Sonic Foundation

SONiC Workshop India 2025
2025-09-03 - 2025-09-04
Dates: September 3–4, 2025Location: Microsoft Campus, Hyderabad, India
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The SONiC Foundation is excited to host the SONiC Workshop India 2025, a two-day in-person event that brings together SONiC contributors, users, developers, and community members from across the region. The agenda will be launched soon!
Registration Update:
This event has reached full capacity, and the waitlist has closed. We hope to see you at an upcoming event!
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Overcoming Challenges in Lifecycle Management of SONiC NOS Switching Fabric: A Study on Maintenance

Amir Elbaz, BE Networks

Next-Gen DHCP Relay for Cloud-Scale SONiC

Shivashankar CR & Venkata Gouri Rajesh Etla, CISCO Systems Inc.

Accelerated Open Config Enablement for SONiC

Anukul Verma & Bidipta Das, Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited

SONiC-Powered AI Fabrics: Scalable High-Performance Networking for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

Saurabh Kapoor, Dell Technologies

Lab Without Limits: Running SONiC Virtually for Rapid Testing & Learning

Priya Singh, Red Hat India Pvt Ltd

SONiC Agentic Diagnostics

Sreenivas Voruganti & Navya Singla, Google

Architecting Scalable, Lossless AI Networks with SONiC

Chintan Shah, Broadcom

L1 telemetry and troubleshooting in SONiC

Pandurangan R S & Milind Kulkarni, Arista Networks

SONiC: Enabling Sustainable Networking

Santo K, Juniper Networks

Gearing SONiC for Scale-Out and Scale-Up Networks

Gnanapriya S & Ravindranath C Kanakarajan, Marvell

Adaptive CPU/GPU Data Center Networks with SONiC Telemetry

Vignesh Kesavan, PalC Networks & Chintan Shah, Broadcom

Building India’s Payment Backbone: NPCI’s Strategic Journey to Open Networking using SONiC

Shiva RV, National Payments Corporation of India & Chintan Shah, Broadcom

Developing Dash Hero Test

Venkat Pullela, Keysight

Why are my tests skipped? The nitty gritty of ensuring test coverage in sonic-mgmt for new products.

Manoharan Sundaramoorthy & Prasoon Saurav, NextHop AI

Enabling SONiC with Edge Networking and SONiC-PENS

Kasinath Rajendran & Tarun Kumar Polanki, Aviz Networks

Journey of a new company built for SONiC

Ryan Torres & Vijay Kulkarni, Nexthop AI

SONiC for Network Monitoring

Kashinath Ganapathy & Kannan Rajadurai, PALC Networks

SONiC as Management plane in UALink

Uma Ramanthan & Ramana Mohan Rao Dasari, Upscale ai

SONiC Workshop and SONiC Booth at OCP Global Summit
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-17 | San Jose Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos Street San Jose, San Jose, CA, 95113, United States
Event Dates & Locations:

OCP Global Summit

October 13–16, San Jose Convention Center

SONiC Workshop at OCP Global Summit

October 16, San Jose Convention Center, Room 230A

Extended SONiC Workshop at Google Campus

October 17, Google MP3 Campus, Sunnyvale, CA

The SONiC Foundation is excited to host the SONiC Workshop, co-located with the OCP Global Summit 2025, as well as an extended SONiC Workshop hosted by Google. These events bring together SONiC developers, users, and collaborators to explore technical advancements, real-world deployments, and community-driven innovation in open networking.
Why Attend?
Whether you’re contributing to SONiC or deploying it in production, both workshops offer unique opportunities to:

Participate in technical sessions and real-world use cases
Connect with peers and SONiC maintainers
Help shape the next phase of scalable, vendor-neutral open networking

The October 17 extended SONiC Workshop will feature deeper technical deep dives, roadmap discussions, and SONiC Technical Committee meetings—ideal for active contributors and maintainers looking to engage at a deeper technical level.
Visit the SONiC Booth on the OCP Global Summit showfloor
See SONiC in action at the OCP Global Summit: live demos, maintainer meetups, AI and cloud-scale use cases, and multi-vendor collaboration. Check out the booth demo schedule.

SONiC Workshop at OCP Global Summit

Registration: SONiC Workshop at OCP Global Summit: No separate registration required—just register for the OCP Global Summit.
Location: Room 230A

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Extended SONiC Workshop at Google Campus

Registration: Extended SONiC Workshop at Google Campus: Free and open to all, and you can register here.
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SONiC Mentorship Showcase (Virtual Event)
2026-02-10 11:30 - 13:00 UTC
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 10 @ 11:30AM – 1:00PM Pacific Time
Format: Virtual
Register to attend here

SONiC community is excited to invite you to join the upcoming SONiC Mentorship Showcase, a virtual event highlighting the experiences, projects, and learnings from our mentors and mentees.
This virtual event is designed to:

Showcase real-world projects developed within the SONiC mentorship program
Share insights from mentors and mentees on their learning journey
Provide participants with a recorded presentation for their professional portfolio

All presentations will be pre-recorded and shared during the event, followed by a live Q&A session where attendees can engage directly with the speakers.

SONiC Workshop + Booth at OCP EMEA Summit
2026-04-29 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Event Overview

Event: SONiC Workshop (co-located with OCP EMEA Summit)
Format: Half-day workshop + onsite booth presence
Date: April 29
Location: Barcelona International Convention Center (CCIB), Barcelona, Spain

Join the SONiC Foundation and Stordis as developers, users, and collaborators come together to explore technical advancements, real-world deployments, and community-driven innovation in open networking. Connect with peers and maintainers through technical sessions and help shape the future of scalable, vendor-neutral networking. View SONiC workshop agenda here.
In addition to the workshop, SONiC will be part of the Linux Foundation booth throughout the summit, featuring live demos and opportunities to engage directly with project maintainers and ecosystem partners. Check out the SONiC demos at the booth!

SONiC Workshop Japan 2026 – SONiC User Group Japan
2026-06-19 14:00 - 21:00 UTC
Event Overview
Event: SONiC Workshop Japan 2026 – SONiC User Group JapanFormat: Community workshop + networking receptionDate & Time: June 19, 14:00 – 21:00 local timeLocation: docomo R&D OPENLAB ODAIBA, Tokyo, Japan
Join the SONiC User Group Japan for a community-led workshop focused on knowledge sharing and collaboration around SONiC, the open source network operating system. This event brings together engineers, developers, operators, and anyone interested in SONiC to exchange ideas, share real-world experiences, and explore technical topics in an open and collaborative environment.
The workshop is organized by community volunteers in coordination with SONiC Foundation members. Please note this is a community-driven event and not an official SONiC Foundation or Linux Foundation hosted event.
Sessions will cover a range of topics, including SONiC deployments, research and development efforts, technical deep dives, and user experiences. The event is open to anyone interested in SONiC, from active contributors to those just getting started. A live stream will also be available via YouTube for remote participants. Following the workshop, an optional networking reception will be held (separate registration required).
Registration is now open! The agenda is being finalized very soon.

2026 AI Network Technology Application & Innovation Summit
2026-08-08 09:00 - 18:00 UTC
Event Overview

Event: 2026 AI Network Technology Application & Innovation Summit
Format: Conference participation + technical collaboration
Date & Time: August 8 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Location: Beijing, China

Join the SONiC community at the 2026 AI Network Technology Application & Innovation Summit, an annual event focused on AI infrastructure and networking innovation in China. With participation from the Linux Foundation and global ecosystem partners, the summit brings together industry leaders, developers, and enterprises to explore the evolving role of AI networking in enabling scalable, high-performance systems.
As AI applications continue to drive demand for higher efficiency and real-time performance, open networking technologies like SONiC play a critical role in connecting compute, storage, and intelligent workloads. The event will feature discussions on AI infrastructure evolution, large-scale model training, and the growing importance of open source ecosystems in building reliable and scalable networks.
SONiC is proud to participate as a technical partner, contributing to conversations on open, vendor-neutral networking and its role in supporting next-generation AI use cases. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the community and learn how SONiC is advancing innovation across AI-driven infrastructure.
Learn more about the event and register here!

SONiC Workshop + Booth at OCP APAC Summit
2026-08-11 - 2026-08-12
Event Overview

OCP APAC Summit Date: August 11-12, 2026
SONiC Activities: SONiC Workshop (co-located with OCP APAC Summit) on August 11 + onsite booth presence
Location: TaiNEX2, Taipei City, Taiwan

Join the SONiC community at OCP APAC Summit for a half-day workshop bringing together developers, users, and ecosystem partners to explore the latest advancements in open source networking. The workshop will feature technical sessions, real-world deployment insights, and community-driven innovation shaping the future of scalable, vendor-neutral networking.
In addition to the workshop, SONiC will host a dedicated booth throughout the summit, featuring live demos and opportunities to connect directly with maintainers and contributors across the ecosystem.
Call for Proposals (CFP) Now Open
Submit your speaking proposals here! Submissions are now being accepted for:

SONiC Workshop at OCP APAC Summit (August 11)
SONiC Booth Demos at OCP APAC Summit (August 11–12)

Key Dates:

May 17 – CFP closes
Week of June 22 – Speaker notifications
August 3 – Final slides due

Hope to see you there!

SONiC Workshop India 2026
2026-09-07 - 2026-09-08
Event Overview
Event: SONiC Workshop India 2026Format: Workshop (details coming soon)Date: September 7–8, 2026Location: Hyderabad, India
The SONiC community is heading to India for a two-day workshop focused on open source networking and SONiC innovation. Additional details, including agenda and registration, are currently being finalized.
Please check back soon for more information.

SONiC Workshop + Booth at OCP Global Summit
2026-10-12 - 2026-10-15
Event Overview

OCP Global Summit Date: October 12–15, 2026
SONiC Activities: SONiC Workshop (co-located with OCP Global Summit) + onsite booth presence
Location: San Jose Convention Center, CA

Join the SONiC community at OCP Global Summit for a full-day workshop bringing together developers, users, and ecosystem partners to explore the latest advancements in open source networking. The workshop will feature technical sessions, real-world deployment insights, and community-driven innovation shaping the future of scalable, vendor-neutral networking.
The Call for Proposals (CFP) will open in June 2026. More details are coming soon, so please stay tuned!
In addition to the workshop, SONiC will host a dedicated booth throughout the summit, featuring live demos and opportunities to connect directly with maintainers and contributors across the ecosystem.
Hope to see you there!

SONiC Booth at Open Networking & Edge Summit (ONE Summit)
2026-12-10 - 2026-12-11
Event Overview

Open Networking & Edge Summit Date: December 10–11, 2026
SONiC Activities: Onsite booth presence
Location: Tokyo, Japan

For over 11 years, Open Networking & Edge Summit has brought together technical and business leaders across open networking, edge, cloud, and IoT for collaborative, vendor-neutral discussions and innovation.
Co-located with Open Source Summit Japan, this year’s event highlights the growing impact of open source as technologies like Kubernetes, AI, and APIs drive disaggregation, automation, and scalable network architectures. Attendees will explore how these advancements translate into real-world operational and business outcomes across telecom, cloud, and enterprise environments.
SONiC will have a dedicated booth onsite featuring live demos and opportunities to connect with project maintainers and ecosystem partners.
More details are coming soon, so please stay tuned!
