirm with the Grand Nikko hotel.
Tentative Logistics
- Date: December 9 to 10, 2025
- Location: Tokyo, Japan, at the Grand Nikko Hotel Diaba
- Register to attend in-person: coming soon
- Attendance is open US Foreign assistance eligible countries.
- Registration will close 2 weeks before the event.
- Watch later:
- Video recordings of the IORS presentation and panel discussion will be shared with everyone who has registered to attend IORS virtual meetings on this Google Sheet.
- Breakout sessions will not be recorded.
- Provide your feedback on the draft agenda in this Google Doc.
If you have questions, contact us directly at iors@ntia.gov.
Draft Agenda
December 9
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Speaker and Details |
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8:00–9:00 |
Registration |
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8:55–9:00 |
In-person Facilities and Logistics |
Emcee |
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9:00–9:05 |
Opening Keynote |
U.S. Department of Commerce |
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9:05–9:10 |
Opening Keynote |
U.S. Department of State |
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9:10–9:20 |
Purpose/process/desired outcome of IORS |
Julie Kub, NTIA/ITS |
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9:20–9:50 |
Short reviews of previous 2025 virtual meetings |
One representative from each virtual presentation, with time for Q&A |
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9:50–10:30 |
Panel: Progress on policies supporting Open RAN |
Government panel |
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10:30–10:45 |
Break |
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10:45–11:30 |
Panel: Progress in standards and specifications: Present and near-term projections |
Industry and government panel |
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11:30–12:15 |
Panel: Roundtable by labs representing segments: OTIC, research/academia, PWSCIF, governmentally supported |
Representatives from each, to discuss their progress |
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12:15–13:15 |
Lunch |
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13:15–13:35 |
Keynote: Convergence in the industry on Open RAN + AI + NTN |
Industry Panel |
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Interactive Workshop — Identification of Challenges and Potential Solutions |
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13:35-13:40 |
Introduction of breakout process and topics |
Emcee |
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13:40-15:00 |
Breakout Session Questions |
Question 1: Do specifications and standards maturity enable consistent and repeatable critical use case testing? If not, what is required? |
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Question 2: How would you define consistent testing? Have current results achieved this definition? What additional work is necessary? |
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Question 3: What are barriers to Open RAN adoption and deployment (e.g. technical, operational, policies, commercial viability)? |
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15:00-15:20 |
Break |
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15:20-15:50 |
Reconvene and report out from breakout sessions |
NTIA facilitators from each breakout session |
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15:50-16:50 |
Discuss breakout session findings and prioritize challenges |
Julie Kub, NTIA/ITS |
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16:50–17:00 |
Wrap up and homework |
Julie Kub, NTIA/ITS |
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17:00 |
End of Day 1 |
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December 10
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Time |
Title |
Speaker and Details |
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8:00–9:00 |
Registration |
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8:55–9:00 |
Introduction to Day 2 Agenda/Activities |
Emcee |
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9:00–9:10 |
Opening Keynote |
David Goldstien, Director, NTIA/ITS |
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9:10-10:00 |
Lightning Talks: Emerging Open RAN Markets |
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10:00-10:30 |
Presentation: Asia-based MNO and Lab cooperative testing results |
Industry and Test Lab Panel |
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10:30-10:45 |
Presentation: Lab collaboration success story |
US: CRAIN, EU: i14y, SONIC, Asia: ITRI |
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10:45-10:55 |
Break |
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10:55-11:25 |
Panel: Financing for Open RAN |
Financial Industry and Government Panel |
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11:25–11:55 |
Panel: What MNOs have done to deploy Open RAN, and lessons learned |
Industry Panel |
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11:55–12:15 |
To be selected later, with input from registered attendees |
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12:15–13:15 |
Lunch |
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13:15-13:35 |
Keynote: 6G and its impact |
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Interactive Workshop — Next Steps to Implement Identified Solutions from Day 1 |
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13:35-13:40 |
Introduction of breakout process and topics |
Emcee |
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13:40-15:00 |
Breakout Session Discussions |
Question 1: Next Steps / Action Items |
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Question 2: Next Steps / Action Items |
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Question 3: Next Steps / Action Items |
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15:00-15:20 |
Break |
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15:20-15:50 |
Reconvene and report out from breakout sessions |
NTIA facilitators from each breakout session |
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15:50–16:50 |
Prioritize next steps and identify owners |
Julie Kub |
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16:50-17:00 |
Final comments and close |
David Goldstien, Director, NTIA/ITS |
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17:00 |
End of Day 2 |
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