Technical Program & Workshops

Opening Plenary

Session Chair: Aftab Siddiqui

1. Welcome Remarks : — Rupesh Shrestha (SANOG Chair)
2. Welcome Remarks : — Samit Jana (NPNOG President)
3. Welcome Remarks : — Jia Rong Low (Director General of APNIC)
4. MoU Signing Ceremony : APNIC & SANOG
5. Welcome Remarks : Chief Guest — Arjun Ghimire (Nepal Telecommunications Authority)
6. Keynote Speech : Internet to Intelligence: Reinventing ISP for the AI Era arrow_outward — Binaya Mohan Saud (Subisu Limited)
7. Keynote Speech : It doesn’t always have to be the DNS arrow_outward — David Conrad (Principal & Co-Founder, Layer9 Technologies)
8. Internet Enablers Awards :

Tea Break

Technical Session 1

Session Chair: Gaurab Raj Upadhaya

1. Mental Models arrow_outward — Devdas Bhagat (JustEatTakeaway.com)
2. How to keep local Internet running during Internet Shutdown arrow_outward — Sumon Ahmed Sabir (Fiber@Home)
3. Cryptography in the Quantum Era arrow_outward — Paresh Khatri (NOKIA)

Lunch Break

Technical Session 2

Session Chair: Punit Manandhar

1. 360° Security Transformation: Building Resilience with Open-Source Tools arrow_outward — Mahedi Hasan (University of Dhaka)
2. ASPA - RPKI Path Validation arrow_outward — Anurag Bhatia (Hurricane Electric)
3. The Puzzle Pieces (revisited) of Securing the Internet Routing arrow_outward — Tashi Phuntsho (NSRC)

Tea Break

Technical Session 3 (DNS Session)

Session Chair: Tashi Phuntsho (FLEXOPTIX)

1. DNS Query Trends arrow_outward — Yoshinobu Matsuzaki (IIJ)
2. What Your DNS Logs Say About CDN Efficiency: A Practical Approach for ISP Visibility arrow_outward — Abu Sufian (ADN Telecom Limited)
3. Root Zone KSK Rollover arrow_outward — Champika Wijayatunga (ICANN)

Social Event

Technical Session 4

Session Chair: Rupesh Basnet

1. When DDoS Protection Starts Hurting Operations arrow_outward — Nishal Rai (Digital Network Solution)
2. What your SNMP tells me about your network arrow_outward — Dave Phelan (APNIC)
3. Supply-Chain Malware at Scale: Mapping BadBox Exposure in Bhutan and South Asia arrow_outward — Warren Finch (Internet Society)

Tutorial 1

1. DC Fabric Architecture arrow_outward — Paresh Khatri (NOKIA)

Tea Break

Technical Session 5

Session Chair: Dave Phelan (APNIC)

1. Containerlab for Network Engineers: Lightweight Multi-Vendor Network Labs arrow_outward — Suman Kumar Saha (Self Employed)
2. Why Timing Infrastructure Is the Next Critical Challenge arrow_outward — Kohei Suzuki (Seiko Solutions)
3. IP-over-DWDM (What IP folks should know) arrow_outward — Tashi Phuntsho (FLEXOPTIX)

Tutorial 2

1. BGPWatch: Collaborative BGP Routing Analysis, Monitoring, and Incident Response Platform arrow_outward — Niraj Acharya (NREN) and Aryan Joshi (NREN)

Lunch Break

Technical Session 6 (Peering)

Session Chair: Warren Finch (Internet Society)

1. Architecture and Troubleshooting: A Guide to AWS Peering arrow_outward — Chitiz Shrestha (AWS)
2. Panel Discussion : Future of Peering and Opportunities : Moderator — Warren Finch (Internet Society)
3. Panelists : Bill Woodcock (PCH), Sudhir Kunder (DE-CIX), David Phelan (APNIC), Matt Jansen (META), Rupesh Shrestha (NPIX)

Tea Break

Closing Plenary

Session Chair: Rupesh Shrestha (SANOG Chair)

1. Closing Keynote : The Economics of Connectivity in South Asia: Falling ARPU, Rising Expectations, Rising Network Costs arrow_outward — GZ Kabir
2. Closing Keynote : Critical Communication Infrastructure arrow_outward — Bill Woodcock (General Secretary, Packet Clearing House)
3. Building Capabilities in the APAC Region — Rajnesh Singh (CEO, APNIC Foundation)
4. NOG Updates : bdNOG, btNOG, inNOG, JANOG, lkNOG, npNOG, phNOG, pkNOG, SANOG
5. SANOG45 (Dhaka) Update — Mohammad Aminul Hakim (ISPAB President)
6. Closing Remarks — Rupesh Shrestha (SANOG Chair)

REN Members Meeting : Track 1

1. Registration & Welcome Coffee
2. Welcome & Meeting Objectives
3. NREN Intro, Activities, and Support
4. Regional Peer Insights BdREN (Bangladesh)
5. Introduction of Asi@Connect and its Activities

APNIC Sub-Regional Forum

1. Opening Remarks : arrow_outward — Jia Rong Low (Director General of APNIC)
2. Services Session: IRM / Registry Accuracy — Pubudu Jayasinghe (APNIC)

Tea Break

APNIC Sub-Regional Forum

1. Technical Session: IPv6, RPKI and ASPA — Pubudu Jayasinghe (APNIC)

REN Members Meeting : Track 2

1. Regional Peer Insights LEARN
2. Interactive Discussion: Members Needs and priorities, Collaboration Models and Support
3. Closing & Commitments

Lunch Break

APNIC Sub-Regional Forum

1. APNIC Policy: There's More to the Internet than Numbers — Dave Phelan (APNIC) and Bikram Shrestha (APNIC Policy SIG Chair)
2. - Overview of the Policy Development Process (PDP)
3. - How the policy process works in practice
4. - Community participation and pathways for engagement
5. - Update on recent developments and upcoming policy proposals
6. - Implementation considerations and operational impact for members
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8. APNIC Foundation Update
9. - Overview of current initiatives and collaboration opportunities arrow_outward — Aftab Siddiqui
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11. Community Listening Session — Jia Rong Low (Director General of APNIC) and Sunny Chendi (APNIC)
12. - Facilitated discussion with Members based on questions received
13. - Open format focused on gathering feedback, insights, and community input
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15. Closing Remarks

Tea Break

Sponsor Track

Session Chair: Rupesh Shrestha (SANOG Chair)

1. Nokia : Partnering for success in the AI Era - Mr. Rahul Puri (CTO Nokia India)
2. Team Cymru : Residential Proxies, A Growing Problem for the ISP Community - Jacomo Piccolini
3. Huawei : The AI Accelerator: How we Empower your Short,Mid and Long Game - Brandon Wu CTO & Director Southern Pacific Huawei Enterprise Business Grp
4. HPE : The Self-Driving Data Center Networking From intent-based fabrics to full-stack operations with HPE - Olarn Ongborirukkul, Senior Consulting Systems Engineer, Southeast Asia+ Taiwan & Hong Kong
5. Resecurity : Uncovering the DNS Fast-Flux Infrastructure Behind SRG - Saraj Pant
6. Cisco : Critical Infrastructure for Your AI Journey - Sreejesh T P, Leader, Solutions Engineers, Cisco India and South Asia