Professor Barry Evans
Professor of Satellite Communications in the Institute for Communications and 6GIC. University of Surrey
Speaker profile
Barry is Professor of Satellite Communications in the Institute for Communications and 6GIC at the University of Surrey. At Surrey he founded the Centre for Communication Systems Research, now the Institute for Communication Systems and was a founding Director of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. He served as Dean of Engineering and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation but has now returned to research full time to head up the satellite communications area in ICS. He is involved in several projects integrating 5G with satellite systems and NTN-NT coexistence. He has recently been appointed chair of UKTIN’s Expert Working Group on NTN. Barry is also Editor of the International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.