Left to Right: Kevin Myers, Pete Welcher, Jonathan Davis, Steve Puluka, Ethan Banks, Dustin Demers, Teren Bryson, Denise Donohue, Mitch Ashley, Tom Hollingsworth, Rita Younger

Networking Field Day 39

November 5–November 6, 2025

#NFD39

Who: Networking

What: Field Day

When: Past

Location: Silicon Valley

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Delegate Panel

Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.

Denise Donohue

Business architect & technical author, still fascinated by new shiny things.

Dustin Demers

IT Field Technician focused on networking, infrastructure, and cybersecurity, with a passion for sharing knowledge.

Ethan Banks

@ECBanks

As the founder of Packet Pushers, Ethan focuses on educating the community about networking through podcasting, writing and videos.

Jonathan Davis

@SubNetwork

JD is CWNE #366, CWISE #5, and a co-founder of The Wi-Fi Awards.

Kevin Myers

@StubArea51

Network Architect in the whitebox/commodity space. IPv6, MikroTik and WISP/FISP geek.

Mitch Ashley

@MitchellAshley

Innovator, Analyst and Product Creator in Cybersecurity, Cloud, DevOps and SaaS

Pete Welcher

@PJWelcher

Early CCIE with broad knowledge of IT topics

Rita Younger

@SDN_Girl

Rita has been a network engineer and architect for over 30 years and encourages women and minorities to pursue this career. She leads the Data Center Networking practice at WWT. Follow her on LinkedIn, where her articles are published.

Steve Puluka

@SPuluka

Network and Security Engineer with over 30 years of hands on experience

Teren Bryson

@SomeClown

Network, Programming, Unix Geek; Whisky Taster; Brain Hacker; Student of Everything; Cancer Survivor; Freelance Writer; Automata; PGP: https://goo.gl/49FMp9 – Coming from the aether.

Presentation Calendar

Most presentations are streamed live on this page, at stg-techfielddayq-staging.kinsta.cloud, and on the Tech Field Day LinkedIn page. After the event, the following pages contain video recordings of these presentations.

All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Clara Hubbard

Clara Hubbard is an Event Coordinator at Tech Field Day

Rachael Fritz

Senior Event Manager at Tech Field Day

Tom Hollingsworth

@NetworkingNerd

Tom Hollingsworth, CCIE #29213, is an event lead for the Tech Field Day event series specializing in networking, wireless, and security topics.


25 Links with Tag #NFD39

  1. Coverage: Why AI Networks Fail (Even With Enough Bandwidth)
  2. Coverage: Cisco AI Cluster Networking Operations DLB Demo
  3. Coverage: Graphiant’s NaaS Connects You To Everything & Stays Out Of Your Way
  4. Coverage: Cisco AI Cluster Networking Design
  5. Coverage: Graphiant Makes Network Governance King in the AI Era
  6. Coverage: Cisco AI Networking Cluster Operations Deep Dive
  7. Coverage: Nokia Makes The Case To Be The Heart Of Your Automated Data Center
  8. Coverage: Building Better Operations with Nokia EDA
  9. Coverage: Inside an AI Cluster: Breaking Down the 5 Networks Powering Modern AI Infrastructure
  10. Coverage: Cisco AI Networking Vision and Operational Strategies
  11. Tech Field Day Podcast: Network Automation Needs Standards
  12. Coverage: The Rise of DDoS Attacks and Nokia’s $4B AI Networking Bet | TSG Ep. 974
  13. Coverage: Graphiant Demos Network Service Connections
  14. Coverage: Exploring the Power and Potential of Enhanced AIOps with Nokia
  15. Coverage: About Graphiant NaaS with Arsalan Khan
  16. Coverage: Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA) Multi Vendor – Deliver on the Promise
  17. Coverage: Graphiant Use Cases with Arsalan Khan
  18. Coverage: NFD39: Graphiant’s Excellent AI Support
  19. Coverage: Graphiant: Rethinking Wide-Area Networking with a Stateless, Service-Based Model
  20. Coverage: Nokia’s Event-Driven Automation: Simplifying AI Backend Networks
  21. Coverage: The Resource Costs of AI
  22. Coverage: NFD39: Cisco Handles AI Datacenter Flows
  23. Coverage: NFD39 Was Great! An Overview
  24. Tech Field Day Podcast: NetAIOps Has Its Challenges
  25. News: Exploring How AI Transforms the Enterprise Network at Networking Field Day 39

More Information

If you would like to sponsor or attend these events as a delegate, please contact Tech Field Day, info@techfieldday.com.


This is a Past Networking in Silicon Valley