Tuesday, March 8, 2016 8:00am to 5:00pm
Amsterdam Netherlands
Digital Leadership Summit: NFV
Taking NFV from the Lab to Commercial Reality
Delegates will come together to learn how service orchestration supports the operationalization and commercialization of NFV. The workshop will feature dedicated sessions on operationalization, managing hybrid environments and monetizing NFV, providing delegates with in-depth insights into NFV orchestration and the role it plays in enabling service agility and accelerating overall time-to-market.
The workshop will be highly interactive featuring table discussions, panels, user case studies and lightning presentations as well as informative sessions. Each topic addressed will have actionable outcomes that the delegate can take away and implement in their business to help them operationalize NFV and commercialize virtualized services.
Sponsored by: NetCracker
Venue:
Hilton Amsterdam
Apollolaan 138,
1077 BG Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
+31 20 710 6000
Key Outcomes:
- Gain an understanding of what operationalizing NFV involves and how to best address the technical, operational and organizational challenges
- Learn best practices for effectively managing hybrid environments with a particular focus on service orchestration
- Discover the new revenue opportunities resulting from NFV operationalization and learn how to commercialize virtualized services
- Gain insight into what their peers have learnt from the workshop and how they expect NFV to develop over the next 5 years.
Who Should Attend:
- Communication Service Providers
How the Summit Works:
- In advance of the Summit, each participant will be asked to complete a brief survey to capture their view on the key topics of discussion.
- The workshop sessions are then shaped through consultation with speakers and also based on the results of the pre-event survey.
- The Summit will be held in a meeting room with tables set cabaret style.
- Each table will include a table host who will be responsible for facilitating discussion and leading group exercises.
All information shared during the session will take place under the Chatham House Rule, meaning, anything disclosed in the room is non-attributable.
Agenda
This complimentary event is invitation only. Seats are limited so please contact Nigel Yeates to request an invitation. This summit is for Communication Service Providers only.
Tuesday, March 8th |
| 8:00AM – 8:45AM |
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HOSPITALITY BREAKFAST |
| 9:00AM – 9:30AM |
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The role of service orchestration in NFV This presentation will briefly introduce the structure and flow of the following workshop sessions in the wider context of how service orchestration supports the operationalization and commercialization of NFV. The orchestration of services in a virtual network functions (VNF) ecosystem will also be addressed. MODERATOR: Barry Graham, Senior Program Director – Agile IT, TM Forum SPEAKERS: Barry Graham, Senior Program Director – Agile IT, TM Forum |
| 9:30AM – 10:45AM |
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Workshop#1: Operationalizing NFV This workshop will highlight the prerequisites and requirements for successfully operationalizing NFV. We will discuss how to get started in operationalizing NFV, addressing how to evolve the BSS/OSS environment alongside new service orchestration solutions. The required technical and organizational changes will also be discussed in detail. MODERATOR: Barry Graham, Senior Program Director – Agile IT, TM Forum LIGHTNING TALK SPEAKER: Marco Ughetti, NFV Orchestration and Management Chief Architect, Telecom Italia Exercise: 30 Mins |
| 10:45AM – 11:00AM |
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Networking Refreshment Break |
| 11:00am – 11:30AM |
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Workshop #1 Part 2 pitch backs 2 minute pitch backs from each table plus Q&A. Total of about 4 mins per table. |
| 11:30AM – 1:00PM |
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Workshop#2: Managing hybrid environments This session will examine how to effectively manage new and existing services across physical and virtual network and operational domains. We will examine the complexity of managing multi-vendor, hybrid physical-virtual environments, especially with regard to service orchestration and SDN network control. MODERATOR: Barry Graham, Senior Program Director – Agile IT, TM Forum LIGHTNING TALK SPEAKER: André Beijen, NFV&SDN Program Manager/Head of Innovation, KPN Outcome: This workshop will deliver best practices for effectively managing hybrid environments with a particular focus on service orchestration. |
| 1:00PM – 2:00PM |
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Lunch |
| 2:00PM – 3:30PM |
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Workshop #3: Monetizing NFV This session will explore the monetization opportunities from NFV. Delegates will hear from operators who have successfully launched new services leveraging NFV. The workshop will explore how virtualization can be leveraged to diversify service portfolios, allowing operators to customize their offering and create new revenue streams. MODERATOR: Barry Graham, Senior Program Director – Agile IT, TM Forum LIGHTNING TALK SPEAKERS: Rafael Canto Palancar, Long Reach Access Initiative Leader, Telefonica I+D Outcome: This workshop will provide delegates with real-life insights into the development and launch of profitable and sustainable virtualized services. |
| 3:30PM – 3:45PM |
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Networking Refreshment Break |
| 3:45PM – 4:45PM |
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Discussion Session In this session, delegates will discuss their takeaways from the workshop and how they might apply newly gained insights to further develop the use of NFV within their companies. In addition, delegates will be sharing their NFV/network vision for 2020. MODERATOR: Barry Graham, Senior Program Director – Agile IT, TM Forum Outcome: The wrap-up session will give delegates the opportunity to exchange insights gained during the workshop as well as share their thoughts on the future of NFV. |
| 4:45PM – 5:00PM |
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Closing remarks Brief discussion on Forum resources to help address issues. SPEAKER: Barry Graham, Senior Program Director – Agile IT, TM Forum |
| 5:30PM |
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Close of summit |
This complimentary event is invitation only. Seats are limited so please contact Nigel Yeates to request an invitation. This summit is for Communication Service Providers only.
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