Thank you to all that joined us for Friends of CHEDDAR Day and Industry Day 2025!

We were honoured to welcome so many brilliant minds to Central Hall Westminster for two days of insight, innovation and collaboration across the CHEDDAR community. Friends of CHEDDAR Day showcased our research impact and explored future directions in secure, intelligent connectivity.

Special thanks to our speakers and panellists:

• Mallik Tatipamula (Ericsson, USA) – Keynote on 6G and bio-inspired networks
• Amanda Brock (OpenUK) – Keynote on open source and digital sovereignty
• Alistair Donaldson, Rahim Tafazolli, Hanna Barclay, Andrew Wright – Funding Landscape panel
• Collaboration workshop panel: Noa Zilberman (Oxford), Nishant Sastry (Surrey), Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir (UWS), Toktam Mahmoodi (KCL), Gerard Parr (UEA), Rahim Tafazolli (Surrey), Mahesh Marina (Edinburgh)
• Moderator: Poonam Yadav.

Industry Day brought together research leaders, industry experts and policymakers to explore the future of global communications.

Our sincere thanks to:

• Ronnie Vasishta (NVIDIA, US) – Keynote on accelerated telecoms
• Dan Warren (Samsung R&D UK) – Keynote on 5G/6G innovation
• Catherine Page OBE (DSIT) – UK Advanced Connectivity Outlook
• AI & Connectivity panel: Michele Polese (NEU), Paul Harris (VIAVI), Xenofon Foukas (Microsoft), Mahesh Marina (UoE), Dimitrios Pezaros (UoG) | Moderator: Syed A. R. Zaidi (UoL)
• Standards & International panel: Pouria Khodashenas (I2CAT), Chia-Han Lee (NYCU), Avin Shahar (DSIT/AISI), Nikola Serafimovski (FTH), EU SNS JU ICE | Moderator: Kostas Katsaros (Digital Catapult)
• Celebration of Women in Telecoms: Hira Hameed, Lubna (Imperial), Jaspreet Kaur (UoG), Bidushi Baruna (York), Zeinab Nezami (UoL), Wanqing Tu (Durham), Saba Al-Rubaye (Cranfield)
  Panel: Dimitra Simeonidou (Chair), Yansha Deng (KCL), Mona Jaber (Queen Mary), Xiaoli Chu (Sheffield)
• Spin-off & Innovation panel: Heba Bevan (Utterberry), Bob Stewart (StrathSDR), David Owens (VMO2/UoG), Kaveh Delfanazari (UoG), Azmat Hossain (Extend Robotics) | Moderator: Muhammad Ali Imran (UoG).

A huge thank you to all our speakers, panellists, and attendees for making these events a success. We look forward to continuing the conversation and driving next-generation connectivity forward.