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IETF 124 2026

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📅 14 November 2026 – 20 November 📍 San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, US ↗ 🏢 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 🔁 triennial

1,000

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The 124th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) brings together network engineers, vendors, researchers, and operators to discuss and develop Internet standards.

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Venue

San Francisco Marriott Marquis

Hotel venue · 12,330 m² · 1 halls · ~5,500 people

A 39-story landmark convention hotel located in downtown San Francisco, adjacent to the Moscone Center. It features 1,500 guest rooms and extensive, renovated meeting and event space, including a large ballroom frequently used for B2B events.

📍 780 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, US

Operated by Marriott International

16 events tracked at this venue → Venue website ↗

Organizer

Internet Engineering Task Force

Subsidiary · Wilmington, United States · Founded 1986

An open standards organization that develops voluntary technical infrastructure specifications for the Internet protocol suite.

Runs 5 events → LinkedIn ↗

Why people attend

To participate in technical working groups, influence internet standards, and network with internet infrastructure professionals.

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Speakers

16 speakers at IETF 124

E

Eric Bertrand

Executive Director of Product in the Connected Living group · Comcast

"Evolution of Internet Measurements for Applications"

Bio

Eric Bertrand is Executive Director of Product in the Connected Living group at Comcast, responsible for the end-to-end connectivity experience in the Xfinity app. He earned his bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Université Laval and his master’s in Telecom Signal Processing from McGill University. Prior to Comcast, he spent 12 years at Accenture working on wireless and Wi-Fi technologies.

Internet measurementsQuality of Experienceconnectivity

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

J

John Preuß Mattsson

Expert in Cryptographic Algorithms and Security Protocols · Ericsson Research

"Migrating Telecom to Quantum-Resistant Cryptography on a Global Scale"

Bio

An expert in cryptographic algorithms and security protocols at Ericsson Research in Stockholm, Sweden.

quantum-resistant cryptographytelecom security5G and 6G standards

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

K

Kireeti Kompella

Chief Engineer, WAN BU · Juniper Networks

"Traffic Engineering, redux"

Traffic Engineeringnetwork managementWAN

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

F

"Why organizations invest in the standards development process"

standards developmentIETF outreach

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

A

Axel Clauberg

Deutsche Telekom

"Why Deutsche Telekom supports the work of the IETF"

telecommunicationsstandards developmentIETF outreach

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

W

Wim Henderickx

Head of Technology and Architecture · Nokia

"What's so hard about deploying an app?"

Bio

Mr. Henderickx provides consultancy and architecture advise in various domains such as, IP networking for Fixed/Wireless and Enterprise, Cloud Computing, Automation, etc. He has over 25 years’ experience in the communications and networking industry and is a regular speaker at technical conferences all over the world. He is active in several SDO’s like IETF, etc and is an active member in open-source projects. Mr. Henderickx holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Data Communications, a Masters degree in Economy and is a Bell Labs Fellow.

Configuration-as-Dataapp deploymentautomation

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

R

Rodney Van Meter

WIDE Board Member · Keio University

"Host Speaker Series: Quantum Internet"

quantum internetquantum networking

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting, Network and Distributed System Security Symposium

S

Shota Nagayama

QITF Representative / WIDE Board Member / Keio University · Mercari, Inc.

"Host Speaker Series: Quantum Internet"

quantum internetquantum networking

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna

D

David Lou

Chief Researcher, Network Technology Lab · Huawei

"AI Cluster Network: Co-design and Integration of Network, Computation and Memory"

Bio

David Lou is the chief researcher of the Network Technology Lab, Huawei. His research interests lie in data center networks and wide-area networks. Before joining Huawei, he was a senior researcher at Bell Lab, Alcatel-Lucent. He received the Ph.D. degree from Department of Information Technologies, University Ghent, Belgium

AI cluster networksdata center networksnetwork co-design

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

K

"Project Callisto and extra-terrestrial collaboration with WebRTC and AV1"

WebRTCAV1Project Callisto

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

F

"Project Callisto and extra-terrestrial collaboration with WebRTC and AV1"

WebRTCAV1Project Callisto

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

E

Elad Nafshi

Executive Vice President, Chief Network Officer · Comcast Cable

"The path to 10G at Comcast"

Bio

Elad Nafshi leads the unified core and access network teams that drive innovation, reliability, scalability, and development across Comcast Cable's network capabilities as Executive Vice President, Chief Network Officer.

broadband10G networkfiber technology

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting, SCTE TechExpo

X

XiPeng Xiao

Standard & Industry Development for Datacom · Huawei Europe

"IPv6 Deployment Worldwide: Momentum, Challenges & Next Steps"

Bio

XiPeng Xiao is an IPv6 evangelist in Huawei and a contributor to the v6ops Working Group. Together with his colleagues, they parse IPv6 statistics from APNIC and other sources to track latest IPv6 deployment status worldwide. They work with many network architects to document IPv6 deployment and operations challenges, and participate in various IPv6 councils to share IPv6 knowledge. They also discuss IPv6 policy with various governments. XiPeng is author of 4 RFCs and 1 book.

IPv6 deploymentnetwork architectureIPv6 policy

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

B

Brian Walsh

Nokia

"5G Impact on Networks - Edge Cloud and Slicing"

5GEdge CloudNetwork Slicing

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting, NAIFA Congressional Conference

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Reza Roku

Nokia

"5G Impact on Networks - Edge Cloud and Slicing"

5GEdge CloudNetwork Slicing

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, IETF 124 Meeting

D

"Rolling the DNS Root Key Based on Input from Many ICANN Communities"

energy policytribal energyfederal policy

Also speaking at IETF 126 Vienna, Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention, IETF 124 Meeting

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Frequently asked questions

When is IETF 124?+
IETF 124 takes place on 14 November 2026 to 20 November 2026.
Where is IETF 124 held?+
IETF 124 is held at San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, US.
Who organises IETF 124?+
IETF 124 is organised by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
How often is IETF 124 held?+
IETF 124 is held triennial.

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