FutureNet Thoughts

I've been involved with the FutureNet conference (formerly MPLScon) since its inception in 2000.  It's always been a conference focused on highly technical content....a LOT of highly technical content.  I lost track of how many sessions we ran this year, but it was around 40-50. 

For me the highlight was the "Beer and Pizza Shootout" featuring some of the leading minds in Internet architecture including John Day, Mike O'Dell, John Curran, Dave Schaeffer, Stuart Elby, and Scott Bradner, with Nemertes' own Johna Till Johnson serving as moderator.  I also really enjoyed the IPv6 debate in which Todd Underwood of Renesys and NANOG got to discuss IPv6 options with John Curran and Norm Schillaci of Global Crossing.

Even though I get to put the program together, I'm still blown away by the depth of the content, and the ability of the event to attract superstar speakers. 

I've posted some further comments at the Enterprise 2.0 Blog on some of the discussions around key Internet architecture trends.  Overall I think the discussions at the conference highlighted that we need to pay a lot more attention to the infrastructure that underpins the Internet.  We also have set up a FutureNet group on Facebook to continue some of the discussions begun at the event.