The 2026 Frankfurt Drink
An evening with NL-ix
The Internet runs on infrastructure — but it grows on relationships.
An evening with NL-ix, Frankfurt is about bringing together the people behind the networks: carriers, cloud providers, IX partners, datacenters, content networks and enterprises. The engineers, strategists and decision-makers shaping the next phase of Europe’s digital infrastructure.
This year, we gather at Gibson Beach Club — in the heart of Frankfurt, one of Europe’s most important interconnection hubs.
A fitting location, as Germany continues to play a central role in Europe’s digital infrastructure. With our established presence in Frankfurt and the recent launch of our new Munich Metro, NL-ix is further strengthening its German footprint — expanding our distributed interconnection platform and reinforcing our role in Europe’s digital backbone.
Frankfurt connects the continent.
Munich adds new regional depth.
Together, they reflect how NL-ix continues to build a resilient, neutral interconnection layer across Europe.
As NL-ix moves into its 25th year, this expansion marks not only growth, but momentum — building on 25 years of interconnection expertise while preparing for the next phase of Europe’s digital evolution.
Our Sponsors:
Flexoptics - Gold
Nextpertise - Silver
Telesol - Bronze
18 June 2026 | 17:00 | Gibson Beach Club, Frankfurt
And that’s exactly what An evening with NL-ix, Frankfurt is about: bringing together the people behind the networks — the engineers, operators, partners and decision-makers shaping the next phase of digital infrastructure.
On 18 June 2026, from 17:00 onwards, we look forward to welcoming you at Gibson Beach Club in Frankfurt.
We’d love to see you there.
Who will you meet?
| First name | Last name | Company name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | Michael | Schroth | Zayo Europe |
| 105 | Daniel | Spierling | DE-CIX |
| 104 | Mohamed | El Hattachi | Zayo Europe |
| 103 | Ferdinand | Zink | PletX GmbH / Tube-Hosting |
| 102 | Johanna | Hofmann | Freifunk Frankfurt am Main e.V. |
| 101 | Tatiana | Kozhina | NewTelco GmbH |
| 100 | Matthias | Krolla | Eunetworks |
| 99 | Johan | Larsson | Colt Technology Services |
| 98 | Güler | Basol | Basol Cyber Security |
| 97 | Thomas | Blob | Deutsche Telekom Geschäftskunden GmbH |
| 96 | Klaas | Mertens | I/P/B/ |
| 95 | Tatjana | Yavari | Telefónica Germany |
| 94 | Karim | Tubin | EuNetworks |
| 93 | Benjamin | Jeffreys | Zayo Europe |
| 92 | James | Lockwood | Digital Realty |
| 91 | Adam | Day | Zayo Europe |
| 90 | Alex | Campbell | - |
| 89 | Benjamin | Senarath | IB-IT Datacenter GmbH |
| 88 | Bernhard | Krönung | regio[.NET] GmbHCo. KG |
| 87 | Nina | Saidi | Megaport |
| 86 | Alex | Engel | euNetworks |
| 85 | Arnold | Nipper | DE-CIX |
| 84 | Marcel | Edler | SkyLink Data Center GmbH |
| 83 | René | Spellerberg | SkyLink Data Center |
| 82 | Jan | Hoogenboom | NL-ix |
| 81 | Andreas | John | net-lab GmbH |
| 80 | Dmitry | Baklashev | NewTelco GmbH |
| 79 | Daniel | Brandtner | DENIC eG |
| 78 | Julian | Huhn | SysEleven |
| 77 | Daniel | Kühn | 24fire GmbH |
| 76 | Sven | Wefels | DENIC eG |
| 75 | Karim | Tubin | euNetworks |
| 74 | Thomas | Kraft | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| 73 | Andreas | Ebert | man-da.de GmbH |
| 72 | Pepe | Rosam | EY |
| 71 | Krasimir | Totev | GNM-IX |
| 70 | Keter | Fernandez Torres | euNetworks GmbH |
| 69 | Crystal | Kim | euNetworks |
| 68 | Filip | Bujas | Zenlayer |
| 67 | Rose | Jacobsen | PFALZKOM |
| 66 | Florian | Jung | Vodafone GmbH |
| 65 | Martin | Schubert | projects4you |
| 64 | Maik | Schwamberger | Zayo Europe |
| 63 | Tomas | Krajc | euNetworks |
| 62 | Olga | Rogova | NewTelco GmbH |
| 61 | Isabell | Perkins | Digital Realty |
| 60 | Quincy | Anuels | Relined Fiber Network |
| 59 | Timon | Hauser | TMW Global Networks |
| 58 | Stefan | Bogatzki | euNetworks |
| 57 | Alexander | Reihs | Vodafone |
| 56 | Matthias | Krolla | Eunetworks |
| 55 | Andreas | Sturm | DE-CIX |
| 54 | krishnanunni | jithendrakumar | DC-connectivity |
| 53 | Perana | Punniyamoorthy | DC-connectivity |
| 52 | Siva | Rajasekaram | dc-connectivity |
| 51 | Gregor | Hansbuer | Pink Elephant GmbH |
| 50 | Gabor | Reich | Inter.link |
| 49 | Wouter | Van Renterghem | RETN GmbH |
| 48 | Anke | Lüders | Akamai Technologies |
| 47 | Andrew | Molloy | EXA Infrastructure Germany GmbH |
| 46 | Thomas | Scholz | Pink Elephant GmbH |
| 45 | Heike | Henrich | man-da.de GmbH |
| 44 | Rolf | Wiesner | Wiesner und Viski GmbH |
| 43 | Gerhard | Stein | Flexoptix |
| 42 | Jan | Willeke | Megaport |
| 41 | Tashi | Phuntsho | FLEXOPTIX GmbH |
| 40 | Rene | Fichtmueller | Flexoptix GmbH |
| 39 | Christoph | Grössl | Zayo Europe |
| 38 | Marvin | Härdtlein | firstcolo |
| 37 | Anna | Frühling | Freifunk Frankfurt am Main e.V. |
| 36 | Miles | McWilliams | Deutsche Telekom |
| 35 | Moe | Kadri | Deutsche Telekom AG |
| 34 | Thomas | Grahnert | Vodafone |
| 33 | Dörte | Siemens | Metro AG |
| 32 | Milan | Lazovic | Netrio GmbH |
| 31 | Murat | Turgut | NorthC Deutschland GmbH |
| 30 | Ahmed | Maaz | Netrio GmbH |
| 29 | Khang | Truong | Netrio GmbH |
| 28 | Joachim | Knauer | Netrio GmbH |
| 27 | Oliver | Peters | NorthC Datacenters Frankfurt am Main |
| 26 | Marco | Weimar | euNetworks GmbH |
| 25 | Bodhi | Vriesman | OctoNona |
| 24 | Iulian | Dominte | Rocket-Fibre LTD |
| 23 | Brechje | van Lokhorst | OctoNona |
| 22 | Felix | Massoth | NTT DATA |
| 21 | Krasimir | Totev | Uniberg GmbH |
| 20 | Marc | Alfs | CGI |
| 19 | Quincy | Anuels | Relined Fiber Network |
| 18 | Peter | György | BENOCS |
| 17 | Sacha | de Lizer | Penta-Infra |
| 16 | Tizian Maxime | Weigt | TMW Global Networks |
| 15 | Gregory | Suden | Northbay Networks |
| 14 | Falk | Storkebaum | Netrio GmbH |
| 13 | Ewan | Wilkinson | Rocket Fibre Wholesale |
| 12 | Tom | Sanders | Rocket Fibre |
| 11 | Kardo | Anwar | Photon Capital |
| 10 | Rusko | Sabanagic | Relined Fiber Network |
| 9 | Lukas | Michaels | Deutsche Telekom |
| 8 | Moritz | Busch | PathConnect GmbH |
| 7 | Joey Julian | König | PathConnect GmbH |
| 6 | Tanja | Göbel | RETN GmbH |
| 5 | Mario | Peschel | InterNetworX Management GmbH |
| 4 | Léon | van der Laan | NL-ix |
| 3 | Karel | Helsen | AMS-ix |
| 2 | Jan | Gilla | level66.network / Medialine |
| 1 | Michael | Gross | NL-ix |