The 28th edition of the Congress will be held April 6th to 8th 2027, at the Palais des Congrès de Paris.

You have been familiar with the MPLS WC for over 26 years. As from last year, as you now know, the Congress has turn to the Upperside World Congress.

The 2026 event has retained what has always made it unique and renowned: offering technical content and anticipating technological developments in its area.

Coupled with our Quantum Networks Summit for the 4th year, the UWC gives a complete spectrum of the networking industry and remain the Global Rendez-vous of the IP Routing Industry.

A call for proposals is open until July 11th.
For the 2027 agenda, AI data center interconnects will still be a big item, scale-across being better understood by the audience. Another important session will cover observability tied to closed-loop automation with AI assistance and demonstrate the path to autonomous networks.

Quantum safe networking and security will also be a bigger deal next year.

SRv6 Deployments, IP Optical, Distributed Inferencing

As the previous years, SRv6 deployments will receive strong attention as well as IP/optical networking and security aspects. Other sessions will address distributed inferencing, network flexibility, energy consumption, routing issues, 5G/6G & the edge.

Attracting 1050+ participants coming from 60+ countries and 300+ companies worldwide, the Congress is still gaining traction confirming this event as the global rendez-vous for people involved in the future evolution of the IP routing industry.