More than 20 global authority organizations gather in the GNTC 2017

“Global Network Technology Conference” (www.theGNTC.com), themed by “new technology·new architecture·new network”, will see a grand opening in the conference center of Beijing Great Wall Hotel during November 28-30, 2017. As one of the largest network technology events in China, more than 2,000 representatives and audience will participate in GNTC.

At present, more than 20 organizations have confirmed their fully participate in the GNTC 2017, including Internet Society of China, the Linux Foundation, IEEE,ETSI, APNIC, China Institute of Communications, China Communications Standards Association, CNGI, MEF, ONF, 3GPP, OpenDaylight, ONAP, OPNFV, P4, OpenFog,IPv6 Forum, ONOS, CORD, ODCC, etc. Experts from these sectors will attend the conference and deliver great speeches.

GNTC 2017 will set up 2 main sessions, 1 panel discussion, 8 technical summits (SDN, NFV, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network and edge computing, Internet Infrastructure) and a number of workshops (P4, CORD, ONAP, Network Test, etc.), covering all the hot spots of the new generation of network technologies, and all-round presenting the latest development of the industry and technology.

Here are some of the representative speakers:

Nick McKeown, SDN pioneer and Stanford University professor, will share the development trend of global network technology in his mind and organize P4 Workshop, invite a number of operator higher-ups and BAT and other Internet company experts to jointly discuss P4 Runtime and P4 INT, and demonstrate Demo on site.

VP of Operations of the Linux Foundation, Phil Robb, will also introduce the latest developments of OpenDaylight and ONAP at SDN and NFV Summits and organize ONAP Workshop in addition to delivering a keynote speech at the Global Network Transformation Main Conference and participating in the Panel Discussion in the afternoon.

APNIC’s Director General Paul Wilson will attend the Internet Infrastructure Forum and Global IPv6 Summit to introduce the IPv6 development in Asian-Pacific region on behalf of APNIC.

MEF President NAN CHEN will also attend the Global Network Transformation Main Conference and deliver a keynote speech in the morning of November 30.

Vice President of MEF, Dan Pitt, will introduce the development of MEF in SDN at the SDN Summit and preside over the Cloud Network Synergy Panel Discussion in the afternoon of November 30.

Vice President of ONF, Timon Sloane, will fully participate in the Global Network Transformation Main Conference and the Panel Discussion all day on November 30 jointly with several ONF experts, sharing technologies related to ONOS and CORD at SDN, Edge Network and Computing and 5G Summits and co-host CORD Workshop with China CORD Industry Alliance.

Zhao Huiling, TC3 Chairman of CCSA, will attend the Global Network Transformation Main Conference in the morning of November 30 to talk with the experts on site about network transformation.

Pierre Lynch, Chairman of ETSI NFV TST WG, will attend the NFV Summit in the morning of November 29 on behalf of ETSI NFV ISG.

Lingli Deng, Vice Chair at OPNFV Board, will attend the NFV Summit in the morning of November 29.

OpenFog Greater China Director, Yang Yang, will introduce to the audience the current situation and technical progress of OpenFog at the Edge Network and Edge Computing Summit to be held in the morning of November 29.

Yang Zhihua, Open Data Center Committee Network Working Group Leader, will participate in the Cloud and Data Center Summit in the afternoon of November 29.

In addition to experts of the star-studded authority organizations and agencies, high-level experts of global operators, well-known Internet companies and user units and equipment and solution providers will also attend the GNTC, and experts of the whole industry chain gather together to participate in the new generation of network technology feast. Please access the official website of the conference (www.theGNTC.com) or follow the official WeChat account “the GNTC” to register immediately.