Confirmed 2010-2011 Events
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MEF Quarterly Meetings
MEF Quarterly Meetings are open to members and specially invited guests. Not a member? Click here for details |
Quarterly Meetings |
Q3 2010 |
July 19-22 |
Vancouver, Canada |
| Q4 2010 |
Oct 25-28 |
Beijing, China |
| Q1 2011 |
Jan 24-27 |
Miami, Florida |
| Q2 2011 |
Apr 11-14 |
Prague, Czech Republic |
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Sept 20-24
Warsaw, Poland
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 EMEA's most significant ethernet network and services industry event promises to be the biggest and best to date! Learn from operator case studies and technology briefings, covering a broad range of in-depth information including: Growth prospects for global services, implementing global interconnect, Ethernet and mobile backhaul networks, opportunities for enterprise customers and competing approached to building a carrier ethernet network
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Oct 10-14
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. |
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Oct 25-28
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Futurecom is a Telecom and IT event providing corporate customers and professionals. Previously having over 300 presenters, Futurecom will deliver Premium Business Sessions: trends, vision and strategy, Marketing and Business Sessions: applications, services and business and Business Solutions Sessions: solutions of technology and businesses processes. |
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Nov 16-17
Miami, Florida |
NetEvents CALA Service Provider VIP Sumit. 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. |
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Nov 18-19
Miami, Florida |
NetEvents CALA Press Summit. Details to follow. |
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Completed MEF Events in 2010
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Overview, Info and Related Links |
| July |
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July 6 - 8
Milan, Italy
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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. |
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MOBILE BACKHAUL
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June 23
New York City
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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. |
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June 7 - 9
London, England
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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. |
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May 26-27
Beijing
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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 |
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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 |
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May 24-26
Washington
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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 |
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May 17-20
London, United Kingdom
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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. |
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May
10th-12th
São Paulo
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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. |
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Apr 19-21
Milan, Italy
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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 |
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Apr 19-20
Brussels
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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. |
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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. |
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Mar 2-6
Hanover, Germany
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Feb 9-12
Paris
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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 |
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Jan 17-20
Honolulu, Hawaii
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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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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. |
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