Dallas

Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Location: Nokia- Room 10038
601 Data Drive,
Plano, TX 75075

Nokia is excited to be hosting the Open Source Networking Days Dallas event at our facility in Plano. We will cover network automation, virtualization, SDN, management and orchestration as the foundation of NFV transformation, and 5G networks. We will have expert speakers from The Linux Foundation, Reliance Jio, UT Dallas, CNCF and others. The day will feature a morning plenary and then separate tracks in the afternoon that will cover topics like ONAP. Check back soon for an updated agenda and please send any questions to: mars.toktonaliev@nokia.com. We hope to see you in Dallas.

There is no cost to participate in Open Source Networking Days. If you are unable to attend, please let us know by 08:00 PST on October 25.

Location 

Nokia- Room 10038
601 Data Drive,
Plano, TX 75075

Driving Directions

From TX121: Take Independence Pkwy exit. Turn left onto Independence Pkwy/Waterview Pkwy Continue to follow Independence Pkwy 0.2 mi Turn left onto Lotus Dr 0.6 mi Turn right onto Data Dr. You’ve arrived.

Parking

Parking is available throughout the Nokia campus.

Airport Information

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

Estimated time\distance: 27 minutes, 25 miles. Cost of taxi: ~$40-$50 USD.

Continue to International Pkwy 2 min (0.7 mi) Continue on International Pkwy. Take TX-121 N and President George Bush Turnpike E to TX-190 in Dallas. Take the exit toward Independence Pkwy/Waterview Pkwy from President George Bush Turnpike E 22 min (23.4 mi) Continue on TX-190. Take Lotus Dr to Data Dr in Plano.

Dallas-Lovefield (DAL)

Estimated time\distance: 26 minutes, 20 miles. Cost of taxi: ~$35-$45

Get on Dallas North Tollway N from Herb Kelleher Way and W Mockingbird Ln 8 min (2.5 mi) Continue on Dallas North Tollway N to Collin County. Take the exit toward Independence Pkwy/Waterview Pkwy from President George Bush Turnpike E 15 min (16.5 mi) Continue on TX-190. Take Lotus Dr to Data Dr in Plano.

Local Hotels

StayBridge Suites Richardson-Plano 
301 Silverglen Drive
Plano, TX 75075
Phone#: (972) 612-8180

Residence Inn by Marriott Dallas Plano/Richardson at Coit Rd
300 Silverglen Drive
Plano, TX 75075
Phone#: (972) 596-3200

9:00 AM Opening Remarks
9:10 AM The Open Source Networking Landscaping –Phil Robb, The Linux Foundation
9:40 AM Open for an Agile Future – Don Fendrick, Nokia
10:10 AM  Beyond Physical Fitness– Melvin Hillsman, Huawei 
10:40 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM CNCF and the Evolving Cloud Native Landscape – Chris Aniszczyk, CNCF
11:30 AM Tungsten Fabric Microservice Architecture and Role in Edge Computing – Qasim Arham, Juniper
12:00 PM Developing ONAP into an E2EOpen Testing Framework– Ning So, RIL Jio
12:30 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM Engaging Academia in ONAP – Perspective of a Faculty Member at SMU– Ali Shah, Southern Methodist University
2:30 PM Open Source – Some Perspectives – Neeraj Gupta, University of Texas in Dallas 
3:00 PM Network Hardware and Embedded SW – Rajeev Sharma, Open Compute Project
3:30 PM Keynote 10
4:00 PM Closing