MEF Announces All-Star Speaker Line-up for MEF16 Global Networking Event, 7-10 November

Top Quote 110+ Executives and Experts from AT&T, Comcast, PCCW Global, Verizon, Sparkle, Level 3, Tata Communications, Telstra, Zayo, Global Capacity, DT, China Telecom, Ciena, Huawei, Microsoft & More. End Quote
  • (1888PressRelease) October 22, 2016 - Los Angeles - MEF (www.MEF.net), the driving force enabling agile, assured, and orchestrated Third Network services, today announced a world-class lineup of more than 110 LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration), SDN, NFV, Carrier Ethernet, and cloud service expert speakers that will be participating in the MEF16 (www.MEF16.com) global networking conference. MEF16 is taking place 7-10 November 2016 at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore/Washington, USA. See the MEF16 Speakers page for details.

    "MEF16 will provide attendees an unparalleled forum to engage with the world's top service and technology experts who are driving the industry's shift to on-demand connectivity and NFV-based services orchestrated over automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks," said Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating Officer, MEF. "If you want to know where the industry is going and how we are going to get there, MEF16 is the place to be."

    MEF16's speaker line-up includes a Who's Who list of executives and other experts from dozens of service provider, cloud, technology supplier, enterprise, open source, standards, industry research, and other organizations.

    Keynote & Featured Speakers - Communications and Cloud Service Providers

    Marc Halbfinger, CEO, PCCW Global
    Eric Cevis, President, Verizon Partner Solutions
    Michael Strople, President, Zayo Managed Services; Managing Director, Canada, Zayo
    Huiling Zhao, CTO of ChinaTelecom Beijing Research Institute, Director of the Cloud Research Center in China Telecom
    Jack Waters, CTO & President, Network Solutions, Zayo
    Travis Ewert, SVP, Global Network Software Development, Level 3
    Chris Alberding, VP, Product, Global Capacity
    Josh Goodell, VP, AT&T Network on Demand
    Gabriella Vacca, VP, Systems & Technology, Comcast
    Axel Clauberg, VP Aggregation, Transport, IP, Deutsche Telekom
    Adam Saenger, VP of Product Development & Product Management, Level 3
    Karen Schmidt, VP, Products and Marketing, Intelsat
    David Hughes, VP of Engineering, PCCW Global
    Tom Siracusa, Executive Director, AT&T Labs
    Allan Langfield, Executive Director, Product Development, Comcast
    Jim Fagan, Head of Global Platforms, Telstra
    Chris Benson, VP, Cloud Engineering, Oracle
    Divesh Gupta, VP, Technology and Sales Operations, Presales, PCCW Global
    Jeff Schwartz, AVP, Managed Network Services and Cloud Enablement, Tata Communications
    Shahar Steiff, AVP New Technology, PCCW Global
    Daniele Mancuso, Director of Innovation & Engineering, Sparkle
    Jagan Rangarajan, Director, Verizon
    Jeffrey Cohen, Azure Network Partner Program Manager, Microsoft
    Keynote & Featured Speakers - Technology Solutions Vendors

    Stephen B. Alexander, SVP & CTO, Ciena
    John Strassner, CTO, Software Laboratory, Huawei
    Chris Purdy, CTO, CENX
    Hayim Porat, CTO, ECI
    Steve Vogelsang, CTO, IP & Optical Networks, Nokia
    Michael Kearns, VP Open Source Ecosystems, Huawei Technologies
    Sanjay Mewada, VP of Strategy, NetCracker
    Gabriel Kerner, VP, Head of Product Management, Amdocs
    Ralph Santitoro, Head of SDN/NFV Solutions Practice, Fujitsu Network Communications
    Raghu Ranganathan, Principal & Distinguished Engineer, Office of CTO, Ciena
    Keynote Speakers - Enterprise and Defense

    Gert Vanderstraeten, Network Architect, Microsoft IT
    David J. Stern, Electronics Engr, Advanced Optics & IP Engr, Joint Enabling Capabilities Branch (ID24), Cyber Directorate (ID), Defense Information Systems Agency
    The complete list of companies with speakers at MEF16 is shown below.

    Communications and Cloud Service Providers. MEF16 will feature 30+ executives and other senior speakers from more than 20 leading global, national, and regional communications and cloud service providers, including:

    AT&T
    C&W Networks
    China Telecom
    Comcast
    Deutsche Telekom
    Epsilon
    Global Capacity
    Intelsat
    INTERNEXA
    Level 3 Communications
    PCCW Global
    PLDT
    Sparkle
    Tata Communications
    Telstra
    Verizon
    Verizon Partner Solutions
    Windstream
    XO Communications
    Zayo
    Additional sponsoring and participating service providers include: CenturyLink, China Unicom, Datanet (Africa), Fibrenoire, and INDATEL.

    Technology Solutions Vendors. MEF16 will feature dozens of corporate executives, CTOs, and other expert speakers from network technology, software, and testing providers, including:

    Accedian Networks
    Amdocs
    CENX
    Ciena
    Cisco Systems
    Coriant
    Cylance
    ECI
    Ericsson
    EXFO
    Fujitsu Network Communications
    Gigaspaces
    Huawei
    Infinera
    InfoVista
    Intel
    Iometrix
    Juniper Networks
    MetaSwitch
    MRV Communications
    Netcracker
    Nokia
    Oracle Communications
    RAD
    Silver Peak
    ZTE
    Additional sponsoring and participating technology solutions and training companies include: ADTRAN, ADVA Optical Networking, Amartus, Brain4Net, CDG, Canoga Perkins, Carrier Ethernet Academy, Cisco DevNet, Comptel, Datavision, Edgecore Networks, Local Backhaul Networks, NoviFlow, Omnitron Systems, Raisecom, Sandvine, Siama Systems, Spirent, Telco Systems, Tech 2000, Viavi, and Wedge Networks.

    Open Source and Standards Organizations. Senior representatives from open source projects and standards organizations will be participating in the MEF16 main conference, the OPEN-O Mini-Summit, and the UNITE Partner Summit. Organizations with speakers include:

    Broadband Forum
    ETSI-NVF
    MEF
    Open Networking Foundation (ONF)
    Lab
    OpenDaylight
    OPEN-O
    OPNFV
    TM Forum
    Industry Research and Financial Analyst Firms. More than a dozen service and technology experts from the following industry research and financial analyst firms will participate:

    ATLANTIC-ACM
    Current Analysis
    Dell'Oro
    Frost & Sullivan
    IHS Markit
    Metanoia
    MKM Partners LLC
    Morgan Stanley
    Ovum
    SDxCentral
    TeleGeography
    Vertical Systems Group
    About MEF

    MEF is the driving force enabling Third Network services for the digital economy and the hyper-connected world. The Third Network concept combines the agility and ubiquity of the internet with the assurance and security of CE 2.0. Third Network services provide an on-demand, orchestrated, and assured experience with user-directed control over network resources and cloud connectivity. Third Network services are delivered over automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks powered by LSO, SDN, NFV, and CE 2.0.

    MEF leverages its global 210+ network operator and technology vendor community, builds upon the robust $80 billion Carrier Ethernet market, and provides a practical evolution to the Third Network with LSO, SDN, and NFV implementations that build upon a CE 2.0 foundation. See www.MEF.net for more information.

    About MEF16
    MEF is the host of the MEF16 (www.MEF16.com) global networking event that will be held during 7-10 November 2016 at the Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore/Washington D.C., USA. This year's event will expand popular elements of last year's program, including the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner, Proof of Concept Service & Technology Showcase, LSO Hackathon, and Global Media Hub. MEF16 will feature new Workshops on LSO, Open Initiatives, MEF Certification Programs (services, technology, professionals), and Wholesale Services & Interconnection. Also new for 2016 are the UNITE Partners Summit focusing on standards and open source solutions for Third Network orchestrated services and the OPEN-O Mini-Summit.

    Register here for MEF16. Attendance is free for qualified service end-user professionals from enterprises, businesses, government, defense, educational, or non-profit organizations. For sponsorship information, please contact Alysia Bennett at alysia ( @ ) MEF dot net dot

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    Ilissa Miller
    iMiller Public Relations for MEF
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    pr ( @ ) imillerpr dot com

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