08:30
Accreditation and Welcome Coffee
09:00
Equipment showroom and official opening
09:30
Opening talkTitle: An Anatomy of a Broadband Forum Plugfest
Speaker: Lincoln Lavoie
Institution: University of New Hampshire
10:30
Network Operators & Academy Panel
Title: Towards Open, Intelligent and Interoperable Networks: Challenges and InnovationDescription
Internet service provider (ISP) networks are becoming increasingly heterogeneous, combining fiber optic infrastructure, Wi-Fi, mobile networks, cloud, edge computing, and multi-vendor solutions. At the same time, advances in artificial intelligence, automation, and observability are transforming network operations and enabling the evolution to Autonomous Networks. This panel will bring together perspectives from network operators and academia to discuss the practical challenges and opportunities of this transformation. Key topics include integrating multi-vendor technologies, leveraging open standards to reduce complexity and vendor lock-in, and applying AI and automation to enhance network management and operational efficiency. The discussion will also explore the growing convergence between fixed and mobile networks, highlighting how collaboration between operators and research institutions can help bridge the gap between research and real-world implementation, accelerate innovation, validate emerging technologies, and foster the adoption of open, intelligent, and interoperable network architectures.
Panelists
confirmed:
- Marcelo Batista Sarmento - Claro
- Cristiano Bonato Both - UNISINOS
Moderator: Professor Vinicius Souza
11:30
Lecture
Title: Broadband interoperability and neutral networks: a European perspective
Speaker: Rodger Lutaaya, with contributions from Mauro Tilocca and Francisco De Carvalho
Institution: Openreach, Fibercop and Radisys
12:00
Lunch
13:30
Lecture
Title: The World of Open Source Networking, Broadband and More
Speaker: Arpit Joshipura
Institution: Linux Foundation
14:00
Live Demos
The Live Demo session will bring together multiple manufacturers who will work together to integrate their equipment, platforms, and solutions into a single environment. The objective is to demonstrate, in practice, multi-vendor interoperability, validating how technologies from different vendors can operate in an integrated way in broadband networks. The demonstrations will be organized into four complementary use cases:
5G networks integrated with FWA: integration of manufacturer solutions in a scenario that combines fixed broadband with 5G access via FWA. Different access equipment and platforms will be integrated to demonstrate interoperability and evaluate KPIs such as throughput, latency, jitter, and packet loss.
Integrated monitoring: Different manufacturers will collaborate to build an integrated view of a multi-vendor network, involving CPEs, ONUs, OLTs, Wi-Fi, network equipment, servers, and applications. The demonstration will explore BBF's TR-369 for periodic and real-time collections, as well as visualization of KPIs, events, and network conditions.
Multi-controllers: A TR-369 device can be managed at the same time by several independent controllers, for example a management platform, a subscriber application, or a third-party service provider. The demonstration will focus on verifying that a device can interoperate with two or more USP controllers simultaneously, and making sure of access permissions.
Software Module Management: demonstration of the installation, configuration, monitoring, and removal of third-party applications in CPEs, exploring the software lifecycle management provided for in TR-369, including LCM-compatible devices such as those based on prplOS.
More than presenting individual solutions, the demonstrations will focus on manufacturers working together to prove interoperability between their products, highlighting the role of open standards in building truly multi-vendor, interoperable, and programmable broadband networks.
15:30
Regional ISP Panel
Title: A
ISPs' Perspective: Interoperability, Automation, and Scale in Bandwidth Networks
Larga
Description
Internet Service Providers
play a key role in expanding connectivity and face the
challenge of expanding its networks with quality, efficiency and sustainability.
This evolution involves the integration of different access technologies, such as
PON, XGS-PON, Wi-Fi and 5G FWA, in addition to the operation of equipment,
multi-vendor management and solutions. In this panel,
ISP representatives will discuss how open standards, interoperability, and
automation can simplify network management, reduce operational costs and
improve the subscriber experience. The discussion will address challenges such as the
remote management of CPEs, the adoption of TR-369/USP, end-to-end observability,
integration with OSS/BSS systems and the use of artificial intelligence in the
identification and resolution of problems. The panel will also seek to identify
such as ISPs, manufacturers, integrators, standardization organizations, and data centers.
research can collaborate to transform initiatives such as Plugfest into
solutions applicable to broadband networks.
Confirmed panelists:
- Osvaldo A Lucho Jr - Gigalink
- Silvio Seganfredo - Adylnet Telecom
- Pedro Eduardo Camara - Coprel Telecom
- Rodrigo Afonso- Br.digital
Moderator: Professor Rodrigo Righi
17:30
Panel Manufacturers
Title: Adoption
Late to Leadership: Building the LCM Ecosystem and Applications for CPEs at
Latin America
Description: Latin America
Historically adopted new networking technologies years after the major ones
international markets. TR-069 is an important example, especially among
regional providers. Now, with TR-369/USP gaining ground and Lifecycle
Management (LCM) paving the way to transform CPE into a platform for
applications and services, a central question arises: how to prevent this cycle of
Is late adoption repeated? In this panel, CPE manufacturers and suppliers of
USP Controllers will discuss what needs to be built for the region to
Follow this evolution from the beginning. The debate will address interoperability,
security, open platforms, application development and certification,
training of new professionals and, mainly, business models
necessary for Latin America to be not only a consumer, but also
developer of technologies and applications for this new ecosystem.
Panelists confirmed:
- Ronaldo Borges - Venko
- Eduardo
Koiti - Axiros
- Guilherme Senges - Anlix
- Renato Rossi - Zyxel
- Marcelo Boeira Barcelos - Int6
Moderator: Professor Lúcio Prade
19:30
Closing talk
Title: The Internet
works by agreements: the importance of open standardsDescription
A
Internet connects billions of devices, networks and services created by
different companies, countries, and communities. None of this would work if each
manufacturer, carrier, or developer to define their systems on their own
they must communicate. Behind the simple experience of opening a website, sending
a message or connect a device there is a huge amount of agreements
Technical: standards, protocols, and interfaces that enable technologies to
work together. These agreements are collectively built on
standardization organizations and communities, which bring together industry, academia,
operators and experts to define how different technologies should
interoperate. IETF, IEEE, LFN, GSMA, and Broadband Forum are some examples of
entities that help transform technical needs into specifications
open and widely adopted. In this lecture, we will understand how this
cooperative work sustains the Internet, reduces barriers between suppliers
and it lays the foundation for new ecosystems and innovation.
Speaker: Gaspare
Giuliano Elias Bruno
Representation: Broadband Forum in Latin America
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Campus São Leopoldo - São Leopoldo - Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil
