Ricard Vilalta

ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN Chair at ETSI / CTTC

Speaker

Ricard Vilalta is Research Director at CTTC’s Packet Optical Networks and Services unit and Chair of ETSI TeraFlowSDN. His work centers on SDN/NFV, optical-packet convergence, and 6G network automation, with active roles in ETSI (NFV, ZSM, MEC) and IETF (CCAMP, TEAS). He leads open-source efforts across TeraFlowSDN (Releases 4–5), and contributes to ETSI OSM and OpenSlice. He previously coordinated the H2020 TeraFlow project and now task-leads Hexa-X-II work on smart network management. Awards include UPC’s Extraordinary PhD Award (2016), the ONF Outstanding Initiative Award (2016), and Layer123’s “Upstart of the Year” for TeraFlowSDN (2022). He holds a PhD in Telecommunications from UPC.