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The second – authored by Luca Chiaraviglio; Nicola Blefari-Melazzi (CNIT/University of Rome Tor
Vergata, Italy); William Liu; Jairo A. Gutierrez (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand);
Jaap Van De Beek (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden); Robert Birke; Lydia Chen (IBM
Research, Switzerland); Filip Idzikowski (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Daniel Kilper
(The University of Arizona, USA); Paolo Monti (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); and
Jinsong Wu (University of Chile, Chile) – analysed the main challenges to deploy 5G networks in
rural and low-income zones. The paper also defines the main pillars to follow in order to deploy 5G
networks in such zones, as well as a proposal of a future network architecture.

Considering the state of today’s technology and the extraordinary possibilities appearing on the
horizon, Jules Verne’s corner (JVc) at this year’s Kaleidoscope conference asked futurists to imagine
the potentially limitless Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications that can help address environmental,
economic, and societal challenges concerning sustainable development and a sustainable future. JVc
2016: Artificial Intelligence for a sustainable future: friendly companion or threatening conqueror?
featured three speakers from industry and academic circles: Sauvik Banerjjee, Global Chief
Technology Architect and Innovation Lead, SAP, Germany; Malavika Jayaram, Executive Director,
Digital Asia Hub, Hong Kong, China; and Prabhas Chongstitvatana, Professor, Department of
Computer Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Thanks to an ITU agreement with IEEE Communications Society, selected papers from each year’s
Kaleidoscope conference are considered for publication in a special-feature section of IEEE
Communications Magazine. In addition, special issues of the International Journal of Technology
Marketing, the International Journal of Standardization Research, and the Journal of ICT
Standardization, are interested in publishing extended versions of Kaleidoscope papers.
All accepted and presented papers have been submitted for publication in the IEEE Xplore Digital
Library. The Conference Proceedings from 2009 onwards can be downloaded free of charge from
http://itu-kaleidoscope.org.
In closing, I would like to thank our technical co-sponsors, our supportive partners, and Alessia
Magliarditi and her team from ITU for playing the leading role in the year-on-year progression of the
Kaleidoscope series.

Bundhit Eua-arporn
President of Chulalongkorn University (CU), Thailand

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