It’s finally my favourite time of the year – time for the Juniper TechFest 2018 (Juniper EMEA SE-Summit) #JNPRTECH2018
Make sure to grab your shirt and glasses at the registration (this year’s Shirt is light-blue).

There are so many things and interesting presentations to discover this year as you can imagine. I can’t wait until the speakers start.

My first surprise was getting a J-Coin this morning (thank you sooooooo much guys – especially Sue), that had nothing to do with the Tech-Fest itself – this was a coin for me 🙂 When I get back home I will post a picture of my J-Coin book, which I bought for my Coin-Collection 😉

I was so excited that I almost forgot my breakfast – almost 😛

First stop for me (after registration, which I already finished yesterday) was of course the certification room, where the Juniper Certification-Team thankfully prepared a quiet place for free written exams.

I know that I said this a couple of times, but this can’t be said enough:
Thank you for all doing this every year – it’s greatly appreciated.

This year I got some really nice PIN’s from the Team:

From JNCIA to JNCIS to JNCIP and now finally JNCIE – memories came back…
You should all stop by the examroom – not primary to collect your pins and badges but to get certified / re-certified.
Up to 3 exams are free for everybody – It’s best to pre-register them through pearsonvue (you should have got an email) to guarantee a seat – usually there are “rush times” with waiting periods around breakfast and lunch that you can easily avoid by registering your seat.

“Welcome Lunch” will start at 12.15, first presentation at 14.00 – the roomnames are shown on the big screens next to the registration.

In case you want to meet up, here’s my schedule for today:

Welcome Lunch, 12.15 till 13.45
Tungsten Fabric (Track 2), 14.00 – 15.30
Security – Strategy and Roadmap (Track 1), 16.30 – 18.00
Drink reception & Networking Dinner, 19.00 till 21.30

Also make sure to stop by the 2 “booth’s” this year to collect some bonus-presents 🙂

EDIT: Seems, that the Agenda is changing – make sure to stay up to date:
http://emea.juniper.net/EMEA_TECH_FEST_2018_Part-Agenda