The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is organizing the 2026 Workshop on "AI enhanced Fibre in-premises network for ION-2030”, which will take place on Wednesday 28 October 2026 from 1400 to 1800 hours (CST) in Xi’an, China. Speakers from various related organizations such as European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Broadband Forum (BBF), China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), WLAN Application Alliance (WAA) & SparkLink will present and discuss the evolution of the future in-premises network. This is an in-person event with remote participation.

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The integration of AI into optical networks creates new evolution path for network development. AI applications, especially large‑scale model training, distributed inference, and real‑time intelligent services are becoming major drivers of network traffic. Generative AI, autonomous systems, and edge intelligence generate massive data exchanges that demand significantly higher bandwidth and ultra‑low latency. Meeting these requirements pushes optical networks toward finer‑granularity resource allocation, deterministic forwarding, and dynamic reconfiguration.

Recognizing this paradigm shift, the ITU has officially released the International Optical Networks towards 2030 and Beyond (ION-2030) framework developed by ITU-T Study Group 15​. The Framework aims to guide the evolution of global optical connectivity in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). The ION-2030 framework envisions a service-oriented architecture emphasizing AI applications in access and in-premise network, including Agentic AI as Service, Self-optimizing network and Quality on Demand as key network characteristics.

This workshop brings together attendees to contribute ideas for facilitating the AI applications in fibre in-premised network. Topics to be addressed during the session are:

• AI applications in fibre in-premises network
  
• New use cases and relevant applications
• AIGC flows and relevant QoE requirements
• Successful practices of AI applications in in-premises network
•  Business cases of AI-enhanced fibre in-premises network
• Network technologies for AI-enhanced fibre in-premises network
• Advanced system design of fibre in-premises network
•  Millimetre-wave Wi-Fi over fibre
• E2E Fibre & Wi-Fi/SparkLink coordination technologies
• AI agent, agent framework in in-premises network
• Fibre/wireless sensing technologies

​Participation in the workshop is free of charge and is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions, all regular participants of ETSI TC ATTM, BBF, CCSA TC6, WAA, SparkLink and ITU-T SG15 meetings and to any individual interested in the topic who wishes to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations.