The first conference that dared to ask Europe:

Why haven’t we seen full adoption of network automation, yet?

AutoCon 1 was held in Amsterdam The Week of 27-31 May 2024

Thanks to everyone who made AutoCon 1 a success!!!

Find all the videos from the event, including every talk and keynote on our YouTube channel.

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Agenda


27-28 May (Monday & Tuesday) — Workshops

Monday, 27 May (9:00-18:00); we’ll start with a hands-on introduction to network automation in the morning and a hands-on introduction to ContainerLab in the afternoon.

Tuesday, 28 May (9:00-18:00); the folks from SURF will be providing an all day introduction to orchestration, using their Workflow Orchestrator to get people talking and thinking.

All Week; we’ll have self-paced labs available throughout the entire week for all workshop participants, courtesy of CloudMyLab.

* Note: Workshop participation is strictly limited to 70 attendees and requires an additional ticket - details below.

29-31 May (Wednesday-Friday) — Conference

Wednesday, 29 May; the conference will start at 13:00 local (CEST / GMT+2) time. There will be a happy hour from 17:00 to 19:00.

Thursday, 30 May; the conference will run all day. There will be a social event from 18:00 to 22:00. Thursday night social event sponsorships are still available!

Friday, 31 May; the conference will end at noon local time.

* Full conference programme details below

Speakers

  • Adam Baumeister

    Global Solutions Architect @ Palo Alto Networks

  • Adrian Celebański

    DevOps Engineer @ CodiLime

  • Antonio Faria

    Technical Consultant @ Nomios UK&I

  • Baptiste Girard

    Product Owner Network Automation @ Expereo

  • Baris Ozay

    Senior Technical Lead @ NATO Communications and Information Agency

  • Claudia de Luna

    Advanced Technical Consultant - Networking and Automation @ Enterprise Infrastructure Acceleration, Inc.

  • Dan Bartram

    Automation Architect @ Gamma

  • Duško Đurić

    Senior Network Solutions Architect @ Codaxy

  • Garrett Nowak

    Senior Director of Network Architecture @ 11:11 Systems

  • Jeff McAdams

    Senior Network Engineer, Network Automation @ Vultr

  • Joan Espin Garcia

    Head of Packet Network and Platform Architecture @ Colt Technology Services

  • Mark Coleman

    Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist @ NetBox Labs

  • Olasupo Okunaiya

    Network Engineer @ Huawei

  • Peter Sprygada

    Vice President, Product Management @ Itential

  • Rick Donato

    CEO / Founder @ Packet Coders

  • Robin Gilijamse

    Glorious Consultant @ One Zero IT

  • Roman Dodin

    Product Line Manager @ Nokia

  • Scott Rowlandson

    Director @ NetAutomate

  • Shannon Byrnes

    Senior NetDevOps Engineer for Network Automation @ Internet2

  • Steinn Orvar Bjarnarson

    Lead Product Development Engineer @ Advania Ísland

  • Urs Baumann

    Cracking the Code: Teaching, Automating, and Turning Networks into Poetry

  • Wim Henderickx

    Head of Technology and Architecture IP @ Nokia

Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal! We received OVER 60 submissions, and all of them were fantastic. The selection process was very tough indeed!

Conference Programme

Workshop Details

Based on feedback from AutoCon 0, NAF and our training partners are pleased to present the very first AutoCon Workshop Bundle! CloudMyLab, Nokia Containerlab, and SURF (the Dutch National Research and Education Network (NREN)) have come together to deliver practical network automation training to help kick-start your network automation journey. See course schedule and details below!

DATES: Monday and Tuesday, 27-28 May 2024

Workshops will run from 09:00am to 18:00pm local (CEST) time both days. Lunch, as well as morning and afternoon coffee breaks with snacks will be provided for all attendees.

AutoCon 1 Workshop Bundle

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