Networks 4 The Next 2026

Networks 4 The Next 2026

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
27 – 28 January 2026

Networks 4 The Next

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27 – 28 January 2026

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The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina

Pre-Conference Workshops

Monday, 26 January 2026

Pre-Conference Day

8:30 am9:00 am

Registration & Gathering

9:00 am9:30 am

Welcome and opening by Nokia executives

Mission Critical Networks and Partners

Transforming enterprise networks with Optical LAN

9:30 am10:15 am

Key requirements of mission critical network
Key Building blocs and architecture blueprint

Fabrice Le Pape
Kumeel Alsmail
Sherif Farouq

Nokia Optical LAN: Value Proposition, Architecture, use-cases, References.

Ahmed Taj
Ahmed Abdallah
Ashraf Aboulwafa

10:15 am11:00 am

Optical networks solutions for Mission Critical environments

Puneet Sharma
Bart Vrancken

Corning: Fiber-Driven Future: Corning Data Center and POL Solutions

Mahmoud Al Ghazali

11:00 am11:30 am

Morning Break

11:30 am12:15 pm

IP Networks Solutions for Mission Critical environments

Andrew Dolganov

Ruckus: WiFi Elevating Network Performance with Ruckus

Tim Dyer
Jean Michel Mautalen

12:15 pm1:00 pm

Data Center solutions for Mission Critical networks

Samer Ismair
Stefano Resi
Manfred Buerger

Lightera LASERWAY: Lighting Up the Future with PON LAN

Morad Faith
Ben Ahmed Otmane

1:00 pm1:45 pm

Fixed Networks Solutions for mission and business critical  

Gamal Hegazy

1:45 pm2:00 pm

Introduction of Autonomous Networks for MC

Kurt Pynaert

2:00 pm2:15 pm

Closing

2:15 pm4:00 pm

Lunch and Networking

Fireware

2:00 pm3:00 pm

Welcome Lunch & Networking

3:00 pm3:10 pm

Welcome & Integrated Architecture Vision

3:10 pm3:55 pm

Nokia Data Center Networking for AI & Cloud

3:55 pm4:25 pm

Zero Trust Inside the Data Center

4:25 pm4:45 pm

Coffee Break

4:45 pm5:15 pm

Extending Zero Trust with SASE

5:15 pm6:00 pm

Quantum-Safe Networks & Future Readiness

6:00 pm6:15 pm

Wrap-Up & Executive Takeaways

6:15 pm7:30 pm

Dinner & Networking