IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks
9–11 November 2021 // Virtual Conference

Program

NFV SDN 2021 Program at a Glance (Download)

 

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Workshops
Track #1
12:00 – 15:50 Workshop #1: Mobility Support in Slice-based Network Control for Heterogeneous Environments (MobiSlice IV)
12:00 – 12:05
Opening / Welcome
12:05 – 14:00 MobiSlice IV – Part 1
14:05 – 14:15 Break
14:15 – 15:45 MobiSlice IV – Part 2
15:45 – 15:50 Closing Remarks
Track #1
17:00 – 19:05 Workshop #2: Formal Foundations of Software Defined Networks (FoFoSDN)
17:00 – 17:30
FoFoSDN – Part 1
17:30 – 17:35 Break
17:35 – 18:15 FoFoSDN – Part 2
18:15 – 18:20 Break
18:20 – 19:20 FoFoSDN – Part 3
Doctoral Symposium
Track #2  
13:00 – 15:45 Doctoral Symposium
13:00 – 13:05 Opening / Welcome
13:05 – 14:00 Session DS1: Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
14:00 – 14:15 Break
14:15 – 15:15 Session DS2: Latency-aware Networking
15:15 – 15:40 Discussion
15:40 – 15:45 Closing Remarks
Tutorial
Track #2
16:00 – 18:30
Tutorial #1: Softwarization and Virtualization in 5G and Beyond Mobile Networks – From Theory to Practice
Fabrizio Granelli, University of Trento, Italy,
Frank Fitzek, TU Dresden, Germany
16:00 – 17:00
Tutorial 1, Part 1
17:00 – 17:05 Break
17:05 – 18:30 Tutorial 1, Part 2

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Main Event (Track #1)
12:00 – 12:15 Welcome to IEEE NFV-SDN 2021
12:15 – 13:15 Keynote #1: NFV for 5G and Beyond: Current State and Technology Trends
Speaker: Joan Triay, Network Architect and Manager, DOCOMO Euro-Labs
13:15 – 13:30
Break
 
Parallel Track #1
13:30 – 14:45 Session F1: Fast Track Papers
14:45 – 15:00
Break
15:00 – 16:30 Session S1: Network Performance
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 – 18:45 Session S2: Smart Networking
18:45 – 19:00 Break
Parallel Track #2
13:30 – 14:30
Panel #1: Evolving NFV: the relentless march toward cloud-native, expansion into the edge, and autonomous networking

Don Clarke (Moderator),
Dan Pitt, Dario Sabella,
Joan Triay,
and Haopeng Zhu

14:45 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 17:30

 

 

Tutorial #2: Network Reach of SDN to NFVs – Rich Choices on Heterogeneous Platforms
Sujata Tibrewala, Intel, USA
Muthurajan Jayakumar, Intel, USA
Prakash Ramchandran, eOTF, India
   
Main Event (Track #1)
19:00 – 20:00 Keynote #2: Securing Software-driven Networks: Threats and Opportunities
Speaker: Georgios Gardikis, R&D Manager, Space Hellas S.A., Greece
20:00 – 21:00
Social Event
Speaker: Gareth Owens
Title: “Mythology and History of Minoan Crete
   

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Main Event (Track #1)
11:00 – 11:15 Welcome to IEEE NFV-SDN 2021, Day 2
11:15 – 12:15
Keynote #3: Knowledge-defined Network Virtualization: When Programmable Data Plane meets Artificial Intelligence
Speaker: Zuqing Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
 
Parallel Track #1
12:15 – 14:15 Session D1: Demos
14:15 – 14:30
Break
14:30 – 16:00 Session S3: Queuing, Routing, and Aggregation
16:00 – 16:15
Break
Parallel Track #2
12:15 – 13:15 Panel #2: Rethinking Network Virtualization in the 6G Era
Bruno Chatras (Moderator), Gerald Kunzmann, Marie-Paule Odini, Tarik Taleb and Thomas Tovinger
13:15 – 13:30
Break
13:30 – 16:00

 

 

Tutorial #3: Standard-based Transport Network Programmability and Automation
Óscar González de Dios, Telefónica, Spain
Samier Barguil, Telefónica, Spain
Luis M. Contreras, Telefónica, Spain
16:00 – 16:15
Break
Main Event (Track #1)
16:15 – 17:45 Session S4: Edge and In-Network Processing
17:45 – 18:00
Closing Remarks and Farewell

2021 Patrons

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    Platinum

  • Spirent logo

    Silver

  • ETSI logo

    Technical

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    Technical