MEF is the driving force enabling agile, assured, and orchestrated 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 performance and security of CE 2.0 networks.

Third Network services provide an on-demand experience with user-directed control over service capabilities and cloud connectivity. These new services are delivered over automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks powered by LSO, SDN, NFV, and CE 2.0.  

OpenLSO (Open Lifecycle Service Orchestration) is an orchestration ecosystem using open source partners that enable a reference implementation of open source solutions and interfaces that adhere to the MEF LSO specification. OpenLSO will focus on real working open source code for core LSO functions and open standard APIs for traditional and emerging SDN & NFV network infrastructures, such as OpenCS.

OpenCS (Open Connectivity Services) is an MEF-facilitated ecosystem that develops reference implementations of segments of MEF-defined Third Network services using any combination of open and/or closed software, open spec hardware, commercial devices (e.g. CE 2.0 certified devices), SDN and NFV.  

This workshop will provide attendees with practical information for the development LSO capabilities within the MEF LSO Innovation Platform, focusing on lessons learned during the implementation of a major multi-operator SD-WAN Orchestrated L3VPN. Our workshop will present different approaches for deploying virtual network functions and services onto foundational Carrier Ethernet (CE) connectivity services.

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09:00 Welcome Address

Pascal Menezes | Chief Technology Officer | MEF

09:05 MEF's Lifecycle Service Orchestration: Enabling Multi-Operator Dynamic Third Network Services

Rami Yaron | Co-Chair, Global Marketing Committee & Chair, Mobile Backhaul Focus Group | MEF
VP, Strategy & Business Development | Telco Systems

09:30 PANEL – On-Demand, High-Performance Services For The Hyper-Connected World

Dan Pitt | SVP | MEF

Marc Cohn | Representative | ONAP
VP, Network Strategy | Linux Foundation

Zeev Draer | VP, Strategic Marketing | MRV Communications

David Hughes | VP Engineering | PCCW Global

Francisco-Javier Ramón | Head of Network Virtualisation, GCTO | Telefónica
Chair | ETSI OSM

10:10 LSO Innovations Platform for Rapidly Introducing New Network Functionality

Pascal Menezes | Chief Technology Officer | MEF

10:40 Refreshment break

11:00 PANEL – The Real Story Behind Multi-Operator Automation

Rami Yaron | Co-Chair, Global Marketing Committee & Chair, Mobile Backhaul Focus Group | MEF
VP, Strategy & Business Development | Telco Systems

Michael Brenner | Chief Architect, NFV | GigaSpaces

Shahar Steiff | AVP New Technologies | PCCW Global
Board Member | MEF

11:35 SD-WAN Managed Service Tutorial: Solution Components, MEF Reference Architecture, and Use Cases

Ralph Santitoro | Head of SDN/NFV Solutions Practice | Fujitsu Network Communications
Distinguished Fellow & Director | MEF

11:55 PANEL – Evolving Hybrid WAN & SD-WAN and The Road to Virtualized Managed Services

Abel Tong | Representative | MEF
Sr. Director of Marketing, | Ciena

Christos Kolias | Sr. Research Scientist & Principal | Orange

Prayson Pate | CTO, Ensemble | ADVA Optical Networking

Ralph Santitoro | Head of SDN/NFV Solutions Practice | Fujitsu Network Communications
Distinguished Fellow & Director | MEF

12:25 Closing Remarks

Dan Pitt | SVP | MEF

12:30 End of MEF Carrier Service Orchestration Workshop

12:30 Lunch