APRICOT 2024 | APRICOT | 20 February 2024 | Athenee Hotel , 61 Witthayu Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

This event draws many of the world's best Internet engineers, operators, researchers, service providers, users and policy communities from over 50 countries to teach, present, and do their own human networking. The ten-day summit consists of seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather (BOFs), and other forums with the goal of spreading and sharing the knowledge required to operate the Internet within the Asia Pacific region.

This is a valuable opportunity for participants and sponsors to hear and contribute to discussions concerning current and developing Internet networking technologies and trends.

2024 Speakers

Mona Jaber
Senior Lecturer in IoT, Queen Mary University of London

Randy Bush
Research Fellow, Internet Initiative Japan

Achie Atienza
PhNOG Chair, Globe

Adli Wahid
Security Specialist, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

Aftab Siddiqui
Senior Manager Internet Technology APNOG Board, Internet Society

Andre Gelderblom
Product Manager - Membership, APNIC

Anja Gengo
Associate Programme Expert and NRIs Focal Point, United Nations Secretariat for the Internet Governance Forum

Anton Strydom
Product Development Director, APNIC

Anupam Agrawal
Lead Corporate Industry Forums and Standards Cell, Tata Consultancy Services Limited

Anurag Bhatia
Network Researcher, Hurricane Electric

Aris Cahyadi Risdianto
Singapore Institute of Technology

Barry Greene

Bart Van de Velde
Sr. Director Engineering, Cisco

Batmagnai Erdene
IP network engineer, Mobicom Corporation LLC

Bertrand Cherrier
Policy SIG, Micro Logic Systems

Bikram Shrestha
Nepal Internet Foundation

Bob Rotsted
Network Security Engineer and Trainer, NSRC

Brad Hosking
Business Information Technology Manager, APNIC

Brian Candler
Systems Designer and Trainer, NSRC

Carlos Armas
Network Engineer and Trainer, NSRC

Changqing An
Tsinghua University

Che-Hoo Cheng
Infrastructure & Development Director, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

Ching-Heng KU
Director of IP department, TWNIC

Christoph Dietzel
Head of the Products & Research department, DE-CIX

Christopher Hawker
Network Policy, Internet Society

Clarence Filsfils
Fellow, Cisco

Dashzeveg Baatartsogt
Senior Information Security Analyst, Unitel LLC

Dave Phelan
Senior Network Analyst / Technical Trainer, APNIC

David Aditya Yoga Pratama
IDNIC

Denesh Bhabuta
Community Relations, DNS-OARC

Dhruv Dhody
Chief Standards Architect, Huawei Technologies India

Di Ma
Principal Research Fellow, ZDNS

Doug Madory
Director of Internet Analysis, Kentik

Gaurav Kansal
National Informatics Centre

Gavin Tweedie
Chair, APNOG Board

Geoff Huston
Chief Scientist, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

George Michaelson
Product Manager, Registry, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

Greg Hankins
Senior Product Manager, Nokia

Hervey Allen
Network Systems Engineer, NSRC

Hiro Hotta
Board Director and the Senior Executive Vice-President, JPRS

Ian Sheldon
Director, Internet Governance, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australia

Jakob Horn
Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco

Jeremy Harrison
General Counsel, APNIC

Joanne Tze Yen Liew
Cloudflare

Jocelyn Bateman
Global Interconnection Strategy, Amazon

John Sweeting
Chief Customer Officer, ARIN

Jordi Palet
The IPv6 Company

Joy Chan
TWNIC

Kam Sze Yeung
Principal Network Architect, Akamai

Kanchana Kanchanasut
intERLab/AIT

Karla Skarda
Chair, APNIC

Katsuyasu Toyama
Chair, APIX

Kenny Huang
Chairman of Board, APNIC EC

Kevin Chege
Director, Internet Development, Internet Society

Kevin Meynell
Community Engagement Manager, SCION Association

Kittinan Sriprasert
Technical Manager, BKNIX

Koki Nakagawa
JPNIC

Lia Hestina
Senior Project Coordinator, RIPE NCC

Lily Che
UX Designer, APNIC

Liu Ziping
Deputy Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)

Marinho Barcellos
University of Waikato

Mark Duffell
Senior Network Engineer, Telstra

Mark Tinka
SAFNOG, APRICOT Programme Committee Chair

Martin Winter
Co-Founder, Network Device Edu Foundation

Massimo Candela
Principal Engineer, NTT

Meiling Guo
Marketing Management Department, CERNET CORPORATION

Mircea Ulinic
Senior Network Developer, Digital Ocean

Mohit P. Tahiliani
Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India

Mukhammad Andri Setiawan
Chief Information Officer, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Nicole T. I. Chan
Attorney at Law/ Industrial Consultant, Digital Transformation Association Taiwan

Notachard Chintakanond
Executive Director, National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) Academy, Thailand

Oanh Nguyen
VNNIC

Ole Jacobsen
Secretary, APNOG Board

Oscar Robles
CEO, LACNIC

Paresh Khatri
CTO for the IP and Optical Networks Business Group for Nokia Corporation in APAC, Nokia

Paul Ooi Cong Jen
Co-founder, MyNOG PLT

Paul Wilson
Director General, APNIC

Pensri Arunwatanamongkol
Executive Director, THNIC Foundation

Philip Paeps
Alternative Enterprises

Philip Smith
Executive Director, APNOG Board

Phil Mawson
Senior IP Network Engineer, Vocus

Phil Regnauld
President, DNS-OARC

Priya Shrinivasan
Director, Technology Policy, Cable Labs

Rafael Cintra
Product and Delivery Manager (Information Product), APNIC

Rajnesh Singh
Chief Executive Officer, APNIC Foundation

Raphael Ho
Treasurer, APNOG Board

René Fichtmüller
FlexOptix

Richard Brown
Chief Financial Officer, APIDT

Richard Nelson
OpenLI manager, Searchlight NZ

Rishabh Tarte
Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco

Robbie Mitchell
Internet Society

Roland Dobbins
Principal Engineer, Netscout

Rupesh Shrestha
APRICOT Fellowship Committee Chair

Sarah Lake
Community Engagement Manager - Asia-Pacific, ISOC

Shaila Sharmin
Prime Bank Limited

Shane Alcock
Software Developer, Searchlight NZ

Sheryl Hermoso
Training Delivery Manager, APNIC

Shishio Tsuchiya
Arista Network Japan

Shoko Nakai
Information security analyst and Incident Coordinator, JPCERT Coordination Center

Siena Perry
APNIC

Srinivas Chendi
Senior Advisor, Membership and Policy, APNIC

Steven Sullivan
Membership Coordinator, DNS-OARC

Sylvia Cadena
Head of Programs and Partnerships, APNIC Foundation

Teppei Kamata
Systems Architect, Cisco Systems

Terry Sweetser
Training Delivery Manager (South Asia and Oceania), APNIC

Thein Myint Khine
Founder and CEO, Myanmar Internet Exchange (MMIX)

Thomas Holterbach
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Strasbourg

Thomas Weible
Flexoptix GmbH

Tim Raphael
Regional Product Line Manager, Nokia

Tim Wang
TWNIC

Tom Harrison
Product and Delivery Manager (Registry Product), Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

Tony Smith
Communications Director, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

Vivek Nigam
Member Services Manager, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

William Stockbridge

Yien-Chyn Tan
Stakeholder Engagement Manager APAC, ICANN

Yin Chao
Technical Solutions Architect, Akamai Technologies

Yoshinobu Matsuzaki
Deputy Chair, APNOG Board

Zhenbin Li
Chief IP Protocol Expert, Huawei Technologies

Zhen Yu
Operations Manager, CNNIC

2024 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Verisign

CLOSING SOCIAL SPONSOR:
• APNIC

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Flexoptix

COFFEE CART SPONSOR:
• Netflix

PEERING FORUM & SOCIAL SPONSORS:
• DECIX
• EQUINIX

FELLOWSHIP SPONSORS:
• APJI
• AWS
• ICANN
• Internat Society

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Aliter
• Am Six
• @Tokyo
• BBIX
• Benocs
• CISCO
• Digital Realty
• HKColo.net
• HKIX
• IPv4.Global
• JPIX
• Kentik
• NSRC
• PARAQUM
• Plurium Technologies
• Seiko
• ST Telemedia
• Team Cymru
• True IDC

INTERNET NETWORK SPONSORS:
• AIS
• AIT
• TCC Technology Group

DIVERSITY IN TECH SPONSORS:
• Akamai
• Internet Association of Australia

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Biznet
• www.asia
• Google
• INET
• KDDI Telehouse
• Microsoft
• MYIX
• National Telecom
• RETN
• Sgix
• Telstra
• Thailandix

APNIC AGM SPONSORS:
• CNNIC
• JPNIC
• TWWIC

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• HGC
• SunEvision