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51³Ô¹Ï at Upperside World Congress 2026

March 24–26 | Paris, France | Booth #103

Drive success with intelligent IP networking

Join us in Paris to explore how our innovations can help you deliver the AI connectivity you need. See how our latest solutions help service providers deliver the performance needed for next-generation cloud and AI data centers, as well as enterprise networks.

Meet 51³Ô¹Ï engineers, innovators, and collaborators who simplify your AI journey to make your network a catalyst for competitive advantage.

Look for us on the agenda

11:45am–12:00pm
Keynote session

| Tim Pearson, VP, Product Line Management

03:45pm–04:00pm
AI-ready approaches to data center connectivity

| Rafael Francis, Senior Director, Product Line Management

09:45am–10:00am
From break-fix to self-heal: Agentic routing for AI workloads

| Juan Luis Esteban, Head of Agentic AI, Product Line Management

11:05am–12:00pm
Quantum-safe network infrastructure: National testbeds and deployment strategies

| Panelist: Farzam Toudeh-Fallah, Director, Quantum Communications R&D

03:15pm–03:30pm
Advancing segment routing: New use cases, new value

| Jahanzeb Baqai, Director, Product Line Management

05:15pm–05:30pm
Real-world progress and emerging use cases in IP/Optical convergence

| Jan Straznicky, Senior Director, Product Line Management

06:15pm–06:30pm
Dynamic agentic AI workflows for IP/Optical operations

| Reza Rokui, Senior Director, SDN Application Architecture

10:15am–10:30am
From SNMP to YANG: Accelerating network analytics with push messaging

| Bill Kaufmann, Director of Product Management, Analytics and Network Assurance Solution, Blue Planet

11:30am–11:50am
Toward establishing ultra-long-haul quantum-secured optical channels

| Farzam Toudeh-Fallah, Director, Quantum Communications R&D

AT THE Booth

Demonstrations

Learn more about our industry-leading 51³Ô¹Ï and Blue Planet® innovations.

Coherent routing

New applications and technology advancements behind coherent routing for data center and AI connectivity

Learn more
Advanced routing for AI-driven growth

Showcasing segment routing and EVPN advancements powered by 51³Ô¹Ï’s Service-Aware Operating System (SAOS) and agentic AI for IP operations to accelerate AI-driven growth

Dive deeper
AI-driven multi-layer operations

Smart multi-layer network control, powered by an easy-to-use AI assistant and robust agentic AI framework, to optimize network efficiency and performance

Gain insights
AI-powered lifecycle automation

An intent-based automation architecture that senses, reasons, and acts across domains to enable self-optimized operations

Digital twin for proactive operations

Real-time digital twin to create an accurate virtual model of multi-layer networks for sophisticated what-if and impact analysis

Explore Blue Planet
AI agent builder

An open execution environment with prebuilt AIOps use cases to streamline operations, simplify AI/ML workflows, and accelerate AI adoption

Upperside World Congress 2026

  • March 24–26
  • Palais des Congrès de Paris
    2 Place de la Porte Maillot
    Paris, France
  • Booth #103