Ultra Ethernet Consortium

Ultra Ethernet Consortium Member Summit 2026
2026-04-27 - 2026-04-29 | CA
The Ultra Ethernet Consortium Member Summit 2026 brings the UEC community together for three days of in-person technical engagement, leadership alignment, and implementation-focused collaboration. This is the consortium’s primary face-to-face gathering for advancing active work, strengthening cross-working-group coordination, and helping translate technical progress into practical next steps.
Location
Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center
7800 East Tufts Avenue
Denver, CO 80237
Venue details: https://shorturl.at/ASMxe
Why Attend
The UEC Member Summit is designed to bring the community together where in-person engagement has the greatest value: active technical work, cross-functional coordination, strategic alignment, and direct discussion among contributors, implementers, and consortium leadership.
Across three full days of programming, members will have the opportunity to participate in working group sessions, consortium discussions, leadership meetings, and focused conversations on implementation, deployment, compliance, and performance. The Summit is structured to support both deep technical work and broader alignment across the organization.
This is an in-person event only. There will be no remote participation option.
Featured Programming

Three full days of in-person programming
Working group sessions across core UEC technical areas
Cross-working-group and leadership coordination
UEC Summit Kickoff
Productization and Deployment Panel Discussion
Show + Tell Session
Deployment and Implementation Planning Discussion
UEC/SNIA/NVM Express Reception
Complimentary access to SNIA’s Regional SDC: Storage.AI event on Wednesday

Who Should Attend
The Summit is intended for the full UEC member community, including:

Technical contributors
Working group participants
Implementers
Chairs and leadership participants
Returning attendees
First-time participants
Whether you are helping shape UEC specifications, aligning implementation strategy, or preparing for deployment, this event provides direct access to the conversations and working sessions that move the consortium forward.

Registration
Register here:
https://register.linuxfoundation.org/uec-member-summit-2026
Access is available with the member-exclusive code on Causeway.

UEC Member Summit 2026
Event Agenda

Monday, April 27

Start
End
Location
Session
Lead(s)

7:30 AM
5:00 PM
Grande Mesa Foyer – L2
Registration
SNIAUEC Marketing Team

7:30 AM
9:00 AM
Atrium – L2
Breakfast

9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Grande Mesa F – L2
Welcome Address / Member Awards
J Metz

9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Grande Mesa F – L2
Ultra Ethernet 101
Venkat Pullela (Keysight)

10:00 AM
10:45 AM
Grande Mesa F – L2
Rise of Ultra Ethernet
Mahesh Subramaniam (HPE)

10:45 AM
11:30 AM
Grande Mesa F – L2
The Why of UEC
Tom Emmons (Arista)

11:30 AM
1:00 PM
Atrium – L2
Lunch

1:00 PM
2:15 PM
Grande Mesa F – L2
UEC Transport Working Group
Keith Underwood

1:00 PM
2:15 PM
Grande Mesa B – L2
UEC Compliance & Test Working Group
Dave EstesCliff Tavares

2:15 PM
2:45 PM
Atrium – L2
PM Refreshments

2:45 PM
4:15 PM
Grande Mesa B – L2
UEC Performance & Debug Working Group
Chris SommersYanfang Le

2:45 PM
4:15 PM
Grande Mesa F – L2
UEC Transport WG continues
Keith Underwood

4:15 PM
6:00 PM
Grande Mesa D – L2
UEC TAC WG
Tom EmmonsBrad Matthews

4:15 PM
6:00 PM
Grande Mesa B – L2
UEC Storage WG – joint NVMe FMDS Meeting
Phil CaytonClaudio De Santi

Tuesday, April 28

Start
End
Location
Session
Lead(s)

7:30 AM
9:00 AM
Atrium – L2
Breakfast

8:10 AM
9:50 AM
Grande Mesa B – L2
UEC Compliance & Test WG
Dave EstesCliff Tavares

8:10 AM
9:50 AM
Grande Mesa F – L2
UEC Transport WG
Keith Underwood

9:50 AM
10:15 AM
Atrium – L2
AM Refreshments

10:15 AM
12:00 PM
Grande Mesa E – L2

Benchmarking Methodology Seminar

Part One: Collective Communications with real-world results using PD8001 Spec.
Part II: HPC Benchmark – Performance evaluation for high-performance computing workloads.
All are welcome. This is an educational session.

Chris SommersYanfang Le

10:15 AM
12:00 PM
Grande Mesa B – L2
UEC PHY WG
Adee RanJannik Hammel Nielsen

10:15 AM
12:00 PM
Grande Mesa F – L2
UEC Transport WG (continues)
Keith Underwood

12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Atrium – L2
Lunch

1:00 PM
2:15 PM
Grande Mesa B – L2

UEC Management WGJoint Session: Transport/Software WG

UEC management specification overview.
UE Fabric management.
UET monitoring and control including telemetry and diagnostics.
Software topics: INC management, key management, provisioning.

John LeungHemal Shah

1:00 PM
2:15 PM
Grande Mesa F – L2
UEC Transport WG (continues)
Keith Underwood

1:00 PM
2:15 PM
Grande Mesa E – L2

UEC/SNIA/NVMe: Cross-Organization Technical Alignment Session

A cross-group, cross-organization meeting to share current workstreams, identify areas of overlap, and improve technical alignment across UEC, SNIA, and NVMe.
All members are invited; this is an opportunity to cross-pollinate and build bridges.

Chris Sommers (UEC)Yanfang Le (UEC)

2:15 PM
2:45 PM
Atrium – L2
PM Refreshments

2:15 PM
4:05 PM
Grande Mesa F – L2
UEC Software WG
Rip SohanEric Spada

2:45 PM
4:00 PM
Grande Mesa B – L2

UEC Management WGJoint Session: Swordfish team (SNIA)

Joint session topic: Discussion centered on the need to ensure alignment at the management layer as storage device integration work on UEC continues to develop.
In that context, Richelle Ahlvers from SNIA Redfish/Swordfish will attend.

John LeungHemal Shah

2:45 PM
4:00 PM
Grande Mesa A – L2
UEC Link WG
Bob AlversonYan Zhuang

2:45 PM
4:00 PM
Grande Mesa E – L2

UEC Performance & Debug WG

Roadmap and brainstorming session.
Bring your performance and debug wish list.
Up until now, we have focused on application-level performance, but there is also interest in lower layers.
All members are welcome.

Chris SommersYanfang Le

4:05 PM
5:45 PM
Grande Mesa D – L2
UEC Deployment and Implementation Planning Discussion (Remote Enabled)
TACSteering CommitteeChairs

6:00 PM
8:00 PM
Atrium – L2
Partner Networking Reception – UEC, NVMe, SNIA

Wednesday, April 29

Start
End
Location
Session
Lead(s)

7:30 AM
9:00 AM
Atrium – L2
Breakfast

7:30 AM
8:30 AM
Grande Mesa D – L2
TAC/Steering Committee Breakfast
Tom EmmonsBrad MatthewsJ Metz

8:30 AM
10:30 AM
Grande Mesa D – L2
UEC TAC Meeting
Tom EmmonsBrad Matthews

10:30 AM
11:00 AM
Atrium – L2
AM Refreshments

10:45 AM
12:00 PM
Chasm Creek – L2
UEC Software WG
Eric SpadaRip Sohan

10:45 AM
12:00 PM
Grande Mesa C – L2
UEC PHY WG
Jannik Hammel NielsenAdee Ran

12:00 PM
1:30 PM
Atrium – L2
Lunch

1:30 PM
2:40 PM
Grande Mesa D – L2
UEC Joint TAC/Steering Committee Meeting
Tom EmmonsBrad MatthewsJ Metz

1:30 PM
2:40 PM
Chasm Creek – L2
UEC Software WG (continues)
Eric SpadaRip Sohan

2:30 PM
3:00 PM
Atrium – L2
PM Refreshments

3:00 PM
4:30 PM
Grande Mesa D – L2
Steering Committee Meeting
J Metz

3:00 PM
6:20 PM
Chasm Creek – L2
UEC Software WG (continues)
Eric SpadaRip Sohan

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