<b>Events & Meetings</b>

Confirmed 2012 Events
MEF Quarterly Meetings MEF Quarterly Meetings are open to members and specially invited guests. Not a member? Click here

Quarterly Meetings	Q2 2012	Apr 16-19	Munich, Germany
	Q3 2012	July 23-26	South Beach Miami, Florida
	Q4 2012	Oct 22-25	TBA Asia


2012 Tradeshows & Conferences
Tradeshows & Conferences
Month	Event/Links	Location/Dates	Overview, Info and Related Links
Feb		Feb 7 - 10 Paris, France	The 14th edition of the MPLS & Ethernet World Congress will take place in Paris in February, 2012. The 2012 agenda will again privilege operator and enterprises scenarios and testimonies. Particular attention will be paid to Cloud services impact, End-to-end MPLS and Mobile LTE backhaul. The MEF will hold its sixth edition of the Carrier Ethernet Workshop and will discuss technological and implementation detailed issues. The MEF EMEA Marketing Meeting will also be hosted during the event and will discuss the latest trends and activities within the MEF. Please click here for more details
		Feb 13-16	Light Reading Carrier Cloud Forum, February 13-16, 2012, Santa Clara, CA Light Reading kicks off its successful Carrier Cloud Forum series in 2012 by collocating at Cloud Connect, the defining cloud event for IT professionals, cloud providers and a growing number of telecom service providers. Carrier Cloud Forum will showcase opportunities for Service Providers in the cloud with high-quality education and peer-to-peer interaction on the core issues around building a cloud infrastructure and developing a cloud services business model that works, including ways to capitalize on existing network and data center resources while building in new flexibility for delivery of on-demand services and management of user experience. For more information visit: http://www.lightreading.com/live/event_information.asp?event_id=29884
		Feb 23-24	NetEvents Europe - February 25-26 The only event in Europe which will provide you with the opportunity to reach an audience of over 2 million CIO's, MIS Managers/Directors, IT Professionals & Service Providers. Scheduled Briefings over two days with key Technology Press & Analysts. This is one of the most important gatherings of press and analysts in Europe during 2011. Meet key press and analysts to discuss the latest hot topics concerning enterprise networking & telecoms and pave the way for increasing your visibility in Europe. http://www.netevents.org
		Feb 28-29	Metro Connect USA, February 28-29, 2012, Miami FL Connecting C-level executives from the US metro and local access markets. Effective, intimate, quality networking: 350+decision-makers from 180 different metro providers, investors and industry-insiders. Strategic agenda: Benefit from in-depth breakout sessions and keynotes dealing with metro opportunities and challenges. Industry insights: Hear directly from the people who are driving the US metro market forward. Metro intelligence: Equip yourself with the knowledge to plan ahead for 2012 and ensure crucial scalability. For more information visit: http://www.capacityconferences.com/conferences-events.asp?id=90&cat=&subcat=&start=0#contents
Mar		March 12-14	Cloud-Net Summit, 12-14 March 2012, London “Building the Carrier Cloud – Re-booting the Data Centre/Network Service business model” Join over 150 of your industry peers to develop innovative network solutions that will help you to fully exploit the Carrier Cloud business opportunity. New developments in Carrier Ethernet and IP/MPLS – plus revolutionary new methods like OpenFlow and SDN – mean a wealth of choices to build the Carrier Cloud. Drive your architecture and solutions forward and grasp new business opportunities! For more details and to reserve your place, visit www.layer123.com/cloud-net

	Transport Networks Russia	March 14-15	Click here for details
		March 27-29	Mobile Backhaul Asia - March 27-29 Building on the success of the 2011 Mobile Backhaul Asia conference, which attracted over 220+ telecoms professionals, the 4th Mobile Backhaul Asia conference will once again bring together Asia’s telecoms industry to explore technology solutions and business strategies to cost-effectively expand backhaul capacity while managing profitability http://www.beaconevents.com/2012/MobileBackhaulAsia2012/en/Home/index.jsp
Apr		April 17-18	Capacity China – April 17-18 The only event to focus exclusively on the Chinese wholesale telecoms market http://www.capacityconferences.com/conferences-events.asp?id=93&cat=&subcat=&start=0#contents
	Transport Networks for Mobile Operators	April 23-26	Click here for details
		April 24-25	NetEvents Asia – April 24-25 For our 2012 Asia-Pacific Press Summit we are hosting a two day event with the top Asia-Pacific technology press in Hong Kong during April. This press summit provides an excellent opportunity for you to meet with key Asia-Pacific press and analysts in a series of scheduled briefings to discuss the latest hot topics concerning enterprise networking and telecoms in a relaxed setting. http://www.netevents.org/
May		May 15-16	May 15-16 Broadband Asia - Kuala Lumpur http://asia.broadbandworldforum.com Broadband-IP&TV Asia is the region’s largest broadband and media event attracting 2,500+ decision-makers from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. The MEF will be participating in two sessions: Cloud Panel and Master Class during the two day conference. Download the brochure to view the complete programme
			May 15-18 Cloud Asia - Singapore http://cloudcomputingasiapac.com Cloud Asia 2012 is the place to meet all the key decision makers (targeting for 300-400 participants) across the entire cloud computing eco-system from enterprises, telecom operators, regulators, government agencies, service providers, system integrators and vendors. The MEF has aligned a service provider speaker to discuss the latest trends in Cloud
		May 22-24	CEWC Americas, May 22-24, 2012, Rio Brazil The Official MEF Americas Congress. 2010 saw the launch of Carrier Ethernet Americas (CE Americas): the first official MEF Congress in the LATAM region. It represented the largest gathering for the Ethernet transport and service industry in the region, and built on this success 2011, at its new home in Rio de Janeiro. With greater levels of sponsorship, 3 host operators and 85+ operator attendees from across the Americas and the world, the event gave a holistic view of the status of Carrier Ethernet deployment in the region, and enabled all attendees to take advantage of many hours of networking. With an even greater operator attendance anticipated in 2012, this event is the place to do business with the right contacts in the LATAM region. For more information visit: http://www.carrierethernetworld.com/americas
June		June 5-6	OptiNet China - June 5-6, 2012 OptiNet China 2012,the 12th annual conference on optical networking in Beijing. As many of you already know, OptiNet China has evolved through the years and is today a firmly established meeting for carriers, utilities, data centers, cloud service providers, and large enterprises to learn about all areas of optical networking, communications and fiber access. http://www.optinetchina.com
	CALA Carrier Ethernet Seminars	Summer 2012	CALA Carrier Ethernet Seminars - City: TBD Summer 2012 These free seminars are a unique opportunity to engage industry experts assisting you to leverage advanced Ethernet Business Services to achieve greater cost efficiencies, optimize performance and improve the scalability of telecoms services infrastructure to meet current critical needs and future growth challenges.
Sept	CEWC Europe	Sept 17-20	Click here for details
Completed MEF Events in 2011
	Event/Links	Location, Dates	Overview, Info and Related Links
Dec		Dec 5-8	LTE/EPC & Converged Mobile Backhaul Building the Next Generation 4G Packet Core & Backhaul Network Now incorporating the LTE Backhaul Planning Seminar Centre Point Tower, London, 5-8 December 2011 Key areas covered in the agenda: • Evolution from today's mobile core and backhaul architecture to the NGMN • Key mobile core/EPC architecture choices and evolution design criteria • Architecting, re-engineering and building the new LTE backhaul network • Interpreting 3GPP LTE standards and implmentation guidelines • Service performance, network visibility, QoS and policy management • Backhaul considerations, evolution and integration challenges • EPC performance test procedures and LTE test results • Service and network level convergence • EPC scalability considerations • Network sharing and infrastructure convergence Visit: http://www.layer123.com/lte-converged
Dec		Dec 5 & 7	The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum), the global industry organization at the forefront of Carrier Ethernet Services definition and development, is coming to Latin America and would like to invite Service Providers and Enterprises to the Carrier Ethernet and Business Services Seminars. There is no cost to attend for service providers. Learn about the many benefits for providers and business customers of adopting standardized MEF Carrier Ethernet Services. Gain the very latest information directly from the world’s defining body for Carrier Ethernet and take advantage of a unique opportunity to directly engage experts in the field. See examples of local and worldwide implementations and understand how to capitalize on the opportunity for your own organizations. Understand detailed implementation choices that optimize service delivery for Enterprise and mobile backhaul applications Benefit from an all new initiative to bring the skills needed to implement Carrier Ethernet to you and your organization. http://www.metroethernetforum.org/page_loader.php?p_id=1782
Nov		Nov 30 - Dec-2	Carrier Ethernet World APAC is the largest meeting place and educational forum for the Ethernet transport and services industry in the APAC region. By attending you’ll benefit from: Free “meet the analyst” one-to-one sessions – get feedback on your own deployment Detailed case studies from service providers across the region Carrier Ethernet Interoperability Showcase – see the status of CE interworking The MEF Service Provider Awards – recognizing excellence and leadership in CE services Detailed masterclasses and workshops on scalability, OAM, CE products, innovation Networking receptions and service provider dinner Click here to visit the CEWC APAC
Oct		Nov 22-24	Broadband Russia Forum - Comnews Moscow on November 22-24, 2011 in Holiday Inn Moscow Lesnaya Hotel (Moscow, Lesnaya str., 15) Key topics of the Forum: • Current state of broadband market in Russia and the CIS • Drivers for broadband market development in Russia and the CIS • Regulation and Legislation: changing the rules to impact the industry evolution • Cloud Computing: Global Experience and Prospects in Russia • Current broadband services in data networks • Modern multiservice broadband networks • Introduction of LTE networks in Russia • Development and prospects of mobile and fixed WiMAX • Multi-gigabit wireless communication technology WiGig • Development of broadband satellite network in Ka-band • IPTV and other methods of video delivery in Russia and the CIS • Introduction of additional services on broadband networks • Operators’ strategies: Deployment of broadband networks and business development Visit: http://www.comnews-conferences.ru/bb2011regeng?Itemid=371
		Nov 9-10	AfricaCom Conference & Exhibition - Setting the Agenda for African Telecoms Africa is at a turning point. Its booming communications market is ready to fuel the continent's economic and social growth. Now is the time to embrace the opportunities in Digital Africa! AfricaCom 2011 gives you the most innovative, visionary, entrepreneurial, creative perspectives on the continent's fast-moving telecoms, media and ICT ecosystem. The keynotes will bring together operators who are transforming their businesses, suppliers delivering more profitable solutions, and alternative players with a fresh approach to delivering attractive services to the consumers. No less than 12 in-depth focus sessions will cover the hottest topics in the market, plus two new co-located events: AfricaCast and Enterprise ICT Africa. Expand your horizon and be part of Africa's digital future at AfricaCom. Visit: http://africa.comworldseries.com/
		Nov 8-9	Light Reading's Ethernet Expo Americas 2011 is the must-attend Carrier Ethernet networking event of the year in the Americas. Light Reading's twelfth Ethernet event will assemble dozens of experts from the service provider, supplier, and analyst communities in New York City to explore the hottest trends and paint a roadmap for where Ethernet is likely to take us in the coming decade. Includes two parts: a conference, moderated by analysts from Light Reading's market research division, Heavy Reading, and an exhibition. The event will be held at The Hilton New York, Tuesday & Wednesday, November 8 & 9, 2011. Three major topics covered during two days: • Next-generation business services for enterprises • Wholesale services and interconnection • Converged network solutions that support business services, consumer triple-play/VoD services, and mobile backhaul applications Visit: http://www.lightreading.com/live/event_information.asp?event_id=29472
		Oct 10-13	Now in its 7th year, the Carrier Ethernet World Congress has become the must attend event for the Ethernet industry. Annually the entire Ethernet industry gather under one roof enabling you to maximise your time, learn from all the key industry experts and to network and make valuable contacts with international service providers and all the leading Ethernet vendors. The 2011 conference is particularly special as the Metro Ethernet Forum celebrate 10 years at this their official congress and we have an exclusive interview with Nan Chen to discuss a decade of Carrier Ethernet milestones. With a packed conference agenda (80+ presentations) covering all the topics you need to move your business forward A 35+ strong exhibition showcasing the latest technological innovations and the launch of the new IIR and MEF Carrier Ethernet awards, this conference promises to be the best yet. Visit: http://www.carrierethernetworld.com/
		Oct 6-7 Frascati, italy	NetEvents Americas Service Provider Summit. NetEvents invites senior executives from major telecoms equipment vendors to meet key players from top Carriers and Service Providers. This two-day VIP summit provides a privileged opportunity to form relationships with some of the most significant Service Providers in the Anericas region, to analyze their needs, offer solutions and explore new markets in an informal, yet totally focused, environment. http://www.netevents.org/ Visit: http://www.netevents.org/
		Oct 5-6 Frascati, italy	NetEvents Americas Press Summit. This Press/Analyst Summit covers general enterprise networking and telecom industry issues. A topical conference program plus a series of individually scheduled briefings over two days with many press and analysts covering the Americas. http://www.netevents.org/
		Oct 3-4	visit: http://www.capacityconferences.com/conferences-events.asp?id=80&cat=&subcat=&start=0
		Oct 2-5 Gaylord Palms Hotel & Convention Centre, Orlando FL	The COMPTEL PLUS Convention & EXPO is the preeminent networking event for innovative communications companies and their supplier partners. COMPTEL PLUS provides you with the opportunity to learn about new products, services and industry trends; meet potential customers and do business. In Spring, Comptel Plus had over 3,700 attendees, this fall MEF will be participating as an exhibitor and presenting in the ‘Speakers Corner’ Visit: http://www.comptelplus.org/
Sept		Sept 27-29 CNIT La Defense, Paris, France	Broadband World Forum 2011 is the world’s largest Broadband event attracting 10,000+ decision-makers from across the globe. Now celebrating its 11th anniversary year, the event is the only place to meet the entire broadband industry in one place at one time. The 3 day comprehensive conference programme brings together over 300 visionary speakers along with 215 service provider case studies to address the commercial and technical opportunities, developments and issues currently surrounding Broadband. Click here to register now. Don’t forget to enter in your unique VIP Code: BBWF11/MEF01 The conference structure includes analyst breakfast briefings, keynote sessions, a choice of 4 tracks covering Transport, Intelligence, Access and Services and various special focus seminars. Don’t forget the FREE to attend exhibition featuring over 200 exhibitors from across the globe showing the industry’s finest services and products. Click here to register NOW quoting VIP Code BBWF11/MEF01! Click here for details: http://www.broadbandworldforum.com/conf/registration/register
		Attendees and sponsors of the event may request login to the presentation section Click here Sept 20 & 20 Sheraton Maria Isabel Mexico City & Real Intercontinental Guatemala City	Carrier Ethernet & Business Services Seminars The MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum), the global industry organization at the forefront of Carrier Ethernet Services definition and development, is coming to Latin America and would like to invite Service Providers and Enterprises to the Carrier Ethernet and Business Services Seminars. These free seminars are a unique opportunity to engage industry experts assisting you to leverage advanced Ethernet Business Services to achieve greater cost efficiencies, optimize performance and improve the scalability of telecoms services infrastructure to meet current critical needs and future growth challenges. Click here for details: http://metroethernetforum.org/page_loader.php?p_id=1686
	China Network World 2011 - Beijing	Sept 20
		Sept 13 & 15	Next-Generation Packet Transport Networks India 2011 13 September, Le Meridien, Delhi, India 15 September, ITC Maratha, Mumbai, India Please visit: www.packettransportnetworks.com Visit: http://www.packettransportnetworks.com
		Sept 11-15	More detail to be provided. Hyatt Regency Chicago on the Riverwalk, Chicago \| September 11-15. www.necaexpo.org
June		June 27-28, New Zealand	CIO Summit 27-28 June 2011, SKYCITY Convention Centre, Auckland, NZ Keynote Speakers in 2011: Dr Joe Peppard, Professor of Information Systems, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY, Dr Peter Wilton, Senior Lecturer, Haas School of Business, University of California Claus Mortensen, Principal, Emerging Technology Research Practice Group, IDC ASIA-PACIFIC Michael Harte, Group Executive, Enterprise Services & Chief Information Officer, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA Andy Lark, VP & General Manager, Large Enterprise Marketing & Online, DELL
	Backhaul & Core Strategies For Mobile Operators	June 21, New York	Light Reading’s twelfth Backhaul & Core Strategies For Mobile Operators conference will be staged in New York City on Tuesday, June 21. After the success of last year’s event, this year’s conference will focus primarily on the progress that wireless operators are making in transitioning their backhaul networks for dramatically increasing volumes and types of data traffic, as well as debating new challenges that are emerging in the backhaul domain. MEF will be a part of the panel session: Last Mile Alternatives to Fiber Access: A Performance & Deployment Update, one of the topics focusing in on key aspects of the evolving backhaul environment. Click here to visit the Light Reading Live Site
		June 1-2, Beijing	Welcome to the 11th annual OptiNet China and China FTTH, the nation's premier events for optical networking and FTTH. With two full days of keynotes, panel discussions, and breakout presentations planned, OptiNet China 2011 and China FTTH promises to be yet another timely opportunity to keep abreast of the latest developments. Come join over 650 delegates who equally focused on all aspects of optical networking and FTTH design, architecture, management, deployment, testing and applications. I look forward to meeting you in Beijing! Click here to visit the Optinet China Site
May		May 17-19, Amsterdam	LTE World Summit 2011 - Now in its 7th Year! This is THE LTE event of the year! Learn from 100+ operator case studies at this event! ALL of the major LTE players will once again be in attendance, including all the major operators, vendors, industry associations, press, bloggers and more! With over 100 stands and a comprehensive 9 track programme.Now in its 7th Year! 2500+ Attendees from 75+ countries 150+ High-level speakers 120+ Exhibitors, meeting rooms & hospitality suites 100+ Operator Case Studies 50%+ Director-level and above attendance - meet the decision makers here! 40% Operator companies attending! ALSO co-located with WiMAX & TDD Networks and featuring the prestigious LTE Awards 2011! Click here to visit the LTE World Summit
		May 18-20, Texas	Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) May 18-20 TIA 2011: Inside the Network is a unique physical and virtual event focused on bringing together the telecommunications and information and communications technology (ICT) industries to confront the challenges of security, reliability and sustainability of the Network. .Facilitating business and technical conversations about how to plan for the best on the Network—while avoiding the worst. Click here to visit the TIA site
		May 23-25 Washington DC	International Telecoms Week May 23-25 International Telecoms Week (ITW) is the meeting point for the global international telecoms wholesale community to buy and sell both voice and data products and services. ITW is an event for the entire industry with participants from all areas of the wholesale industry: Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers, mobile / wireless operators, ISPs, VoIP providers and technology partners from the voice, data, satellite, sub-sea and fixed line markets. Click here to visit the TIA site
		May 23-25, Rive Gauche, Paris	Packet Optical Networking. With France Telecom Orange as Lead Operator, and continuing participation from last year's Lead, Deutsche Telekom, and other primary carriers, this is a top-level conference dealing with modern Transport Networks. Not just looking at case studies, the people here are taking the industry forward from their senior positions of authority and influence, making strategic choices for the years to come in NGN. Key topics include: Multi-layer optimisation, GMPLS future and MPLS-TP carrier use cases, deployment models and architectures. Carrier Ethernet servicesare key, and MEF will present on the latest developments and initiatives going forwards. MEF members benefit from preferential pricing. Click here to visit the Layer123 PON Event
		May 9-11, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Americas 2011 - Conference and exhibition for Ethernet networking and services professionals in the LATAM region. Key highlights from the event included: The MEF presented multiple Main Conference sessions and a full day pre-conference workshop. Click here for the presentations 15 plus Service Provider Insights and Case Studies from Brazil, Panama, Honduras, Barbados, Uruguay, Colombia, Costa Rica and many more… How to deliver ROI for CE - Market and Business Case for Carrier Ethernet in the Americas Solving the challenges of Global Ethernet Interconnect and Carrier Ethernet in Mobile Backhaul Developing CE Converged Service Infrastructure Investigating Carrier Ethernet & the Cloud Hear the latest from CALA MEF – technical briefings & regional meeting Click here to visit the CEWC Americas
		May 10-12	Transport Networks Mobile Operators (TNMO) "TNMO is the place to be for a real world discussion on mobile backhaul, as Europe's premier event I had the opportunity to meet the who's of backhaul" Principal Design Consultant, Orange. Demonstrating the challenges and solutions for 4G rollout Addressing capacity challenges with HSPA+, LTE and offload solutions Preparing for LTE with cost effective optimisation How to deliver cost effective next generation core network and backhaul solutions The advantages of Ethernet in the mobile backhaul Click here to visit the TNMO site
		9-11 May, Frankfurt	Business Ethernet Performance & Exchange Europe 9-11 May, Frankfurt After the great success of the inaugural event in London, and by popular demand, this event travels to Frankfurt, another of Europe’s key financial hubs, to promote innovation and knowledge exchange between the key players in the Carrier Ethernet services ecosystem. The intersection of high performance Business and Carrier Ethernet, data centre, interconnection and Exchange is a very exciting new market area. In partnership with Lead Operator Colt and Lead Data Center Interxion, this new event is a key meeting place for innovation and growth in European carrier business. The MEF will Keynote on "Enabling Global Ethernet Interconnect and Exchange", and MEF members benefit from preferential pricing.
Apr		Apr 12-13, Grosvenor Square Hotel in London	Ethernet Europe 2011 is the premier event covering the hot topic of Carrier Ethernet network technologies and services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). This year in London, Light Reading's eleventh Ethernet event will assemble dozens of experts from the service provider, supplier, and analyst communities to explore the hottest trends and paint a roadmap for where Ethernet is likely to take us in the coming decade. The event will kick-off with an MEF Tutorial, The Building Blocks for Ethernet Interconnects. For more information visit: www.etherneteurope.com *SPECIAL OFFER: You may qualify for free admission otherwise register with promo code EEMEF_25 to receive 25% off as a member of the Metro Ethernet Forum* . Click here to visit the Light Reading Ethernet Expo site
		11-13 April, Cannes	Terabit Optical Networking 11-13 April, Cannes Join your peers in the industry and map out the future of next-generation optical networks at the first Terabit Optical Networking conference, hosted by Layer123 in beautiful Cannes. April timing is perfect: just a month after OFC/NFOEC, balmy weather and well before the film festival! With Lead Operators Telecom Italia and Deutsche Telekom, expect a fantastic mix of high quality presentations, high octane debate and extreme live demos, as the industry advances from today's 10G networking to deploy 100G and "Towards Terabits". Terabit Ethernet is a hot topic of debate, and MEF members benefit from preferential pricing. Click here to visit the Layer123 Terabit Optical Networking site
		Apr 4-6, Barcelona Spain	Packet Transport Networks: Ethernet, MPLS and the OTN. PTN attracts over 250 senior network professionals with an agenda of 40+ speakers 20 service provider presentations as well as 4 leading analysts 3 leading associations 3 technical briefings. Learn; about key technologies MPLS-TP, Packet Optical, OTN, SynchE, GMPLS and their application in live networks to improve the cost effectiveness of packet based service transport. Click here to visit the PTN site
		Apr 7-8, Langkawi, Malaysia	NetEvents APAC Press Summit. This Press/Analyst Summit covers general enterprise networking and telecom industry issues. A topical conference program plus a series of individually scheduled briefings over two days with many press and analysts covering APAC countries. http://www.netevents.org/
		Apr 6-7, Langkawi, Malaysia	NetEvents APAC Service Provider Summit. NetEvents invites senior executives from major telecoms equipment vendors to meet key players from top Carriers and Service Providers. This two-day VIP summit provides a privileged opportunity to form relationships with some of the most significant Service Providers in the APAC region, to analyze their needs, offer solutions and explore new markets in an informal, yet totally focused, environment. http://www.netevents.org/
Mar		Mar 27-29, Dubai	Carrier Ethernet World MEA: The MEF's only official global congress retains many of if it’s successful features, and this year will also feature more operator partners and speakers than before plus new ways to network! Learn from operator case studies and technology briefings covering a broad range of in-depth information. Highlights include: 500+ senior decision makers 150+ industry leading speaker Official MEF Carrier Ethernet Technical Briefing Carrier Ethernet interoperability showcase - the world’s largest Ethernet interop Official MEF EMEA Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Awards Primer sessions providing technical updates before the main conference Interactive round tables and discussion sessions Click here to visit the CEWC Middle East & Africa site
		Mar 15-17 2011 Bangkok, Thailand	The 3rd annual Mobile Backhaul Asia conference will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 15-17 March 2011 Click for details and to register. Delegates will learn: How to prepare your backhaul network for the arrival of 4G, New packet backhaul solutions to provide fast, flexible migration to 3G and 4G services, How to migrate to all-IP backhaul, How to enable new revenue streams and reduce OpEx by delivering IP/MPLS to the cell site, All about the synchronisation challenges emerging from packet based backhaul and more.
		Mar 20-23,2011, Las Vegas, California	The COMPTEL PLUS Convention & EXPO is the preeminent networking event for innovative communications companies and their supplier partners. Held twice a year, the COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2011 Convention & EXPO is will take place March 20-23, 2011, at The Venetian in Las Vegas. COMPTEL PLUS provides attendees with the opportunity to learn about new products, services and industry trends; meet potential customers and do business. In addition, COMPTEL PLUS offers comprehensive educational programming led by experienced industry speakers. COMPTEL PLUS is produced by COMPTEL, the leading industry association representing competitive communications service providers and their supplier partners. www.comptelplus.org. MEF Theater Agenda
		Mar 1-5, 2011 Hannover, Germany	CeBIT 2011 will bring together suppliers and users in the context of four integrated platforms. And you reap the benefits of this optimized concept. The four platforms create a strong user-oriented structure and ensure that you reach your target audiences more efficiently than ever before. Click here for details and to register
		Mar 2-3, 2011 Moscow	ComNews Conferences invites you to participate in the Second International Telecom Conference «Transport telecommunication networks development in Russia» - Transport Networks Russia 2011, which is held on March 2-3, 2011 in the Holiday Inn Moscow Lesnaya Hotel (Moscow, Lesnaya str., 15) Click for details and to register
Feb		Feb 22-23 Miami Florida	METRO CONNECT USA 2011 22 & 23 February 2011, Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Connecting C-level executives from the US metro and local access market. Industry consolidation, financing strategies and new business opportunities • Opportunity: Detailing new strategies to add value to your business • Consolidation: Evaluate the competitive landscape and the implications for metro providers • Finance: Which approaches should metro providers adopt to finance future growth and development? Click here for details and to register
Feb		Feb 8-11, Paris	MPLS Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2011 explores the stakes involved in the convergence MPLS & Ethernet protocols respective of access networks. The Agenda includes operator and enterprises scenarios and testimonies. MPLS optical layer integration, Cloud services impact, MPLS TP OAM, mobile backhaul and multicast issues are covered. The fifth edition of the Carrier Ethernet Workshop will discuss technological and detailed implementation issues in parallel with the traditional MPLS Tutorial addressed by the IP/MPLS Forum.. The fifth edition of the Carrier Ethernet workshop presented by MEF ambassadors will discuss technological and detailed implementation issues in parallel with the traditional MPLS Tutorial addressed by the IP/MPLS Forum. Other sessions welcome vendors for business models and solutions descriptions and carriers for deployment reports. The European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) in collaboration with Upperside Conferences will once again invite industrials to a multi-vendor MPLS & Ethernet interoperability test in January 2011, to be demonstrated during the MPLS and Ethernet World Congress. Click here for more details
Jan		Jan 18 Mumbai Jan 20 Bangalore	This seminar is a unique opportunity to engage industry experts assisting you to leverage advanced Ethernet Business Services to achieve greater cost efficiencies, optimize performance and improve the scalability of telecoms services infrastructure to meet current critical needs and future growth challenges. Key topics include: - Introduction to Ethernet Business Services for end-users - Case studies and use cases for key applications - Ethernet Business Services availability and SLAs in India - stage service provider and business leader interviews and discussions
		Jan 16-19, 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii	PTC’11 offers an important and substantial platform for understanding where we are and for providing insights to where we may be heading. As is our tradition in providing forward thinking, this year’s theme “Connecting Life 24/7″ presents the opportunity to examine how telecom is changed and challenged by always-connected users. http://www.ptc.org/ptc.
Completed MEF Events in 2010
Dec		December 9, 2010 - London	This year’s conference is being expanded along the theme of Backhaul Strategies & Core Convergence for Mobile Operators. Consistent with its traditional theme, this year’s conference will again focus primarily on the progress that mobile operators are making in reconfiguring their backhaul networks for dramatically increasing volumes and types of data traffic, as well as debating new challenges that are emerging in the backhaul domain. This year, however, carriers and equipment vendors will also have opportunities to present and debate the merits of pushing mobile packet core and policy features out into the backhaul as part of the potential convergence of backhaul and core enabled by evolution of the Long Term Evolution standards. You may qualify for free admission otherwise register with promo code BSMUK25 to receive 25% off as a member of the Metro Ethernet Forum. www.lightreading.com/backhaulcoreuk
Dec		Dec 1-3, Hong Kong	Carrier Ethernet World Congress APAC Join 300+ senior professionals in the Ethernet networking and services industry in Hong Kong for the MEF’s official APAC congress. Featuring the region’s largest Ethernet interoperability showcase and the MEF’s APAC Service Provider of the Year Awards.
Nov		Nov 2-3, New York CIty, NY	Ethernet Expo Americas 2010 is the premier event covering the hot topic of Carrier Ethernet network technologies and services in the America. Light Reading's tenth Ethernet Expo, this year's event in New York City will assemble dozens of experts from the service provider, supplier, and analyst communities to explore the hottest trends and paint a roadmap for where Ethernet is likely to take us in the coming decade. www.ethernetexpo.com
Oct		Oct 26-29, Paris	THE world’s largest Broadband event! MEET 6000+ decision-makers from across the world. 200+ visionary speakers including 120 global carriers who have current information & experiences to share with you Visit the world-class exhibition and see all the latest Broadband technologies, applications and solutions. Check your technical investment strategy with the 280 exhibitors at the industry's premier Broadband exhibition. hhttp://www.bbwf10.com/
		Oct 11-14 Las Vegas, Nevada	This year’s EXPO will focus on various aspects of the broadband plan. Insights will be shared on changes in telecommunications policy and regulation that may occur as a result of the National Broadband Plan.
		Oct 11-13 London, England	Carrier Ethernet Backhaul & Exchange Europe is a showcase for new developments in Carrier Ethernet services and applications in the most dynamic marketplace outside of the USA. Find out how leading service providers are getting creative with Ethernet services and meet influential figures from Europe’s fixed, mobile, wholesale, ISP and business ICT service providers.
Sept		Sept 30-Oct 1 Istanbul, Turkey	This Press/Analyst Summit covers general enterprise networking and telecom industry issues. A topical conference program plus a series of individually scheduled briefings over two days with 40+ press and analysts covering 12+ European countries.
		Sept 28-29 Istanbul, Turkey	NetEvents EMEA Emerging Markets SP VIP Summit. We invite senior executives from major telecoms equipment vendors to meet key players from EMEA’s top Carriers and Service Providers. This two-day VIP summit provides a privileged opportunity to form relationships with some of the most significant Service Providers in the EMEA region, to analyze their needs, offer solutions and explore new markets in an informal, yet totally focused, environment.
		Sept 20-23 Warsaw, Poland	The MEF's only official global congress retains many of if it’s successful features, and this year will also feature more operator partners and speakers than before plus new ways to network! Learn from operator case studies and technology briefings covering a broad range of in-depth information. Highlights include: • 500+ senior decision makers • 150+ industry leading speakers • Official MEF Carrier Ethernet Technical Briefing • Carrier Ethernet interoperability showcase - the world’s largest Ethernet interop • Official MEF EMEA Carrier Ethernet Service Provider of the Year Awards • Primer sessions providing technical updates before the main conference • Interactive round tables and discussion sessions Click here for the presentations
		Sept 21-23 Warsaw, Poland	Transport Network Strategies (TNS) comes to Eastern Europe and offers comprehensive coverage of developments in transport technology, standards, architectures and operator adoption. TNS is EMEA’s premier event for operator transport networking professionals and offers a unique environment in which to learn, benchmark your ideas and meet your peers. The mix of technical expertise means that the information that you can access here will help you to address your immediate networking challenges and plan for the longer term evolution of your transport core, metro and access infrastructures.
		Sept 21-23 Warsaw, Poland	Optimising Networks for Video Delivery conference examines the challenges in video transport using case studies from some of the largest operators around the world including France Telecom, BT, AT&T and Telefonica. Answer questions such as: • What services are my competitors enabling that I cannot? • How will my solution scale in the long term meet increasing video traffic requirements? • How can I increase the efficiency of the network? Learn from the experience of your peers and ensure that the network is fully efficient, scalable and future proofed to meet the growing mass market demand for video services
	China Network World	Sept 9th	Nan Chen Keynote at China Network World.
July		July 6 - 8 Milan, Italy	PTN will include presentations from senior figures within Telecom Italia Lab and operating companies. Topics include MPLS-TP, Packet Synchronisation, OTN, IP/WDM, P-OTN, Synch Ethernet/IEEE, 1588r2.0, pseudowire. Find out how service providers are leveraging the latest advances in technology for cost savings and the delivery of new services.
June	MOBILE BACKHAUL	June 23 New York City	The theme this year is "core convergence", but will focus on the progress wireless operators are making migrating backhaul networks for increasing volumes & types of data traffic & the challenges. Carriers and equipment vendors will present & debate the merits of pushing out mobile packet core, the policy and DPI, features into the backhaul as part of the potential convergence of backhaul and core enabled by the evolution of the WiMax and LTE standards.
June		June 7 - 9 London, England	Over 500 delegates will attend the FTTx & Next Generation Access Summit, a leading technology-neutral meeting place for the broadband access industry. FTTx & NGA 2010 provides access to market intelligence, case studies and debate on NGA deployment.
May		May 26-27 Beijing	Optinet China provided high level business and technical overviews emerging technologies including fiber optical networks, converged package optical transport, Ethernet transport, smart optical transceivers, carrier Ethernet, MPLS/MPLS-TP etc. More Info
		May 20-21 Thailand	NetEvents APAC Service Provider VIP Summit. Brought together APAC Service Providers, analysts and Asia’s key telecom players over two days to build relationships, analyze needs, offer solutions and explore new markets in an informal and focused environment. More Info
		May 24-26 Washington DC	International Telecoms Week(ITW) 2010 The MEF presented a Global Interconnect Workshop and Panel with a large number of Panel experts addressing the challenges and benefits of Service Provider interconnections. The ITW addresses the entire industry with participants from all areas of the wholesale industry: Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers, mobile / wireless operators, ISPs, VoIP providers and technology partners from the voice, data, satellite, sub-sea and fixed-line markets. More info
		May 17-20 London, United Kingdom	TNMO was attended by over 200 senior professionals who discussed the latest developments surrounding LTE, HSPA, HSPA+ and WiMAX mobile broadband as well as key new technologies and standards - MPLS-TP, GMPLS (ASTN), pseudowires, IEEE 1588v2, Carrier Ethernet, Adaptive Modulation & Coding (AMC) and IP Radio systems. Rami Yaron presented the latest on Mobile Backhaul relative to MEF 22 Phase I and II. Click the Powerpoint link at left.
		May 10th-12th São Paulo	CEW Americas is the first official MEF Congress in the LATAM region featuring the largest gathering for the Ethernet transport and service industry. The MEF participated a well attended MEF Workshop the first day, followed by a Keynote from Nan Chen and Main Conference Presentations on key topics. Click here for the Workshop & Main Conference presentations.
Apr		Apr 19-21 Milan, Italy	The Packet Transport Networks conference included three tightly themed days of plenary discussions, covering: the evolution of the installed base of SDH/Sonet, the development and deployment of Carrier Ethernet transport and associated technologies (PBB-TE / MPLS-TP / VPLS ...) and the evolution of MPLS as a packet transport solution. More info
		Apr 19-20 Brussels	Euro-IX Forum - European Internet Exchange Association. Nan Chen presented a keynote at 10:45 CEST on Monday the 19th of April 2010. The Euro-IX event was set up by Europe's leading Internet exchange points to permit the exchange of Internet traffic.
		Apr 12 -16 London	Light Reading Ethernet Expo Europe covers the hot topic of carrier Ethernet network technologies and services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). This year's event in London will assemble experts from the service provider, supplier, and analyst communities to explore the hottest trends and paint a roadmap for Ethernet in the coming decade. More Info.
Mar		Mar 17-19 Hong Kong	Carriers World Asia - the MEF will be participating at the upcoming Carriers World Asia taking place in Hong Kong on March 17-19, 2010, Nan Chen will provide the Keynote. MEF members can receive a registration discount for the conference if you register before February 19th. More Info.
		Mar 2-6 Hanover, Germany	At CeBIT Germany the MEF is involved in CeBit roundtable discussions featuring our high-caliber speakers. The goal of the roundtables is to personally clarify any questions that remain open following the respective presentation. More info.
		Mar 8-10 Bangkok, Thailand	Mobile Backhaul Asia. Learn strategies for transition from TDM to packet backhaul, understand deployment challenges of mobile backhaul in preparation to meet LTE network backhaul deployment requirements, compare technologies for optimum competitive deployments. More info
Feb		Feb 11 & 12 Spain	2010 EMEA Press Summit, Spain. The MEF announced the release of MEF 26. This is one of the most important gatherings of press and analysts in Europe during 2010. Meet key press and analysts to discuss the latest hot topics concerning enterprise networking & telecoms and pave the way for increasing your visibility in Europe. More Info
Feb		Feb 9-12 Paris	MPLS Ethernet World Congress 2010 & Ethernet Wholesale summit 2010. The conference focuses on MPLS-TP standards and mechanisms, multicasting and MPLS and cloud computing. The MEF held two simultaneous workshops: MEF Carrier Ethernet Workshop and Carrier Ethernet for Mobile Backhaul
Jan		Jan 17-20 Honolulu, Hawaii	Nan Chen presented at PTC 2010. PTC is a forum for the telecommunications industry to showcase progressive technology and provide wholesale carriers the opportunity to network and build relationships. More info.

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