Americas Carrier Ethernet Summit - San Diego, California

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 1:00pm-5:00pm
Cocktail Reception: 5:00pm-7:00pm

Hotel Palomar, San Diego, CA, USA

Event Summary

In a year that saw worldwide Ethernet Services delivery surpass all legacy services combined, the MEF Americas Carrier Ethernet Summit reveals the innovation behind this remarkable industry tipping point.

It has been 11 months since Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) opened a new chapter in the story of Ethernet Services. Enabling new markets for regional providers, delivery of cloud services, the first application-oriented SLAs and optimization of mobile backhaul are all made possible by the MEF’s CE 2.0 innovative specifications.

Featuring a keynote by Ethernet Inventor, Bob Metcalfe, our Americas Carrier Ethernet Summit focuses on innovation, showcasing how operators, cloud-providers and equipment manufacturers alike are leveraging CE 2.0 to their business advantage.

The MEF Americas Summit marks an important CE 2.0 milestone in its own right: we will also be hosting a special ceremony to recognize the first group companies that have achieved Certification as “MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 compliant” – a suite that totals 690 stringent test cases. MEF CE 2.0 Certification creates an important standard of deployment for the marketplace. Over 160 companies are now certified for CE 1.0 and the adoption signs for 2.0 are exciting.

The Summit will be held in conjunction with the MEF Quarterly Members Meeting (January 28 – 31, 2013) in San Diego, California and follows the MEF’s first-ever Carrier Ethernet Summit held in Shanghai in October 2012 (click here), where the theme was the globalization of Ethernet Services, with leading operators reporting on their successes and plans for expansion of functionality and footprint.

Confirmed Speakers


Jarrett Appleby Chief Operating Officer CoreSite	Mario Bianchetti Senior Project Manager, Data Network Innovation Telecom Italia	Terry A. Canning Senior Vice President Rogers Business Solutions	Nan Chen President, MEF President, CENX	Nav Chander Research Manager, Enterprise Telecom IDC

Margaret T. Chiosi Executive Director, Network Platforms AT&T	Rosemary Cochran Principal & Co-Founder Vertical Systems Group	Rick Dodd Senior Vice President Global Marketing Ciena Corporation	Erin Dunne Director of Research Services Vertical Systems Group	Justin Joubine Dustzadeh, Ph.D. CTO & VP Technology Strategy, Networks Huawei

Shazia Hasnie Senior Director Network Architecture and Engineering MegaPath	Eileen Healy Founder and CEO Healy & Co.	Michael Howard Co-founder and Principal Analyst, Carrier Networks Infonetics Research	Geoffrey Mattson Vice President Business Development & Solutions Juniper	Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe MEF Advisor, Professor, Director of Innovation, University of Texas at Austin

Mr. Michael A. Rouleau Senior Vice President TW Telecom	Phil Tilley MEF Global Marketing Co-Chair, Senior Director, IP/Ethernet portfolio strategy Alcatel-Lucent	Shin Umeda Vice President Dell’Oro Group

Who May Attend The Summit

Attendance is open to MEF members attending the San Diego meeting and also to non-Member executives (by invitation only).

Registration information for MEF Members, click here. For all other inquiries: Lori Coady, Senior Manager, Global Events & Programs lori@metroethernetforum.org

MEF Carrier Ethernet Summit Outline Agenda at a Glance
	Topics	Presenter
	Summit Host: Craig Waldrop, MEF Global Marketing Co-Chair, Equinix
1:00	Opening Remarks: CE 2.0 – What Will 2013 Bring? Carrier Ethernet 2.0 was announced in Feb 2012 and has experienced broad acceptance, enabling innovation of Business Services, Mobile Backhaul and Cloud Delivery. MEF President Nan Chen will present CE 2.0 adoption metrics and discuss expected major CE 2.0 milestones for 2013.	Nan Chen MEF President
1:15	Keynote - Innovation and Ethernet: Synonymous In MEF’s 10th Anniversary Video 18 months ago, Ethernet Inventor Bob Metcalfe said that, “CE 2.0 is just the beginning”. In his keynote address, he looks over the horizon of Ethernet technology, new generations of Carrier Ethernet and proposes what innovations can be brought to both businesses and service providers. He also offers his thoughts on how the growing MEF membership can best shape our IT industry. Includes an on-stage interview of Bob Metcalfe by Rosemary Cochran, Principal Analyst, Vertical Systems Group.	Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe University of Texas
1:50	Innovating in the Mid Market with CE 2.0 Terry Canning guided the successful launch of Rogers’ retail Ethernet Services to its Canadian mid-market customer base and for international wholesale customers. Terry will present what customers like about Rogers services and what new capabilities SPs will need to develop in order to meet customer demands looking forward.	Terry Canning Rogers
2:10	Technology and Market Trends Senior executives from four of the largest equipment manufacturers discuss current and future customer demand trends for CE 2.0 functionality, and areas in which they foresee new vendor innovation.	Moderator Michael Howard Infonetics Panelists Rick Dodd Ciena Justin Dustzadeh, Ph.D. Huawei Networks USA Geoffrey Mattson Juniper
2:40	Dynamic Capacity with CE 2.0 TW Telecom has experienced excellent uptake for its Dynamic Capacity offering. Mike Rouleau will present how TW Telecom is leveraging CE 2.0 capabilities to bring innovation to market, Dynamic Capacity case studies and future plans for CE 2.0.	Mr. Michael A. Rouleau TW Telecom
3:00	Break
3:20	CE 2.0 for Cloud Service Delivery Cloud is the one of the hottest topics in our industry today, but the development of specialized capabilities for private networks is just beginning. Jarrett Appleby will discuss major trends for cloud services, in particular how CE 2.0 becomes the enabler for robust, secure, scalable service delivery to enterprises and between data centers.	Jarrett Appleby Coresite
3:40	CE 2.0 and Beyond: Market and Technical Innovations Ethernet Services for a big component of the revenue streams for many operators, but what are the most important areas of innovation required in the next 5 years to protect and grow their businesses? And what should MEF be doing to support the industry leaders. Our panelist will touch on these topics and more.	Moderator Eileen Healy Healy & Co. Panelists Mario Bianchetti Telecom Italia Margaret Chiosi AT&T Shazia Hasnie MegaPath
4:10	The Outlook for CE 2.0 in 2013: Analyst Panel From the early days of Metro Ethernet to today’s CE 2.0, major analyst firms have reported on the CE industry and MEF. We’ve brought them to San Diego to hear their latest projections and views on new opportunities for CE 2.0.	Moderator Phil Tilley Alcatel-Lucent Panelists Nav Chander IDC Rosemary Cochrane Vertical Systems Group Michael Howard Infonetics Shin Umeda Dell’Oro Group
4:50	Closing Remarks	Craig Waldrop Equinix
4:55	CE 2.0 Certification Ceremony With over 160 companies certified to CE 1.0, a new era begins with the announcement and recognition of the first wave of certified CE 2.0 products, enabling the innovation that is the theme of our San Diego Summit.	MEF Certification Committee
5:15	End of Summit
5:15 - 7:00	Cocktail Reception Kindly Sponsored by Omnitron Systems and Carrier Ethernet Academy