Hi all,

SwiNOG #41, held on April 28, 2026, on Bern’s Gurten, once again demonstrated what makes the Swiss Network Operators Group special: strong technical content, an engaged community, and a format that simply works.

This edition saw exceptionally high demand — for the first time, we had to introduce a waiting list. Out of 180 available seats, 169 participants joined on the day, reflecting a consistently strong show rate and the commitment of the community.

Technical depth that matters

The agenda covered a wide range of real-world challenges and forward-looking topics. From optical transport insights — such as analysing transceiver efficiency using VDM metrics — to practical approaches in network automation, observability, Agentic Network Operations: What AI Can (and Can’t) Do in and infrastructure resilience, the talks stayed close to what operators actually deal with day-to-day.

What stood out again was the balance: no buzzword bingo, no vendor fluff — just technical talks, shared experiences, and things you can actually take back and apply.

Talks

* Rethinking Network Strategy & Building Resilience Through PNIs, Peering and Smart Geographical Expansion – Wouter Van Renterghem (RETN GmbH) * bgproutes.io: A Next-Gen BGP Data Collection Platform – Thomas Holterbach (University of Strasbourg) * Understanding and Optimising Transceiver Power Consumption Using Internal Metrics – Gerhard Stein (Flexoptix GmbH) * Shared Spectrum & MOFN – Liam Taylor (EXA Infrastructure) * 25 Years of SwissIX – A Quarter Century of Peering – Arist Volger (SwissIX) * SwissIX Update – Arist Volger (SwissIX) * Toward Agentic Network Operations: What AI Can (and Can’t) Do – Tobias Bühler (netfabric.ai) * An Introduction to ASPA – Validating AS-Paths with the help of RPKI - Massimiliano Stucchi (SwiNOG) * EVPN Unleashed: Scaling Multi-Domain Fabrics with EVPN Gateways – Remi Locherer (modus one / Arista) * SCION Inter-Domain Routing – Tilmann Zäschke (ETH Zürich) * The Network Automation Map: Navigate Your Journey with NAF – Damien Garros (OpsMill) * Building a Vendor-Agnostic E2E Testing Ecosystem with Netlab – Leandro Lerena & Andy Griesbeck (Zebbra AG) * Introduction to CHNUG – Severin Dellsperger (OST University) * Closing Remarks – Simon Ryf & Steven Glogger (SwiNOG)

Resources are online

As always, all presentations and videos are available online:

👉 https://www.swinog.ch/meetings/swinog41/

This ensures the content lives beyond the event and remains accessible to the broader community.

Looking ahead

SwiNOG continues to grow — not just in numbers, but in relevance. The increasing demand shows that there is still a strong need for a neutral, community-driven space focused on real technical exchange.

A big thank you to all speakers, sponsors, and participants who made SwiNOG #41 possible.

See you at the next one. SwiNOG #42 is in the planning for this autumn.

-steven SwiNOG Core Team