The Conference on Networked Systems (NetSys) provides an international forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government to discuss recent innovations in networks and distributed systems. NetSys is a biennial event; in 2023, it will take place in Potsdam at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut. NetSyss is organized by the special interest group “Communication and Distributed Systems” (KUVS), which is anchored both in the German Computer Science society (Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)) and in the Information Technology society (Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE (ITG)).

The PhD Forum at the Networked Systems 2023 follows the tradition and format of similar events at international conferences such as ICNP, PerCom, UbiComp, and Pervasive. The aim is twofold. First, the forum aims to provide doctoral students in any phase of their career an opportunity to discuss their research with experts and gain feedback and advice. Second, the PhD Forum provides a friendly and supportive environment with an excellent opportunity for young researchers to establish connections (leading to possible collaborations) with peers as well as with established experts.