Network Virtualization & SDN 2020 | Informa PLC | 15 September 2020 | The Westin Westminster, 10600 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CO 80020, USA

This year's show promises to bring together the telecom community to zero in on strategies to virtualize, automate and streamline operations for service providers in the era of cloud and edge.

Join us to tackle the challenges to real-world implementation of NFV and SDN technologies with keynotes and panels by the top minds in the industry. Expert speakers will address business strategies around deploying SD-WAN, 5G, cloud-native infrastructure, edge computing, data center interconnection and more.

2020 Speakers

Josh Goodell
Vice President, Edge Solutions, AT&T

Amy LaFebre
Director of Technology, Global Network Management, Verizon

Wadah Ely
GM of the Networks & Cloud Connectivity, Bell Canada

Edward Fox
CTO, MetTel

John Isch
Practice Director - Network and Voice Center of Excellence, Orange Business Services

Kevin McBride
Principal Architect, SDN & NFV Technologies, CenturyLink

Bryce Mitchell
Director of NFV, Cloud, Innovation Labs & Support Networks, Telus

Christina Cheng
Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Mobility, AT&T Business

Mike Frane
Vice President of Product Management for SD-WAN, Windstream Enterprise

Kazi Ahmed
Director of Technology, Verizon Wireless

Arvinder Anand
VP Architecture & technology, e2e solutions, Ericsson

Vineet Anshuman
SME- Next-generation Networks Practice, TCTS

Scott Arnett
Director, Major Accounts, Fortinet

Joe Baeumel
VP, Business Development, KGPCo

Arun Balasubramanian
Senior Vice President – Global Sales, Business Development & Strategy, Jio

Alessandro Barbieri
Vice President, Product Management, Pluribus Networks

Oren Benisty
EVP Strategic Sales, Silicom

Rodrigo Beyer
Head of Portfolio & Offering, business area managed services, Ericsson

Jason Brummal
Associate Fellow, Verizon

Mike Capuano
CMO, Pluribus Networks

Caroline Chan
VP Data Center Group, GM Network Business Incubator Division, Intel

Vibha Chhatwal
Manager, Network Sales Engineering, Fujitsu

Rupesh Chokshi
Assistant Vice President, Edge Solutions Product Marketing Management, AT&T Business

Dom Chorafakis
Senior Architect, AQSACOM

Jennifer Clark
Principal Analyst, Cloud Infrastructure and Edge Computing, Heavy Reading

Tim Danks
VP Risk Management & Partner Relations, Huawei

Michael Dennis
Business Development Leader, Cisco Cloud Security, Cisco

Jordan Dukes
Global Network Edge Practice Lead, Equinix

Bob Everson
Global Director, Mobility and 5G, Cisco

Mike Flanagan
CIO/CTO, Pivot

Sharif Fotouh
Managing Director of Compass EdgePoint, Compass Data Centers

Sven Freudenfeld
CTO - Telecom Applications, Lanner

Richard Fulwiler
Chief Solutions Architect, Netscout

Jason Gadsby
Assistant Vice President, Product Management - Edge Solutions, AT&T Business

James Greene
Comms Industry Market Development Manager, Intel Corporation

Jeff Hartley
Principal Engineer, Lumina Networks

Phil Harvey
US Bureau Chief, Light Reading

Mike Heffner
Vice President Product Line Management Edge Cloud, ADVA

Jim Hodges
Chief Analyst, Cloud & Security, Heavy Reading

Larry Horner
Senior Solution Architect, Intel

Rimma Iontel
Global Lead - Telco Partner Technology, Red Hat

Scott Irwin
Sr. Director of SD-WAN, Frontier Communications

Rajat Jain
Senior Solutions Architect, Mirantis

Prajakta Joshi
Senior Product Manager and Telco Networking Lead, Google Cloud

Prakash Kartha
Segment Director, Edge Services, Intel

Ashok Khanna
Director, Internet of Things, Technology and Life Sciences, Tata Consultancy Services

Nirlay Kundu
Distinguished Engineer, Verizon Innovation Labs

Martyn Lambert
Chief Marketing Officer, Zephyrtel

Bill Lambertson
Global Director, Cloud Strategy & Industry Solutions, IBM

Brandon Larson
SVP, GM, Multimedia Business Unit, Mavenir

Larry Lien
SVP Product Marketing, Resolve

Serge Manning
ZSM NOC Vice Chair, ETSI

Steve Marsh
CTO, North America, Intraway

Oscar Martinez
Enterprise Networking Specialist and Key Account Manager, Advantech

Bill McDonald
Segment Manager for CPE/Edge, Intel

Rajesh Mishra
Founder, President, and CTO, Parallel Wireless

Shaun Missett
Sr. Principal Architect, CTO Office, Radisys

Priya Natarajan
Senior Director, WW GTM - Telco and Networking, Lenovo

Vasile Nedelcu
Global Service Portfolio Director - MS IT & ADM Portfolio and Offering, Ericsson

Mats Nordlund
Founder & CEO, Netrounds

David Ownby
Practice Director, Open Systems, WWT

Bejoy Pankajakshan
EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Mavenir

Lisa Partridge
Director, Data/Video/Voice Product Marketing, Frontier Communications

Prayson Pate
Chief Technology Officer of Edge Cloud, ADVA

Sterling Perrin
Principal Analyst, Optical Networking & Transport, Heavy Reading

Gunnar Peters
Senior Director, Emerging Network Products, Spectrum Enterprise

Robert Pike
CEO, Smart Edge

Dilip Pillaipakam
VP, Service Provider Business, Infoblox

Scott Poretsky
AVP Solutions Architecture, Allot

Hans Raj Nahata
Director: Strategy & Technology Architecture, Verizon Communications

Kishore Raja
Vice President, Engineering Strategic Programs, Boingo Wireless

George Ranallo
Strategic Program Manager, Network Platforms Group, Intel Corporation

Marcus Rebelo
Director of Sales Engineering, Resolve

Boris Renski
Co-Founder & CMO, Mirantis

Alfred Rodriguez
Business Director Wired And Wireless Group, Xilinx

Christina Rodriguez
Vice President Data Center Group General Manager Wireless Access Network Division, Intel

Sue Rudd
Director, Strategy Analytics

Paul Ruelas
Director of Network Products, Masergy Communications

Seshadri Sathyanarayan
Senior Director of Product Management, Affirmed Network

Nati Shalom
CTO, Cloudify

Edmond Shapiro
Director Technical Sales, Qwilt

Anil Simlot
VP of Virtual Services Development & Support, CenturyLink

Gary Sockrider
Director, Security Technologists, NETSCOUT

Sanjay Srinivasan
Vice President and Chief Architect, Vonage

Sandro Tavares
Head of Mobile Networks Marketing, Nokia Networks

Dashella Taylor
Director, Optical Business Unit, Fujitsu

Ranga Thittai
Vice President & Chief Architect – Enterprise Networking Solutions, Tech Mahindra

Jeans Tseng
VP and GM of Lanner Telecom Applications BU, Lanner

Awanish Verma
Director Marketing NFV , Acceleration Wired & Wireless Group, Xilinx

Mitch Wagner
Executive Editor, Light Reading

Ray Watson
Vice President, Global Technology, Masergy

Ofer Weill
Director of Product Marketing, Drivenets

Rami Yaron
Co-chair, Marketing and Education Committee, MEF

Tom Yin
Senior Business Development Manager, Equinix

Kelsey Ziser
Editor, Upskill U & Senior Editor, Light Reading