Global NaaS Event 2023 | MEF Forum | 2 October 2023 | Live! by Loews - Arlington, Texas, 1600 E Randol Mill Rd, Arlington, TX 76011, USA

Engage with this unique global gathering of executives and decision makers driving Network as a Service for two-plus days of exceptional speakers, the first LSO Global Summit, innovative demos, black-tie awards dinner, ongoing networking opportunities, parties and more!

• Powerful speakers and content.
• Extraordinary peer-to-peer networking opportunities.
• Live demonstrations of cutting-edge services and technologies.
• Valuable insight to successfully navigate industry transformation.

2023 Speakers

Aidan Anderson
Global Automation Program Director, AT&T

Andrew Dugan
Chief Technology Officer, Lumen

Antonella Sanguineti
Head of Product Management, Sparkle

April Taylor
Senior Vice President of Blockchain, Sage

Ari Banerjee
Senior Vice President Strategy, Netcracker Technology

Arun Dev
Vice President and Global Head of Digital Interconnection, Equinix

Ben Edmond
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Connectbase

Bertrand Buclin
Head of Intl Tech Management, AT&T Business Intl

Bob Mandeville
Founder and President, Iometrix

Bob Victor
Senior Vice President of Product Management, Comcast Business

Brian Washburn
Research Director, Service Provider, Enterprise & Wholesale, Omdia

Bryan Horne
Vice President, Enterprise Digital Journeys, Lumen

Chris MacFarland
Chief Executive Officer, Masergy/Comcast Business

Dan Snyder
Chief Principal Architect, UPMC

Dan Wagner
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Cloud Smartz

Daniel Bar-Lev
Vice President Strategic Programs, MEF

David Fan
Vice President and General Manager of Communications Cloud, Salesforce

Debika Bhattacharya
Chief Product Officer, Verizon Business

Divesh Gupta
Vice President, New Technology & Sales Operations, Console Connect

Elisabetta Romano
Chair and TIM, Chief Network, Operations & Wholesale Officer, Sparkle

Erin Dunne
Director of Research, Vertical Systems

Francisco Artes
Vice President, Product Security, Aristocrat

Grant Lenahan
Partner & Principal Analyst, Appledore Research Group

Greg Bryan
Senior Manager, Enterprise Research, TeleGeography

Ian Redpath
Research Director, Omdia

Igal Elbaz
Senior Vice President – Technology & Network Services, Network Chief Technology Officer, AT&T

Jai Prakash Shukla
Director of Product Management, Cisco

Jeremy Villalobos
Chief Operating Officer, Orchest Technologies

John Denemark
Senior Vice President, Carrier Provisioning, TransUnion

Keri Gilder
Chief Executive Officer, Colt

Kevin Vachon
Chief Operating Officer, MEF

Lorella Scalcione
Chief Information Officer, Sparkle

Maciej Simm
Head of the Innovation Pillar, Enxoo

Marc Halbfinger
Chief Executive Officer, Console Connect

Marisa Trisolino
Chief Executive Officer, CMC

Mauricio Sanchez
Senior Director, Enterprise Networking & Security Market Research, Dell'Oro

Michael Kearns
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Amartus

Mike Troiano
Senior Vice President of Business Products, AT&T Business

Nabil Bitar
CTO – Head of Network Architecture, Bloomberg LP

Nan Chen
President & Chief Executive Officer, MEF

Neal Secher
Vice President, Head of Network Services, TD Bank

Pascal Menezes
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer, MEF

Paul Gampe
Chief Technology Officer, Console Connect

Rob Schult
Research Director, TeleGeography

Rohit Batra
General Manager, TMT (Telecom, Media, Technology) Industry, ServiceNow

Roopa Honnachari
Director, Network & Software Advisory Practice, ISG

Rosemary Cochran
Principal & Co-Founder, Vertical Systems

Sander Barens
Chief Product Officer, Expereo

Scott Johnson
President, Sage Management

Shawn Hakl
Vice President, 5G Strategy, Microsoft Azure

Stan Hubbard
Principal Analyst, MEF

Steve Thomas
Senior Industry Director, Frost & Sullivan

Sunil Khandekar
Tech Executive | Advisor | Former Founder & CEO, Nuage Networks

Usman Javaid
Chief Products & Marketing Officer, Orange Business Services

Vikram Phatak
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, CyberRatings.org

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• AT&T Business
• Connect Base
• Console Connect
• Lumen

PLATINUM:
• Amartus
• Comcast Business
• Servicenow
• Verizon

GOLD:
• Cisco
• Cloud Smartz
• Colt
• Cyber Ratings.org
• Equinix
• Expereo
• Netcracker
• Orange Business
• Orchest
• Sage Management
• SalesForce
• Sparkle

SILVER:
• Enxoo
• TransUnion

ACTIVITY:
• Albis Elcon
• CDG
• Iometrix
• RAD
• Ufinet