Barcelona, Spain
October 25-28, 2016

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Open Networking in Action: SDN and NFV + OpenStack and Cloud
Telecom & NFV Strategy

SDN and NFV are fast becoming de facto industry standards as networks become more virtualized and agile among a rapidly evolving ecosystem. In this panel discussion, networking experts from across leading open source networking organizations -- as well as large telco providers, including AT&T-- will break down the current state of open networking as whole, with particular focus on how NFV and SDN integrate with OpenStack and the Cloud. Learn how these components fit together across disciplines with OpenStack at the center among a diverse set of real-world use cases and applications. The group will discuss recent trends (including AT&T’s recently open-sourced ECOMP), current challenges, how things have changed over the past year and recent months, what is currently in motion, and predictions on where the market is heading.


What can I expect to learn?

Attendees will learn about the latest trends in open source networking from leading experts across the open source and carrier landscape. Details on current and past challenges, newest trends, how NFV is tansforming the network, and how different organizations and communities fit together across disciplines. Experts will debate the state of the industry, possible solutions to current issues and provide perspectives on what's coming next. 

Wednesday, October 26, 3:05pm-3:45pm (1:05pm - 1:45pm UTC)
CCIB - Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona - P1 - Room 117
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Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Tags: Community Telecom Upstream Operator User Neutron Ambassadors UX
Caroline Chappell
Analyst, Analysys Mason
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Fatih Degirmenci
Principal Developer, Product Development Unit Cloud at Ericsson
Fatih Degirmenci is a Principal Developer at Ericsson Product Development Unit Cloud. He is specialized in CI/CD, Software Development Infrastructure, and automation and currently involved in several large scale CI/CD activities across Ericsson. Before moving to his current role, Fatih worked in WCDMA MS RAN and took active part in CI Transformation, paving the way for Continuous Deployment.... FULL PROFILE
Heather Kirksey
Director, OPNFV
As the director, Heather Kirksey works with the OPNFV community to advance the adoption and implementation of open source NFV platform. She oversees and provides guidance for all aspects of the project, from technology to community and marketing and reports to OPNFV board of directors. Most recently Kirksey led strategic technology alliances for MongoDB. Earlier in her career she held various... FULL PROFILE
Bryan Sullivan
AT&T
With 33 years experience in the telecom industry, Bryan has served in a wide variety of development, architecture, and standards roles for digital switching platforms, mobility data services, and web services.  Currently focused on open source strategy related to NFV/SDN, Bryan is an OPNFV TSC member, and leads a team engaged in open source through OPNFV and various... FULL PROFILE
Jonathan Bryce
Open Infrastructure Foundation, Executive Director
Jonathan Bryce, who has spent his career building the cloud, is Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation. Previously he was a founder of The Rackspace Cloud. He started his career working as a web developer for Rackspace, and during his tenure, he and co-worker Todd Morey had a vision to build a sophisticated web hosting environment where users and businesses alike could turn to design,... FULL PROFILE