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2009
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Quarterly Meetings |
Next:
Toronto
July 20-23
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Quarterly meetings are open to members and specially invited guests.
Not a member? Now would be a good time join. Click here for details |
| Other 2009 Date: Washington, DC: Oct 26-29 |
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June
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Singapore
June 16-19
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Communicasia. The Summit this year will have more than 100 speakers, over 8 uniquely crafted sessions. |
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Nice
June 22-26
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WDM & Next Gen Optical Networking. Europe's largest Optical Networking conference |
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Trinidad July 12-15
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CANTO: The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations marks its 25th anniversary with a major initiative to upgrade its telecoms capabilities with NextGen technology such as Carrier Ethernet |
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Webcast July 14th
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MEF Webcast - Carrier Ethernet Access Technologies Creating a global Ethernet Services Footprint. This webcast includes: prominent industry analysts reviewing latest data on growth and challenges, a brief tutorial on latest UNI, NIDs and OAM developments, interviews with service providers already leveraging access technologies with Carrier Ethernet and case studies demonstrating how enterprises take advantage for remote facilities and data centers. |
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Quarterly Meetings |
Toronto
July 20-23
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MEF Annual General Meeting and 3rd Quarter Meeting. Quarterly meetings are open to members and specially invited guests.
Not a member? Now would be a good time join. Click here for details |
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Paris
Sept 7-9
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Broadband World Forum Europe focuses on convergence, interoperability, and the transformation of carrier networks. A member of the MEF is presenting along with other industry experts. A technology exhibition provides an opportunity for your to get plugged in to the latest broadband applications, solutions, and services from global technology vendors |
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Sydney
Sept 7-10
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Telecoms World Australia |
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Mumbai
Sept 9
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Light Reading Broadband 2.0 India road show |
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New Delhi
Sept 11
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Light Reading Broadband 2.0 India road show |
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Berlin
Sept 22
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Carrier Ethernet World Congress. The MEF's Annual flagship European event includes a complete MEF Workshop and sessions in the main conference.
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New York
Sept 22-26
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LR Backhaul Strategies for Mobile Operators |
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Portugal
Sept 29
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NGT EMEA Summit 29th September - 1st October 2009 will serve as an arena for senior level executives to engage in clear and focused dialogue with their peers and examine their management objectives. Listen and participate in a well planned workshop and roundtable program. |
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Singapore
Oct 19-21
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OTV Optical Transmission Vision APAC, |
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Chicago
Oct 21-23
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SuperComm. Shift in Time and Place. Includes MEF Workshop |
Quarterly Meetings |
Washington DC
Oct 26-29
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Washington DC |
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Kuala Lumpur
Nov 2-5
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Carrier Ethernet World APAC |
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New York
Nov 3-5
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Light Reading Expo |
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Kuala Lumpur
Nov 6-7
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NetEvents APAC Press Summit |
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Serbia
Nov 18
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Light Reading Eastern Europe |
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Sao Paulo
Nov 19
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Light Reading's Mobile Backhaul Brazil |
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Completed 2009 Events
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2009
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Quarterly Meetings |
San Francisco Jan 26-29
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The San Francisco meeting focused on Global Interconnect, mobile backhaul and new strategic initiatives. Quarterly meetings are open to members and specially invited guests. Not a member? Now would be a good time join. Click here for details |
Other 2009 Meeting Dates
Apr 20-23, 2009 - New Orleans
July 20-23, 2009 - Toronto
Oct 26-29, 2009 - TBD |
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Jan
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Miami
Jan 27-28
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Metro Connect USA 2009 - Capacity magazine's 8th annual metro connectivity and local access conference. MEF will be moderating a panel on day 2 of the conference. |
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Feb
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Brussels
Feb 2-4
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Ethernet Services Product Evolution - is billed as "The Premier Business Ethernet Services Strategy Event for Product Managers". This uniquely focused event is aimed specifically at Ethernet Service product managers involved with evolving data service portfolios offering advantages of L2 connectivity. |
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Paris,
France
Feb 10-13
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MPLS & Ethernet World is a renowned conference that owes its success to the participation of key experts and service providers in the field of MPLS development. Particular attention was given to video transport, mobile backhaul and to the Ethernet and MPLS developments. |
| The MEF held a half day workshop featuring the new MEF Mobile Backhaul Agreement. Click here to see all of presentations from this event 2/11/09 |
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Barcelona, Spain
Feb 12-13
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The NetEvents European press summit provided an opportunity for members to meet with key European press and analysts in a series of scheduled briefings to discuss the latest hot topics concerning enterprise networking & telecoms in a relaxed setting. |
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Bangalore, India
Feb 18
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MEF World Tour. Ethernet Business Services. A large audience of Enterprise executives joined the leading global MEF member companies, including major Indian service providers in Bangalore on Wednesday, 18 February 2009 at Le Meridien Hotel . To download the presentations click here.
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Mar
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Hong Kong
Mar 3-5
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Mobile Backhaul Asia brought together mobile operators and technology providers to discuss the impact that mobile broadband and high speed data services will have on current TDM-based backhaul networks.
The MEF addressed these topics in a 3 hour workshop on March 3rd and a keynote session in the main conference March 4th - 5th
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Hannover Germany
Mar 3-8
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CeBIT: the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solution. The MEF presented on the new Mobile Backhaul agreement. The presentations are available for download on the Presentations Page
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April
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April 1-3 Washington DC
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The Cable Show. The show brought together content, on-line media and the expanding cable business user leaders. The MEF spoke on Ethernet’s role in driving business services market share. |
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Web Event April 8th
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MEF Webcast April 8th. A unique new interactive webcast on MEF 22 (the new Mobile Backhaul Specification). Industry experts presented live and prerecorded segments and answer questions live. Click the link on the left to register. Live Event: 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT / 5pm CET
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Quarterly Meetings |
New Orleans
Apr 20-23
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3 New MEF Specifications Approved |
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Apr 27-30 Vienna
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Packet Transport Networks. The conference provided unique and valuable insights into operator approaches to TDM evolution for efficient packet transport |
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May
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May 4-7 Boston
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Future Net Expo: MPLS, Ethernet and Beyond addresses the future of communications services from enterprise, service provider, and vendor perspectives. The MEF presented a keynote speech and conducting a half day workshop. |
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May 7 Atlanta
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Light Reading Backhaul Strategies for Mobile Operators 2009 provided a unique, one-day perspective on the progress that America's carrier and vendor communities are making in relieving the "backhaul bottleneck" in mobile networks. |
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May 11-14 Amsterdam
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Transport Networks Mobile Operators examined how operators continue to adopt new aggregation architectures and packet transport technologies in an effort to de-couple the linear relationship between cost and capacity. The presentations are available for download on the Presentations Page
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May 12-14 Sydney
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CeBit Australia. The world's largest tradeshow arrives in Australia. The MEF presented Carrier Ethernet.
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May 13-14 London
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Light Reading Ethernet Expo: Europe 2009 is the premier event covering the hot topic of carrier Ethernet network technologies and services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The event featured an important live demonstration of Carrier Ethernet Global Interconnect created by Light Reading and Iometrix and supported by the MEF. Nan Chen, President of the MEF gave a keynote address. The presentation is available at by click here.
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June 3-4
Beijing
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Optinet China encompassing FTTH (China FTTH Forum) and Carrier Ethernet (China Carrier Ethernet Forum) is the largest annual event of its kind in China featuring over 600 attendees.
Each year telecom decision makers gather at this event to learn about the latest industry developments and technologies, review new products and services and network with one another. The MEF will be presenting at this conference for the first time.
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June 4-5
Singapore
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NetEvents APAC Press Summit, Singapore |
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Munich
June 8-11
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June 8-11 FTTX Summit Munich
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On-Line
June 10th
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The second in the series of live MEF Webcasts introduces a new set of Enterprise use cases focusing on the economic benefits of Ethernet Services in a variety of Enterprise markets and applications Please note that this event is scheduled for 11 am Australian EST and in the US: June 9th 6pm PST, 9pm EST. Link to registration site available shortly. |
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MEF Events in 2008
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Jan
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Quarterly Meeting |
San Diego, CA, USA
28-31 Jan
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Members quarterly meeting. Record attendance |
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Feb
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Paris
5-8 Feb
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MPLS Ethernet World Congress. Carrier Ethernet is now a key focus in the MPLS world. |
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Feb
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Barcelona
8-11 Feb
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Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM). A major new area for Carrier Ethernet. More details to follow shortly |
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Mar
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CeBit 2008 in Hanover Germany. The MEF is presented at one of the worlds premier hi-tech exhibitions.
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Mar
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New Delhi
March 19-21
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Convergence India 2008, featured a full day workshop on Friday 21st March. |
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Apr
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Apr 1-2
Las Vegas, NV
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 CTIA Wireless. The convergence of more than 1,100 exhibiting companies, dozens of industries, and over 40,000 professionals from 125 countries all working toward the common goal of revolutionizing wireless. Included was an interoperability showcase demonstrating Carrier Ethernet for Mobile Backhaul, supported by the MEF and the IP/MPLS Forum and created by MEF member EANTC with sponsorship from participating MEF member companies.
Click here for press release. Also see further details on the MEF Members' Contributions Page.
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Apr
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Apr 7-9
Vienna
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Ethernet service features, definitions and implementation options
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Apr
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14-16 April London
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Light Reading's sixth Ethernet Expo: Europe 2008 is billed as the premier event covering the hot topic of Carrier Ethernet network technologies and services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Dozens of experts explored the hottest trends and where Ethernet is likely to take us. |
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Apr 14-17
Boston
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FutureNet: MPLS, Ethernet and Beyond (formerly MPLScon) addresses the future of communications services from enterprise, service provider, and vendor prospectives. |
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Apr
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Quarterly Meeting |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
28 Apr-1May
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Members quarterly meeting
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May
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Amsterdam,
5-9 May
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Transport Networks for Mobile Operators (TNMO) is Europe's largest conference and exhibition dedicated to mobile backhaul, access and core optical networking. |
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June
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Las Vegas, NV
June 16-19
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Nxtcomm08, the flagship Service Provider and Telecoms show in North America moves to Las Vegas. The MEF provided a full series of presentations and panel discussions, together with the pre4sentation of the annual North American Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the year awards, and the first MEF 18 certification announcements. Click here for more details including downloads of all presentations.
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June
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Berlin
June 16-19
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FTTx Summit is focused on fiber and hybrid fiber deployment with over 45 sessions, technical briefings, expert panel sessions. |
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June
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June 24-27
Philadelphia
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SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. Explored the latest in cable technology, products and services. This is the second MEF workshop at SCTE - this one focused on technical developments. Click here for more details including downloads of all presentations.
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July
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Hong Kong
July 15-18
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Broadband World Forum Asia is a new event for the MEF. The MEF persented a series of new presentations. |
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July
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2008 Annual Meeting |
Boston
July 21-24
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 MEF 2008 Annual Meeting (and 3Q 08 quarterly meeting). The meeting, open to members only and by special invitation to prospective members. Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet inventor and Advisory Director to the MEF gave an excellent keynote at the plenary session. The newly elected board of directors can be seen on this site
For full details of the event please log on to the members site.
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Japan
Sept 10
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Japan Network World Roadmap Series - The Japanese market has been a longstanding Ethernet services leader. In addition to a keynote address by Nan Chen, the MEF will host a round table discussion with the goal of exploring the current state of the Carrier Ethernet market in Japan and redefining the MEF’s objectives and strategy in this important market. |
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India
Sept 10-12
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LR Broadband India 2008 Roadshow New Delhi & Mumbai - Light Reading and its market research division, Heavy Reading, in cooperation with leading equipment vendors, will host its first Indian Roadshow - Broadband 2.0: Making the Business Case, taking place in New Delhi and Mumbai on September 10 and 12, respectively. The MEF are represented. |
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Sep 16th & Sept 18th
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MEF World Tour - Frankfurt & London - brought an insight into the transformation that Carrier Ethernet is bringing to the world's IT, networking and business applications. Click here for presentations
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Sept
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Berlin
Sep 22-26
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Carrier Ethernet World Congress - Europe. The flagship annual MEF conference, featured presentations from 25 MEF members and important new Carrier Ethernet announcements.
This year CEWC covered every conceivable aspect of Carrier Ethernet. Unlike any other event, CEWC provides an in-depth public view of ongoing current technical developments and brings the audience into the debate on the future of Ethernet networking. The event kicked off with a full day MEF workshop that combined a thorough orientation together the MEF's latest news and new technical updates. The main conference also contained the President's keynote and 6 important MEF sessions. Click here for the Full Agenda and presentations
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Sept
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Quinto do Lago
Portugal
Sep 25-26
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NetEvents 2008 European Press Summit. This event is invitation-only for the European media and analysts. Please contact NetEvents for participation.
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Sept
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Brussels
Sep 29-Oct 2
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Broadband World Forum - Europe. Covered the latest broadband content, entertainment, applications, and services for the enterprise and home. Traditionally one of the best general telecoms shows in Europe.
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Oct
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Orlando, Fl
Oct 7-10
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The COMPTEL PLUS FALL 2008 CONVENTION & EXPO held October 5-8th at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida, showcased products and services, while business-critical panel discussions touched on the latest financial and policy issues shaping the communications marketplace. |
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New York
Oct 20-22
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Light Reading Ethernet Expo 2008 US - Light Reading's 4th annual Ethernet Expo held in New York was the 10th major-carrier Ethernet event held by Light Reading on three continents since the inaugural Ethernet Expo in 2005. The conference included a full range of speakers across the industry spectrum including service providers, enterprise users, investors, analysts, equipment, software, and component suppliers. This years event also featured "Enterprise Day" with opening remarks from Kevin Vachon, COO, Metro Ethernet Forum.
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Oct
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Quarterly Meeting |
Malta
Oct 26-29
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MEF Quarterly Meeting - This quarterly meeting which took place in Malta, brought together key European Service Providers and pulled together European, American and Asian requirements into a worldwide context. Topics germane to worldwide service provider partnerships were covered in greater detail than ever before.
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Nov
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Beijing
Nov 5-6
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China Network World/Ethernet World - This was the MEF's 7th year at this unique Ethernet event.
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Nov
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Sydney
Australia
Nov 5-7
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Broadband World Australia 2008. This years event was dedicated to examining the role of advanced broadband networks, enabling next-gen services and applications targeted at business and the residential consumer. MEF participated with a Carrier Ethernet Workshop at this event.
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China
Nov 7-8 |
APAC Press Summit - The APAC press provided an excellent opportunity for members to meet with key Asia-Pacific press and analysts in a series of scheduled briefings to discuss the latest hot topics concerning enterprise networking & telecoms in a relaxed setting. |
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Nov
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Singapore
Nov 12-14
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Carrier Ethernet World APAC - This is the largest Carrier Ethernet conference and exhibition for service providers in the Asia Pacific region. Building on the highly successful European event, CEW APAC focused on Ethernet transport and services. The MEF hosted a workshop and presented the 2008 APAC SP of the Year Awards. |
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Nov
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Barcelona
Spain
Nov 17-21
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TNS - is an event for operator transport networking professionals wishing to develop a realistic and comprehensive understanding of the transport technologies on offer and the network evolution strategies adopted by their competitors |
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Portugal
Nov 18-20
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NGT EMEA Summit 2008 - The MEF will be participating with a workshop at the NGT EMEA Summit 2008 taking place on 18-20 Nov 2008. This event serves as an arena for senior level executives to engage in clear and focused dialogue with their peers to examine their technology and management objectives in a relaxed and vibrant environment . The delegate attendance is comprised of the most well respected executives in the EMEA telecommunications industry. |
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Poland
Nov 19-20
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Broadband Service Forum - Europe - Broadband Services Forum in Poland is the largest meeting point for key representatives of telecom, media and Internet markets, as well as public administration. Featuring an up-to-date Forum Agenda and excellent speakers portfolio - both from Polish market and from abroad. An MEF Technical Briefing takes place on the morning of the 20th Nov. |
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Dec
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New Delhi, India
Dec 11-13
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India Telecom 2008. The event took place on December 11-13 in New Delhi, India. Considered a premier exhibition & conference in the telecom sector, It brought together the who's who of the Industry and provided the opportunity to interact with the leading Telecom companies and the potential buyers.
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Dec
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India
Dec 15-17
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EEE ANTS Conference - The EEE ANTS symposium held in the commercial and entertainment capital of India, Bombay, on December 15-17, 2008 provided a common meeting point to exchange ideas with participation from the academia, global industry and other stakeholders. MEF was a guest speaker at the event. |
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