Automating and Securing the Global Ecosystem

Conduct secured business, expand partnerships, and collaborate 

Join us for our Q1 Members Meeting on 29 January - 1 February!

The Q1 meeting will be virtual. The meeting will focus on committee meetings over four days to bring the MEF community together to network with industry peers and progress valuable MEF works in the areas of services, APIs and certifications!


Turn Ideas into Action 

  More ways to engage with the MEF community – Networking, social activities

  Committee tracks to influence and move forward the future of MEF works and influence

  New to MEF? Learn the ins and outs of navigating MEF to maximize your membership

2024 Committee Goals & Highlights

CBC: LSO Smart Contracts, LSO Product Payloads, MEF Accelerator projects
DSC: Cybersecurity: SASE, ZT Enhancements
LSOC: Grace and Haley SDK Releases, Business and Operational APIs
TCC: LSO API, SASE, SSE, ZT, and SD-WAN Certifications; Onboarding & Interop Testing

Who Am I Joining?

Senior executives from the Board, Technology Advisory Board and members

Leadership, committee chairs, senior staff

Commercial, product, and technical contributors from service providers, LSO solution providers, technology vendors


Meeting Registration 

Registeration is for MEF Members only. Please login to the Wiki to register, or if you'd like to audit, contact Alysia@mef.net

Wiki Access and Assistance

Members need a Wiki account to access agendas and materials. Signup here or contact tom@mef.net for assistance.

Committee meetings will be conducted face-to-face with Zoom and recordings for remote attendees – attendee links will be found on the committee agenda pages.

Committee Activities Preview

Commercial and Business Committee (CBC)

The Commercial and Business Committee will be holding its third MEF Showcase milestone day with a wide range of LSO API and LSO Blockchain use cases reviewed and discussed. The attendance in the second milestone day in the recent Rome meeting was very high and demonstrated how valuable this new collaborative framework is for a wide range of our members.

Digital Services Committee (DSC)

The longest serving committee in MEF that defined the now ubiquitous Carrier Ethernet services, the Digital Services Committee will be running working sessions to advance MEF work to define a wide range of standardized services that can be used to maximize interoperability, consistent terminology in the industry and enable business and operational automation (LSO).

LSO Committee (LSOC)

The LSO Committee sessions are where you'll want to be to help shape LSO automation as we move toward the Fergie release and beyond, including active work on Product APIs and Schemas, Service Ordering, and Service APIs and Schemas. These sessions are especially valuable if your company has already begun automating their business processes, as you can help direct the work to include what has already been done.

Test and Certification (TCC)

A focal point for the TCC is development of the new SASE certification program, with individual SD-WAN, SSE and ZT components. Participants will get all of the details including timelines for a beta program and general availability. A new edition of the LSO API certification is also underway. The TCC will also explore next steps in the highly successful MEF Onboarding & Interop Testing (OIT) Service and will be considering go-forward plans for MEF Professional Certifications.

Interested in more details on Committee activities? Email Tom Dickson tom@mef.net 


Q1 Meeting Agenda & Committee Activities | See Links Below (all times are in North American Eastern Time)

Mon 29 Jan

Editing Sessions

09:00-10:40Digital Services Editing SessionLSO Editing SessionTest & Certification Editing SessionCommercial & Business Editing Session
10:40-11:00Break
11:00-12:40Digital Services Editing SessionLSO Editing SessionTest & Certification Editing SessionCommercial & Business Editing Session
12:40-13:20

Break

Leadership Meeting

13:20-15:00Digital Services Editing SessionLSO Editing SessionTest & Certification Editing SessionCommercial & Business Editing Session

Tue 30 Jan

Opening Plenary

09:00-09:50Editing Sessions
09:50-10:00Break
10:00-10:45New Participant Session
10:45-11:00Break
11:00-13:00Opening Plenary
13:00-13:30

Break

13:30-15:00Birds of a Feather (TBD)

Wed 31 Jan

Committee Sessions

09:00-10:40Digital ServicesLSOTest & CertificationCommercial & Business
10:40-11:00Break
11:00-12:40Digital ServicesLSOTest & CertificationCommercial & Business
12:40-13:20

Break

13:20-15:00Digital ServicesLSOTest & CertificationCommercial & Business

Thu 1 Feb

Committee Sessions

09:00-10:40Digital ServicesLSOTest & CertificationCommercial & Business
10:40-11:00Break
11:00-12:40Digital ServicesLSOTest & CertificationCommercial & Business
12:40-13:20

Break

13:20-15:00

Closing Plenary

Log In for link