ONUG SPRING 2026 - Call for Speakers - ONUG

The AI Networking Summit - Building the Next-Gen Network for Enterprise AI Adoption

The AI Networking Summit 2026 series is the industry’s definitive platform for helping enterprises move from AI experimentation to true AI readiness. Across two flagship events—Dallas in May and New York in October—the Summit equips IT leaders, architects, and practitioners with the frameworks, architectures, and operational models needed to build and scale AI inside the enterprise.

Dallas (May 13–14, 2026)

Focused on building the AI-Native Enterprise Network Fabric. There will be deep dives into SONiC, agentic automation, closed-loop operations, and edge intelligence.

New York (October 28–29, 2026)

Focused on how to scale it—governance, economics, policy, trust, and executive alignment.

If you are interested in speaking in any of the below sessions at an upcoming AI Networking Summit complete this form

AI Networking Summit Session Tracks and Topics

AI Infrastructure Topics:

Build vs. Buy – Token Consumption models or private AI infrastructure?
Roadmap to private AI infrastructure
GPU FinOps & NVIDIA Alternatives – Minimizing vendor concentration risk
Scaling AI in real production environments

AI Networking Topics:

Agentic Overlays & Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Fabrics
Building Trustworthy, Network-Ready AI Agents
Agent governance patterns to safely orchestrate NaaS, routing, and provisioning.
SONiC Innovations supporting AI-era workloads

AI Security Topics:

Securing the Rise of Autonomous AI Agents
Zero-Trust for Non-Human Actors
Guardrails for Adversarial and Rogue Agents
Enterprise-Wide Agent Observability & Auditability

AI Automation Topics:

Evolving from NOC to AOC – Agents impact on eliminating toil
What to Automate (and What Not To)
Human-in-the-Loop for the AI Era
Building Trust in Closed-Loop Automation
Skills, Roles & Team Design for AOCs