Benoist SEBIRE Senior Specialist, Standardisation, Nokia, CTO & Bell Labs

Benoist graduated in 1997 with a Master’s degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering with honours from the École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie, France. He joined Nokia in 1998 and is currently a Senior Specialist, Standardisation based in Tokyo, Japan.

Benoist has been an active 3GPP delegate for the past 16 years: first in SMG2 for the standardisation of EDGE, then in TSG GERAN for EDGE evolution, and since 2004 in TSG RAN2 for HSUPA and LTE. Benoist has successfully held numerous positions in 3GPP: as vice-chairman in RAN2 and as specification and work item rapporteur, notably for the LTE Stage 2 since 2006. Since spring 2016, Benoist has been focusing on 5G/NR