Agenda

09:00 - 09:30

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:30 - 11:00

Opening and Welcome

• Paul Rendek, Director of External Relations, RIPE NCC
• Nurlan Meirmanov, Managing Director on Innovations, Kazakhtelecom
• Shavkat Sabirov, President of Internet Association of Kazakhstan

Introduction to the RIPE NCC
- Paul Rendek, Director of External Relations RIPE NCC

Country Analysis of Central Asian Region
- Christian Teuschel, Senior Technical Analyst, RIPE NCC

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 - 12:30

5G, Deployment of Next Generation Networks, IPv6 and IoT in Telecom Ecosystems

Moderator: Alex Semenyaka, External Relations Officer - Technical Advisor (Eastern Europe and Central Asia), RIPE NCC

Panelists:

• Falk Schröder, Head of Cluster Networked Infrastructures, member of Management Board, Detecon International GmbH
• Hisham Ibrahim, External Relations Officer - Technical Advisor (Middle East Regional Program Manager), RIPE NCC
• Yuriy Kargapolov, Chair, ISOC IoT SIG
• Olzhas Ayazbekov, Lead Manager, Kazakhtelecom
• Bakhrom Nasirjanov, Lead Engineer, operation of packet network and Internet, Megafon Tajikistan

Policy Development Process (PDP) and Engagement of Law Enforcement Bodies
- Maxim Burtikov, External Relations Officer (Eastern Europe and Central Asia), RIPE NCC

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch: Asian Cafe

13:30 - 15:30

Building Communities, Network Operators' Groups: Challenges and Opportunities
- Hisham Ibrahim, External Relations Officer - Technical Advisor (Middle East Regional Program Manager), RIPE NCC

Academic Engagement, RACI
- Vahan Hovsepyan, External Relations Officer (Caucasus and Central Asia), RIPE NCC

RIPE Atlas Usage Case by National Telecom Operator - Creation of Network Monitoring System Inspired by RIPE Atlas 
- Alexander Nikitin, Director of Global Network Operational Center (GNOC), Deputy General Manager of Kazakhtelecom JSC

Measuring Global DNS Propagation Times Using RIPE Atlas (RACI)
- Tim Wattenberg, University of Düsseldorf, Germany

ccTLD and IPv6 - Pavel Gussev, Kazakhstan Network Information Centre

Methods to Improve the Effectiveness of the Information Security Management System (RACI)
- Jibek Sharsheeva, Financial University Under Government of Russian Federation, Russia

Analysing Financial Sector Data Network and Security (RACI)
- Karen Tadevosyan, ANAU/Center of Information Technologies and Innovation Programs, Armenia

15:30 - 15:50

Coffee Break

15:50 - 17:20

Increasing Internet Security through the Application of Global Open Internet Standards (panel discussion)

Moderator: Maarten Botterman, Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE), participants-based on fellowship

This is a GFCE Triple-I event aimed at promoting trusted use of Internet and email in different regions.

• Better Use of Today's Open Internet Standards

  Hisham Ibrahim, External Relations Officer - Technical Advisor (Middle East Regional Program Manager), RIPE NCC

  A discussion on best current operational practices and deployment of open standards.

• A Proactive and Collaborative DDoS Mitigation StrategyAiko Pras, Professor Internet Security, University of Twente, the Netherlands

  An explanation of what is being done in the Netherlands by a consortium of Dutch critical infrastructure operators to better fight DDoS attacks on a national scale. The speaker will introduce the core of their strategy - a system called the “DDoS radar”, which enables operators to continually and automatically share information on current and potential DDoS sources in the form of so-called “DDoS fingerprints”.

Other panelists:

• Kristina Hakobyan, CEO, Global AM
• Yuriy Kargapolov, Chair, ISOC IoT SIG
• Talant Sultanov, Chair, Internet Society-Kyrgyz Chapter
• Bakhrom Nasirjanov, Megafon Tajikistan

17:20 - 18:00

Factors Affecting Performance of Web Flows in Cellular Networks (RACI)
- Ermias Walelgne, Aalto University, Finland

Internet Hosting in Kazakhstan: New Challenges
- Denis Sukhachev, General Manager, Hoster.kz LTD

19:00 - 22:30

Social Dinner