Happy Friday everyone!

We are happy to announce the agenda for The Future of the Internet 2014 (#TFI2014) today, along with the first wave of confirmed speakers!

Agenda:
9:00 – 9:15 am Conference Opening
9:15 – 10:00 am Keynote
10:00 – 10:30 am Break in the SDN Lab
10:30 – 12:00 pm Plenary Session I – “State of SDN” – A look at the current ecosystem and landscape (what’s available and what’s going on today)
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch Front Hall / Outside – SDN Lab Open
1:30 – 3:00 pm Plenary Session II – Requirements for SDN – What are operators (ISP/DC/Enterprise/etc.) looking for from SDN (what’s missing today, what do you need tomorrow)?
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break in the SDN Lab
3:30 – 5:00 pm Plenary Session III – Conclusions and next steps – Convergent themes from the day’s discussions and a look to the future (where do we go from here?)
5:00 – 7:00 pm Beer-N-Gear in the SDN Lab

Confirmed Speakers:
Sam K. Aldrin, Huawei
Karen “Shelly” Cadora, Cisco
Mark Davis, Zayo
Jeff Doyle, Fishnet
John Giacomoni, F5
Doug Gourlay, Arista 
Doug Marschke, SDN Essentials
Eric Osborne, Level3
Recep Ozdag, Cyan
Scott Sneddon, Nuage
Matthew Wallace, ViaWest
…more to be announced shortly!

We are super excited about this event! It is going to be a fun, informative, and interactive day of technical discussions. Stay tuned for more news, we may have a couple surprise announcements! We will also be letting you know as more speakers are confirmed, and highlighting each of our illustrious speakers individually over the coming days.

Space is limited, so register today: http://is.gd/futureinternet2014

And don’t forget to connect with all the other speakers and attendees on Facebook!

See you all 22 August in Denver, for The Future of the Internet 2014: Defining Software Defined Networks