SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 08/14/15 — The , a carrier-grade, integrated, open source flexible platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), today announced keynotes for the first annual taking place in Burlingame, Calif., November 11-12, 2015. As the industry turns to , the OPNFV Summit brings together innovators, developers and end users who are committed to advance the creation of a flexible, open source framework for NFV.
The OPNFV Summit is a new, annual conference designed to provide a collaboration and education space for NFV. It will bring together the community, projects, products and companies in the networking industry that are accelerating NFV deployments. The Summit also includes a Hackfest on November 9-10, 2015, an opportunity for developers and community members to come together to contribute to ongoing projects and the OPNFV codebase.
As OPNFV recently issued its first software release, , the Summit provides a forum for the community to explore the release, learn how it is being tested and get hands-on support. The community will have the opportunity for collaboration and in-depth discussions on takeaways from Arno that will help in refining the code as the project prepares for the second release, Brahmaputra, as well as provide feedback on what they–d most like to see moving forward.
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
vice president, Adobe Mobile; lead open source columnist, readwrite
VP, Data Center Group; general manager of Intel–s Network Platforms Group, Intel Corporation; OPNFV marketing chair
chief technology officer, HP–s NFV business unit
, technical director of SDN and NFV, Red Hat; OPNFV board member
, deputy general manager of China Mobile Research Institute
“Voice of the End User” keynote panel: moderated by , CTO, Ericsson; , vice president, Domain 2.0 Architecture & Planning, AT&T; , CEO, Lucera; , principal architect & director, Network Architecture and Engineering, Google; , executive director of Advanced Technology and IT Planning, Merck
“Strategic Technology Upstream” keynote panel: , executive director, OpenStack Foundation; executive director, OpenDaylight; , founder & CTO, PLUMgrid; , CTO, CoreOS; , co-founder, Databricks
“We are pleased to announce a strong keynote lineup of industry experts for the inaugural OPNFV Summit,” said Heather Kirksey, director, OPNFV. “Their voices and expertise help map the way forward as we work together to build out a carrier-grade NFV platform. The Summit offers a collaborative environment for open source communities and industry experts to integrate, debate and share as they work together to solve real-world problems.”
after which the conference price will increase from $199 to $299. Discounted hotel rates are also available until October 19, 2015. To see the current program and register for the OPNFV Summit, please visit: .
OPNFV Summit is made possible with the generous support of Platinum sponsors HP, Intel and Red Hat. For the full list of current event sponsors, visit: .
Open Platform for NFV is a carrier-grade, integrated, open source flexible platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services using NFV. It brings together service providers, vendors and users to collaborate in an open forum on advancing the state-of-the-art in NFV. For more information, please visit: .
OPNFV is a Collaborative Project at The Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects are independently funded software projects that harness the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation across industries and ecosystems.
Jill Lovato
OPNFV Project
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