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Join us in Atlanta for our first Interim Members Meeting of 2025!  

The Interim Members Meeting will focus on cross-project work, planning, and coordination. Topic oriented sessions will combine committees in sessions designed to allow members to contribute to the projects related to their business.

Activities for the Week

Tuesday, 11 February The Opening Plenary will cover MEF plans for 2025, the new MEF membership model, certification, and committee updates.  The plenary will be followed by we will host combined committee sessions to discuss details on cross-committee topics (projects that affect work in other committees), certification planning, and rules and procedures updates.

Wednesday, 12 February and Thursday, 13 February Two tracks each day will facilitate detailed discussions between two committees on continuity of work between them in different areas including NaaS, cybersecurity, L1-L3 connectivity, and LSO automation.At the Closing Plenary midday Thursday each committee will provide readouts in on the progress of work over the course of the members meeting.

As MEF continues to progress our important industry work, the Interim Member The Interim Members Meeting will center around three key areas:

  • Re-orienting member work around topic areas rather than siloing them in each committee.
  • Maximizing coordination between committees on work that can impact other committees' work.
  • Identifying where gaps exist and need to be addressed in the 'development lifecycle' of a given work area.

Who Attends

  • Committee chairs, project leaders, top subject matter experts and MEF senior staff
  • Commercial, product, and technical contributors from service, cloud and technology providers, aggregators, systems integrators

Why Attend

  • Influence the direction and accelerate progress of work that impacts your company's strategic plans.
  • Bring yourself up to speed on MEF work that can impact your company's future revenues and network with the relevant subject matter experts and other leading networking industry professionals in the work areas of interest to your company.
  • Maximize the opportunities of your company to position itself as an industry, global, and regional leader by familiarizing yourself with the various MEF programs like certification, marketing, and NaaS federation.

Summary of Discussions and Work

  • NaaS
    • Six attributes of NaaS and extended features of NaaS
    • NaaS certification framework
    • NaaS Federation
    • Service Access Interface
  • Cybersecurity
    • SASE
    • SD-WAN
    • SSE
    • ZTNA
    • Certification of SASE
    • Horizontal integration
  • Carrier Ethernet over Broadband
    • Service attributes of Carrier Ethernet over Broadband
    • Standardized LSO Access E-Line over Broadband product
    • Certification of Carrier Ethernet over Broadband service and Access E-Line over Broadband product
  • Internet Access
    • Standardized Internet Access product
    • Certification of Internet Access
  • Carrier Ethernet
    • New performance tiers
  • Wavelength services
    • Standardized wavelength products
    • Certification of wavelength services
  • Cross connects
    • Standardized ordering
  • Edge compute
    • Standardized ordering
  • LSO Business functions
    • Location identity service
    • Enhanced address validation
    • LSO Adapter solution
    • Alignment of data models from order to billing
    • LSO API certification
    • API legal agreement template
    • Rated ordering using smart contracts
  • LSO Operational functions
    • Service Function Testing
    • Performance Monitoring
    • Fault Management
  • Service Level Agreements
    • Automated SLA Reporting service
    • Standardized SLA terminology and terms
  • Notification services for enterprises
    • CIM (Circuit Impairment and Maintenance)
    • CSA (Cybersecurity Alerts)
    • Certification of notification services

Meeting Registration



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Hyatt Centric Buckhead Atlanta

3301 Lenox Square Parkway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
hyattcentricbuckheadatlanta.com

+1 470 763 4383 

MEF Rate $199+ taxes includes breakfast & Wi-Fi

Book your room by January 20, 2025

 

All reservations must be guaranteed with a credit card upon registration. Guest credit card will not be charged until day of check-in.   

Hotel cancellation policy is 48 hours prior to arrival to avoid a penalty fee of one nights' room and tax.

Need Travel Approval?

Need assistance with travel justification? MEF can provide support; please contact Lori Vachon, events@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.

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 closer to the meeting date, along with ICS files to add to your calendar.

WiFi access: SSID: mefforum password: mefforum

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Tue 11 February

Sessions (All on the same Zoom, see below)

07:30-8:30Breakfast in Restaurant
08:30-10:15

All Hands Joint Committee Working Session (CBC, DSC, LSOC and TCC), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

PPTX (Combined) | PDF (Combined)

  • General (45 mins)

Opening Plenary

  • Updates on 2025 (60 mins)
    • Kevin Vachon Nan Chen
      • Week at a glance
      • Journey to NaaS and keys to success
      • Ecosystem expansion
      • Integrating member and staff functions
      • New meeting format plan and
      specific
      • plans for London and GNE
      Committee cross-coordination
      • New MEF branding project
    • Cross-committee coordination Daniel Bar-Lev 
    • Rules and procedures Tom Dickson 
  • NaaS Framework part 1 (60 mins)
    • Current NaaS work status (e.g., NaaS Customer Experience; NaaS Federation; NaaS Certification framework; NaaS Blueprint) Daniel Bar-Lev 
    • NaaS attributes and their correlation to existing/past committee work (e.g., LSO Reference Architecture; LSO APIs; LSO Products; etc.) Daniel Bar-Lev Karthik Sethuraman 
10:15-10:45Break
10:45-12:30

All Hands Joint Committee Working Session (CBC, DSC, LSOC and TCC)

  • Six attributes of NaaS
  • Internet access
  • New MEF 23.2 performance tiers
  • , Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    • NaaS Framework part 2 (75 mins)
      • Methodology for LSO Products spanning all four committees (e.g., Access E-Line; Subscriber Ethernet; Wavelength; SD-WAN; cross connects, etc.) Daniel Bar-Lev Michał Łączyński Jack Pugaczewski
      • Discussion of any member proposals for additional supporting committee work (e.g. vision, definition, NaaS maturity index, location identity/address validation; smart contracts etc.) Daniel Bar-Lev 
    • LSO APIs (30 mins)
    NaaS certification framework
    12:30-13:30Lunch & Networkingin Hotel Restaurant (Floor 1)
    13:30-15:15

    All Hands Joint Committee Working Session (CBC, DSC, LSOC and TCC)

    • Impact of CTO Technology Roadmap on committee work on 2025
    • LSO Irene release readout
    • Release plans for LSO Janis, LSO Kylie and LSO Lana
    • Automated SLA reporting
    • Service Access Interface

    , Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    15:15-15:45

    Break

    15:45-17:30

    All Hands Joint Committee Working Session (CBC, DSC, LSOC and TCC), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    • Carrier Ethernet (70 mins)
      • Operator Ethernet over Broadband
    Pre-standard Access E-Line over business access product payload on LSO Marketplace
    Smart contract strategy
    • Mapping/decomposition from product models to service schemas (35 mins)
    17:30-18:30Welcome Reception 15th Floor Rooftop Bar



    Wed 12 February  

    Sessions – Each room has a Zoom, see below

    07:30-8:30Breakfast in Restaurant (Floor 1)
    08:30-10:15

    Joint CBC, LSOC & TCC Working Session, Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    Joint DSC & LSOC Working Session

    • Service Function Testing
    • Performance Monitoring
    • Fault Management

    DSC Working Session, Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    10:15-10:45Break
    10:45-12:30

    Joint CBC, LSOC & TCC Session

    • Notification services development
    • LSO Test and LSO Cert for notification services

    , Room A - Artisan, Second Floor


    DSC Working Session, Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    • See DSC meeting agenda for updates in agenda
      • MEF W117.1 SASE revision Letter Ballot editing
      • MEF W132 Edge Computing IaaS Attributes Letter Ballot editing

    Joint LSOC & DSC Working Session (last 20 min), Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    DSC Working Session

    • Service Access Interface (MEF W165)
    12:30-13:30

    Lunch & Networkingin Hotel Restaurant (Floor 1)

    13:30-15:15

    Joint CBC & LSOC Working Session, Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    • Alignment and evolution of LSO Business Data Models

    • (70 mins)

      • MEF W170, MEF W172 and MEF W81.1 April Taylor Mike Bencheck 
        • LSO Quote
        • LSO Product Order
        • LSO Product Inventory
        • LSO Billing and Settlement
    • API agreement template (35 mins)

    DSC Working Session, Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    Joint DSC & TCC Working Session

    • SASE and SSE
    15:15-15:45

    Break

    15:45-17:30


    LSOC Working Session (50 mins), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    • Chairs intro
    • Product Catalog BRUC (MEF W127.1)
    • Service APIs (MEF W99.1; MEF W135.1)

    Joint CBC, DSC & LSOC Working Session


  • Operator Ethernet over Business Access
  • (55 mins), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor


    DSC TCC Working Session

    • Universal SD-WAN Edge (MEF W119)

    TCC Working Session

    (50 mins), Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    • See TCC meeting agenda for updates in agenda
      • Chair's intro
      • Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certification
      • Project Updates (MEF W92.1, MEF W166, MEF W167)
    • SD-WAN Certification phase 2 (MEF W90.2)
    • SSE Test and and Certification Requirements (MEF W162)
    • Zero Trust Test and Certification Requirements (MEF W163)
    • SASE Test and Certification Requirements (MEF 166



    Thu 13 February  

    Sessions – Each room has a Zoom, see below

    07:30-8:30Breakfast in Restaurant
    08:30-10:15


    CBC Working Session


    • Access E-Line over business access - project proposal for product attributes standard
    • Circuit Impairment and Maintenance (CIM) business requirements and use cases
    • Cybersecurity Alert (CSA) business requirements and use cases
    • Location Identity service
    • Data center ecosystem in NaaS Federation

    LSOC Working Session

    (50 mins), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    LSOC Working Session (55 mins), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    • Project Updates
      • Service
    Product Level
      • Business Requirements and Use Cases (
    LSO APIs)
  • Business APIs and Dev Guides
  • DSC Working Session

    • SASE Revision (MEF W117.1)
    • SSE Framework (MEF W169)

    TCC Working Session

    LSO API Test and Certification Requirements (MEF 92.1

    Joint DSC & TCC Working Session (105 mins), Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    • MEF W169 SSE Framework update
    • MEF W140 Carrier Ethernet over Broadband status and Letter Ballot motion
    • MEF W165 Service Access Interface update
    • MEF W117.1 SASE revision status and Letter Ballot motion
    10:15-10:45Break
    10:45-12:30


    CBC Working Session (55 mins), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    Project updates and discussions

    • NaaS Federation evolution, SSDTs and Web3 apps Daniel Bar-Lev 
    • SLA Terms and Definitions Mark Daley 
    • Roaming user trouble ticketing business requirements and use cases
  • NaaS Federation evolution
  • LSOC Working Session

    (50 mins), Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

    Project updates

    • Business
  • Service Level Business Requirements and Use Cases (LSO APIs)
  • Service
    • APIs and Dev Guides Michał Łączyński
      • MEF 87.1; MEF W115.1; MEF W116.1; MEF W121.1; MEF W122.1; MEF W123.1; MEF W124.1; MEF W137.1; MEF W141.1; MEF W142; MEF W160;
    • Business BRUCs Mike Bencheck

      • MEF W57.2.1; MEF W79.1; MEF W80.0.1; MEF W110; MEF W150


    DSC Working Session (50 mins), Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    Status and Letter Ballot motion

    • MEF W132 Edge Computing IaaS Attributes (
    MEF W132)CE Services over Broadband L2 Access (MEF W140
    • Mike B)
    • MEF 119 Universal SD-WAN Edge (Mike B)

    TCC Working Session

    Broadband Access E-Line Services Test and Certification Requirements (MEF W167)

    (55 mins), Room B - Fullers Earth, Second Floor

    Status - See TCC meeting agenda for updates

    • IG SASE Cert
    • IG LSO Cert
    12:30-13:30

    Lunch

    & Networking

    in Hotel Restaurant (Floor 1)

    13:30-14:30
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    Closing Plenary, Room A - Artisan, Second Floor

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