SANOG 43 - Conference Program - Friday, 22nd August, 2025 |
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| Type | Date | Time | Session | |
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| Conference | 22 August | 09:30 - 11:00 | Opening Plenary >> Session Chair: Karma Jamyang | |
| Welcome Note by Local Host : Karma Jamyang (btNOG Co-Chair) | ||||
| Welcome Note by SANOG Chair : Rupesh Shrestha | ||||
| Welcome Remarks from Chief Guest : Dasho Kesang Deki. Cabinet Secretary, Royal Government of Bhutan |
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| Opening Keynote : "How It All Began: My Journey Through Bhutan’s ICT Evolution" - Jichen Thinley (Bhutan Telecom) |
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| Conference Keynote : "Opportunities For Tapping Into The AI-Fueled Surge In Data Center Capacity Demand" - Paresh Khatri (Nokia) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Group Photograph & Tea Break |
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| 11:30 - 13:00 | Technical Session 1 >> Session Chair: Philip Smith | |||
| "btCIRT 2025 Update" - Deki Wangmo (btCIRT) | ||||
| "Migrating To Linstor: A Sweet Spot For VM Block Storage" - Brian Candler (NSRC) | ||||
| "Assymetric Routing And BGP Traffic Engineering Challenges" - Ulsbold Enkhtaivan (Mobicom) | ||||
| "Optics101 For Non-Optical (IP) Folks" - Tashi Phuntsho (FLEXOPTIX) | ||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Technical Session 2>> Session Chair: Pratima Pradhan | |||
| "Analyzing Network Reliability Upto 800G" - Thomas Weible (FLEXOPTIX) | ||||
| "Satellite Internet - A Bhutanese Perspective On Transforming Connectivity" - Manoj Adhikari | ||||
| "New developments In Satellite LoRa For Science, IoT Applications And Telemetry" - Sebastian Büttrich (NSRC) |
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Tutorial 1a |
"DC Fabric Architecture" (Part 1) - Paresh Khatri (Nokia) | |||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea Break |
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| 16:00 - 17:30 | Technical Session 3 >> Session Chair: GZ Kabir | |||
Panel Discussion |
"Merits of Terrestial Fibre vs LEO/MEO Satellite to Serve Remote Areas: Tech, Ops, Performance and Data Sovereignty" - Moderator: Sebastian Büttrich (NSRC) Panelists: Cheki Dorji (GovTech Agency) Sonam Phuntsho (BICMA) Jichen Thinley (BT) Ulsbold Enkhtaivan (Mobicom) |
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Tutorial 1b |
"DC Fabric Architecture" (Part 2) - Paresh Khatri (Nokia) | |||
| The End of Day 1 Conference | ||||
SANOG 43 - Conference Program - Saturday, 23rd August, 2025 |
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| Type | Date | Time | Session | |
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| Conference | 23 August | 09:30 - 11:00 | Technical Session 4 >> Session Chair : Philip Paeps | |
| "IP-KVM" - Yoshinobu Matsuzaki (IIJ) | ||||
| "Operating A Global DNS Anycast Network" - Dibya Khatiwada (PCH) | ||||
| "Prometheus: Is it Ready For Network Monitoring?" - Brian Candler (NSRC) | ||||
| "Let's Measure BT Internet Eco-system" - Aftab Siddiqui (APNIC Foundation) | ||||
Tutorial 2 |
"Unraveling Network Attacks: Mastering Network Threat Detection & Automated Incident Response" - Shamim Reza (The Team Phoenix) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea Break |
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| 11:30 - 13:00 | Technical Session 5 >> Session Chair: Dibya Khatiwada | |||
| "Block The Threat Before It Connects: DNS RPZ As A Tactical Shield" - Rabin Raj Gautam (Nepal Police) |
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| "DNS/DNSSEC Operational Best Practices - Sleep Better At Night With KINDNS In Your Network" - Philip Paeps (NSRC) |
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| "DDoS In South Asia - Has It Improved?" - Dave Phelan (APNIC) | ||||
Tutorial 3 |
"Introduction to WiFi" - Sebastian Büttrich (NSRC) | |||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Technical Session 6>> Session Chair: Tashi Phuntsho | |||
| "Why Bhutan Still Buffers" - Namkha Zangpo (Tashi Infocomm) | ||||
Panel Discussion |
"CDN & Peering Realities In Bhutan" - Moderator: Tashi Phuntsho (FLEXOPTIX) Panelists: Karma Jamyang (DrukREN/GovNET) Philip Smith (NSRC) Sanjay Shah (DataNET) |
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Tutorial 4 |
"TTX for Network/Systems Engineers & ICT Officers" - Pratima Pradhan (btCIRT) | |||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea Break |
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| 16:00 - 17:30 | Closing Plenary >> Session Chair: Yoshinobu Matsuzaki | |||
| --Lightning Talks-- -- "Recent developments in Space Sector in Bhutan" - Pooja Lepcha (GovTech) -- "Dzongkha NLP" - Tenzin Namgyel (GovTech) -- "Enhancing Digital Literacy and Cybersecurity Awareness in Eastern Bhutan: From Research to Community Impact" - Younten Tshering (JNEC) -- "Wireless observations on Apple devices" - Hervey Allen (NSRC) -- "BGP habits - South Asia" - Dr. Philip Smith (NSRC) -- "APNIC 60 Policy Update" Dave Phelan (APNIC) |
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| --NOG Updates-- (APNOG, BD, BT, JA, LK, MN, NP) |
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| "SANOG Update" - SANOG Chair | ||||
| Sponsors/Speakers Token of Appreciation | ||||
| "Vote of Thanks" - btNOG Chair | ||||
| 18:00-22:00 | Closing Social | |||