6G for People and Planet
Join the 6G4Society Final Event
Join us as we bring together the 6G community from across Europe to explore how societal, environmental, and economic values can guide the future of connectivity.
With 6G deployment anticipated by 2030, this event will showcase how Europe’s vision for 6G places sustainability at its core. Together, we’ll reflect on the interdisciplinary collaboration required to ensure 6G supports people, communities, and the planet.
What to expect
To demonstrate how mobile network development is working to align technical trajectories with sustainability, focusing on social sustainability.
To highlight the interdisciplinarity that is needed for Europe’s 6G vision and the creation of socially relevant use cases.
To present our tools, frameworks, and findings developed by 6G4Society: Social Acceptance of Technology (SAT), KVI/KSI Framework, KVI Ontology, and Citizen Questionnaire.
To propose recommendations on short and long-term actions that can assist the SNS JU community to make 6G use cases that are sustainable, inclusive, and aligned with societal needs.
New Report:
How Are SNS JU Projects Embedding Societal Values into 6G?
6G4Society has released its SNS Survey Report 2024–2025, capturing insights from 63 projects on how Key Value Indicators (KVIs) and social acceptance are being integrated into 6G R&I.
Findings reveal growing awareness of adoption barriers, but also a need to go further—embedding values like fairness, trust, and legitimacy from the start. The report also highlights the practical challenges projects face in defining and measuring KVIs, especially when technical goals collide with societal ones.
These lessons will guide 6G4Society’s next steps as it continues building tools, frameworks, and collaborative actions that centre societal impact in 6G development.
Join the 6G4Society Community Forum on LinkedIn
Be part of the conversation shaping how 6G can work for people and the planet.
Whether you’re in research, policy, civil society, or just care about inclusive and sustainable tech, this forum is a space to share ideas, ask questions, and connect across perspectives.
- Bring real-world insights into the 6G conversation
- Explore the social and environmental impact of next-gen connectivity
- Join an open, values-driven dialogue on the future of digital innovation
Join the Community Forum now and help shape the societal vision of 6G.
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From 1G’s voice calls to 5G’s high-speed connectivity, each generation has transformed how we communicate. Now, 6G is on the horizon, promising smarter networks, ultra-fast speeds, and AI-driven efficiency. But with new possibilities come challenges—ethical concerns, environmental impact, and the risk of widening the digital divide.
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Get to know the 6G4Society Consortium!
Nova is one of the largest telecommunications and information technology companies in Greece. Since our launch in 1992, until today, we have continuously invested in technology, providing complete IT, integration, data management, mobile, fixed, internet and TV solutions to our customers.
Using state-of-the-art technologies and taking full advantage of its know-how, Nova offers a wide range of Telecommunications, Data Center/Cloud and wider ICT solutions to Businesses and Public Bodies throughout Greece. Nova’s primary goal is to constantly be next to its corporate clients and to develop solutions that completely cover their every need (tailor made solutions). For this reason, on the one hand, constantly invests in new technologies and infrastructures, on the other hand, it has a fully qualified team of engineers who analyze the infrastructures and needs of each customer individually, designing and offering specialized solutions especially for them.
What is your organisation’s role in the project? What unique contribution does it bring to the team?
Nova will lead the task aimed at identifying and defining a standardisation plan, to be able to smoothly convey the results of the project – especially in terms of KVIs and KPIs – into the “6G standardisation kick off” phase, planned by SNS for 2026.
This activity will contribute to SNS JU objective of conceiving and developing a European value-based approach to 6G based on European KVIs and KPIs, and promote it through the 6G global standard-setting process.
Nova will identify standardisation working groups (WGs) which the project will participate in, and contribute, therefore enabling experts’ judgement and knowledge acquisition on specific topics (e.g. trustworthy AI and assessment frameworks).
How do you think the 6G4Society will contribute to European society?
The mission of 6G4Society is to involve key stakeholders from the Smart Networks and Services ecosystem, alongside representatives from civil society, regulatory bodies, policymakers, media outlets, and the general public, to ensure accurate and transparent dissemination of information regarding the anticipated effects of 6G technology. The project’s objective is to offer a multifaceted and harmonious approach to upcoming technological advancements, integrating principles from ethics, law, social sciences, and humanities. Its goal is to furnish techniques, frameworks, directives, policy alternatives, and practical suggestions for cultivating a sustainable and widely embraced 6G technology and its applications. We believe that the project will ensure 6G and associated services will promote community inclusiveness, fairness, democracy, and will reduce discrimination.
What is your organisation’s role in the project? What unique contribution does it bring to the team?
Nova will lead the task aimed at identifying and defining a standardisation plan, to be able to smoothly convey the results of the project – especially in terms of KVIs and KPIs – into the “6G standardisation kick off” phase, planned by SNS for 2026.
This activity will contribute to SNS JU objective of conceiving and developing a European value-based approach to 6G based on European KVIs and KPIs, and promote it through the 6G global standard-setting process.
Nova will identify standardisation working groups (WGs) which the project will participate in, and contribute, therefore enabling experts’ judgement and knowledge acquisition on specific topics (e.g. trustworthy AI and assessment frameworks).
How do you think the 6G4Society will contribute to European society?
The mission of 6G4Society is to involve key stakeholders from the Smart Networks and Services ecosystem, alongside representatives from civil society, regulatory bodies, policymakers, media outlets, and the general public, to ensure accurate and transparent dissemination of information regarding the anticipated effects of 6G technology. The project’s objective is to offer a multifaceted and harmonious approach to upcoming technological advancements, integrating principles from ethics, law, social sciences, and humanities. Its goal is to furnish techniques, frameworks, directives, policy alternatives, and practical suggestions for cultivating a sustainable and widely embraced 6G technology and its applications. We believe that the project will ensure 6G and associated services will promote community inclusiveness, fairness, democracy, and will reduce discrimination.
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The Events
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Latest Past Events
Sustainable Places 2025
Milan MilanAbout Sustainable Places 2025 Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the built environment at the building, district and urban scale to include our […]
The 6G4Society project and 6G Next Generation Networks: What does it take to create a successful ecosystem?
OnlineOverview Europe is at the forefront of sustainable telecommunications, driven by major initiatives such as Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Programme, and the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS […]
In person workshop: From 5G to 6G What is in it for us?
Makers Guild Waag Future Lab Nieuwmarkt 4, AmsterdamTo make the most of 6G, we need to design it wisely, maximizing its benefits while minimizing potential risks. By prioritizing thoughtful implementation and anticipating potential drawbacks, we can harness […]
Open Calls
Discover the funding opportunities in the SNS JU ecosystem
6G-XR
Experimental Research services and infrastructures towards the 6G era
Deadline: 22 May 2024
IMAGINE-B5G
Advanced, accessible, secure, and programmable end-to-end 5G platform
Deadline: 10 June 2024
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6G4SOCIETY project has received funding from the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101139070. This work has received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
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