Agenda CHI-NOG 13
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 — Workshop Day
8:00 – 8:30 AM
Workshop Registration — Each workshop requires session registration. Please register for the session during event registration.
Workshop Track — Sauganash Ballroom (West Side)
8:30 AM
– 12:30 PM
– 12:30 PM
Routing Security Workshop — ARIN Deep Dive on RPKI (Registration Required)
Join us to learn how your organization can implement ARIN routing security services such as Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and more. Whether you’re looking to shore up your foundational knowledge or wade into the currents of routing security, this expert-led session will provide you with the insights and skills you need. Program topics include routing security fundamentals, ARIN’s RPKI services, understanding relying party validators, and best practices for managing RPKI for your resources. A laptop will be required for this event.

Brad Gorman
Director of Customer Technical Services · ARIN
12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 – 5:30 PM
Hands-On DNSSEC for Network Operators (Registration Required)
This is a lab-based session for ISPs and network operators on deploying DNSSEC validation and implementing DNSSEC signing for customer and company domains. Workshop participants will work through short lab modules covering DNS diagnostic tools (dig, Extended DNS Errors, and dnsviz), effective use of dig with DNSSEC, DNSSEC signature validation on resolvers, automation in signing, and the chain of trust for DNSSEC keys. While there are few slides, most of the time is spent at the keyboard. The workshop assumes familiarity with DNS fundamentals and a basic understanding of what DNSSEC is and what problem it solves. Prior experience with running a resolver or authoritative server is helpful but not required.

Eddy Winstead
Consulting Engineer · Internet Systems Consortium
Thursday, May 28, 2026 — Conference Day
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Registration / Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Morning Presentations
9:15 – 9:45 AM
The NAF’s Network Automation Framework

Jeff Doyle
Data Center and Automation Architect · Alchemy Global Networks
9:45 – 10:15 AM
From Datacenter to AI Center, Building the Networks that Build AI

Tyler Conrad
Systems Engineering Principal Engineer · Arista Networks
10:15 – 10:45 AM
Break 1
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Multicast for AI Data Centers: Emerging Standards and Open Problems

Mike McBride
Sr. Director of Innovation & Technology Strategy · Futurewei
11:15 – 11:45 AM
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Integrating AI into NetOps: Building, Buying, and Leading the Change

Scott Robohn
Co-founder and CEO · Solutional
Afternoon — Split Tracks
Track A
Track B
Technical Lab Sessions
12:15 – 1:45 PM
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:45 – 2:15 PM
False Immunity: Long Prefixes that Bypass ROV

Bryton Herdes
Principal Network Engineer · Cloudflare
Deployment and Management of Digital Coherent Optics

Phil Bedard
Distinguished Engineer · Cisco
Intent Based Automation — Build an AI Fabric (Registration Required)
1:45 – 3:15 PM · Nokia hands-on lab

Mohammad Zaman
SDN and New Product Engineer · Nokia

Amer Fakhar
Principal Solutions Architect · Nokia
2:15 – 2:45 PM
Internet Measurement & Observability Walkthrough

Aaron Atac
Senior Network Engineer · CoreWeave
InterQnet: A Heterogeneous Full-Stack Approach to Co-designing Scalable Quantum Networks

Joaquin Chung
Research Scientist · Argonne National Laboratory
2:45 – 3:15 PM
Let the AI Build the Lab: Hands-Off Virtual Topology Prototyping

Taran Deshpande
Technical Marketing Engineer · Cisco
3:15 – 3:45 PM
Break 2A
Break 2B
Break 2C
3:45 – 4:15 PM
Building Community-Owned Critical Infrastructure

Matt Griswold
Founder · Open Pipes & 20C
The Automation Identity Crisis: Navigating the Jump from Scripter to Leader

Rob Martin
Manager, Advisory Systems Engineering · Arista Networks
4:15 – 4:45 PM
Understanding GNN vs LLM Based AIOps for Autonomous Operations

Deepak Kakadia
CEO · NetAI
4:45 – 5:15 PM
Panel: Practical AI Implementations for Day-to-Day Operations and Network Optimization

Tyler Conrad
Arista Networks

Bryton Herdes
Cloudflare

Scott Robohn
Solutional
5:15 – 5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Break
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Social Event — Food & Drinks & Raffle




