The next OpenStack Summit is just around the corner, October 27-30, in Tokyo, Japan, and we would like your help shaping the agenda. The OpenStack Foundation manages voting by allowing its members to choose the topics and presentations they would like to see.

Virtual networking and software-defined networking (SDN) has become an increasingly exciting topic in recent years, and a great focus for us at Red Hat. It also lays the foundation for network functions virtualization (NFV) and the recent innovation in the telecommunication service providers space.

Here you can find networking and NFV related session proposals from Red Hat and our partners. To vote, click on the session title below and you will be directed to the voting page. If you are a member of the OpenStack Foundation, just login. If you are not, you are welcome to join now - it is simple and free.

Please make sure to vote before the deadline on Thursday, July 30 2015, at 11:59pm PDT.

OpenStack Networking (Neutron)

OpenStack Networking (Neutron) 101
  • Nir Yechiel - Senior Technical Product Manager @ Red Hat
Almost everything you need to know about provider networks
  • Sadique Puthen - Principal Technical Support Engineer @ Red Hat
Why does the lion’s share of time and effort goes to troubleshooting Neutron?
  • Sadique Puthen - Principal Technical Support Engineer @ Red Hat
Neutron Deep Dive - Hands On Lab
  • Rhys Oxenham - Principal Product Manager @ Red Hat
  • Vinny Valdez - Senior Principal Cloud Architect @ Red Hat
L3 HA, DVR, L2 Population... Oh My!
  • Assaf Muller - Senior Software Engineer @ Red Hat
  • Nir Yechiel - Senior Technical Product Manager @ Red Hat
QoS - a Neutron n00bie
  • Livnat Peer - Senior Engineering Manager @ Red Hat
  • Moshe Levi - Senior Software Engineer @ Mellanox
  • Irena Berezovsky - Senior Architect @ Midokura
Clusters, Routers, Agents and Networks: High Availability in Neutron
  • Florian Haas - Principal Consultant @ hastexo!
  • Livnat Peer - Senior Engineering Manager @ Red Hat
  • Adam Spiers - Senior Software Engineer @ SUSE

Deploying networking (TripleO)

TripleO Network Architecture Deep-Dive and What's New
  • Dan Sneddon - Principal OpenStack Engineer @ Red Hat

Telco and NFV

Telco OpenStack Cloud Deployment with Red Hat and Big Switch
  • Paul Lancaster - Strategic Partner Development Manager @ Red Hat
  • Prashant Gandhi - VP Products & Strategy @ Big Switch
OpenStack NFV Cloud Edge Computing for One Cloud
  • Hyde Sugiyama - Senior Principal Technologist @ Red Hat
  • Timo Jokiaho - Senior Principal Technologist @ Red Hat
  • Zhang Xiao Guang - Cloud Project Manager @ China Mobile
Rethinking High Availability for Telcos in the new world of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
  • Jonathan Gershater - Senior Principal Product Marketing Manager @ Red Hat

Performance and accelerated data-plane

Adding low latency features in Openstack to address Cloud RAN Challenges
  • Sandro Mazziotta - Director NFV Product Management @ Red Hat
Driving in the fast lane: Enhancing OpenStack Instance Performance
  • Stephen Gordon - Senior Technical Product Manager @ Red Hat
  • Adrian Hoban - Principal Engineer, SDN/NFV Orchestration @ Intel
OpenStack at High Speed! Performance Analysis and Benchmarking
  • Roger Lopez - Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat
  • Joe Talerico - Senior Performance Engineer @ Red Hat
Accelerate your cloud network with Open vSwitch (OVS) and the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
  • Adrian Hoban - Principal Engineer, SDN/NFV Orchestration @ Intel
  • Seán Mooney  - Network Software Engineer @ Intel
  • Terry Wilson - Senior Software Engineer @ Red Hat