Ricard Vilalta

ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN Chair at 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.