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March 26-29, 2018 - Los Angeles, CA
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Anit Lohtia

Tech Mahindra
Vice President, Advanced Technology
Anit Lohtia, VP Advanced Technology, is responsible for leading SDN/NFV and AI transformation initiatives for Tech Mahindra. Anit has more than 25 years of experience in wireless industry in various senior executive roles in product development, product management and business development with both wireless operators and infrastructure vendors. He has been instrumental in wireless evolution from the first generation cellular to 4G networks and is now focused on enabling 5G networks. He holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA degree in Corporate Finance. He has been granted many patents in the field of wireless networks.
Tuesday, March 27
 

1:00pm PDT

Keynote: What a Year for Networking, Where Do We Head Next? - Jim Zemlin, Executive Director and Arpit Joshipura, GM of Networking, The Linux Foundation Wilshire Grand Ballroom

1:25pm PDT

Keynote: Flipping the Switch to 5G - Andre Fuetsch, President, AT&T Labs and Chief Technology Officer, AT&T Wilshire Grand Ballroom

1:50pm PDT

Keynote: Journey to Transformation - Dan Rodriguez, Vice President, Network Platforms Group General Manager, Communications Infrastructure Division & Melissa Evers-Hood, Sr. Director of Cloud & Edge Software, Open... Wilshire Grand Ballroom

2:10pm PDT

Keynote Panel: SDN/NFV Deployment Progress - Ecosystem Perspective - Ayush Sharma, Reliance Jio; Ron Haberman, Nokia Software; Alla Goldner, Amdocs; Jehanne Savi, Orange; Adan Pope, Ciena; Chris Rice, AT&T Wilshire Grand Ballroom

2:50pm PDT

Keynote: Making the Best Out of Your Time at ONS - Arpit Joshipura, GM of Networking, The Linux Foundation Wilshire Grand Ballroom

3:45pm PDT

Platform Approach for SDN Predictive Management Using AI and ML - David Lu & George Sultana, AT&T Hollywood Ballroom I

4:45pm PDT

Panel Discussion: Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Networks - Moderated by Mazin Gilbert, AT&T Roosevelt A&B

6:30pm PDT

ONS Partner Reception & Acumos Launch sponsored by Tech Mahindra and The Linux Foundation (Invitation Required, open to speakers, media and sponsors only) GRAMMY Museum
 
Wednesday, March 28
 

9:00am PDT

Keynote: Software-Defined Infrastructure at Uber Scale - Justin Dustzadeh, Head of Global Network & Software Platform, Uber Wilshire Grand Ballroom

9:25am PDT

Keynote: The Road to 1 Trillion Begins at the Edge - Bob Monkman, Director, Software Strategy and Ecosystem Programs, Network Infrastructure, Arm Wilshire Grand Ballroom

9:50am PDT

Keynote: Open Networking 2.0 – Raising the Game for the Networking Industry - Gavin Cato, Senior Vice President, Network Development Engineering, Dell EMC Wilshire Grand Ballroom

10:00am PDT

Keynote: Make Infrastructure Relevant to A Better Future - Bill Ren, VP, Network Industry & Ecosystem Development, Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. Wilshire Grand Ballroom

10:15am PDT

Keynote: Inter-dependence of IOT & Network - Sarah Cooper, General Manager of IoT Analytics and Applications, Amazon Web Services Wilshire Grand Ballroom

11:15am PDT

Secure DevOps - Luke Hinds, Red Hat Hollywood Ballroom II

12:15pm PDT

Why Businesses Need an Intelligent Network for Digital Transformation - Josh Goodell, AT&T Business Hancock Park

2:30pm PDT

Shift to White Box & dNOS - John Medamana, AT&T Wilshire Grand Ballroom I

3:50pm PDT

Edge Computing: The Epicenter of 5G Service Innovation - Rajesh Gadiyar, Intel Wilshire Grand Ballroom I

4:50pm PDT

Edge Compute - Oliver Spatscheck, AT&T Wilshire Grand Ballroom I
 
Thursday, March 29
 

9:00am PDT

Keynote: Social and Economic Effects of Open Networking - Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Wilshire Grand Ballroom

9:25am PDT

Keynote Panel: SDN@10 - Wendy Cartee, Sr. Director, Marketing, Cloud Native Applications, VMware; Guru Parulkar, Executive Director, Open Networking Foundation; Nick McKeown, Co-Founder of Barefoot Networks; Chris... Wilshire Grand Ballroom

9:55am PDT

Keynote: The Challenge and Opportunity to Build a Transparent Network - Yiqun Cai, Vice President, Alibaba Group Wilshire Grand Ballroom

10:05am PDT

Keynote: 5G as Platform for Innovation and the Role of Open Source in the 5G Network Evolution - Mats Karlsson, Head of R&D and Portfolio, Ericsson & Anil Guntupalli, Executive Director – Architecture Planning... Wilshire Grand Ballroom

10:25am PDT

Keynote: Lessons and Rhythms from the Hybrid Cloud - Francis Arigo, Principal Architect, Ticketmaster Wilshire Grand Ballroom