Ryuji Wakikawa

SoftBank Corp., Senior Vice President & CTO

Speaker Bio

Ryuji Wakikawa is Senior Vice President and CTO at SoftBank Corp., leading the company’s technology strategy for the AI-native network era. His work spans 5G Advanced, 6G, AI-RAN, Open RAN, NTN, HAPS, quantum technologies, autonomous mobility, and Physical AI, with a focus on transforming telecom infrastructure into intelligent, distributed social infrastructure. He also contributes to global open innovation through the O-RAN ALLIANCE and LF Networking, while continuing academic engagement as a Project Professor at Keio University.

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