Thank you for joining us at the Global prpl Summit 2025, in Paris, France, 13-14 October 2025!
Learn about the latest features of our carrier-grade open-source prplWare and recent achievements by prpl members. The business day will be followed by a technical summit with tutorials for new attendees, as well as experienced developers.
Join key industry leaders at the prpl Summit for roundtable discussions on adoption, competition, and deployment. Connect with service providers, OEMs, silicon vendors, system integrators, and open-source developers to help drive innovation forward.
See live demos of cutting-edge solutions powered by prplWare. Members are invited to showcase innovative use cases, deployment insights, and real-world applications that highlight best practices and the impact of prpl software..
The prpl Summit offers unmatched networking—connect with global innovators, explore emerging opportunities, and stay ahead of industry trends all in one place.
The agenda for the Business Day on October 13th can be found here below.
The Global prpl Summit returned to Palais des Congrès d’Issy in the heart of Issy les Moulineaux. A short distance from Paris Expo and NetworkX 2025, the Palais des Congrès d’Issy was a spectacular reception venue for our Business Day, 13 October, 2025.
See the full Playlist of presentations on Youtube!
Orange is once again our esteemed host for the Members-Only Technical Day, 14 October 2025. This year’s Technical day has a new home at Orange Gardens, the Research and Innovation Campus of the Orange Group.
The Technical Day is strictly reserved for current prpl Foundation Members
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration, Coffee and Demos | |
| 9:00-9:15 | State of the Foundation: “SW ready for prime time“Video | Mike Emmendorfer – Vice President of Technology @ Calix & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation |
| 9:15-9:45 | Keynote from prpl Executive Council: “Future is prpl”Video | Moderator: Sophie Claude – Vice President Home Services @ Orange GroupKoen Vermeulen – Group CIO & Senior Vice President of Orange Innovation IT & Services @ Orange Group Jason Savard – AVP Product Development Engineering @ AT&T & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation Chris Schmidt – AVP Consumer Technology and Product Development @ Verizon & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation |
| 9:45-10:00 | Platinum Business Sponsor:Sagemcom“The advantages of prpl. Sagemcom helping enable operator Efficiency and Innovation through prpl”Video | Peter Vandenengel – Vice President of Broadband Solutions @Sagemcom North America |
| 10:00-10:20 | Operator RoundtableVideo | Moderator: Livia Rosu – Director Marketing and Strategy @ MaxLinear & Marketing Co-Chair of prpl FoundationPanelists: Christian Gacon – Vice President Broadband Networks @ Orange France Chris Schmidt – AVP Consumer Technology and Product Development @ Verizon & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation Jason Savard – AVP Product Development Engineering @ AT&T & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation Matthew Stanger – Director Software Engineering @ T-Mobile USA Oscar Leal – Product Architect, Home Connectivity Services @ Vodafone & Gold Board Director of prpl Foundation Simone Topazzi – Head of Multimedia, Device and App Engineering @ TIM |
| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee Break | Sponsored by Humax Networks |
| 10:50-11:10 | SDO RoundtableVideo | Moderator: Charles Cheevers – Chief Technology Officer @ VantivaPanelists: Kevin Robinson – President & CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance John Blackford – Chairman of the Board, Broadband Forum (BBF) Tiago Rodrigues – CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) |
| 11:10-11:20 | prplWare Product StatusVideo | Peter Vandenengel – Vice President of Broadband Solutions @Sagemcom North America |
| 11:20 – 11:35 | Bell Canada: The time is NowVideo | Alan McNaughtan – Director CSB Footprint, Internet Products and Hardware @ Bell Canada Yannick How Wong – Senior Network Architect @ Bell Canada |
| 11:35-11:55 | The Next Phase of prpl CertificationVideo | Tim Winters – Chief Technology Officer @ QA Cafe Chris Schmidt – AVP Consumer Technology and Product Development @ Verizon & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation |
| 11:55-12:10 | Platinum Business Sponsor:Bitdefender“The Router as a Growth Platform: Unlocking Smart Home Value with Built-In Cybersecurity”Video | Razvan Todor – VP, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, CSG @ Bitdefender |
| 12:10-13:40 | Lunch | |
| 13:40-13:55 | Platinum Business Sponsor:CalixVideo | Mike Emmendorfer – Vice President of Technology @ Calix & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation |
| 13:55-14:15 | System Integrator RoundtableVideo | Moderator: Gilles Coullon – Home Devices Director @ OrangePanelists:Eli Schwarzfuchs – SVP, Head of Broadband @ GlobalLogic Marc de Courville – Engineering VP @ SoftAtHome Sriram Subramanian – Head of Communication Service Provider Sector @ Capgemini Tarun Joshi – General Manager, Industry Head, Media and Communication, Europe @ Tata Elxsi |
| 14:15-14:30 | Platinum Business Sponsor: Vantiva “Putting Service Providers in Control“Video | Royce Fromme, VP Professional Services @ Vantiva |
| 14:30-14:50 | App Developers RoundtableVideo | Moderator: Jason Savard – AVP Product Development Engineering @ AT&T & Platinum Board Director of prpl FoundationPanelists: Arnaud Bensaid – Vice President Marketing @ SoftAtHome & Marketing Chair of prpl Foundation Alexandru Trifan – Director , Software Engineering – CHS @ Bitdefender Mike Emmendorfer – Vice President of Technology @ Calix & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation Magnus Olden – Senior Vice President of Innovation and Industry Strategy @ CUJO AI |
| 14:50-15:20 | Coffee Break | Sponsored by Humax Networks |
| 15:20-15:40 | SoC Manufacturers RoundtableVideo | Moderator: Chris Schmidt – AVP Consumer Technology and Product Development @ Verizon & Platinum Board Director of prpl FoundationPanelists: Alex Pisarevski – Senior Director, Head of Broadband Product Management and Marketing @ MaxLinear Craig Herro – Director of Business Development @ Qualcomm Technologies James Chen – VP Product & Technology Marketing @ MediaTek Stefano Groppetti – Director, Operator Marketing Director @ Broadcom |
| 15:40-15:55 | Platinum Business Sponsor: SoftAtHome: “Market Evolution to prpl”Video | Arnaud Bellivier de Prin – CEO @ SoftAtHome |
| 15:55-16:25 | prpl RoadmapVideo | Jason Savard – AVP Product Development Engineering @ AT&T & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation |
| 16:25-16:55 | The Way to a Common App StoreVideo | Wojtek Makowski – Vice President CPE Ecosystem @ Orange & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation Randy Zimler – prpl Evangelist @ Beegol |
| 16:55-17:25 | Coffee Break | Sponsored by Humax Networks |
| 17:25-17:45 | OEM RoundtableVideo | Moderator: Simone Topazzi – Head of Multimedia, Device and App Engineering @ TIMPanelists: Charles Cheevers – Chief Technology Officer @ Vantiva Mike Emmendorfer – Vice President of Technology @ Calix & Platinum Board Director of prpl Foundation Jerome Enard – Product Manager @ Sagemcom Matthias Hofmann – Chief Software Architect @ Gemtek João Freitas – Head of Software Architecture & Strategy @ KAON Group |
| 17:45-18:00 | prpl Contributor Awards, Closing RemarksVideo | Awards Sponsored by CUJO AI |
| 18:00-20:00 | Join us all for our Cocktail Hour! | Sponsored by Sagemcom |
Many thanks to our generous sponsors!
As well as Demos from our Platinum and Gold sponsors, we will have demos from the following Bronze sponsors:
Airties
Arcadyan
Beegol
Capgemini
Cognitive
Consult.Red
Cujo AI
F Secure
GlobalLogic
Huawei
Humax Networks
Incognito
MaxLinear
Motive
SAM Seamless
Sartura
Streambow
Tata Elxsi
Tozed Kangwei
TP Link
WNC
Zilogic Systems
