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IETF 126 Vienna 2026

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📅 18 July 2026 – 24 July 📍 Hilton Vienna Park, Vienna, AT ↗ 🏢 Internet Engineering Task Force 🔁 irregular

1,000

Attendees

A week-long working meeting bringing together engineers, operators, designers, and researchers to develop open internet standards, protocols, and technical specifications through highly collaborative working group sessions and a weekend hackathon.

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Venue

Hilton Vienna Park

Hotel venue · 3,800 m² · 21 halls · ~840 people

Located next to Stadtpark in Vienna, this hotel features extensive event space, including a large ballroom and numerous meeting rooms, making it a prominent venue for conferences, trade shows, and corporate events in the city center.

📍 Am Stadtpark 1, 1030 Vienna, AT

Operated by Hilton Worldwide

2 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

Network engineers and internet infrastructure buyers attend to influence upcoming global protocol standards, evaluate vendor interoperability, test experimental implementations during the hackathon, and collaborate directly with industry peers.

Who attends

Network engineersinternet technologistsdevelopersresearchersnetwork operatorsand policymakers developing open technical standards for the internet.

Exhibitor categories

Data InfrastructureInternet Equipment ManufacturersNetwork Service ProvidersDomain Name Registries & RegistrarsContent Delivery Networks (CDNs)Internet Governance Bodies

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Speakers

27 speakers at IETF 126 Vienna

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 124 Meeting, IETF 124

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 124 Meeting, IETF 124

K

Kireeti Kompella

Chief Engineer, WAN BU · Juniper Networks

"Traffic Engineering, redux"

Traffic Engineeringnetwork managementWAN

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting, IETF 124

F

"Why organizations invest in the standards development process"

standards developmentIETF outreach

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting, IETF 124

A

Axel Clauberg

Deutsche Telekom

"Why Deutsche Telekom supports the work of the IETF"

telecommunicationsstandards developmentIETF outreach

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting, IETF 124

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 124 Meeting, IETF 124

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 124 Meeting, IETF 124

R

Rodney Van Meter

WIDE Board Member · Keio University

"Host Speaker Series: Quantum Internet"

quantum internetquantum networking

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting, IETF 124, 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 124

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 124 Meeting, IETF 124, SCTE TechExpo

K

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

WebRTCAV1Project Callisto

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting, IETF 124

F

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

WebRTCAV1Project Callisto

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting, IETF 124

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 124 Meeting, IETF 124

M

Mirjam Kühne

Board Chair · IETF Administration LLC

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting

S

Sandy Ginoza

Director of RPC Operations · RFC Production Center

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting

J

Jean Mahoney

Director of RPC Communications and Strategy · RFC Production Center

Also speaking at IETF 124 Meeting

+ 11 more speakers at this event.

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Frequently asked questions

When is IETF 126 Vienna?+
IETF 126 Vienna takes place on 18 July 2026 to 24 July 2026.
Where is IETF 126 Vienna held?+
IETF 126 Vienna is held at Hilton Vienna Park, Vienna, AT.
Who organises IETF 126 Vienna?+
IETF 126 Vienna is organised by Internet Engineering Task Force.
How often is IETF 126 Vienna held?+
IETF 126 Vienna is held irregular.

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