Main venue
Grand Ballroom 1&2 (3rd floor)
Seoul, Korea
AI-RAN Summit 2026
Nov. 9 (Mon) – 10 (Tue), 2026 · Mondrian Seoul Itaewon
Two-day program agenda for global AI-native RAN collaboration
government views, AI-x-RAN technology, the open-source ecosystem, testbeds,
and a K-consortium showcase.
2 DaysNov 9–10, 2026
6 TracksGovernment to K-Consortium
Itaewon, SeoulMondrian Seoul Itaewon
All Member MeetingNov 11–13, Yonsei University
Venue
Mondrian Seoul Itaewon
The event will be held at Mondrian Seoul Itaewon, 23 Jangmun-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
Small banquet hall
Studio 1&2 (3rd floor)
Staff / VIP room
Boardroom & Wedding Lounge
(3rd floor)
Program
Two-Day Program at a Glance
Global governments, vendors, startups, universities, and testbed leaders in one program.
Full speaker lineup will be updated as details are confirmed.
| Day | Time | Track | Speakers / Organizations | Len. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MON | 8:30–9:00 | Opening Ceremony | 30m | |
| MON | 9:10–11:40 | Government | Bokyoung Park (MSIT, Korea) · Sarah Skaluba (NTIA, US) · Bill Ong (IMDA, Singapore) · Shinya Shimada (MIC, Japan) · Tiffany Lin (ITRI, Taiwan) | 2.5h |
| MON | 11:40–12:40 | Lunch | Break | 1h |
| MON | 12:40–2:40 | AI-x-RAN (1) | Alex Choi (Softbank) · Steph Delvoye (Nokia) · Sibel Tombaz (Ericsson) · Jack Nasielski (Qualcomm) | 2h |
| MON | 2:50–4:50 | AI-x-RAN (2) | Tim O'Shea (DeepSig) · Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern) · Kei Sakaguchi (Tokyo Science) · Tony Quek (SUTD) | 2h |
| MON | 5:00–6:30 | Open Source | Navid Nikaein (BubbleRAN/Eurecom) · Jungmihn Jamie Ahn (Legal/Hallym) · Alex Keller (NVIDIA) | 1.5h |
| TUE | 8:30–10:00 | Platform / Testbed | Balaji Raghothaman (Keysight) · Ian Wong (Viavi) · Ben Coffin (NI/Emerson) | 1.5h |
| TUE | 10:10–11:40 | OCUDU WG | Ranny Haiby (Linux Foundation) · Seong-Lyun Kim (Yonsei) | 1.5h |
| TUE | 11:40–12:40 | Lunch | Break | 1h |
| TUE | 12:40–2:10 | Hyper AI-RAN/Campus AI-RAN | SKT Consortium · KT Consortium · Kwang Soon Kim (Newgens Consortium, Yonsei) | 1.5h |
| TUE | 2:20–5:50 | K-Consortium | Samsung · SKT · KT · LGU+ · ETRI · Chan-Byoung Chae (Yonsei) · Kuntal Chowdhury (NVIDIA) | 3.5h |
| TUE | 5:50–6:00 | Closing Ceremony | 10m |
Policy & Strategy
Government perspectives from Korea (MSIT), Japan (MIC), Taiwan (ITRI), the US (NTIA), and Singapore (IMDA).
AI-x-RAN Ecosystem
SoftBank, Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm, DeepSig, Northeastern, Tokyo Science, and SUTD across two AI-x-RAN sessions.
Open Source Stack
BubbleRAN/Eurecom, NVIDIA, and legal perspectives, plus the OCUDU working group with the Linux Foundation.
Platforms & K-Consortium
Keysight, Viavi, NI/Emerson, Hyper AI-RAN/Campus AI-RAN, and the K-Consortium with Samsung, SKT, KT, LGU+, ETRI, Yonsei, and NVIDIA.
Participating Organizations
Government
AI-x-RAN
Open Source
Platform /
K-Consortium
Committee
Chairs
Registration
Registration Opening Soon
Registration details will be announced soon.
In the meantime, please contact the organizers below with any questions.
Related Event
AI-RAN Alliance All Member Meeting
This meeting follows immediately after the AI-RAN Summit
and will be held Nov. 11–13, 2026, at Baekyang-nuri, Yonsei University.
Nov. 11 (Wed) – 13 (Fri), 2026
Baekyang-nuri, Yonsei University
50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul ·
Immediately following the AI-RAN Summit (Nov. 9–10).