The first-ever global conference dedicated to the NetBox community and extended ecosystem.

10:20 – 10:50amFireside ChatJosh O’Brien DevOps and Infrastructure Manager at TensorWaveSalil Jani Co-Founder & COO at NetBox LabsScaling at the Speed of AI: How TensorWave Manages Explosive Infrastructure Growth▾

TensorWave scaled from 3,000 to more than 10,000 GPUs in just one year. In this fireside chat, Josh O’Brien of TensorWave and Salil Jani of NetBox Labs discuss what it takes to keep infrastructure operations moving at AI speed, including how TensorWave uses the NetBox Labs platform as the system of record for automation, manages constant change, and builds the operational discipline needed to scale.

11:00 – 11:30amCommunity TalkJake Herioux Systems Engineer at HagertyDesign as Code: Automating New Site Deployments with NetBox, YAML, and Ansible▾

Hagerty is working toward fully automated new-site deployments by treating infrastructure design as code before a single configuration is pushed. In this session, you’ll learn how Hagerty uses NetBox as the system of record for everything from sites and racks to VRFs, VLANs, prefixes, and IP addresses, with structured YAML planning data, Config Contexts, and Ansible connecting design to deployment. The session will also cover how NetBox Branching helps teams stage and review changes, creating a repeatable and auditable approach to deploying new sites.

11:30am – 12:00pmPartner SessionDan Wade Practice Lead, Network Automation at BlueAllyRyan Hoover Senior Manager, IT Network Operations at ExelonTwo Systems, One Truth: NetBox + ServiceNow CMDB▾

Exelon is expanding its use of NetBox from an initial project into a broader model of its physical infrastructure across 160 branch locations. In this session, Dan Wade of BlueAlly and Ryan Hoover of Exelon discuss Exelon’s NetBox adoption journey, including what they modeled first, how they’re expanding into racks, power, and other physical infrastructure, and how NetBox and ServiceNow CMDB work together to support their environment.

1:00 – 1:20pmCustomer SpotlightJamie Lawrence Network Reliability Engineering Manager at ArmFrom System of Record to Source of Context: How Arm Cut Onboarding Time by 92%▾

Device onboarding used to take days for Arm’s Global Networks team, with network data spread across spreadsheets, YAML inventories, and a legacy CMDB. This session explores how Arm built a NetBox-driven automation pipeline connecting automated device discovery, NetBox, and Ansible, reducing datacenter onboarding from days to around two hours, a 92% improvement. It also looks at how Arm is building on that foundation with validation, change management, topology visualization, and MCP to provide trusted infrastructure context for automation, observability, and AI.

1:20 – 1:40pmCommunity TalkJoel Adria System Architect and Team Lead at Moment FactoryModeling to the Edge: Multimedia Environments in NetBox▾

Moment Factory manages complex multimedia and AV environments where everything from the network core to the guest kiosk needs to be documented and connected. In this session, you’ll learn how Moment Factory uses NetBox and AI-assisted workflows to document and automate infrastructure across permanent installations and touring shows, including how they moved from sprawling spreadsheets to a centralized system of record and customized the NetBox interface to help their helpdesk troubleshoot complex client environments faster.

2:00 – 2:20pmPartner SessionRyan Alt Managing Principal at AHEADCrawl-Walk-Run: A Maturity Model for NetBox-Anchored Automation▾

This session lays out a reusable maturity model for automation anchored on NetBox. It starts with configuration templating in code, progresses to automated discovery feeding into NetBox, and moves on to AI-assisted network operations. You will leave with a model you can apply wherever your team currently sits on the maturity curve.

2:20 – 2:50pmCustomer PanelBrett Packer Senior Network Automation Engineer at Delta Dental of MichiganDavid DiGiacomo Senior Network Engineer at Bausch HealthJustin R. A. Horm Edge Network Operations Manager at University of MarylandThe Network Automation Spectrum: Where Are You and What’s Next?▾

Infrastructure teams are at very different stages of their automation journey, from moving beyond spreadsheets to running sophisticated automation at scale. In this candid customer panel, practitioners and leaders from enterprise infrastructure teams share what that journey actually looks like, including how they built a trusted data foundation, gained organizational alignment, chose where to start, and evolved their approach over time. You’ll hear lessons from different stages of automation maturity, what they would do differently, and what they’re still working to figure out.

2:50 – 3:20pmSpotlight SessionZoë Blevins Principal Software Engineer at NVIDIAChristian MacNevin Network Automation Leader at NVIDIAFrom AI Factory Intent to Network Operations: NVIDIA Config Manager Meets NetBox▾

Operating a 100-megawatt AI factory means keeping several high-performance network fabrics consistent while thousands of components change. Using that scale as context, this session introduces NVIDIA DSX OS and NVIDIA Config Manager. We then explore what it takes to run infrastructure orchestration at AI-factory scale, spanning rendering, zero-touch provisioning, validation, and durable day-2 workflows. A failure-domain example traces how intent becomes both the correct DHCP relay path and the correct management-plane assignment.

Dinner and drinks beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis, with veteran NASA astronaut Michael Baker joining us for the evening. Come with questions.