We are pleased to announce the agenda for the Chicago Network Operators Group's 13th (CHI-NOG 13) annual conference, taking place on May 27th (workshops) and 28th, 2026 (conference) in Chicago, IL. Agenda 1. The NAF's Network Automation Framework * | Jeff Doyle (**Alchemy Global Networks)* 2. From Datacenter to AI Center, Building the Networks that Build AI * | Tyler Conrad **(Arista)* 3. False Immunity: Long Prefixes that Bypass ROV * | Bryton Herdes * *(CloudFlare)* 4. Multi-Path Traffic Engineering * | Colby Barth **(HPE/Juniper)* 5. Show Me Your PRs * | Steve Ulrich **(nexthop.ai <http://nexthop.ai>)* 6. The Automation Identity Crisis: Navigating the Jump from Scripter to Leader * | Rob Martin **(Arista)* 7. InterQnet: A Heterogeneous Full-Stack Approach to Co-designing Scalable Quantum Networks * | Joaquin Chung **(Argonne National Laboratory)* 8. Multicast for AI Data Centers * | Mike McBride **(Futurewei)* 9. Let the AI Build the Lab: Hands-Off Virtual Topology Prototyping * | Taran Deshpande **(Cisco)* 10. Internet Measurement & Observability Walkthrough * | Aaron Atac * *(CoreWeave)* 11. The KINDNS Initiative * | David Huberman **(ICANN)* 12. Building Community-Owned Critical Infrastructure * | Matt Griswold **(Open Pipes & 20C)* 13. Deployment and Management of Digital Coherent Optics * | Phil Bedard **(Cisco)* 14. IPv6. Why Should You Care? * | Nick Buraglio **(ESnet)* 15. Stop your NetOps Suffering: How AI Can Do the Un-Fun-damental Parts of NetOps for You | *Scott Robohn **(Solutional)* Workshops 1. Routing Security Workshop - ARIN Deep Dive on RPKI | *Brad Gorman* ( *ARIN*) 2. Intent Based Automation - Build an AI Fabric | *Mohammad Zaman & Amer Fakhar* (*Nokia*) 3. ICANN's DNSSEC Labs | *Eddy Winstead* (*Internet Systems Consortium*) Detailed agenda can be found at https://13.chinog.org. Regular registration is still open, but ending soon. Registration: https://chinog.org/chi-nog-13/registration/ Thank you Tom Kacprzynski CHI-NOG Program Committee Chair