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UK SPF: Cluster 3 SAL and Sandbox combined session

Name: UK SPF: Cluster 3 SAL and Sandbox combined session
Start: 2025-06-03T09:00:00
End: 2025-06-03T12:00:00
Location: techUK, 10 St Bride Street, London, EC4A 4AD

9am – 12pm 3 June 2025 London and Online techUK, 10 St Bride Street, London, EC4A 4AD

Join us on Monday 3 June from 09:00-13:00 for the next UK SPF Cluster 3 event, where we will explore the latest developments in spectrum sharing through a joint activity with the SAL Forum and the DSIT Spectrum Sandbox programme.

Shared Access Licence Forum

With the support of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the UK SPF has created a neutral, stakeholder and government Forum and information hub to promote and scale up the usage of shared licences applications and maximise its economic and social value.

Join us for the third in a regular series of annual workshops that aim to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to identify key issues and barriers encountered through use of shared spectrum, including the automation of key processes.

DSIT Spectrum Sandbox: conclusions, next steps, and challenges

This event will highlight progress from the ongoing Sandbox projects, which are trialling innovative approaches to dynamic and efficient spectrum use within Ofcom-licensed test environments. These projects aim to improve spectrum sharing techniques, assess their economic potential, and support more flexible spectrum management frameworks.

The Spectrum Sandbox programme contributes to the UK Government’s Wireless Infrastructure Strategy, Spectrum Statement, and Ofcom’s Spectrum Roadmap. It enables industry and academia to trial new technologies, conduct system-level modelling, gather real-world performance data, and explore the feasibility of shared and hybrid licensing models.

Agenda

Speakers will be announced closer to the date

Time	Agenda item
09:00-09:10	Introduction (SPF/DSIT)
09:10-09:55	Part 1: SAL forum Ofcom update setting up the changes to the framework/next steps/uptake so far Time for discussion/question/comments
09:55-10:10	Break
10:10-11:10	Part 2: Sandbox presentations: Brief description of scope and findings, conclusions, suggestions next steps, challenges encountered
11:10-11:55	Presenter panel (with representative of each sandbox, DSIT and Ofcom)
11:55-12:00	Close

This is a valuable opportunity to hear directly from project leads, network with spectrum policy and technology experts, and contribute to discussions shaping the future of UK spectrum management.

Don't miss your chance to be part of this conversation.

Contact us

Tales Gaspar

Programme Manager, UK SPF and Satellite, techUK

Tales has a background in law and economics, with previous experience in the regulation of new technologies and infrastructure.

In the UK and Europe, he offered consultancy on intellectual property rights of cellular and IoT technologies and on the regulatory procedures at the ITU as a Global Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI).

Tales has an LL.M in Law and Business by the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and an MSc in Regulation at the London School of Economics, with a specialization in Government and Law.

Email:: [email protected]
Phone:: +44 (0) 0207 331 2000
Website:: www.techUK.org
LinkedIn:: www.linkedin.com/in/talesngaspar

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Sophie Greaves

Head of Telecoms and Spectrum Policy, techUK

Sophie Greaves is Head of Programme for Communications Infrastructure and Services at techUK, and oversees the UK Spectrum Policy Forum.

Sophie was promoted to Head having been Programme Manager for Communications Infrastructure and Services, leading techUK's telecoms activities, engagement and policy development. Previously, Sophie was Programme Assistant across a variety of areas including the Broadband Stakeholder Group, Central Government, Financial Services and Communications Infrastructure programmes.

Prior to joining techUK, Sophie completed a masters in Film Studies at University College London; her dissertation examined US telecoms policy relating to net neutrality and content distribution.