The Broadband Wireless Access & Applications Center (BWAC) is a multi-university IUCRC that focuses on addressing fundamental yet industry-relevant research challenges in next-generation wireless systems. This year’s Summer 2022 BWAC Semi-annual Meeting focused on sharing perspectives and shedding some light on the state of the art for 5G as well as the initial 6G vision of bringing the next hyper-connected experience to every corner of life. IFTs very own CTO Dr. Chen was present, along with IFT collaborators.