| NPNOG-11 Programme | |||||||||
| 20th June 2025 – Venue: Hyatt Centric, Kathmandu | |||||||||
| Time | Session | Topic | Time Allowed | Session Chair | |||||
| 10:00-11:30 | Opening Plenary | Welcome by NPNOG Chair – Samit Jana About NPIX / SANOG – Rupesh Bhakta Shrestha, MD – NPIX, Chairman – SANOG Address by Chief Guest – Bhupendra Bhandari, Chairman, NTA Envisioned National Strategy on ICT – Suvash Dhakal – Joint secretary, Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Opening Keynote: Data Center and Cloud Journey in Nepal – Pradeep Lamichhane, Group CTO, CAS, Silver Lining, OHM DC Speakers and Sponsors recongnition | 10 mins 10 mins 20 mins 15 mins 25 mins 5 mins | Alisha KC | |||||
| Tea Break | |||||||||
| 11:45 – 13:15 | Technical Session 1 (Routing and Transport) | Optics101 for non-Optical (IP) folks – Tashi Phuntso, Flexoptix From Converging the Routing Architecture to Denial of Service: A deeper look at RON, DDoS and Digital Experience Assurance – Chowdhury Muktadir Rahman – Cisco Systems Case Study – Migration From OSPF To ISIS – Ghyanshyam Raut, Worldlink Communications ltd. Optimising Routing with GoBGP – Anurag Bhatia – Hurricane Electric Speakers and Sponsors Recognition | 20 mins 25 mins 20 mins 25 mins 5 mins | Raju Chalise | |||||
| Lunch Break | |||||||||
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Technical Session 2 (Security) | Block the Threat before it connects: DNS RPZ as a tactical shield – Rabin Raj Gautam, Nepal Police The Internet By the Numbers – Dave Phelan, APNIC Network Security and Advanced Bypass Techniques – Pankaj Kumar Thakur, Green Tick Nepal A Look at a Root Cause for DNS Latency. What frustrates Internet users most? Slow DNS – Lia Hestina, Ripe NCC The Network is the Battlefield – Shamim Reza, Team Phoenix Cybersecurity Landscape in Nepal: 2025 – Santosh Sharma, Abrik Technology Speakers and Sponsors Recognition | 20 mins 20 mins 20 mins 20 mins 20 mins 20 mins 5 mins | Saroj Lamichhane | |||||
| Tea Break | |||||||||
| 16:15 – 18:30 | Closing Plenary | NREN Network and Connectivity – Lochan Lal Amatya, Chairman – NREN Nepal’s ISP Ecosystem at a Crossroads: Challenges & Opportunities – Suvash Khadka – CEO, ISPAN Panel Discussion – Connectivity and Beyond – (Moderator: Rupesh Bhakta Shrestha, Panelist: Mr. Bharat Gulati (Airtel Business), Sudhir Parajuli (Subisu), Leena Keshari (NCELL), Dr. Pradeep Paudyal (Deputy Director, NTA), Sudhir Kunder (DE-CIX) Closing Keynote – Connecting everyone, anywhere, all the time: Closing the Digital Divide – Dileep Agrawal, Chairman, WorldLink Communications Ltd. Vote of thanks/Speaker and Sponsors Recognition- Ramkrishna Pariyar – Vice-President, NPNOG | 15 mins 15 mins 60 mins 20 mins 20 mins | Dibya Khatiwada | |||||
| 18:30 onwards | Closing Social (Venue: Ballroom) | ||||||||
