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Nokia’s Network Operating Systems, SR OS and SR Linux, lead the way in model-driven management and automation, but have you been using them to their full potential?

This knowledge primer will expose engineers of all experience to programmability and automation of the Network Operating Systems using model-driven interfaces, on and off-box interfaces and associated tools and programming languages.

This session is designed to prepare participants for the afternoon hands-on session.

Nokia’s Network Services Platform (NSP) has been managing networks at the center of the internet and critical infrastructure for years but there is more to it than red/green network management.

This primer will focus on using the programmability and automation functions of the NSP to automate configuration, provide event driven management and visualize streaming data.

This session is designed to prepare participants for the afternoon hands-on session.

Nokia’s Event-Driven Automation (EDA) is a modern infrastructure automation platform that combines speed with reliability and simplicity. It makes data-center network automation more trustworthy and easier to use, from small edge clouds to the largest AI fabrics.

This knowledge primer will focus on configuration management, telemetry and observability. Skills that will prepare the participant for the hands-on hackathon activities for this exciting new product.

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AI workloads break traditional datacenter rules. This primer covers the shift from conventional IP fabrics to AI-optimized networks, focusing on RoCEv2, ECN, and DCQCN. We'll unpack why lossless transport matters, how congestion is managed differently, and what changes in design and operations when building for GPU scale-out. Attendees will leave with the foundation needed to ask the right questions as they plan, build, or support AI infrastructure.
 

Many current networks are still running on traditional MPLS (running RSVP and/or LDP).  These signaling protocols likely do what they're supposed to, and the network is working “correctly” and how it “needs” to work.  However, we live in a constantly evolving world. Technology, our technology, is constantly evolving. This is being done to provide us with better, faster, more secure, and more efficient techniques to optimize our network.  On previous occasions, we've seen what Segment Routing is and all its flavors. We've also seen the evolution of SRv6, so it's time to learn how to migrate from a “legacy MPLS” or from “Segment Routing” network to an SRv6 network.
 

Join our Nokia Deepfield Emergency Response Team (ERT) for an in-depth DDoS security masterclass tailored for network engineers. In this session, we'll cover the latest trends in the DDoS threat landscape — from short volumetric floods and carpet-bombing attacks to sophisticated application-layer assaults leveraging botnets and proxy services. And our experts will provide real-world demos that highlight the latest enhancements added to our Deepfield Defender solution to provide even faster automatic detection and mitigation of multiple, simultaneous carpet-bomb attacks and other sophisticated attacks within seconds.

Key highlights include:

• Network-based mitigation: Learn how Deepfield Defender can automatically protect your network and customers by quickly and surgically activating DDoS filtering capabilities already built in the 7750 SR.
• ACE-Powered DMS: See how the newly introduced Advanced Countermeasures Engine (ACE) enhances the 7750 Defender Mitigation System, delivering rapid and precise countermeasures against a wide range of DDoS attack vectors.
• Live demos & expert Q&A: Engage with our security experts during live demonstrations and Q&A sessions, where you can dive deep into technical details and best practices for protecting your network.

Whether you're helping to protect enterprise infrastructure or critical service networks, this masterclass offers useful insights and hands-on strategies to keep your systems secure against the latest DDoS threats.

In this session we’ll focus on LAT's trends and Nokia’s innovations blending customer testimonials and deep-dive technical sessions tailored for Latim America.

Join us for an exclusive workshop designed for utility leaders, where we explore the latest advancements in mission-critical networking. Discover how next-generation technologies—IP/MPLS, Optical Networks, and Cybersecurity—are shaping the future of resilient and intelligent grid operations. Gain insights from industry experts, engage in hands-on discussions, and learn how to future-proof your utility’s communications infrastructure for a rapidly evolving energy landscape.

Having completed the mornings primer session and with your trusty laptop in hand, you’re ready to leap into the SReXperts Hackathon. No matter your experience level, no matter your interest area, no matter whether you want a structured activity to follow or have your own project in mind the Hackathon is for you.

Join us at the exhibition for our Welcome Reception — an exciting opportunity to experience two events under one roof!  Explore a wide array of optical and IP networking demonstrations specially prepared for you. Enjoy an evening of engaging conversations, delicious food, and valuable networking with fellow professionals.

Wavelengths and SReXperts will come together for combined plenary sessions — delivering even more impactful insights and collaboration under one roof.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from industry leaders, explore key innovations, and gain a broader perspective across both optical and IP networking domains.

Join Nokia leaders as they discuss key trends shaping the future of networking.

Hear directly from a customer as they share real-world experiences and insights.
 

Listen to a panel of Nokia customers as they share their experiences, challenges, and success stories.

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Our hardware portfolio continues to grow, so we thought a refresher on products and placement would be helpful. Join our VP Hardware, Jeff Jakab, as he explains the network placement and key features for each platform in our IP routing and switching portfolio, and hardware PLM, Dennis Porteous, on the optical plug-in roadmap. This session provides a baseline for new Nokia IP portfolio users or existing users who want to know what else our portfolio offers. 

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In this session, discover the latest features recently added to SR Linux and get a preview of what’s coming next. We’ll also explore Nokia data center-focused hardware, including both current and upcoming platforms.

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Join our VP Hardware, Jeff Jakab, and 7750 SR software PLM, James Cumming, for a session on the latest hardware and software enhancements for the 7750 Service Router family.

In this session, you will discover the transformative role of IP transport networks in shaping the future of mobile technology from 5G to 6G. As new use cases emerge, they will demand unprecedented levels of bandwidth, latency, reliability, security, and AI readiness. Join us to learn how IP transport is adapting to meet these demands.

In this session, we will cover updates to EDA being delivered in 2025, as well as provide a roadmap and a general community update. Additionally, we will demonstrate some new applications being delivered on the EDA store this year, including a purpose-built application designed to automate large-scale AI fabrics.

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Software PLM, Alp Dibirdi, and hardware PLM, Pierre El-Haddad, run through the latest enhancements for IP access and aggregation on the 7250 IXR family including new platforms releasing this quarter. 

Migrating from MPLS to SRv6 can be complex, but with SR OS, we've got you covered. In this session, we'll dive into the key aspects of migrating from MPLS (any flavor) to SRv6, including IGP and IPv6 design considerations, EVPN/IP-VPN service migration, and more.  Leveraging our global experience in helping service providers navigate similar migrations, we'll share our expertise and the wealth of features we've developed to help you travel the same road.

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Our hardware and software PLMs, Alp Dibirdi and Pierre El-Haddad, are back, this time focusing on the 7730 SXR family. Hear about the latest SR Linux capabilities enabled on the FPcx chipset on this new IP aggregation powerhouse.

Modern networks must balance scalability, agility, and service quality to support diverse applications, from low-latency gaming to enterprise-grade VPNs. This presentation compares two contrasting traffic engineering paradigms: distributed (autonomous, algorithm-driven) and centralized (orchestrated, controller-based) approaches. We'll analyze their strengths, trade-offs, and real-world applicability in optimizing network resources for emerging services.  Can decentralized architectures match the precision of centralized control? When does each approach excel? Join us for an in-depth exploration of the future of intelligent traffic engineering. 
 

In this session, you will hear firsthand from Kyndryl Engineering, an early adopter of the Nokia EDA and DC switching fabric solutions, as they share their unique perspective and experiences. Follow their journey from initial lab testing to achieving customer success and gain valuable insights from the lessons they learned.

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After a full day of sessions — and before you head out for the evening — join us for drinks back in the exhibition. It's the perfect chance to relax, continue conversations, and connect with peers in a casual setting.

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The need for network automation is well established, and many operators are making progress on their journey toward building highly autonomous networks. However, automation platform requirements are evolving rapidly, driven by data centers supporting AI applications.  Nokia Network Services Platform (NSP) provides a flexible and agile network automation platform, letting you manage complex network requirements throughout the entire lifecycle of your network. NSP leverages GenAI to help you with your daily tasks and it is ready to scale and adapt to enable agentic operations. This evolution will enable you to build autonomous networks that can sense, think and act
 

Join us in our shared plenary session on DDoS security. First, Craig Labovitz, Head of Technology at Nokia Deepfield, will discuss the evolving DDoS landscape, covering recent trends, attack volumes, and notable events like Eleven11 and ResHydra.  Craig will also share progress on Nokia Deepfield Defender and 7750 DMS for protecting against DNS and application-layer attacks. He'll outline the Nokia vision for utilizing AI in DDoS security, including predictive AI and natural language processing for streamlined operations.  A Tier-1 customer from the Americas will then share their transformation into a national communications powerhouse, highlighting how they improved their security posture by adopting Nokia FP5-powered routing technology and Deepfield Defender.

You've heard the stories of how a single, fat-fingered command or forgotten run book can turn a streak of five-nines reliability into a call to the PR team. That's not a tooling problem: it's an architecture problem, a philosophical problem, and it's exactly the problem that Nokia is solving. In this session, you will get a behind-the-scenes look at the technology and operations that Nokia relies on every day. So, if you're building or operating a data center network, one that has to scale up and, you know, stay up, come and hear how we’re doing it and what we’re learning.

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With new platforms announced over the last two months, now is a great time to hear about the new capabilities in both hardware and software on the mission-critical, industry leading 7705 SAR family.

Join experts from Nokia’s IP Routing and Fixed Networks teams to explore how to build a high-performance broadband network—from fiber access with OLTs/ONTs to scalable IP routing. This session highlights the power of the Nokia end-to-end architecture, showcasing seamless integration, operational efficiency, and service agility that drive next-generation broadband success.
 

This session provides insights into the design of back-end data center fabrics for AI training and inference workloads, highlighting the industry's convergence on Ethernet-based fabrics, including ROCEv2 and emerging technologies. Join us to learn about the best practices for fabric design and about recent features in Nokia SR Linux supporting these practices. The session concludes with a look at multi-tenant AI fabrics and how EDA can streamline the management of these fabrics.

Automation is a cornerstone of network transformation initiatives. Achieving level 4 network autonomy, as defined by the TM Forum, is a key near-term objective for many network operators. Join us for an update on how the Network Services Platform (NSP) automates key network operations, including provisioning, assurance, and infrastructure management. Additionally, the session will explore NSP path control use cases for meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs), IP-optical cross-domain coordination, and AIOps.

The emergence of quantum computers and AI poses a significant threat to current encryption solutions, compromising the security of modern networks. This session from PLM Hooman Bidgoli will focus on the exciting new features for ANYsec and MACsec in SR OS R25 and on the roadmap including service encryption and new key distribution methods. In addition, it will cover new platforms which will support ANYsec and explain the SR OS roadmap for Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) for SSH and TLS.

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Today's networks are strategic enablers, not just infrastructure. With distributed workforces, cloud traffic, and real-time applications pushing the limits, operations teams face increasing complexity and expectations. As networks grow in scale and complexity, manual processes and fragmented tools are no longer sufficient. This session explores how the Nokia Network Services Platform (NSP) enables a smarter, more unified approach to network operations, featuring automation, real-time assurance, and intent-based provisioning across diverse environments. Discover a practical evolution path to simplify operations, improve service delivery, and build toward autonomous networks.

Operation, Administration, and Management  (OAM) is a complicated topic.  From different terminologies to completely different protocols,  it can strike fear into the hearts of even the bravest of network engineers.  Each layer of the infrastructure can have its own approach, its own protocol, its own overhead, and its own team.  We are going to try to unwind the complexity of Ethernet and IP OAM. By examining its history and potential evolution, insights may emerge on how to prepare for the direction it might take. OAM is complicated. Yes, we have made it complicated.  But does it need to be?

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Explore the evolving landscape of DCI connectivity — from EVPN and VXLAN overlays to optical underlays and resilient multi-site architectures. Learn how to align your interconnect design with performance, scale, and availability goals for modern data center environments.

The Network Services Platform (NSP) is a programmable network automation platform that allows you to tailor your network to your specific needs. This session explores how you can leverage generative AI when using NSP APIs, simplifying the development of customized software artifacts and enhancing network customization capabilities.

This session introduces ‘network transport slices’ as the technology to deliver cloud connect services for enterprise cloud and AI workloads on the CSP network. Hosted by PLMs Mustapha Aissaoui and Adam Simpson, the session explores an innovative Nokia cloud connect IP transport solution that leverages key technologies such as VRF route aggregation, SRv6 flexible algorithms (flex-algo), and RIB-API to support per-packet steering based on source-class and destination-class packet marking.

In this session, we’ll dive into aggregation network evolution  and the challenges you face today. Learn how to build a scalable, service-aware IP fabric that supports multi-service delivery, including insights into Nokia NID architectures. We’ll compare L2-only versus L3-enabled access designs and highlight how the right architectural choices can unlock operational simplicity, flexibility, and long-term growth.
 

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As regional and Tier-3 ISPs face rising bandwidth demand, increased competition, and tighter margins, evolving their networks is no longer optional — it's essential. This session explores the key challenges these operators face today, the technology and market trends reshaping the industry, and actionable strategies to modernize infrastructure, unlock new revenue streams, and future-proof their networks for long-term growth and service innovation

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Join us to learn about the unified operator experience provided by NSP across a variety of routers, including Nokia SR OS (classic and model driven), SR Linux (e.g. 7730 SXR series) and third parties, and across key functional areas, including device configuration, service fulfilment and assurance. We’ll show you how to customize your user experience irrespective of the network size and scale involved.

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Learn how to reduce test cycle times for 7x50 platforms and improve your time to operational deployment. This presentation will show you how to take Network Test Automation from “downloaded” to “your first dozen running tests".
 

This session explores how modern Nokia data center fabrics embed security and trust at every layer - from hardware to software - starting with secure boot and measured boot to cryptographic device identity using TPM. It will also introduce micro-segmentation, a foundational capability of zero-trust architectures, used to prevent the lateral movement of threats and enforce least-privilege access within the network.

Join us to explore how NSP for Enterprise simplifies operations for mission-critical infrastructure providers. We'll discuss how NSP Utilities and the new mode, NSP Rail and Transportation, provide streamlined workflows, resulting in reduced operational expenses (OPEX) and faster troubleshooting. Additionally, we'll cover platform options and enterprise use cases, highlighting efficient resource utilization and simplified deployment.