Networking Field Day

Networking Field Day (NFD) focuses on wired network components, from the corporate campus the the data center to the WAN. Produced in association with Packet Pushers, NFD brings together the best independent thought leaders in the networking space to discuss pressing issues and technology advancements with key companies in the space.

We have produced Networking Field Day events since 2010, and now hold two such events per year. For 2015, NFD returns in the first and third quarter. We continue to bring the leading voices in the networking community to each event and hope to showcase rising stars making an impact as well!

With Packet Pushers, we also produce in-person and online Symposium events to present key networking technologies to a broader audience. This began with the OpenFlow Symposium, held in October of 2011, and includes a series of Virtual Symposium events with Cisco and Brocade.

If you would like to get involved with Networking Field Day, either as a delegate or sponsoring presenter, please contact us! We have pages for sponsors and delegates, including forms to use to get in touch.

Topics Covered

Networking Field Day covers many diverse topics of interest to our delegates and their audience. In the past, companies have discussed the following areas:

  • Ethernet switching in the datacenter and campus
  • IP networking and protocols from the LAN to the Internet
  • Network security, protection and monitoring
  • Management and administration of networking devices


Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2016

Date: July 11–13, 2016, Las Vegas
Presenters: Cisco, Gluware, Opengear, Veeam Software
Delegates: Aaron Conaway, Amy Arnold, Darrel Clute, Ethan Banks, Jody Lemoine, Jordan Martin, Justin Cohen, Matt Haedo, Richard McIntosh, Santino Rizzo, Stephen Occhiogrosso, Teren Bryson


Segment Routing Field Day Roundtable

Date: June 21–21, 2016, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cisco
Delegates: Carl Niger, Jason Edelman, Jon Langemak, Larry Smith, Nick Buraglio, Russ White, Terry Slattery


Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2016

Date: May 9–11, 2016, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cisco, HPE, ONUG, Riverbed
Delegates: Brandon Carroll, Christopher Kusek, David Varnum, Eyvonne Sharp, Rowell Dionicio, Ryan Booth


Tech Field Day Extra at Interop 2016

Date: May 2–4, 2016, Las Vegas
Presenters: Cisco, Kentik, VMware by Broadcom
Delegates: Blake Krone, Daniel Hertzberg, Ed Horley, Ed Weadon, Gideon Tam, Greg Ferro, Jason Edelman, Keith R. Parsons, Mark May, Russ White, Ryan Adzima, Sonia Cuff, Teren Bryson, Terry Slattery


Tech Field Day Roundtable at Intel Cloud Day 2016

Date: March 31–31, 2016, San Francisco
Presenters: Intel
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Chris Wahl, Drew Conry-Murray, Emad Younis, Eric Wright, Howard Marks, James Green, John Obeto, John Welsh, Mark Thiele, Matt Oswalt, Matthew Leib, Ray Lucchesi, Ryan Booth, Tim Crawford, Tom Hollingsworth, W. Curtis Preston


Tech Field Day Roundtable at Atmosphere 2016

Date: March 6–10, 2016, Las Vegas
Presenters: HPE, HPE Aruba Networking
Delegates: Andrew vonNagy, Blake Krone, Eddie Forero, George Stefanick, Keith R. Parsons, Richard McIntosh, Ryan Adzima


Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live Europe 2016

Date: February 15–17, 2016, Berlin
Presenters: Cisco
Delegates: Amy Arnold, David Varnum, Dominik Pickhardt, Francesco Bonetti, James Green, John Harrington, Max Mortillaro, Peter Paul Engelen


Networking Field Day 11

Date: January 20–22, 2016, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Big Switch, Cisco, Citrix Systems, Dell Networking, NetScout, Silver Peak, Skyport Systems
Delegates: Brandon Carroll, Dominik Pickhardt, Ethan Banks, Greg Ferro, Jason Edelman, John Herbert, Jon Langemak, Jordan Martin, Matt Oswalt, Michael McNamara, Phil Gervasi, Terry Slattery


Data Field Day Roundtable 1

Date: November 17–17, 2015, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cisco
Delegates: Brandon Carroll, Brandon Mangold, Carl Niger, Chris Evans, Ed Horley, Jason Edelman, John Herbert, Matt Oswalt, Sonia Cuff, Teren Bryson


Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Fall 2015

Date: November 3–5, 2015, New York
Presenters: Cisco, CloudGenix, HPE, ONUG, OpenSwitch, Versa Networks
Delegates: Chris Marget, Denise Donohue, Drew Conry-Murray, Ethan Banks, Gideon Tam, Greg Ferro, Jason Edelman, Jordan Martin, Scott D. Lowe