If 2G made mobile voice telephony ubiquitous, 3G and 4G brought the Internet in users‘ pocket, and the presently deploying 5G is bringing in focus new uses, such as dedicated campus networks for „vertical“ users and machine-to-machine communications, 6G will represent the apex of this development process, achieving fiber-like data rates, reliability, and latency, and combining communication and sensing functions, such that even the most demanding services such as interactive virtual reality and super-high definition video will be supported. 6G-RIC represents a unique opportunity for Germany to lead the research and development effort in the next generation of wireless data communication networks, which in turn have proven to act as a lever on a large segment of economy by enabling new ideas and eventually opening new business opportunities. On my side, I bring to 6G-RIC my competence in information theory applied to multiuser-MIMO systems, and my recent work in joint radar sensing and communications. For me and my PhD students 6G-RIC provides a great opportunity to establish productive and synergistic collaboration bonds with the other excellent research groups participating in the project.