In the past two decades, the telecommunications sector has experienced remarkable growth and development. Our daily lives now rely on the various services it provides. Due to this continuous progress, many services and applications, some of which had always been considered as fictional, have become a tangible reality.
The latest technological breakthroughs have unleashed the imagination of engineers and researchers to develop new services as well as new technologies in different sectors, such as “Space and Astronomy”, “Vehicular Communication and Embedded Systems” and “Large Scale Networks.”
In the continuity of the series of forums on emerging technologies, the Faculty of Engineering at Antonine University (UA) is pleased to announce its third forum on Emerging Technologies: Open Day for Telecommunications, to be held at the main campus in Hadat-Baabda on April 9, 2019.
Organized in conjunction with main national and international experts, this day aims to:

- highlight technological advances in various telecommunications sectors;
- identify the expected profile of a telecommunications engineer for the next decade;
- build relationships between local and international companies; and
- set up new collaborations between UA and participating companies.

Free registration at: odt.ua.edu.lb

Program

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Registration and welcome drink
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Opening ceremony

• Dr. Chady Abou Jaoudé, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
• Fr. Michel Jalakh, Rector of Antonine University
• Ministry of Telecommunications
  10:00 AM – 10:30: AM Coffee break
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Panel session 1, Space and Astronomy
• Dr. Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency
  “Emerging Antenna Technologies for Space Applications”
• Dr. David Schalk Van Der Merwe Prinsloo, ASTRON
  “Antenna Development for World’s Biggest Telescope (SKA)”
• Dr. Domingos da Silva Barbosa, Institute of Telecommunications
  “High Performance Cloud Computing in Space and Astronomy”
• Open discussion
  12:00 PM – 12:15 PM: Coffee break
  12:15 PM – 1:45 PM: Panel session 2, Vehicular Communication
  and Embedded Systems
• Prof. Lionel Brunie, INSA de Lyon
  “Enhancing V2V communication for road safety”
  • Dr. Mazen Saghir, American University of Beirut
  “Embedded System Design for Automotive Applications”
• Dr. Jihad Boura, IPG Photonics
  “Embedded System for Communication”
• Open discussion
  1:45 PM – 3:00 PM: Lunch break
  3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Panel session 3, Large Scale Networks
• Dr. Alain Mourad, InterDigital
  “An excursion into 5G and the beyond”
• Eng. Joseph Abou Rjeily, Alfa
  “IoT Connectivity for Mobile Network Operator”
• Eng. Amin Jaber, Beirut International Airport
  “Modern Communication Network for Air Traffic Management”
• Open discussion
  4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Closing ceremony