WS:A1 - Utilize GenAI for Network Troubleshooting
Proctor: Tomasz Janaszka & Adam Kulagowski, CodiLime
Description: Future-proof network troubleshooting with GenAI! Join our workshop and build your own net-chat assistant using LLMs, LangChain, and Streamlit.
Level: Intermediate (no AI experience needed)
Agenda: 
+ An introduction to GenAI, LLMs, and chatbots in network automation
+ An introduction to technologies used during the workshop
+ Net-chat assistant for network troubleshooting - wrap up
+ Hands-on lab
+ Q&A

WS:A2 - Containerlab: a Modern way to Design, Deploy, and Test Network Labs
Proctor: Reda Laichi & Saju Salahudeen, Nokia
Description: Dive into the future of network engineering and practice creating multi-vendor labs in a simple and easy way - all agenda items are hands-on.
Level: Beginner
Agenda: 
+ Lab deployment workflow; installation, images, and files
+ Connectivity to the nodes
+ Lab lifecycle
+ Troubleshooting and Wireshark pcaps
+ Sharing the lab and exploring the catalog of existing labs

WS:A3 - Reconcile and Augment Network Sources of Truth (SoT)
Proctor: Craig Johns, Forward Networks
Level: Intermediate
Description: Dive deep into reconciling and augmenting Network Sources of Truth (SoT) with Forward Enterprise, ServiceNow CMDB, and NetBox Labs.
Level: Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Introduction to Network Sources of + Truth
+ Challenges in Reconciling SoTs
+ Hands-on Lab
+ Q&A

WS:A4 - Workflow Orchestrator Workshop
Proctor: Alex Ray, ESnet
Description: This workshop will introduce SURF’s open-source Workflow Orchestrator system, including an interactive development exercise.
Level: Intermediate, Advanced, Expert
Agenda:
+ Introduction & ESnet's automation journey
+ Explanation of workshop architecture & Setup workshop environments
+ Workshop exercises
+ Questions & brainstorming about ways to implement automation for your organization
+ Closing thoughts

WS:B1 - Mastering Network Observability: From Fundamentals to Advanced
Description: Elevate your network telemetry skills and dive deep into telemetry types, pipelines, analytics, and how to incorporate network observability into an IaC automation workflow.
Proctor: Phil Gervasi, Kentik
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Agenda:
+ What is observability? 
+ Telemetry types necessary for network observability 
+ Working with telemetry data 
+ Network observability as part of an IaC automation workflow 
+ Lab/Demo

WS:B2 - Data Modeling & Network Source of Truth
Proctor: Damien Garros, OpsMill
Description: This workshop provides an introduction to data management and network modeling in a SOT, a crucial part of any automation stack. 
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Introduction to the main schema languages
+ Introduction to the main type of database (Relational, Graph, No SQL)
+ How to models your infrastructure, do and don't
+ Importance of Status & Role
+ Main options to store your data (Git, NSoT)

WS:B3 - Elevate Your Network Automation with StackStorm
Proctor: Eddie Chan, Ironwood Networks
Description: Learn the basics of StackStorm (an automation development framework) and elevate your network automation by creating centralized, manageable, and shareable automations.
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Agenda: 
+ Introduction & Installation
+ Navigating the UI and CLI
+ Develop your own pack & create simple actions
+ Combining Actions into Workflows
+ Actions, variables, and secrets
+ Conclusion

WS:B4 - A day in the life of a Network Engineer using Jinja2 Templates
Proctor: Claudia de Luna, EIA
Description: Using templates to create network docs & configurations programmatically is key to any automation strategy; we will generate a wide range of artifacts using Jinja templates.
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Everyone already has templates, Why are we here?
+ Background on templating languages
+ Revision Control
+ Template format
+ Jinja2 Fundamentals
+ Working Sessions

WS:C1 - Network Automation Zero to Hero
Proctor: Mark Coleman, NetBox Labs
Description: Implement a full intent-based network automation solution using NetBox, Slurpit, Netpicker, Icinga, and Ansible to gain a solid grasp of the core principles
Level: Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Make a change to the network, the old way, manually
+ Learn about Icinga, Slurpit, Netpicker, and intent based networking
+ Make a change to the network, the new way, automatically
+ Automatically update the devices with NetBox and Netpicker
+ Automatically update the monitoring
+ Network reconciliation with NetBox and Slurpit

WS:C2 - Kubenet: Mastering Kubernetes for Network Automation
Proctor: Wim Henderickx & Mauricio J. Rojas Pino, Nokia
Description: Learn how to leverage Kubernetes APIs, configure network devices, and build custom automation frameworks in our hands-on workshop.
Level: Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Introduction to Kubernetes for Network Automation
+ Applying Network Configurations to Devices in a declarative way
+ Extending the Kubernetes API for Network Automation
+ Building Your Own Automation Framework using KRM

WS:C3 - Network Monitoring for Beginners: Getting Started with TPG stack
Proctor: Naveen Achyuta
Description: Learn how to keep an eye on your network devices using the easy-to-use TPG stack: Telegraf, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Simulate a network using containerlab
+ Set up telegraf to collect device metrics using gnmi
+ Set up prometheus to scrape metrics from telegraf
+ Set up grafana and build network monitoring dashboards
+ Set up alerting using prometheus alert manager
+ Custom scripts in telegraf leveraging rest-api

WS:C4 - Leveraging Python Ecosystem for Quick CLI Tool Creation
Proctor: Urs Baumann
Description: Dive into leveraging Nornir, Pydantic, Rich, and Typer to create powerful CLI tools your colleagues will actually want to use in this hands-on and practical workshop.
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert
Agenda:
+ Setup Environment and install poetry
+ Nornir, Inventory, Tasks, & using Rich
+ Pydantic, Pydentify, JSONSchema, Models
+ Typer, Nettowel
+ Combine Nornir, Rich, Pydantic and Typer to a nice CLI tool
+ Questions, Demo, next steps, feedback!

WS:D1 - Automated & Scalable Network Testing with OTG
Proctor: Manodipto Ghose, Keysight
Description: Seeking fast, easy, automated network validation? Kickstart with free community tools and achieve testing continuum from design to production!
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Agenda:
+ Open Traffic Generator (OTG)
+ OTG SDKs used in OpenConfig and SONiC
+ How to drive automated network testing using OTG

WS:D2 - The Fundamentals of Setting Up and Populating a Network SoT
Proctor: Josh VanDeraa, Steven Weiblinger, and Jeff Bradbury, Network to Code
Description: Jumpstart Your Network Automation Journey: Learn to set up a Network Source of Truth and onboard devices in this hands-on workshop with labs!
Level: Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Proven processes for deploying a Network Source of Truth (NSoT)
+ Establishing an intended state model of the network
+ Best practices for onboarding devices
+ Approaches to defining the intended state
+ Best practices for capturing intended state as a model in the NSoT

WS:D3 - Network resiliency with Event Driven automation using Ansible
Proctor: Ganesh B. Nalawade & Nilashish Chakraborty, Redhat
Description: Hands-on examples how AI will help in lowering the entry barrier for adopting network automation and introduce event driven automation with real world customer scenarios.
Level: Beginner, Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Set up the development environment
+ Writing Ansible playbook
+ Introduction to Ansible Controller
+ Introduction to EDA controller and various components

WS:D4 - Implementing CI/CD Pipelines in a NetDevOps Environment
Proctor: Eric Chou & Jeff Kala, Network to Code
Description: Delve into the theories and practices of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) with hands-on examples in a network engineering context.
Level: Intermediate
Agenda:
+ Introduction to NetDevOps and CI/CD
+ Hands-On Experience
+ Streamline Network Operations