October 12th - 15th 2026

Industry Event: 2026 OCP Global Summit

October 12th - 15th 2026

Join the IOWN Global Forum at the 2026 OCP Global Summit, a gathering of industry leaders and innovators focused on advancing the open IT ecosystem.

At this year’s Summit, IOWN Global Forum Members will participate in the following sessions:

AI Computing Continuum: Extending the Open Data Center Ecosystem Across Cloud, Edge, and Industry

Masahisa Kawashima, NTT, Inc., Dirk Blevins, Intel; Vincent Nguyen, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

AI Computing Continuum Use Cases and Collaboration Items

Naoto Umemori, NTT DATA; Hidetsugu Sugiyama, Red Hat; Xiaojing Zhang, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, Inc.; Junichi Sugiyama, 1Finity; Koji Watanabe, NTT, Inc.

Optically-Accelerated AI Clusters Enabled by Interoperable Multi-Vendor OCSs: Use Cases and Opportunities.

Iwan Kartawira, iPronics; Kazuaki Ueda, KDDI Corporation

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Join the IOWN Global Forum at the 2026 OCP Global Summit, a gathering of industry leaders and innovators focused on advancing the open IT ecosystem. At this year’s Summit, IOWN Global Forum Members will participate in the following sessions: AI Computing Continuum: Extending the Open Data Center Ecosystem