Presentation by Kam-Sze Yeung at APRICOT 2018 on Tuesday, 27 February 2018.

1. HKNOG
Hong Kong
Network Operators’ Group
APRICOT 2018 NOG reports
27th Feb, 2018

2. Formation of HKNOG
• For Network Operators (local, regional or global) having presence in HK
– Have ASN(s) and portable IP addresses
• For technical and half-technical people based in HK
– To exchange knowledge and information
• Best practices, new trends and so on
– To enhance overall quality of Internet infrastructure
• Performance, security, stability and so on
– To help do trouble-shooting and solve problems together when needed
• Topics to cover
– Anything related to technical and operational issues faced by network
operators
• Not for sales and marketing
– No sales talks
– Be as neutral as possible
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3. Volunteers
• To organize the activities, to determine the programs and to find
speakers, sponsors, venues and so on, plus to do other admin
work such as managing website and mailing lists
• Initial Group / Program Committee:
– Che-Hoo CHENG (CH)
– Howard CHEUNG
– Wai-Kay SHIU (WK)
– Kam-Sze YEUNG (Kams)
– Raphael HO (Raf)
– Eric FAN
– Chris TUNG
– Welthia CHUNG
– Kenneth CHO
– Connie CHAN
– Most of us involved in setting up the conference network of APRICOT-
APAN 2011 held in HK with 8 x 10GE external connectivity and 100GE
trial
• We need more volunteers!!!
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4. Volunteers (Changes)
• New Program Committees:
– Alice NG, Tata Communications
– Brian HO, Asia Telecom Management
– Eddie CHENG, Amazon
– Eric LEUNG, Akamai
– Kenneth CHAN, HKIX
– Regan WONG, UCloudLink
– Robin KONG, Facebook
– Steven CHAN, Amazon
– Terry CHOY, Telstra Global
• Program Committee Left:
– Che-Hoo CHENG (CH)
• Current Total: 18
• We need more volunteers!!!
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5. Updates/Trend/Roadmap
• Updates
• Changed to full day event since HKNOG 3.0
• Arranged dinner for speakers, sponsors and overseas guests
• Collaborate with other organizations with common goal
• e.g. HKISP Symposium, HKII Security, Peering Asia
• Trend
• Increasing number of participants
• More international attendees / speakers
• Expand topics to different technologies
• Arrange event dates close to other major conferences
• Roadmap
• Target more types of audiences
• Setup legal entity
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6. 09:30-09:40 Welcome by HKNOG
09:40-10:10 Death of Transit in the Internet
– By Geoff Huston, APNIC
10:10-10:40 SPIRITS
– By S C Leung, HKCERT
10:40-11:10 Tea Break
11:10-11:30 Next generation networks: will automation put us out of jobs?
– Tom Paseka, Cloudflare
11:30-11:50 Surviving the Inside DDoS attack
– CF Chui, Arbor Networks
11:50-12:10 Choosing an orchestration tool: Ansible and Salt
– Vincent Boon, OpenGear
HKNOG 6.0 (2nd Mar, 2018)
– Morning Agenda
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7. 14:05-14:35 The Submarine Network Game and the Implications of Shannon’s Limit
– Anup Changaroth, Ciena
14:35-14:55 150 Internet Exchange Points and Beyond!
– Walt Wollny, Hurricane Electric
14:55-15:20 Inter-City Network – Akamai’s Backbone
– Christian Kaufmann, Akamai
15:20-15:50 Tea Break
15:50-16:10 Time Synchronization at various scene
– Kohei Suzuki, Seiko
16:10-16:30 Interconnection Behavior – Data Center Connectivity
– Mike Ng, SUNeVision
16:30-16:50 Data Center Market Trends in Japan
– Sho Monden, @Tokyo
16:50-17:10 Philippine Internet Landscape
– Achie Atienza, Globe Telecom
17:10-17:20 Peering Ecosystem at AMS-IX in Hong Kong
– Aleksandar Mitrov, AMS-IX
17:20-17:30
18:00-20:00
Closing by HKNOG
Social Events - Trafalgar
HKNOG 6.0
– Afternoon Agenda
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8. PEERING ASIA 2.0
HONG KONG CO-HOST BY
HKIX AND HKNOG
24th – 25th Oct, 2018
By Base64 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

9. Union of two Unique Hosts
Founded in 1995 by CUHK.
It’s the only Independent
& Neutral Internet
Exchange in Hong Kong.
There are 278 participants
now.
Founded by a Group of
volunteers previously built
the network for joint
APRICOT-APAN 2011,
dedicate to serve the
development of Internet.

10. Strength of the Partnership
Neutral position helps attract all
peering forum goers.
Experience in hosting NOG
events and associate social
functions ( nine times ).
Track records in managing
potential sponsors.

11. Peering Asia’s Best conference Location
– Hong Kong
Geographically in center of
Asia, within 5 hours air
travel from most of
economies in Asia region.
Visa Free arrangement
with most of economies in
the Asia region.
Many choices of
accommodation,
convenient local
transportation.
By Estial (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons

12. Peering Asia 2.0 detail
Date : 24th to 25th October ( Wed & Thu )
Venue : Kowloon Regal Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui
■ Conference capacity of 200+
■ 11+ breakout rooms capacity
■ Walking distance to wide range of accommodation choices
■ Walking distance to subway & train stations
■ Surround by numerous restaurants and bars
See you soon in Hong Kong!

13. Thanks you
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More information about HKNOG:
· Website: http://www.hknog.net
· Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HKNOG
· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/HKNOG-
6654788
· Our mailing list for people to share news and
exchange idea: http://groups.google.com/group/hknog
Contact information:
· pc@hknog.net