9:00am • Keynote: Welcome & Opening Remarks - Arpit Joshipura, The Linux Foundation
9:15am • Keynote: A Decade of Innovation - Past, Present and Future - Radia Perlman, Dell EMC; Jan Uddenfeldt, jUTechnology; Martin Casado - Andreessen Horowitz; Moderated by Arpit Joshipura, The Linux Foundation
9:50am • Keynote: Leveraging Open Source for Operational Excellence at Scale - Dave Temkin, Walmart
10:05am • Keynote: Powering The Industrial Edge with Open Source Software - Michael Maxey, ZEDEDA & Jim Teal, Rockwell Automation
10:15am • Keynote: Future of Networks: AI-Driven Network Transformation - Ankur Jain & Kandan Kathirvel, Google Cloud
10:40am • Keynote: AI and Open Networking - Dr. Junlan Feng, China Mobile Research Institute
11:30am • Lessons Learned from Using Nephio to Manage a Real-World 5G Core - István Kispál, Nokia
12:10pm • Nephio & Gen AI: Empowering Efficiency in 5G/O-RAN and Beyond - Sana Tariq, Telus Canada; Alexis de Talhouët & Bala Varadaraju, Red Hat
2:00pm • SDN Journey in Verizon: Experiences, Challenges and Path Forward - Yueping Zhang & Sanjay Nayak, Verizon
2:40pm • Running Complex Network Function Workloads with Nephio - Ciaran Johnston, Ericsson & Stephen Wong, Google
3:40pm • P4-Based Automated Reasoning - Steffen Smolka, Google
4:20pm • Harmonising Disparate Components: Navigating Dependencies in Automated K8s Deployments - Wim Henderickx, Nokia
5:00pm • Real-World Network Function Chaining - Lessons Learned - Benjamin Goldstone, Dell Technologies
11:30am • Towards a New Era of Edge Computing - Open Software on Open Hardware - Tiejun Chen, VMware & Tina Tsou, LF Edge
12:10pm • Cloud Native AI Plane for 6G: Visions & Explorations in Telecom Operators - Lingli Deng, China Mobile & Hui Deng, Huawei
2:00pm • The Impact of Interoperable Network APIs - Mahesh Chapalamadugu, Verizon
2:40pm • Completing OpenRan: OCP Community Delivers 1st Open 4G/5G Radio Platform, Fulfilling OpenRAN's Prom - Bijan Nowroozi, Open Compute Project Foundation
3:40pm • Network and Computing Infrastructure for the 2030s - Haruhisa Fukano & Inoue Reo, Fujitsu
4:20pm • First Steps Toward Community-Driven Edge Service Design - Colin Peters, Fujitsu
5:00pm • ALPINE - SONiC Switchstack Simulation - Sonika Jindal & Bhagat Janarthanan, Google
9:00am • Keynote: O-RAN Alliance + Linux Foundation - Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi, Deutsche Telekom
9:25am • Keynote: Türk Telekom Access Domain Evolution with SEBA - Ahmet Fethi Ayhan, Türk Telekom
9:45am • Keynote: Revolutionizing Connectivity: Unleashing the Potential of Network APIs - Alicia Miller, Verizon & CAMARA Project
10:10am • Keynote: Broadband As A Utility - Arun Bhikshesvaran, Radisys
10:20am • Keynote: Open RAN Reference Platforms at a Crossroads - Leendert van Doorn, Qualcomm
10:40am • Keynote: United States Government: 6G RAN and OSS Security - Thomas Rondeau, Department of Defense
11:30am • 6G Innovation Day: Goals, Objectives & Agenda - Arpit Joshipura, The Linux Foundation; Thomas Rondeau, DoD
11:40am • Whole of Government Vision for Open Source and Open RAN Networking - Amanda Toman, NTIA; Richard Rouil, NIST; Dr. Sudharman K. Jayaweera, NSF; Dr. Martin Weiss, DoD; Sridhar Kowdley, DHS
12:45pm • 6G Innovation Day: Working Lunch - Arpit Joshipura, The Linux Foundation
1:30pm • 6G: Reimagining RAN through Open Innovation - Ganesh Shenbagaraman, Radisys
1:45pm • 6G RAN's "Linux Kernel" - Paul Sutton, Software Radio Systems
1:50pm • Wireless Evolution - Phil DiGuglielmo, Jabil
1:55pm • Break
2:00pm • Innovative Commercial Ecosystem & Open Innovation - Ganesh Shenbagaraman, Radisys; Paul Sutton, Software Radio Systems; Amanda Toman, NTIA; Phil DiGuglielmo, Jabil
2:30pm • Update From NTIA Wireless Innovation Fund Awards - Amanda Toman, NTIA, Michele Polese, Northeastern Univ.; Ravinder Jarral, DISH Wireless; Lingjia Liu, Virginia Tech; Ian Wong, VIAVI Solutions; Alex Stancu, Highstreet Technologies
3:30pm • Break
3:45pm • NSF Initiatives: Open-Source, O-RAN & The Big Picture in Next-G Wireless - Sudharman K. Jayaweera, NSF
4:00pm • Tackling Next G Challenges - Sudharman Jayaweera, NSF; Amanda Toman, NTIA; Thomas Rondeau, DoD
4:45pm • Ecosystem Collaboration Logistics - Government Repository Development - Dr. Michael G. Anderson, US Navy
5:00pm • RIC Forum Readout - Ted K. Woodward, Ph.D., FutureG Office, U. S. DoD
5:15pm • Creating an Open Ecosystem for Public Private Development - Arpit Joshipura & Mike Woster, The Linux Foundation
11:30am • Zero Trust Architecture for AI Workload on Edge - Wenhui Zhang, Bytedance & Ken Lu, Intel
12:10pm • Aether: Private 5G for Industry 4.0 - Larry Peterson, Princeton University / Systems Approach LLC
2:00pm • Harnessing AI for Smarter Networking: Strategies and Innovations - Tina Tsou, Lead, Arm
2:40pm • SONiC and AI - Xin Liu, Microsoft & Wei Bai, Nvidia
3:40pm • Overcoming Challenges for AI-Fabric with SONiC - Madhu Paluru, Aviz Networks
4:20pm • How Generative AI Collaboration in Open Source Communities Empowers Telecommunications Intelligent ? - ChangJin Wang & Jie Hu, ZTE Corporation
5:00pm • The Dark Side of AI: The Hidden Supply Chain Risks in Open-Source AI Models - Guy Nachshon, Checkmarx
11:30am • Cloud Native YANG Mgmt - Wim Henderickx, Nokia
12:10pm • Automating Private 5G Network Functions and Infra with Nephio - Amar Kapadia, Aarna Networks; Soubhagya Panda, Tata Communications
2:00pm • Cloud Native ORAN Testing in Your Pipeline - W. Watson, Vulk Cooperative & Andre Puschmann, Software Radio Systems Ltd
3:40pm • Lifecycle Management of OAI O-RAN Network Functions via Nephio - Sagar Arora, OpenAirInterface Software Alliance; Alexis de Talhouët, Red Hat; Sana Tariq, Telus Canada
4:20pm • SAI Virtual Switch in DentOS - Taras Chornyi & Leonid Khedyk, PLVision
4:35pm • Revolutionizing Open Source Networking with AI-Powered Repository Evaluation and Repair - Brian Hill, Merly AI
5:00pm • SONiC BGP Loading Optimization - Joy Qin & Eddie Ruan, Alibaba Cloud