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FYUZ is where operators, vendors, cloud providers, and researchers come to show what’s working now, and what’s coming next.

The Conversations Driving FYUZ 2026

Meet the voices shaping FYUZ 2026

The FYUZ 2026 speaker lineup is growing.


This November in Seattle, leaders from across the connectivity ecosystem will come together to share what they are building, deploying, and learning across networks, cloud, infrastructure, AI, and enterprise connectivity.
 

Expect conversations grounded in real-world progress, from scaling deployments and advancing AI-native network operations to building more open, interoperable infrastructure and turning innovation into measurable impact.
 

Meet some of the speakers joining us at FYUZ 2026, with more announcements still to come.

Abdel Bagegni

Telecom Infra Project

Amanda Toman

US Department of Commerce, NTIA

Amitav Mukherjee

Tiami Networks

Andrea D'Amico

NEC

Arturo Mayoral López de Lerma

Telecom Infra Project

Bernard Bureau

TELUS

Chad Archer

AT&T

Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma Consulting

Chris Murphy

VIAVI Solutions

Dan Druta

AT&T

Dr. Simon Lok

RG Nets

Hideki Nishizawa

NTT

Joel Brand

Marvell

Kaniz Mahdi

Amazon Web Services

Kristian Toivo

Telecom Infra Project

Kunal Bajaj

CloudExtel

Melissa Ness

AT&T

Nkosinathi Nzima

MTN Group

Pallavi Mahajan

Nokia

Patrick Lopez

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Renuka Bhalerao

Meta

Rob Soni

AT&T

Scott Fox

US Department of War

Sean Kinney

Independent Analyst

Shinya Shimada

Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications

Shirish Nagaraj

Airspan

Steve Papa

Parallel Wireless

Sushil Rawat

TELUS

Tomek Gerzberg

Axiata

Vivek Ramachandran

Google

Yago Tenorio

Verizon

Yawei Yin

Microsoft

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KEY THEMES

Proof at Scale

For operators, vendors, and partners with live deployments, and the data to show what’s working.
 

You’ve built it, you’ve deployed it, and you have the numbers to prove it. This theme is for the talks that help the room skip a year of trial and error: commercial rollouts, production deployments, post-trial performance data, and the operational lessons that came with them. If your proof point is a signed deal, a live network, a measurable performance gain, or a deployment milestone, this is your lane.
 

We’re especially interested in work no single company could have done alone: multi-vendor and cross-community deployments where the partnership itself is part of the story. That includes shared infrastructure deployments for smart cities, venues, and data centers; Video and RTC Apps QoE; OpenLAN and Wi-Fi 7 collaboration across TIP and the WBA; Open RAN interoperability at scale; and ecosystem showcases involving groups like OIF, OpenROADM, and the IOWN Global Forum.


The strongest submissions bring operators and vendors to the stage together.

The AI Network

For teams putting AI to work inside the network, with deployment proof.
 

AI is changing how networks are operated, automated, and monetized. We’re interested in submissions and demonstrations across four areas:
 

  1. Agentic platforms automating workflows and service orchestration across access, transport, and core networks

  2. Open Network APIs enabling programmable AI interaction with network capabilities

  3. AI inference orchestration across edge, cloud, and data center infrastructure

  4. Monetizable AI-powered edge services and B2B2X offerings
     

Bring reference architectures, benchmark data, commercial models, and demos, all grounded in what you’ve built, run, or measured.

What’s Next

For startups, scale-ups, researchers, standards leads, and early-stage builders shaping the next generation of network innovation.
 

The horizon track.
 

This is where AI-native 6G architectures begin to take shape. Where industrial AI, integrated sensing, and multimodal agent systems start driving new demand on the network. Where terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (NTN) converge to deliver connectivity in new environments. And where testing evolves to support AI verification and validation at scale.
 

Smaller slate, higher bar: submissions should go beyond vision-deck material. Bring research results, early prototypes and demos, or credible technical depth. If your work won’t be widely deployable in 2026, but will shape what 2027 and beyond look like, we want to hear it.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Bring your work to FYUZ

FYUZ is designed for substantive industry conversations across operators, vendors, cloud providers, standards bodies, and research communities.
 

We’re looking for sessions grounded in:

  • deployment experience

  • technical depth

  • operational insight

  • measurable outcomes

  • emerging research

  • ecosystem collaboration
     

The strongest submissions bring multiple perspectives to the stage, particularly operator and ecosystem partner presentations.

Submit your proposal

  • Click below to get started.

  • Pick the theme that best fits your proposal.

Key Deadlines

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, July 10, 2026
DECISION DEADLINE:
Friday, July 24, 2026
ONBOARDING DEADLINE: Friday, October 23, 2026
  • While our official submission window is closed, we will still review late-entry submissions. However, the review and decision timelines for late submissions are not guaranteed.

  • If your submission is approved and added to our agenda, you'll be sent instructions on how to onboard via our speaker portal and attendee app. 

  • Be sure to complete your onboarding by Friday, October 23.

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