Unless otherwise stated, the daily schedule is:

• Start: 09:00
• End: 17:30

• Morning Break: 10:30 - 11:00
• Lunch Break: 12:30 - 13:30
• Afternoon Break: 15:30 - 16:00

Conference Plenary

08:30: Registration opens

09:00: Welcoming Remarks

• Welcome Remarks: Fred Christopher, Manager, PITA

09:15: Global Networking Trends and Challenges

• Jia Rong Low, Director General, APNIC

09:35: Recent ICANN initiatives, new gTLD and meeting updates

• Save Vocea, ICANN

09:50: ICANN Technical Update on INFERMAL and ICANN Domain Metrica

• Champika Wijayatunga, ICANN

10:10: APNIC Services Update

• Jordan Previtera, APNIC

10:30: Group Photo

10:35: Morning Break

11:00: Internet Exchange Points

• Narelle Clark, Internet Association of Australia

11:20: Ransomware incident response

• Melvin Quemado, University of Hawaii

11:40: KINDNS ("DNS & DNSSEC operational best practices)

• Philip Paeps, Network Startup Resource Center

12:10: M root deployment; importance of root servers and their internet infrastructure resilient.

12:30: Lunch Break

14:00: University of South Pacific Update

• Edwin Sandys

14:30: Country Case presentations

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15:30: Afternoon Break

16:00: Country Case presentations

• TBC
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16:50: Round Table & Closing

18:00-19:30: Networking Reception

• TBC

Workshop

• ISP Operations Workshop
• Instructors: Shane Hermoso (APNIC), Epili Tagi (APNIC Community Trainer), Champika Wijayatunga (ICANN)
• Location: Video Conference Room 2, Building Block B, Pacific-Japan ICT Centre, University of South Pacific, Suva
• Class size: 32
• Workshop Website and Curriculum

• Track 2: Practical Cybersecurity for Internet Operators
• Location: Video Conference Room 1, Building Block B, Pacific-Japan ICT Centre, University of South Pacific, Suva
• Instructors: Philip Paeps (NSRC), Edwin Sandys (USP), Philip Smith (NSRC), Champika Wijayatunga (ICANN)
• Workshop Website