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Bin Zhen Director of Standard and Certification of iSLA Dr. Zhen Bin was born in P.R. China. He graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering in 1998. Since 2020, he has been a member of the lnternational SparkLink Wireless Short-range Communication Alliance (iSLA), where he oversees technical standardization and testing activities. With more than 20 years of experience in short-range wireless communication technologies and cellular networks, Dr. Zhen has held leadership roles in standards organizations including 3GPP, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15, CCSA, and oneM2M, while actively engaging in research and standardization efforts.
Boris Bellalta Professor, Head of the Wireless Networking research group, UPF Boris Bellalta is a Full Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), where he leads the Wireless Networking group. His research interests focus on wireless networks and performance evaluation, with particular emphasis on Wi-Fi technologies, machine learning-based adaptive systems, and XR immersive communications.
Cheng Qiang Director, Broadband Network Technologies and Standards, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) Qiang Cheng is a senior expert in the standardization, and has over 20 years of experience specializing in the research and standardization of access/home network technologies, e.g. DSL, PON, VLC, Wi-Fi. He actively participates in ITU-T SG15 Q3 and CCSA TC6 WG2. He has drafted more than 20 China national standards in access/home network area. He also work as co-editor of G.9940, G.fin-NM, and G.wmci etc.
Gengchen Liu Senior Research Expert, Optical Business Product Line, Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. Gengchen Liu received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI in 2015 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of California Davis, CA in 2020. He has jointed Huawei Technologies in 2020 and currently serve as a technical expert in Huawei’s optical research department. His research interests include advanced DSP, optical network, and low-power design.
Glenn Parsons Ericsson Canada Glenn Parsons is an internationally known expert in mobile transport and Ethernet technology. He is a principal standards advisor with Ericsson Canada, where he coordinates standards strategy and policy for Ericsson, including network architecture for 5G radio transport networks. Previously, he has held positions in development, product management and standards architecture in the ICT industry. Over the past number of years, he has held several management and editor positions in various standards activities including IETF, IEEE, and ITU-T. He is currently involved with 5G transport standardization in IEEE and ITU-T and is the chair of ITU-T SG15 as well as the working group chair of IEEE 802.1. In addition, he is a member of the IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors, and the chair of the Public Policy Committee for IEEE Canada. He graduated in 1992 with a B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
James Xie Representative, World WLAN Application Alliance (WAA) James Xie has over two decades of experience in ICT standardization and telecommunications policy. His work spans wireless local area networks, broadband wireless access, spectrum and interoperability, with participation in IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.16, 3GPP and China Communications Standards Association (CCSA). From 2018 to 2026, he served as Huawei’s Designated Focal Point for ITU affairs, coordinating engagement in ITU-T, ITU-D and ITU-R, as well as ITU Plenipotentiary Conference and Council processes. He also contributed to IMT-related discussions at WRC-15, WRC-19 and WRC-23.
Junwei Li Manager and Chief Researcher, Optical Access and Home Network Research Division, China Mobile Research Institute With extensive professional experience, he has long been engaged in research in the fields of PON, FTTR, WLAN, and smart gateways. In addition, he also serves as the editors of ITU-T Recommendations.
Manli Qian VP, Beijing Sylincom Co. Ltd. Manli Qian received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) in 2013 and the University of Sydney in 2014. From 2013 to 2019, she worked in the institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as an associate professor of the wireless communication research center. Since 2020, she is the VP of Beijing Sylincom Co. Ltd. Currently she is mainly engaged in R&D in wireless communication chip design, especially in the field of Satellite communication and Sparklink communication.
Marcos Martínez Vázquez Q3 Rapporteur, ITU-T Marcos Martínez Vázquez is a seasoned telecommunications engineer with over 25 years of experience in the microelectronics sector, having worked with various companies. He currently serves as the Director of Standards at MaxLinear, where he oversees the company's diverse standardization efforts. Marcos holds several leadership positions in prominent Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), including his role as Rapporteur of the Q3/15 group in ITU-T. In this capacity, he leads the development of innovative wired and wireless communication standards for access and in-premises networks.
Olivier Ferveur Vice-Chair of ETSI TC ATTM \| Senior Architect, Service Transport Networks & Fixed Access, Post Luxembourg Dr Olivier Ferveur is a Senior Architect at POST Luxembourg, where he has been working since 2009 on fixed access and transport network architectures. He holds a Ph.D. focused on IP/MPLS transport architectures and is actively involved in telecommunications standardization. He currently serves as Vice-Chair of ETSI TC ATTM and is former Chair of ETSI ISG F5G. His work focuses on the evolution of fixed network infrastructures, with particular interests in next-generation network architectures, sustainability, and the integration of environmental considerations into network evolution.
Qizheng Li Standards Engineer, Network Technology Research Dept., China Telecom Research Institute Qizheng Li is mainly engaged in technical research and standardization on optical access network technologies for years, including the WDM-PON, 50G-PON, FTTR and VHSP. He is the editor of ITU-T standard G..FINCoex and G.sup.ION-aiBusiness.
Ronald Heron Lead Technology Strategist, Fixed Networks CTO team, Nokia Ronald Heron provides guidance for next-generation in-home fiber and access strategies at Nokia. As an Electrical Engineer from Concordia University in Montreal, he has contributed to the development and deployment of FTTH, DSL, radio and long-haul fiber networks, first at the operator Bell Canada, then at the vendor Alcatel / Nokia. Based in Ottawa, Canada, he is part of the Fixed Networks CTO team and is an active contributor to industry fora and optical conferences around the world.
Ronan Bracken Service Requirements WA Program Director, Broadband Forum Ronan is Service Requirements Program Director at the Broadband Forum, where he leads engagement for a services-led approach to network standards, mapping end-customer requirements (B2C, B2B, B2B2x) to network standards. He brings over 25 years in telecom, including product management, business development, and standards leadership across the Broadband Forum, TM Forum, and Incognito Software (Lumine Group). His background spans FTTH, cloud-native automation, and service activation. Ronan serves as an evangelist for BBF's services-led strategy, building C-level relationships, connecting CTO/CIO offices, network planning, and product management, and driving liaison agreements with peer standards organisations.
Tony Zeng Q3 Associate Rapporteur, FG-EAI WG5 Chair ITU-T; Service Requirement WA Co-Director in BBF \| Standard Director of Access Network, Optical Business Product Line, Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. Tony is now the standard director of optical access in Huawei Optical Business Product Line, leading optical standard group for ITU-T SG15 & SG21, BBF, CCSA TC6, etc. He actively participates in various standard areas of optical network, e.g. access & in-premises networking technologies, AI in Broadband, Embodied AI, IoT protocols. He is now the Associate Rapporteur of ITU-T Q3/SG15, Chair of FG-EAI WG5, Director of Service Requirement Work Area of BBF and Chair of communication group of WG2 MIIT TC8 EAI.
Yue Sun Principal Researcher, China Unicom Yue Sun, principal researcher from China Unicom, has been conducting long-term research on relevant technologies and standards in the fields of optical access networks and in-premises network, mainly responsible for PON, FTTR, and other directions. Serving as the editor for multiple standards at ITU-T and ETSI, including G.FIN-NM, GS.0025, etc.
Zhongyi Wang Standards Engineer, Wired Planning Department, ZTE Corporation Zhongyi Wang has been involved in the technical research and standardization of optical access network technologies in ITU-T and CCSA for several years. His research interests mainly focus on 50G PON, fibre sensing, VHSP, and FIP. He also serves as a co-editor of ITU-T G.sup.ISAC4FIP and GSTR.IVON."