GNTC Global Network Technology Conference 2017 Opening in Beijing

On November 28, 2017, “GNTC Global Network Technology Conference 2017” organized by BII -CFIEC prepared a grand opening in Beijing. As one of the world’s largest grand gatherings of network technology, GNTC focused on network reconstruction, Internet infrastructure, SDN, NFV, IPv6, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network, edge computing and new generation network-related technical hot issues, a
nd held two plenary lectures, one roundtable forum, eight technology summits and several Workshops, presenting more than 2,000 audience on the spot a splendid network technology feast.

Photo: Site of 2017 GNTC Global Network Technology Conference

The digital economy has become the core strength of a new round of global industrial transformation and it is deeply affecting every aspect of social development. Meanwhile, the era of Internet of Everything comes with higher speed with the fundamental change in the demand for the connection of “human beings” to “things”. However, many problems have been found with the increasing number of network users, the rapid expansion of application fields, insufficient flexibility of the existing network architecture, difficulty in new business development, outdated infrastructure and network security.

To cope with the disadvantages of the current network, innovative technologies such as IPv6, SDN, NFV, 5G and edge computing have emerged at the right moment as a new vitality to the network, contributing unprecedented strength to building a softer, cloudized, functionally virtualized and hardware-unitized new generation network. In addition, the network technology is moving toward a turning point of updating development and the network will be redefined.


Network is redefined to boost network reconstruction in the name of technology

In the tide of global network transformation, actions have been taken in succession along the industry chain and parties of the industry are moving ahead hand in hand. After 120 speeches in three days of the GNTC, many innovative technologies continue to break through, and the vertical industry solutions emerge in endlessly. In addition, global operators, solution and equipment providers and large enterprises are making great efforts to deploy their own new network solutions, and actively participate in open source development and standardization of related technologies, boosting network transformation in the name of technology.

When it comes to the development trends of new generation network, many experts including Stanford Professor Nick McKeown and VP of Linux foundation Phil Robb mentioned open source and technological innovation in their speeches. The development of network technology has never stopped innovation, and the future network will also constantly upgrade and transform with the development of cloud, SDN, 5G, artificial intelligence and other technologies.

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of H3C Group You Xuejun said when speaking of the network reform, “The future network will move toward software-oriented, intelligent and scenarized development. Software definition will be ubiquitous and will accelerate the evolution toward intelligent network, and the era of intelligent network will come”.


With the comprehensive promotion of IPv6, the Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF) issues a global initiative

The Internet with rapid growth carries the people’s increasing expectations, while the sustainable evolution of the Internet infrastructure has become more and more important. To further promote the upgrading and updating of the Internet infrastructure, the “Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF)” was officially launched at the GNTC site with the aim of providing the Internet community with a larger innovative platform to contribute to the development of new generation applications. It is understood that the Forum will carry out its work successively with its first step focusing on driving IPv6 and DNS, and will pay special attention to promoting the connectivity development of global network infrastructure.

Photo: Opening Ceremony of Internet Infrastructure Forum (IIF)

Liu Dong, Director of BII-CFIEC, expressed, “The emerging network technology is fundamental for the development of Internet infrastructure It’s just two days since the Action Plan for Promoting the Scale Deployment of the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) issued by the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, undoubtedly giving confidence to the Internet industry. In addition, the widespread application of the new generation network technology will give birth to a greater era.”

Academician Wu Hequan also said on the spot, “The Chinese government has clearly specified the strategy and goals for the development of IPv6 as well as the schedule, takes multiple measures and makes use of industry-university-research cooperation to jointly promote the comprehensive deployment of IPv6. It also guides the development toward industrial Internet and promotes the deep integration of the Internet and entity economy, opening up a bigger market for the development of the Internet. In addition, it shall seize the opportunities for the development of information technology, meet the development needs of an intelligent society, strengthen innovation-driven development and develop the digital economy.”

Under the dual drive of market and technology, new technologies, architectures and networks are rapidly forming a new generation network, which is characterized by software, network cloud and virtualization. In this context, the GNTC Global Network Technology Conference will be devoted to building a network technology communication platform, bringing together global network technology authoritative organizations, Internet enterprises, manufacturers and application organizations and seizing the core of industry and technology to create a more benign ecological environment, contributing to the development and innovation of the global network.

Top Higher-ups Work out the Blueprint Together for the Development of Network Technology at the GNTC

"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 the Plenary Session on the morning of the first day of the conference, CAE Academician Wu Hequan and Wu Jianping and inductees of the Internet Hall of Fame, Paul Mockapetris and Paul Vixie; NAE Academician and professor at Stanford, Nick McKeown; VP of Operations, the Linux Foundation, Phil Robb, and other authoritative experts in the industry will attend the conference and share their understanding and vision of the development of the new generation network technology.

The development of network technology has ushered in a new era of a huge impact on the economy and society, and many new generation network technologies have begun to be applied on a large scale and are quietly pushing the great changes in the industry. With the increasing number of network users and the rapid expansion of application fields, many problems are also exposed in the existing network architecture, such as the lack of network resilience, difficulties in new business development, outdated infrastructure and network security issues. The network revolution is taking place toward the more software-oriented, cloudized, more function-virtualized and more hardware-generalized development, and a new generation network is rapidly formed which is safer, more efficient and more flexible.

Wu Hequan, Academician of CAE

At the Plenary Session of Global Network Technology Trends in the morning of November 28, Wu Hequan, Academician of CAE and Chairman of Internet Society of China, will deliver a speech first to talk about the development trend of global network technology in the future and discuss the new opportunities and challenges brought by it, as well as the profound impact on the industry. As one of the earliest experts in the research of digital communication technology in China, Academician Wu Hequan once put forward four development trends of communication network technology, namely, “large broadband, large connection, intelligentization and software definition”. At this year’s GNTC, we are looking forward to Academician Wu Hequan’s splendid speech.

Wu Jianping, Academician of CAE, 2017 Internet Hall of Fame

As one of the main initiators and promoters of the next generation Internet in China, the CNGI core network of China’s next generation Internet demonstration project, that is, CERNET2 backbone network, directed by Academician Wu Jianping has been built as the world’s largest pure IPv6 Internet. At the conference, Academician Wu Jianping will introduce the development of next generation Internet and IPv6 in the world and share his unique understanding of the development of network technology, so let’s wait and see!

Paul Mockapetris, the Inventor of DNS, 2012 Internet Hall of Fame

Mr. Paul Mockapetris is one of those first inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012, and he is known as the father of DNS (Domain Name System) and one of the founders of modern Internet, giving a great push to the development of global Internet. At this year’s GNTC, Mr. Paul Mockapetris will share his own unique opinions on future trends of network technology from the perspective of Internet infrastructure upgrades.

Paul Vixie, 2014 Internet Hall of Fame

Paul Vixie, as a senior expert in the field of Internet infrastrcuture, was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2014 by the ISOC, and he also designed, researched and developed and deployed the famous DNS open source software, that is, BIND. At the general meeting of the global network technology development trend in the morning of November 28, he will share his understanding and judgment on the development of global network from the perspective of network security.

Phil Robb, VP of Operations, the Linux Foundation

The impact of open source on network technology has penetrated into every aspect. As more and more products and solutions are emerging, countless open source projects have flourished, giving infinite vitality to the development of network technology. At this year’s GNTC, Phil Robb will introduce the experience and planning of Linux Foundation in open source and openness.

GNTC 2017 will set up 2 Plenary 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. By providing a platform for the parties to communicate and exchange, it is dedicated to promoting win-win cooperation and the process of network reconstruction. Please access the official website of the conference (www.theGNTC.com) or follow the official WeChat account “the GNTC” to register immediately.

China Unicom will fully participate in 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. GNTC 2017 will set up 2 Plenary 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.

This year, China Unicom will fully participate in GNTC at Global Network Technology Trends Plenary Session, Cloud-Network Synergy Panel Discussion, Network Security, NFV, NB-IoT, Edge Computing, SDN and 5G Summit. In addition, China CORD Industry Alliance will also host CORD Workshop jointly with ONF under the leadership of China Unicom, with the aim of exploring the industry direction, exchanging technology hotspots, discussing development and seeking cooperation together with more than two thousand industry partners on site.

Here are some speakers from China Unicom:

Tang Xiongyan, Chief Scientist, Network Technology Research Institute, China Unicom

Tang Xiongyan has accumulated rich theoretical and practical experience in broadband network, transmission network and access network and presided over multiple major communication engineering technology projects in Beijing. As a vanguard that promotes network transformation in China Unicom, Tang Xiongyan has recently promoted the implementation of network infrastructure upgrades, SDN controller, network cloudization and industrial Internet in China Unicom. At last year’s GNTC, Tang Xiongyan gave a systematic introduction of China Unicom’s understanding of network transformation. With regard to this year’s event, Tang Xiongyan will also attend the Plenary Session on November 30 and the Cloud Network Synergy Panel Discussion in the afternoon to share with the audience the specific progress of China Unicom’ network transformation and future focus, please stay tuned!

He Gang, Director of SDN/NFV Research Center, Network Technology Research Institute, China Unicom

He Gang successively served as Deputy Chief Engineer of the Research Department of China Unicom Research and Design Institute, Senior Export of the Network Technology Research Department of China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute and Director of SDN/NFV Innovation Center of China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute, mainly responsible for network architecture and planning, SDN/NFV standards and open source technologies, SDN/NFV solutions and SDN/NFV system development, etc. At this year’s GNTC Global Network Technology Conference, He Gang will attend the SDN Summit held in the afternoon of November 29.

Hu Yun, Director of IoT Research Center, Network Technology Research Institute, China Unicom

Network communication technology is designed mainly to achieve the two-way transfer of information of the Internet of Things and control information, and serves as one of the most important infrastructure of the Internet of Things, so major operators are paying close attention to relevant research and deployment. At last year’s GNTC, Hu Yun introduced China Unicom’s deployment in the Internet of Things and mentioned that China Unicom was verifying and vigorously developing NB-IoT and making experiments in several cities. At this year’s GNTC, Director Hu Yun will introduce the audience China Unicom’s new planning in technology research and development and deployment of the Internet of Things after the reform toward mixed system, please stay tuned.

Tong Junjie, NFV Solution Manager of China Unicom, OPNFV EUAG Founding Member

NFV is based on virtualization and cloudization, which can achieve rapid deployment and automatic operation and maintenance of the business. China Unicom is known as an active promoter and practitioner of NFV’s network architecture transformation. Tong Junjie will introduce the audience the superior and technical challenges that China Unicom faces in NFV at the GNTC as well as the future development plan of China Unicom in this field.

Liu Qi, Technologist of 5G Innovation Center, China Unicom

With the rise of 5G, major operators are vigorously making the overall arrangement, and China Unicom is also accelerating the commercialization process of 5G and will make experiments in national key cities. In the face of continuous evolution of the network, Liu Qi will deliver a speech on behalf of China Unicom at the 5G Summit in the afternoon of November 29 to share the achievements made by China Unicom in 5G and its future deployment plans.

Ma Zheng, Senior Engineer of Network Security Center, China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute

Ma Zheng is mainly engaged in network security system planning, existing network security solution research and development and network evolution security research, etc. The telecom operators assume the basic and key roles at the network level, and are maintain close contact with the network application services and terminal services. Therefore, the telecom operators play a crucial role in the field of network security. With the development of network technology and massive growth of data traffic, Ma Zheng will share his opinions in the network security forum in the afternoon of November 28 on how will China Unicom deal with such huge challenge and seize the opportunity to actively explore.

Chen Dan, MEC Project Manager, 5G Innovation Center, China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute

In June of this year, China Unicom released the White Paper on China Unicom’s Edge Computing Technology and mentioned that China Unicom will actively promote the standard research, platform development and implementation of commercial application of edge network and computing. Chen Dan is responsible for the technical research on 5G network architecture, edge computing, C/U separation and open platform of network capability, etc. At the GNTC Global Network Technology Conference, Dr. Chen Dan will share his ideas at the Edge Network and Edge Computing Summit in the morning of November 29.

China Unicom is the only member of the Board of Operators in China of the open source network project CORD, and worked with multiple partners to establish China CORD Industry Alliance at last year’s CNTC to continue promoting the development of CORD in China. At this year’s GNTC, Zhou Wei, principal of China CORD Industry Alliance and Professor-level Senior Engineer of China Unicom, will also host the CORD Workshop jointly with ONF in the afternoon of November 29, so welcome to participate in the Workshop.In addition to the above experts, more China Unicom’s experts will attend the GNTC Conference to share more topics. Not only that, more distinguished experts from China Unicom, China Mobile, Telefonica, TURK TELEKOM and other global operators, as well as authoritative organizations, well-known Internet companies, user units, equipment and solution providers will attend the GNTC, and experts of the whole industry chain will gather together to participate in the new generation network technology feast.

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.

Between 28^th and 30^th November 2017, organized by the BII-CFIEC, the GNTC 2017 Global Network Technology Conference (www.theGNTC.com) will be launched in a conference center of The Great Wall Hotel Beijing. As the largest network technology conference in mainland China, GNTC 2017 will attract over 2000 attendees, concentrating on the trend of future network technology development, discuss new challenges, new opportunities for current network industry, demonstrate the newest network technology implementation cases and discuss together the reconfiguration process of the global network.

Picture: 2016 GNTC conference scene photo

In this 3-day event, GNTC 2017 sets up 2 main conferences, 1 panel discussion, 8 technical summits and several workshops. In the 8 technical summits, there are topics covering Internet infrastructure, SDN, NFV, IPv6, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network and edge computing and other new generation network technology hot issues, and over 100 major guest speakers will share their latest technology achievements and solutions and deliver outstanding speeches full of tested practical experience and extracted essences.

Picture: GNTC 2017 Global Network Technology Conference Schedule

SDN/NFV Summit: Transforming and Commercializing Network Core Technology

Under the wave of global network transformation, the technical ideas initiated by SDN/NFV, including network opening, virtualization, fusion and intellectualization, have received more widely recognition from the industry. After 10 years of rapid development, SDN/NFV has gradually formed its shape, and there are endless solutions serving SDN/NFV as the core technology.

This GNTC conference will set up separate SDN summit and NFV summit, invite international organizations and experts of open source projects including MEF, ONF, OPNFV, CORD, ONAP etc. to focus on technical hot topics such as controller and SD-WAN and have practical experience in network deployment shared. Meanwhile, the inaugurator of SDN, Professor Nick McKeown from Stanford University, will also be at the conference to share his insights. 

Network Security Summit: The Era of Great Security, Network Security Admits of No Delay

In the great security era, network security industry, network security situation and network security strategy are undergoing tremendous changes. In June this year, China’s first comprehensive basic law, Network Security Law, to regulate the network space security management was formally promulgated which is of far-reaching significance in protecting China’s network security.  

In GNTC 2017 network security summit, representatives and experts from domestic and foreign network security enterprises will share and display the development trend of global network security, the latest security protection technology and results, hot security topics and so forth.

Global Internet Infrastructure Forum: “Golden Age” is Coming, How to Get Through the “Last Mile” of IPv6?

In recent years, the number of users and traffic of IPv6 is growing rapidly; the next generation internet development is entering its golden age. According to Google, up to now, global IPv6 traffic has accounted for 20% of total internet traffic, while the figure in the United States has reached 35% and that is higher in Belgium (51.4%). As one of the earliest countries in the world to conduct IPv6 research and development and application, our country has lots of first mover advantages in the deployment and practice of IPv6. In the Global Internet Infrastructure Forum of GNTC 2017, you will listen to guest speakers to share their latest and most complete next generation internet best practices and discover how to get through the “last mile”.

5G Summit: Ready to go, How Far is 5G from Landing

Every social revolution or economic transformation is accompanied by technological innovation and breakthroughs. In the 5G era, boundaries will be infinitely broadened, unmanned driving, robot application and other newly emerged technologies will collaborate and work together to build a broader and more powerful platform through 5G to push humanity closer towards intelligent life. At present, a number of countries around the world have released 5G roadmap, plan to determine technical standards in the next five years and achieve commercialization of 5G. However, for China, who has growing discourse power in the field of communication in recent years, 5G is a must-not-miss opportunity of the times. At the 5G summit in GNTC 2017, many key and significant guests will share the standard making results and the latest deployment scenario cases with us.  

NB-IoT Summit: NB-IoT Outbreak Period, Opening Up the New Space for Internet of Things

The narrow band internet of things has become an important branch of the Internet of Things. Different from all 10MHz or 20MHz bandwidth applying standard LTE, the construction of NB-IoT is based on cellular network which only consumes about 180KHz bandwidth. It can be directly deployed in the GSM network, UMTS network or LTE network in order to reduce deployment costs and achieve a smooth upgrade. At GNTC 2017, the three major operators, solution providers, user units et cetera will gather together at the NB-IoT summit to share technology landing scheme and jointly lead the development trend of the industry.

Cloud and Data Center Summit: Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Transformation

The digital transformation of the industry is accelerating the clouded enterprise data center, however, data center network, as the footstone cloud construction, faces challenges like complex architecture design, long deployment cycle, difficult fault location and so forth which are important restricting factors for the digital transformation of the industry. At the GNTC 2017 conference, representatives from BATJ and other enterprises will gather together at the Cloud and Data Center Summit to share the opportunities and challenges they have encountered during their application deployment.

Edge Network & Edge Computing Summit: Network Edge Intelligence Has Become an Important Trend of Network Technology

According to the latest statistics report by IDC, it is estimated that by 2020 there will be over 50 billion terminals and devices connected to the network. With the large amount of devices accessing the IoT, when the massive data generated on the terminal equipment provide commercial values, they will also challenge the data processing and the network edge intellectualization will become an important development trend. At the Edge Network and Edge Computing Summit in the GNTC 2017, there will be industrial leaders from all over the world to discuss the development of edge network and edge computing, tracking MEC and other popular trends as well as to share the latest solutions.

To display cutting-edge technologies and dialogue industry elites, the 2017 GNTC Global Network Technology Conference sincerely invites all of you to come to participate and jointly embrace the new era of network featured “new technology, new architecture, and new network”. The website of this conference is www.theGNTC.com. We look forward to your participation. 

Network Transformation - The Global Network Technology Conference (GNTC) will be held from November 28 in Beijing

The Global Network Technology Conference (GNTC) which is themed as "New Technology, New Architecture and New Network", will be opened at The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing from November 28-30^th, 2017 (www.theGNTC.com). Last year, over 2,000 attendees in the network communications industry participated in the unprecedented GNTC. This year, BII-CFIEC as the organizer will add a multiple of summits and hot workshops and invite more global top technical experts to the scene where in the 3-day meeting they will share their views on the most pure technical trends, showcase the latest and most complete networking technologies and applications, and discuss global network reconstruction with onsite industry elites.

As the largest network technology event in China, it will set up 2 main sessions, 13 roundtable forum, 8 technical summits (SDN, NFV, IPv6, 5G, NB-IoT, network security, cloud and data center, edge network and edge computing) and a number of workshops (P4, third class network, CORD, ONAP, 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. By providing a platform for the parties to communicate and exchange, it is dedicated to promoting win-win cooperation and the process of network reconstruction.

Through more than 40 years, the network has become an important infrastructure for human society, becoming a core force to promote economic development and enhance the human society to move forward. With the launches of "Internet +" and "broadband China" and other national Initiatives, and with the rapid development of network technologies and the increasing user demands, the information and communications industry is facing both new opportunities and challenges, and openness, innovation and integration have become an important trend. The traditional network architecture and operating system have become more and more difficult to adapt to the new requirements of the Internet business. As new generation of network technology revolution followed suit to spring up, network transformation has become a trend inevitable. In the future, IPv6 will provide a wider range of address resources; SDN / NFV will provide network flexibility and intelligence; 5G will bring a wider bandwidth and mobility; NB-IoT will make better access of the Internet of Things; clouding trend is unstoppable, and the integration of Edge network and edge computing and other network technologies will plug wings for the Internet to develop...

As a key force to push reconstruction of the network architecture, operators at home and abroad invariably put focus on the key issue of network reconstruction, and have developed a transformation strategy, hoping to occupy a favorable position in the future network development industry by judging both from the views of own development or service provision. China Mobile released its "Big Connection" development strategy for the next decade; China Unicom released the new generation of network architecture CUBE-Net 2.0; China Telecom released the white paper of CTNet2025 network architecture, all stressing that the network transformation is the only way for operators to develop. Internationally, the United States’ Verizon and AT&T, Japan’s NTT, and British Telecom and other mainstream operators also announced a number of network reconstruction plans and strategies, and have stressed the need to use SDN and NFV technologies to build a new generation of network architecture, and has achieved preliminary results. Among them, AT&T has first released Domain 2.0 plan to promote forward the network transitioning to SDN / NFV-based new architecture, and to start cooperating cloud services with IBM. Verizon has made a lot of attempts in cloud system integration, and introduced cloud computing services. They combine the cloud architecture with the transformation strategy, bring together more quality resources, respond timely to the changes in the entire communications and computer industry, and set a good example for the industry as a whole. From which we can also foresee great changes would occur in the future network.

From another point of view, major manufacturers and application clients are both the forces to support network reconstruction and direct beneficiaries, and had early begun to focus on basic technologies of SDN / NFV, IPv6, NB-IoT, cloud data center, edge network and edge computing and other new structural network. In the future, operators and manufacturers and users will shift from the current simple sales model to the model of integrated innovation and joint development that will produce a profound impact on the entire communications industry chain

In this context, this GNTC conference will invite experts from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, network technology pioneers of countries, and selected experts of the Internet Hall of Fame to deliver speeches on the trends of world network technology development. In addition, the conference will collaborate with experts and contributors from Linux Foundation, ONF, MEF, APNIC, IPv6 Forum, OPNFV, ONAP, 3GPP and other communities to communicate with the audience on the latest technological achievements. At the same time, we will also invite representatives of well-known global operators, major manufacturers and application units to gather in Beijing to commit to the shared mission.

Showcasing advanced technologies and discussing with industrial elites, the Global Network Technology Conference (GNTC) 2017 will invite visitors to join us in a new era of "new technology, new architecture, and new network". The organizing committee looks forward to your participation.