Dr. Ioannis P. Chochliouros (male) graduated from the Dept. of Electrical Engineering of the Polytechnic School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, holding also a M.Sc. (D.E.A.) & a Ph.D. (Doctorat) from the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France. Since 1997 he joined the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation S.A. (OTE) and has been very strongly involved in major OTE’s national and international business activities as a specialist-consultant for technical and regulatory affairs. Since 2005, he is the Head of OTE’s Fixed Network R&D Programs Section and has been involved in more than 62 different national, European and international R&D projects, many of which have received international awards. He has served as project coordinator in 5 international projects and has an extended involvement in 5G-related issues. He is author of 3 international books and of more than 250 papers in the international bibliography. He is also an active participant of various international and national associations and has performed an extended educational activity in Greece, in cooperation with the academia and other high-level Institutes, covering a broad variety of issues in the scope of modern e-communications. Recently he has received the distinctive award of being a member of the IPv6 Hall of Fame.