Programme | iWeek

Apr 21

08:00

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ZANOG@iWeek2026 | Registration

Hotel Entrance

09:30

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AFRINIC

Introductory Session

Prof. Adewale Adedokun

Plenary Room

10:00

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Telcables

Introductory Session

Seshni Moodaly, Alisha Badassy

Plenary Room

10:20

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FLEXOPTIX

Introductory Session

Plenary Room

10:30

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About ZANOG

Introductory Session

Plenary Room

10:45

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About ISPA

Introductory Session

Sasha Booth-Beharilal

Plenary Room

11:00

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Tea break

Bedouin

11:30

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Mission Critical: Addressing the Talent Black Hole in Network Engine

Humans First, Fiber Second

Plenary Room

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Taking a Position on Internet Blocking in SA

Evolving Regulatory Pressures on ISPs

Breakaway Room

12:00

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Optics101 for Non-Optical (IP) Folks

Humans First, Fiber Second

Plenary Room

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Renewal Proofing Your Licences

Evolving Regulatory Pressures on ISPs

Breakaway Room

12:30

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How to Build Your First Optical Network

Humans First, Fiber Second

Plenary Room

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Rating SA's Fibre Network Operators

Evolving Regulatory Pressures on ISPs

Breakaway Room

13:00

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Lunch

14:30

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Analyzing Network Reliability up to 800G

Speed, Silence and Suspicious Traffic

Plenary Room

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ZAIGF Stakeholder Engagement [Panel]

ZAIGF Stakeholder Engagement

Doreen Mokoena, William Stucke, Adv. Lerato Seema, Adv. Nandipha Ntsaluba

Breakaway Room

15:00

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404 DNS Not Found?

Speed, Silence and Suspicious Traffic

Edrich de Lange

Plenary Room

15:30

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VPP: sFlow Monitoring

Speed, Silence and Suspicious Traffic

Plenary Room

16:00

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Tea break

Bedouin

16:30

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ISP Challenges [Panel]

Technology Orbiting Chaos

Riaan Maree, Rudy van Staden, Lorna Mlonzi, Doreen Mokoena

Plenary Room

17:15

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Exploring Infrastructure Integration and Hybrid Network Architectures [Panel]

Technology Orbiting Chaos

Jacques du Toit, Nigel van Tura, Dr Sunil Piyarlall, Edrich de Lange, Edward Lawrence

Plenary Room

18:00

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Social Event

The Barn

Apr 22

08:00

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Registration

Hotel Entrance

09:00

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The State of Communications in South Africa

Industry Landscape

Honourable Minister Solly Malatsi

Plenary Room

09:30

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Transformation by Design

Industry Landscape

Katharina Pillay

Plenary Room

10:15

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Technology Disruption and Innovation

Industry Landscape

Plenary Room

11:00

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Tea break

Bedouin

11:30

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ISP Business Models in a Price-Sensitive Market

Business Sustainability

Jacques du Toit

Plenary Room

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Welcome and Overview / Overview of the Regulatory Framework for Domains in South Africa

Domain Name Workshop

William Stucke, Neil Dundas

Breakaway Room

12:00

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Funding and Investment Opportunities for South African ISPs

Business Sustainability

Plenary Room

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Potential Impact of Draft ZADNA Licensing Regulations

Domain Name Workshop

Breakaway Room

12:30

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Submarine Overland Cable Technology

Business Sustainability

Nic Breytenbach, Afrim Beka

Plenary Room

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IPv6 and DNSSEC for Managers

Domain Name Workshop

Breakaway Room

13:00

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Lunch

14:30

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DNS Resolution from Operators in South Africa

Thirty Years, A Few DNS Queries and Way Too Many Metrics

Plenary Room

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New gTLD Applications

Domain Name Workshop

Lucky Masilela, Bob Ochieng

Breakaway Room

15:00

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Dynamic Spectrum the Future

Thirty Years, A Few DNS Queries and Way Too Many Metrics

Plenary Room

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Growth and Sustainability of the .ZA Namespace

Domain Name Workshop

Khathutshelo Thovheyi

Breakaway Room

15:30

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From Light to Leverage

Thirty Years, A Few DNS Queries and Way Too Many Metrics

Byren Meinjes, Brett van Rooyen

Plenary Room

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The Future of the Domain Name Industry in South Africa [Panel]

Domain Name Workshop

William Stucke, Neil Dundas, Dominic Cull, Mark Elkins, Lucky Masilela, Khathutshelo Thovheyi

Breakaway Room

16:00

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Tea break

Bedouin

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Whiskey BoF

Restaurant Terrace

17:00

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Beers for Peers

The Shed at Irene Farm

Apr 23

08:00

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Registration

Hotel Entrance

09:30

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Threat Landscape in Southern Africa from a Shadowserver

Cybersecurity and Resilience

Plenary Room

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A Guide to Open PON Environment

Radosław Ziemba, Piotr Golubski

Breakaway Room

10:00

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Cyber Security Challenges

Cybersecurity and Resilience

Plenary Room

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gNMIc — On Your Marks, GET / SET / Subscribe / Collect

Breakaway Room

10:30

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Tackling Cybersecurity on a Constrained Budget - Business Focus

Cybersecurity and Resilience

Plenary Room

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ASPA

Massimiliano Stucchi

Breakaway Room

11:00

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Tea break

Bedouin

11:30

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Securing Internet Routing - The Puzzle Pieces

Trust Nobody, Log Everything, and Please Just Deploy IPv6

Plenary Room

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ISP Association Workshop

ISP Association Workshop

Breakaway Room

12:00

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Certificate Transparency: Running Static CT Logs

Trust Nobody, Log Everything, and Please Just Deploy IPv6

Plenary Room

12:30

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IPv6 - Measuring Uptake

Trust Nobody, Log Everything, and Please Just Deploy IPv6

Plenary Room

13:00

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Lunch

14:30

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The Role of Civil Society in Connecting People Online (Zero-rating and Beyond)

Skills and Collaboration

Busisiwe Kabane-Bailey

Plenary Room

15:00

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Importance of AFRINIC as a Regional Institution

Zero-rating/AFRINIC

Honourable Deputy Minister Mondli Gungubele

Plenary Room

15:30

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AFRINIC AMA

Plenary Room