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Confirmed 2008 Events with MEF Conference Tracks or Significant Presence
(All completed 2008 events are in the second part of this page)
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Location, Dates
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Overview, Info and Related Links
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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 will be presenting a series of new presentaitions.
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July
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Annual and Quarterly Meeting |
Boston
July 21-24
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MEF 2008 Annual Meeting (and 3Q 08 quarterly meeting)
This meeting is open to members only (and by special invitation to prospective members).
Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet Inventor and Advisory Director to the MEF will keynote at the plenary session.
For full details please log on to the members site.
Not a member? Now would be a good time to join. Click here for details
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Sept
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Frankfurt
Sep 16th
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MEF World Tour - Frankfurt.
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| Get an insight into the transformation that Carrier Ethernet is bringing to the world's IT, networking and business applications as MEF's World Tour lands in Europe. Click here for details on both European venues. |
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London
Sep 18th
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MEF World Tour - London
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Sept
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Berlin
Sep 21-26
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Carrier Ethernet World Congress - Europe. The flagship annual MEF conference. This year CEWC covers every conceivable aspect of Carrier Ethernet. Unlike any other public show, 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 kicks of with a full day MEF workshop that combines a thorough orientation together the MEF's latest news and new technical updates. If you go to only one event this year, this is it.
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Sept
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Madrid
Sep 9-10
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Mobile Backhaul Europe
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Sept
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Sep 25-26
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NetEvents Europe. This is an invitation-only event for the European media and analysts
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Sept
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Brussels
Sep 29-Oct 2
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Broadband World Forum - Europe. Covers 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 will be held October 5-8 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida. |
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Oct
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New York
Oct 20-22
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Light Reading Ethernet Expo - US
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Oct
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Quarterly Meeting |
Malta
Oct 26-29
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MEF Q4 Quarterly Meeting is usually held Europe. This one just qualifies!
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Nov
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Beijing
Nov 5-6
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China Network World/Ethernet World. The MEF's 7th year at this unique Ethernet event
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| 2009 |
Quarterly Meetings |
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Jan 26-29, 2009 - San Francisco
Apr 27-30, 2009 - Location TBD
July 20-23, 2009 - Location TBD
Oct 26-29, 2009 - Location TBD |
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Completed MEF Events 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 attendances |
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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
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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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Apr
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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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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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March
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New Delhi
22-27 March
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April
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Quarterly Meeting |
Orange Co., Ca, USA
April 23-26
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Members quarterly meeting
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April
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Lisbon
23-26 April
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This event explored SDH, migration to Carrier Ethernet and other topics
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May
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London
2-3 May
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The state of the Art of Carrier Ethernet was presented to European Carriers and Enterprise audiences
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May
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Next Generation Telecom |
Lake Geneva, France
22-24 May
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MEF lead workshop:
“Carrier Ethernet Enablers“ Including: deployment and availability of Carrier Ethernet services, pan-European and international collaboration
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May
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Las Vegas
May 22-24
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June
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Munich, Germany
18-21 June
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FTTx looked at the developments in the roll out of Fiber infrastructure in Europe and its intial impact on the market. The MEF presented its comparison of different approaches.
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June
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Chicago
June 19-22
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June
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Orlando, Florida
June 19-22
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June
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Cannes, France
25-29 June
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WDM Cannes is EMEA's largest optical networking conference and exhibition. Key issues for 2007 include: ROADM deployment, Ethernet over optical and Ethernet-optical integration etc.
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European Marketing Meeting |
London
27 June
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MEF Members European Marketing Meeting |
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July
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Boston, USA
July 17-18
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Mobile Backhaul 2007 is the ONLY 2-day conference & exhibition dedicated to this topic. Mobile Backhaul is a development area for the MEF |
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July
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Quarterly Meeting |
Montreal, Canada
July 31-
Aug 2
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MEF Annual General Meeting.
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Sept
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Beijing,
7 Sep
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China Network World/Ethernet World. The MEF will again give the keynote to the always very large audience for the 6th consecutive year |
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Sept
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New York
Sept 17
L.A.
Oct 9
Chicago
Oct 11
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Carrier Ethernet for Business Seminar
MEF's World Tour, first 3 stops
Click here for press release |
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Sept
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Geneva, Switzerland
24 Sept
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MEF Members European Marketing Meeting |
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Sept
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Geneva, Switzerland
24-28 Sept
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Carrier Ethernet World Congress (Sept 24th - Sept 28th)
The MEF's principal European event featured a well-attended full day MEF Workshop.
Other MEF contributions were presented later in the week. The Event also featured the MEF's Carrier Ethernet European Service Provider of the Year awards presented on Tuesday Sept, 25th.
Click here for full details and presentations
Click Here for details of Awards and Press Releases |
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Oct
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New York
Oct 15-17
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Light Reading's Annual US Ethernet Expo |
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Oct
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Quarterly Meeting |
Paris
29 Oct -
1 Nov
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Members meeting (and by special invitation to prospective members.)
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Nov
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The Future of Carrier Ethernet 2007 will be a conference focused on the evolution of Ethernet as the technology of choice for enabling next-gen services in telecom networks, targeting residential and enterprise users. |
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Dec
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
3-6 Dec
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GPON Developers Forum
Comparing PON and Ethernet P2P for FTTH, and
assessing the technical and business drivers for
GPON and other PON-based FTTH networks
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