David has recently been named as the ETSI Director of New Technologies (NET), which involves tracking the latest ICT technology trends and relevant research projects in order to identify appropriate standards needs and opportunities for ETSI.

In addition, the NET team works on outreach initiatives towards the research and innovation communities, both in and outside of ETSI, as well as the landscaping of technology trends and engagement with key European research programs such as Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe.

David has more than 25 years’ experience in the telecommunications sector, which includes 20 years of experience in ICT standardization.

Riccardo Trivisonno (IEEE M’08, SM’19) is currently serving as Head of Network Architecture dept. for the Advanced Wireless Technologies Lab at Huawei Technologies, Munich Research Center. His research and standardization group focuses on 5G and B5G communication systems, in the areas of Network Architecture, Core Network and Network Management, delivering technologies to 3GPP and ESTI standardization bodies. He joined Huawei Technologies in 2011. He holds a PhD (2005) and an MSc (2000) in Telecommunications Engineering from University of Bologna. He has been chairing the 5G IA Pre-Standardization Working Group since March 2020.