Conference Day 1
Venue : Terma Linca Resort & Spa, Babesa,Thimphu.
09:30 - 11:00
Friday 22 nd August 2025
Opening Ceremony
Session Chair : Karma Jamyang
Welcome Note by Local Host : Karma Jamyang (btNOG Co-Chair)
Welcome Note by SANOG Chair : Rupesh Shrestha
Welcome Remarks from Chief Guest :
Opening Keynote : "How It All Began: My Journey Through Bhutan’s ICT Evolution" - Jichen Thinley (Bhutan Telecom)
Conference Keynote : "Opportunities For Tapping Into The AI-Fueled Surge In Data Center Capacity Demand" - Paresh Khatri (Nokia)
Friday 22 nd August 2025
Tea Break
Friday 22 nd August
Technical Session – I
"btCIRT 2025 Update" - Deki Wangmo (btCIRT)
"Migrating To Linstor: A Sweet Spot For VM Block Storage" - Brian Candler (NSRC)
"Assymetric Routing And BGP Traffic Engineering Challenges" - Ulsbold Enkhtaivan (Mobicom)
"Optics101 For Non-Optical (IP) Folks" - Tashi Phuntsho (FLEXOPTIX)
Friday 22 nd August 2025
Lunch Break
Friday 22 nd August 2025
Technical Session – II
"Analyzing Network Reliability Upto 800G" - Thomas Weible (FLEXOPTIX)
"Satellite Internet - A Bhutanese Perspective On Transforming Connectivity" - Manoj Adhikari
"New developments In Satellite LoRa For Science, IoT Applications And Telemetry" - Sebastian Büttrich (NSRC)
Tutorial 1a
"DC Fabric Architecture" (Part 1) - Paresh Khatri (Nokia)Friday 22 nd August 2025
Tea Break
Friday 22 nd August 2025
Technical Session – III
Panel Discussion
"Merits of Terrestial Fibre vs LEO/MEO Satellite to Serve Remote Areas: Tech, Ops, Performance and Data Sovereignty" - Moderator: Sebastian Büttrich (NSRC)
Tutorial 1b
"DC Fabric Architecture" (Part 2) - Paresh Khatri (Nokia)The End of Day 1 Conference
Conference Day 2
Venue : Terma Linca Resort & Spa, Babesa, Thimphu.
9:00 - 11:00Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Technical Session – IV
IP-KVM" - Yoshinobu Matsuzaki (IIJ)
"Operating A Global DNS Anycast Network" - Dibya Khatiwada (PCH)
"Prometheus: Is it Ready For Network Monitoring?" - Brian Candler (NSRC)
"Let's Measure BT Internet Eco-system" - Aftab Siddiqui (APNIC Foundation)
Tutorial 2
"Unraveling Network Attacks: Mastering Network Threat Detection & Automated Incident Response" Shamim Reza (The Team Phoenix)Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Tea Break
Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Technical Session – V
Block The Threat Before It Connects: DNS RPZ As A Tactical Shield" - Rabin Raj Gautam (Nepal Police)
"DNS/DNSSEC Operational Best Practices - Sleep Better At Night With KINDNS In Your Network" - Philip Paeps (NSRC)
"Prometheus: Is it Ready For Network Monitoring?" - Brian Candler (NSRC)
"DDoS In South Asia - Has It Improved?" - Dave Phelan (APNIC)
Tutorial 3
"Introduction to WiFi" - Sebastian Büttrich (NSRC)Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Lunch Break
Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Technical Session – VI
"Why Bhutan Still Buffers" - Namkha Zangpo (Tashi Infocomm)
Panel Discussion
"CDN & Peering Realities In Bhutan" - Moderator: Tashi Phuntsho (FLEXOPTIX)
Tutorial 4
"TTX for Network/Systems Engineers & ICT Officers" - Pratima Pradhan (btCIRT)Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Tea Break
Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Closing Plenary
"Lightning Talks"
1. Pooja Lepcha- GovTech(Recent developments in Space Sector in Bhutan)
"NOG Updates (APNOG, BD, BT,JANOG,LK,MN,NP)"
"SANOG Update" - SANOG Chair
Sponsors/Speakers Token of Appreciation
"Vote of Thanks" - btNOG Chair
Saturday 23 rd August 2025
Closing Social
Venue : Changyul Park