APNIC Infrastructure & Development Director Che-Hoo Cheng provided a report on APNIC at APAN 51, held online from 1 to 5 February 2021.

1. APNIC at APAN 51
Che-Hoo Cheng
Infrastructure & Development Director, APNIC
2021-02-05

2. APNIC & Internet Development
• APNIC is a not-for profit membership-based organisation
• APNIC’s mission is to run Internet Number Registry as well
as to support Internet development in Asia Pacific
• Training & Technical Assistance on Internet infrastructure
related topics is the core Internet development work for
technical capacity building
• Also do Internet Infrastructure Support, Technical
Community Support & Security Community Support

3. Technical Training by APNIC
• Internet infrastructure focused & vendor-neutral training
– Targeting working network/systems engineers primarily
– Also suits education for engineering students
• APNIC Academy as integrated online platform for blending
learning
– Online + F2F / Instructor-Led + Self-Paced
– Structured standardized training content and full curriculum
• Using CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licensing terms
– Still work-in-progress under continuous development

4. APNIC & APAN Community
• Most of NRENs & RENs are APNIC members
– Some universities too
• Re-engage with APAN community since APAN 44 in Dalian in late 2017
– Do APNIC training at APAN meetings since APAN 45 in Singapore in early 2018
• APNIC is a member of AARNet
– Join eduroam and offer service to APNIC members with Academy accounts
– Better connectivity with R&E networks via AARNet
• To join eduGAIN through AAF for easy access to APNIC Academy by
R&E community
• Collaborate closely with WIDE Project on APIDT related development
work including ARENA-PAC and AI3/SOI Asia

5. APNIC Tutorials at APAN 51
• Feb 1: Half-Day Tutorial on “Secure Internet Routing” by
Warren Finch
– # of Attendees: 57 (theory) and 4 (virtual labs)
• Feb 4: Half-Day Tutorial on “IPv6 Transition Techniques” by
Dave Phelan
– # of Attendees: 2 (theory)
• Inputs are welcome for future APNIC trainings for APAN

6. Other APNIC Support to APAN 51
• Jamie Gillespie provided help in Technical Committee
• Jamie Gillespie as Co-Chair of Security Working Group
• Che-Hoo Cheng chaired “New Collaborations with Guam
GOREX” session at Network Engineering Workshop
• APNIC can also do event sponsorship

7. APIDT, APNIC Foundation & APNIC
• APIDT (Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust)
– WIDE Project in collaboration with APNIC
• Trustees: Prof. Jun Murai (WIDE) & Paul Wilson (APNIC)
– Provide funding support for Internet/R&E development projects in AP
• APNIC Foundation
– Manage Internet/R&E development projects
– Do fund-raising from various funding sources
• APNIC
– Execute Internet/R&E development projects

8. ARENA-PAC
• Arterial Research & Education Network in Asia Pacific
– A new regional R&E backbone network for AP region
• Funded by APIDT
• Led by WIDE Project with support from APNIC
• First 100G circuit between Tokyo and Guam is up since 1 Feb
2021
– Connecting to GOREX and WIDE
– To connect to Tokyo GXP
• Will add circuits between Guam and other economies such as
Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore leveraging GOREX

9. Future
• Substantially scale up training with funding from APNIC
Foundation and APIDT
• Leveraging APNIC Academy platform with well-structured content
& curriculum
– Seamless integration for blended learning (instructor-led & self-paced)
– Also for online technical assistance with advance booking
• Community Trainers Network expansion for more instructor-led
training and technical assistance in local languages
• Partnership with universities, RENs and others
• Full certification is the ultimate goal

10. Thank You!