Being a conference major experts join and present, it is a unique opportunity for PhD students to come to this conference, learn and discuss in the sessions of the conference and present and discuss their PhD ideas and progress during a dedicated PhD workshop on the last day of the conference. Four different formats for discussing are foreseen. 
1. The first is a short paper presented in the form of a poster session during the workshop for early PhD students, proposing the topic, the scientific approach along with first results. A 1-2 min teaser presentation during the main conference will draw attention to your poster presentation.
2. The second is full papers for later stage PhD students with significant results to be presented in the forum as a full 15 min presentation to the audience with sufficient time for discussion. 
3.  A dedicated poster session for PhD workshop papers will take place during the main conference. This allows you to interact with conference participants. A 1-2 min teaser presentation during the main conference will draw attention to your poster presentation. 
4. Finally, experts of the different scientific areas, such as optimization, simulation, queueing theory, network calculus and others will be waiting for you to discuss your problems at “round tables”.