The Workshop on Enabling Technologies for 6G & Beyond was held by the London Digital Twin Research Centre on 16 September 2026 at CG11, College Building, Middlesex University. It brought together academic and industry speakers to explore technologies expected to influence the development of 6G networks, including quantum computing and machine learning, advanced beamforming, non-terrestrial networks, programmable electromagnetic environments, fluid antenna systems, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, beam-centric architectures, Open RAN and digital twins.

Following a welcome from the Chair, Prof. Huan Nguyen (LDTRC), the morning sessions examined the links between novel computational methods and next-generation wireless communications. Prof. David Windridge (Middlesex University) presented a three-stage approach to the topological problem implicit in beamforming; Prof. Vinod Sharma (Shiv Nadar University, India) discussed quantum machine learning; and Prof. Aryan Kaushik (OUF Innovative, UK) considered non-terrestrial networks as a route towards ubiquitous 6G connectivity. Prof. Kai-Kit Wong (UCL) then explored programmable electromagnetic objects and fluid antenna systems, including their use in intelligent sensing.













The LDTRC has secured two more grants to work with partners from Indonesia (Universitas Gahja Mada – UGM) and Vietnam (VNU University of Information Technology, HCM City) under British Council’s Transnational Education Programme to support research, teaching and learning in strategic areas of stroke care, digital twinning, quantum and 6G.

Dr Mallik Tatipamula, the CTO of Ericson Silicon Valley and LDTRC’s advisor, together with Dr. Vinton Cerf from Google, wrote a nice piece on IEEE Spectrum outlining the 
