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NFV & SDN Summit: Solutions for Network Virtualization The third Edition of the NFV & SDN Summit will take place in Paris from 18 to 21 March. The organizers look forward to welcoming more than 500 participants this year. The event will be co-located with the 16th Edition of MPLS SDN World, an international congress attracting more than 1000 participants. How to Combine NFV and SDN Technologies? Being an operator initiative, structured by the ETSI, the NFV project has recently gained a big momentum within the telecom industry. Even if the objectives of SDN and NFV are similar, they differ in how they go about achieving it. The most eminent members of the ETSI NFV WG, as well as representatives of the ONF will discuss the benefits and challenges of combining these technologies in order to build a more flexible network. The Agenda: Architecture, Standardization Progress, Use Cases, Cloud NFV, Performance Issues, « Non Intel » approaches The program will highlight NFV architecture and standardization process. Other sessions will cover Service chaining, OpenSource, Cloud aspects and performance issues. A large session is devoted to current use cases and first NFV&SDN implementations. Non Intel Approaches for NFV will also enjoy special focus in the agenda. Two Debates on Data Center Virtualization and NFV Technical Issues The first panel, « Data Center Virtualization Convergence and NFV Network Requirements », will gather the most important IETF contributors in this domain. The second one, « Is NFV Ready for Prime Time? » will be addressed by service providers directly involved in the NFV standardization process at the ETSI. The 2014 agenda of the NFV & SDN Summit 2014 is online. Save 20% on the conference registration fees until the 19th January, 2014. Carriers Coming from 65 Countries The profile of the SDN Summit delegates demonstrates a growing internationalization and a very strong presence of service providers. Representatives from the EU were 45 %, followed by North America (18%), Russia (11%) and South America (9%). With carriers coming from more than 65 countries, the SDN Summit and the MPLS World Congress can claim to be the first international event in this realm. More than 45 Key Speakers           Guru Parulkar, Stanford University Dan Pitt, ONF Melih Tufan, Ericsson Kireeti Kompella, Juniper Networks Dave Ward, Cisco Bruce Davie, VMWare Thomas Morin, Orange Murray Cooke, Intel Frank Ruhl, Telstra Farid Feisullin, Sprint Axel Clauberg, Deutsche Telekom Dr. Justin Dustzadeh, Huawei Bikash Koley, Google Wim Henderickx, Alacatel-Lucent Hakan Millroth, Tail-F Systems Rex Fernando, Cisco Zeev Draer, MRV Hector Avalos, Versa Networks Chris Janz, Ciena Dr. Haoyu Song, Huawei Nicolas Fischbach, Colt David Meyer, Brocade Victor Mendoza-Grado, Verizon Zvika Bronstein, Huawei   Luyuan Fang, Microsoft Nan Chen, MEF Sunil Khandekar, Nuage Matthew Bocci, Alcatel-Lucent Sam K. Aldrin, Huawei Sriganesh Kini, Ericsson Yaakov (J) Stein, RAD Peter Willis, BT Francisco Javier Ramon Salguero, Telefonica Andrew G. Malis, Consultant Linda Dunbar, Huawei David Amzallag, Alcatel-Lucent Colin Alexander, ARM Eran Bello, Mellanox Jim Guichard, Cisco Sundaresh Vedapureeswaran, Ericsson Chiradeep Vittal, Apache Cloudstack Project Javier Benitez, Colt Nachi Ueno, NTT Phil Robb, OpenDaylight Bruno Rijsman, Juniper Networks Sami Boutros, Cisco Eric Carmès, 6Wind Steve Jarman, Spirent   Organized by Upperside Conferences 54 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine 75012 Paris - France If you don't want to receive emails regarding our conferences and events, send us an email.