Agenda

09:00-09:45

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:45-10:30

Official Opening and Welcome Addresses

• Hans Petter Holen, Managing Director and CEO, RIPE NCC
• Bakhtovar Abdusattorzoda, CEO, Tojiktelecom
• Isfandiyori Sadullo, Head Communication Service under the Government of Tajikistan

10:30-12:00

High-Level Connectivity Panel

A high-level panel featuring leading telecom providers from the region, focused on national priorities, infrastructure investment and future interconnection.

• Leading telecom providers from the region - panellists TBC
• Moderated discussion and Q&A

Moderator: Vahan Hovsepyan, RIPE NCC

12:00

CAPIF 5 Group Picture

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Regional Digital Connectivity in Central Asia

• The Future of Digital Connectivity in Central Asia: Building a Sovereign East-West Corridor, Thomas Mazejian, Smart Rapid Growth (30 min)
• Peering and Interconnection in Kazakhstan: Recent Legislative Developments, Oleg Yemelyanov, President, Kazakhstan Association of Network Operators (30 min)
• Analysis of Interconnectivity in Central Asia Using RIPE Atlas, Alex Semenyaka, RIPE NCC  (30 min)

Moderator: Salavat Ormoshev, Executive Director, Association of Telecom Operators, CAPIF 5 PC Member

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:45

Emerging Internet Infrastructure

This session will examine emerging space and content-delivery infrastructure and their role in the next generation of connectivity.

• Quantum-Secured Space Connectivity, Temirlan Zhaxalykov (30 min)
• Building CDN Infrastructure at ISP Scale: Lessons from a Regional Cloud Provider, Amir Soleimani, Sepideh Tajik, Pishgaman Rayan (30 min)
• Q&A (15 min)

Moderator: Milad Afshari, CAPIF 5 PC Member, IRNOG

16:45-18:25

IPv6 Deployment and Operations

This session will focus on operational experience, implementation guidance and regional practices for deploying IPv6.

• Hidden IPv6 Wisdoms in the RFCs, Seyed Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani (30 min)
• Migration IPv4 to IPv6 in Beeline Kazakhstan on Mobile Networks, Yermat Kopekbayev (30 min)
• RPKI and IPv6 Uptake in the region: an Update from CAPIF 4, Anastasiya Pak, RIPE NCC (20 min)
• Q&A (20 min)

Moderator: Alex Semenyaka, RIPE NCC

20:00-00:00

Social Dinner

09:00-09:30

Networking Coffee

09:30-09:35

IXP and Community Day: Opening and Introduction

• Vahan Hovsepyan, RIPE NCC

09:35-10:00

Peering Personals

10:00-11:15

Network Measurement, Privacy and Automation

This session will present measurement and operational research on network performance, privacy-preserving transport and automated traffic.

• Analysis of RTT Variability Toward an Anycast Service Using RIPE Atlas Measurements in Kazakhstan, Yeva Litvinova, Viktoriya Kalashnikova, Kazakh-British Technical University (30 min)
• The Machine Majority, What 57% bot traffic means for our networks, Saber Mesgari, ArvanCloud (30 min)
• Measurement discussion and Q&A (15 min)

Moderator: Lia Hestina, RIPE NCC

11:15-13:00

IXP Panel

Two perspectives on IXP development, interconnection and network measurement across Central Asia.

• IXP in Kazakhstan: where are we and where are we going? -Maxat Nessipbekov, STS (30 min)
• IXP and IPv6 in Central Asia, Anton Tarassov, JanaNet (30 min)
• Panel discussion and Q&A (45 min)

Moderator: Bakhrom Nasirjanov, CAPIF 5 PC Member

13:00-14:30

Lunch

14:30-16:00

ASPA and Routing Security

This session brings together ASPA deployment, path validation and routing-security practices for more secure and predictable interconnection.

• ASPA - RPKI for Path Validation, Anurag Bhatia (30 min)
• ASPA: The path to securing BGP, Ehsan Ghazizadeh(30 min)
• The Routes That Never Leave..., Milad Afshari (30 min)

Moderator: Firdavs Murodov, RIPE NCC

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

RIPE Community Talk

An open session for questions and suggestions to the RIPE Chair, RIPE NCC Executive Board and RIPE NCC Executive Team.

• RIPE Community Update, Ulka Athale, Manager Community Development, RIPE NCC
• RIPE NCC Executive Board Update, Piotr Strzyżewski, RIPE NCC Executive Board Member
• RIPE NCC Update, Hans Petter Holen, Managing Director and CEO, RIPE NCC

Moderator: Vahan Hovsepyan, RIPE NCC

17:30-17:50

Closing Ceremony

Hisham Ibrahim, Chief Community Officer, RIPE NCC

17:50-20:30

Closing Reception