2025 Conference Topics

World-class speakers converge for two comprehensive days of conference sessions accelerating the evolution of secure Network-as-a-Service offerings, platforms, and ecosystems.

The GNE 2025 program addresses the full spectrum of priorities across the automated networking ecosystem—from strategic vision and AI-driven business models to operational execution, federation, and infrastructure innovation.

Whether you’re a service provider executive, product strategist, enterprise customer, solution architect, technical lead, or consultant, the sessions are aligned to provide actionable insights, guiding frameworks, and collaborative momentum for advancing NaaS in an AI-powered digital economy.

Strategic Vision & Market Alignment

NaaS: Strategic Backbone of the AI Economy

  • The Future of NaaS in an AI-Powered Digital Economy​
  • How NaaS is Transforming AI and GenAI Connectivity​
  • Aligning AI, Cybersecurity & Cloud Strategies with NaaS Innovation​

Monetizing NaaS: New Revenue Strategies for Service Providers

  • Monetization Strategies for AI-Ready Networking Solutions​
  • Scaling On-Demand Infrastructure for Emerging Workloads ​
  • Developing Commercial Platforms for NaaS Services

Customer Expectations & Business Models

Customer Expectations: Redefining the NaaS Experience

  • Understanding Enterprise Expectations for NaaS
  • Delivering Real-Time Notifications: CIM and CSA Services
  • How NaaS Will Reshape Enterprise Networking​

Future NaaS: Innovation, Security & Monetization

  • Preparing for Quantum-Resilient Network Security
  • Expanding Revenue Models Across the AI Ecosystem
  • Advancing Toward a Fully Automated, Federated NaaS Ecosystem

Certified SASE: Strengthening Cybersecurity & Application Performance

  • Navigating the Challenging Cybersecurity Landscape​
  • SD-WAN, SASE, the Evolution Toward NaaS
  • Delivering Certified Security & Application Performance with SASE

Federation & Multi-Provider Coordination

NaaS: The Essential Foundation of AI & GenAI Use Cases

  • Meeting Performance & Scalability Demands of Next-Gen Applications​

  • Low-Latency, High-Bandwidth Networking for AI Workloads​

  • Positioning Service Provider Portfolios for AI Workloads

NaaS Federation: Building a Trusted Automated Ecosystem

  • Building Automated Supply Chains for Network Services​

  • Fostering Cross-Provider Collaboration Via Standardized APIs & Certifications​

  • Enabling Marketplaces with Federation-Ready Architectures

Automated Supply Chains: Scaling NaaS with LSO APIs

  • Seamless Automation of Business, Operational & Network Functions Between Buyers and Sellers​

  • Delivering Quality on Demand with NaaS Network APIs

  • Leveraging Open Source and Scalable LSO API Frameworks

Operationalization & Automation

Accelerate Your Automation Journey: Tools to Enable Plug-and-Play Integration

  • Using Open-Source LSO Adaptors to Accelerate API Integration

  • Unlocking Access with LSO Buyer & Seller Portals

  • Blueprints for Success: Proven Approaches for Fast, Cost-Effective Onboarding

AI Ops: Enabling Self-Healing, Predictive Network Intelligence

  • Leveraging AI for Observability, Assurance, and Self-Healing

  • Predictive Analytics and Anomaly Detection for NaaS Operations

  • Enabling Closed-Loop Responses for SLA Violations and Performance Events

Real-World Impact: Advancing the NaaS Ecosystem

  • Industry Debate: The State of NaaS and What’s Next​

  • Automating the NaaS Ecosystem for AI, Multi-Cloud, and Edge Connectivity​

  • Top NaaS Use Cases with Real-World Impact​

NaaS Migration: Evolving from Static to Automated Networks

  • Evolving to API-Driven, Programmable Network Services

  • Adopting LSO APIs for Plug-and-Play Automation

  • Integrating Underlay & Overlay into Unified NaaS Solutions​

Next-Gen Infrastructure for AI, Edge, and Space-Based Services

NaaS for AI: Powering Generative Training, Agentic Inference, and Edge AI Workloads

  • Delivering GPU-as-a-Service and On-Demand Training Infrastructure

  • Enabling Agentic AI Inference with High-QoS, Secure Networks

  • Activating Edge AI Models and AI Model-as-a-Service Ecosystems

NaaS at the Edge: Powering Real-Time, Low-Latency Applications

  • Enabling Real-Time Edge Applications​

  • Managing Edge-to-Cloud Data Flow​s

  • Service Provider Strategies for NaaS at the Edge

Space-Based NaaS: Extending Global Network Reach

  • Integrating Satellite Connectivity into NaaS

  • Interoperability Between Terrestrial & Space Networks​

  • Security & Performance Considerations​ in Space-Based Delivery

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Registration Opens July 2025

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Join us at GNE to ensure the digital economy is a success for businesses. We will define clear use cases, orchestration standards with APIs, and partnerships to ease the integration of these technologies.

Franck Morales

MEF Board of Directors, Secretary | Orange Wholesale International, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development

GNE is a chance for us to showcase and educate the industry and the enterprise about the fact that we are collaborating. We can say, here are the standards, here’s the service definitions, and here’s a federation of private networks that we’ve brought together to deliver global connectivity to the enterprise.
Paul Gampe

Console Connect, Chief Technology Officer