Conferences: 22nd -23rd August

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)

11:00 - 11:30
Friday 22 nd August 2025

Tea Break

11:30 - 13:00
Friday 22 nd August

Technical Session – I

Session Chair : Dr. Philip Smith

"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)

13:00 - 14:00
Friday 22 nd August 2025

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30
Friday 22 nd August 2025

Technical Session – II

Session Chair : Pratima Pradhan

"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)

15:30 - 16:00
Friday 22 nd August 2025

Tea Break

16:00 - 17:30
Friday 22 nd August 2025

Technical Session – III

Session Chair : GZ Kabir

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)

Friday 22 nd August 2025

The End of Day 1 Conference

Conference Day 2

Venue : Terma Linca Resort & Spa, Babesa, Thimphu.

9:00 - 11:00
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Technical Session – IV

Session Chair : Philip Paeps

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)

11:00 - 11:30
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Tea Break

11:30 - 13:00
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Technical Session – V

Session Chair : Dibya Khatiwada

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)
13:00 - 14:00
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Technical Session – VI

Session Chair : Tashi Phuntsho

"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)
15:30 - 16:00
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Tea Break

16:00 - 17:30
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Closing Plenary

Session Chair : Yoshinobu Matsuzaki

"Lightning Talks"

"NOG Updates (NP, BD, IN, PK, MN, JANOG and APNOG)"

"SANOG Update" - SANOG Chair

Sponsors/Speakers Token of Appreciation

"Vote of Thanks" - btNOG Chair

18:00 - 22:00
Saturday 23 rd August 2025

Closing Social

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