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Building, Securing & Automating the NaaS Ecosystem

In 2023, MEF assumed a leadership role in defining and driving development of next-gen Network-as-a-Service (NaaS). We published the industry’s first NaaS Blueprint, launched the industry’s first global NaaS event (GNE), and made major progress in building a plug-and-play automated ecosystem enabling dynamic services across multiple providers. MEF has rapidly emerged as THE business collaboration platform to accelerate NaaS.

This year, we have ambitious plans in 3 major work areas that will be the focus of discussion in Munich: (1) NaaS, (2) Automation, and (3) SASE (Including SD-WAN, SSE, and ZTNA). Of special interest will be an newly formatted opening plenary session and the LSO partners conference.

See the meeting agenda and the committee highlights below for more information.

Who Am I Joining?

Senior executives from the member community, MEF execs, Board of Directors & Technology Advisory Board
Committee chairs and project leaders
Commercial, product, and technical contributors from service providers, LSO solution providers, technology vendors

Turn Ideas into Action

Committee tracks to influence and move forward the future of MEF works and influence
More ways to engage with the MEF community – NaaS Accelerators, networking, social activities
New to MEF? Learn the ins and outs of navigating MEF to maximize your membership

Meeting/Badge Registration

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Marriott Munich

Berliner Strasse 93
Munich Germany 80805
+49 89 360 02 0

20 minutes from Munich Airport

Hotel is located 10 minutes from the old town area of Munich with an abundance of restaurants and shopping

MEF special rate is 189 Euros
includes VAT, Breakfast, & Wi-Fi

Book hotel by Monday, 25 March

Hotel Reservations

Need Travel Approval?

Need assistance with travel justification? MEF can provide support; please contact Tom Dickson tom@mef.net with your requirements.

Wiki & WiFi Access and Assistance

Members need a Wiki account to access agendas and materials. Signup here or contact tom@mef.net for assistance. Non-members may register for the Opening Plenary which will be available to all via Zoom.

Committee meetings will be conducted face-to-face with Zoom and recordings for remote attendees – attendee links will be found on the committee agenda pages.

WiFi access: SSID: GNE password: mefforum

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Commercial and Business Committee (CBC)

CBC facilitates inputs to MEF work from business and product teams and operates under MEF Standard Development Process to develop and publish MEF Standards and white-papers.

CBC focuses on commercial and business aspects of automating buying-selling of products and services including LSO product payloads and LSO Smart Contracts & DAOs.

CBC active projects include:

Internet Access Product Attributes and Use Cases
SLA Reporting Business Requirements and Use Cases
SLA Terms and Definitions
NaaS Product Experience

CBC is also the home for the NaaS Accelerators including:

Wolf Town – SLA Automation
Hot Mongoose – Transacting Edge Compute
Flat Hammer – Multi-Cloud Network Automation
Stone Panther – Synchronized Inventory

CBC is also hosting the fourth LSO Partner Conference in the Munich meeting.

LSO Committee (LSOC)

LSOC shapes LSO automation with standardization work currently on:

Product APIs and Schemas
Service Ordering
Service APIs and Schemas

LSOC sessions are especially valuable if your company has already begun automating their business processes, as you can help direct the work to include what has already been implemented in the market.

Specific topics of work include:

Updating the Address model across all business APIs
Amending Product Inventory BR/UCs and API implementation
Developing APIs for Threshold Crossing Alerts, Fault Management, Service Function Testing
Revising Service Order & Service Inventory
Defining new payloads: SOAM (performance management APIs)

LSOC is responsible for the upcoming LSO releases in 2024: LSO Haley (Jun '24) and LSO Irene (Dec '24).

Digital Services Committee (DSC)

The DSC defines standards for “Digital Services” that establish a common language and expectations for providers, vendors, and subscribers. There are currently two distinct work streams:

Cybersecurity & Overlay services: SASE, Zero Trust, SD-WAN, Cloud
Underlay services: Layer 1 (Optical), Carrier Ethernet, IP, Network Slicing

The output typically serves as foundational input for other MEF committee work such as LSOC and programs such as certification. The 2024 focus is evolving MEF’s Cybersecurity standards (SASE & ZT Enhancements, SSE Framework).

Test and Certification Committee (TCC)

The TCC is responsible for certifications associated with MEF-defined network services and MEF LSO APIs. The focus areas for the Q2 meeting are expected to include:

SASE certification, composed of individual SD-WAN, SSE, Zero Trust, and SASE test requirements
Broadband Access E-line certification
Updated plans for LSO API certification
Next steps for Onboarding and Interop Testing (OIT)

Interested in more details on Committee activities? Email Tom Dickson tom@mef.net

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Mon 8 April	Pre-meeting Sessions
07:30-08:30	Registration Opens & Breakfast in Hotel Restaurant
08:30-12:30	Digital Services Projects	LSO Projects
12:30-13:30	Lunch	Leadership Lunch Meeting
13:30-17:30	Digital Services Projects	LSO Projects	Test & Certification Projects	CEO Advisory Board Meeting (14:00-15:30)
17:30-19:00				Board of Directors Meeting (16:00-19:00) Dinner Following

Tue 9 April	Pre-meeting Sessions \| Opening Plenary
07:30-08:30	Breakfast in Hotel Restaurant
08:30-10:15	Digital Services Projects	LSO Projects	New Participant Orientation (8:30-9:30)
10:15-10:45	Networking Break
10:45-12:00	Digital Services Projects	LSO Projects
12:00-13:30	Lunch & Networking
13:30-15:15	Opening Plenary Part I
15:15-15:35	Networking Break
15:35-17:00	Opening Plenary Part II
19:00-21:30	**Augustiner Stammhaus Dinner - Sponsored by**

Wed 10 April	LSO Partner Automation Conference \| Committee Tracks
07:30-08:30	Breakfast in Hotel Restaurant
08:30-10:15	LSO Automation Conference			Digital Services Committee
10:15-10:45	Networking Break
10:45-13:00	LSO Automation Conference			Digital Services Committee
13:00-14:00	Lunch & Networking
14:00-15:45	LSO Committee	Test & Certification Committee	Commercial & Business Committee	Digital Services Committee
15:45-16:15	Ice Cream Break sponsored by
16:15-18:00	LSO Committee	Test & Certification Committee	Commercial & Business Committee	Digital Services Committee

Thu 11 April

Committee Tracks | Closing Plenary

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Digital Services

LSO

Commercial & Business

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10:15-10:45

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Commercial & Business

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12:30-13:30

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Commercial & Business

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15:15-15:45

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