Interop

This article is about the trade fair. For the systems engineering term, see interoperability.

Interop is an annual trade fair for information technology organised by UBM. It takes place at five different locations at various times of the year: Mumbai (India), Tokyo (Japan), London (UK) and Las Vegas (NV, USA). 2011 marked Interop's 25th anniversary and throughout that time, Interop has promoted interoperability and openness, beginning with IP networks and continuing in today's emerging cloud computing era. For every US event, Interop volunteers build a network (called the InteropNet) using tools from various vendors to demonstrate the latest technologies and interoperability.

2015 dates

• Interop Las Vegas - April 27 - May 1
• Interop Tokyo - June 10-12
• Interop London - June 16 - June 18
• Interop Delhi - Summer 2015
• Interop Mumbai - Summer 2015

2014 dates

• Interop Las Vegas - March 31 - April 4
  • Demonstrated Shortest Path Bridging and Software-defined networking
• Interop Tokyo - June 9-13
• Interop New York - September 29 - October 3

2013 dates

• Interop Las Vegas - May 6 - May 10
  • InteropNet demonstrated IEEE 802.1aq (Shortest Path Bridging - SPB) interoperability between Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, HP, and Spirent.
• Interop Tokyo - June 12-14
• Interop Mumbai - November 20 - 22 2013

2012 dates

• Interop Las Vegas - May 6-10
• Interop Tokyo - June 12-15
• Interop New York - October 1-5
• Interop Mumbai - October 10-12

2011 events

Interop Las Vegas was held in May 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Exhibitors included Avaya, Hewlett-Packard, Citrix Systems, D-Link, Exinda, Riverbed Technology and F5 Networks. Notable speakers include Vint Cerf and Mark B. Templeton.

The Tokyo Conference was held in June, 2011. The Mumbai conference was held in September, and the New York conference in October at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

External links

• Official website
• Official Interop Mumbai Expo Web Site
• UBM Tech official web site
• UBM official web site