NetLdn Inaugural Meeting

NetLdn's inaugural meeting is scheduled for Thursday 11th April 2019 at 18:30, with talks beginning at 19:00. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early if you can to get a drink and a seat ready for the first talk.

4th Floor
2 Fitzroy Place
8 Mortimer St
London W1T 3NA

Talk 1: Why Netflix needs its own CDN
Netflix runs its own CDN (Open Connect) to deliver video to >130 million subscribers around the world.
This talk will focus on the motivations for doing so, some of the unique challenges, and the hows and whys.

Bio: Javed Vohra
Javed is a member of Netflix’s Network Engineering team having joined 5 years ago.
He’s involved in the the continued growth, evolution and day to day operation of the Open Connect CDN around the world.
Before Netflix, he spent 8 years in the Network Design team at Sky, having worked on numerous project, including Core, FTTC and IPv6 rollouts.

Talk 2: That time I accidentally started an ISP
Getting 1Gbit/s to the middle of nowhere can be struggle, but also a lot of fun. Tales of how a small home network got wildly out of hand.

Bio: Nat Morris
Nat has been at Netflix for nearly 4 years and has written many of their network configuration and automation toolsets from the ground up. He works from home on a farm in rural Pembrokeshire. Before Netflix, Nat led the customer engineer team at Cumulus, he also volunteers at a local primary school teaching students to code.