Sessions | iWeek

Apr 21

AFRINIC
09:30 am / 30min / Introductory Session
Telcables
10:00 am / 20min / Introductory Session
Donald Jolley

About ZANOG
10:30 am / 15min / Introductory Session
Sasha Booth-Beharilal

About ISPA
10:45 am / 15min / Introductory Session
Opening Ceremony
11:30 am / 30min / Industry Landscape
Andile Ngcaba

Technology Disruption and Innovation
12:00 pm / 30min / Industry Landscape
Dietlof Mare

South Africa State of Connectivity 2026
12:30 pm / 30min / Industry Landscape
Thomas Weible

Analyzing Network Reliability up to 800G
02:30 pm / 30min / Speed, Silence and Suspicious Traffic
Edrich de Lange

404 DNS Not Found?
03:00 pm / 30min / Speed, Silence and Suspicious Traffic
Pim van Pelt

VPP: sFlow Monitoring
03:30 pm / 30min / Speed, Silence and Suspicious Traffic
Riaan Maree

ISP Challenges [Panel]
04:30 pm / 45min / Technology Orbiting Chaos
Motlalepula Ramaisa

Exploring Infrastructure Integration and Hybrid Network Architectures (fibre, satellite, …. combination) - [Panel]
05:15 pm / 45min / Technology Orbiting Chaos

Apr 22

Yolandi Cloete

Mission Critical: Addressing the Talent Black Hole in Network Engine
09:30 am / 30min / Humans First, Fiber Second
William Stucke

Welcome and Overview / Overview of the Regulatory Framework for Domains in South Africa
09:30 am / 30min / Domain Name Workshop
Tashi Phuntsho

Optics101 for Non-Optical (IP) Folks
10:00 am / 30min / Humans First, Fiber Second
Dominic Cull

Potential Impact of Draft ZADNA Licensing Regulations
10:00 am / 30min / Domain Name Workshop
Mark Tinka

How to Build Your First Optical Network
10:30 am / 30min / Humans First, Fiber Second
Mark Elkins

IPv6 and DNSSEC for Managers
10:30 am / 30min / Domain Name Workshop
Jacques du Toit

ISP Business Models in a Price-Sensitive Market
11:30 am / 30min / Business Sustainability
Lucky Masilela

New gTLD Applications
11:30 am / 30min / Domain Name Workshop
Robert Bergman

Funding and Investment Opportunities for South African ISPs
12:00 pm / 30min / Business Sustainability
Growth and Sustainability of the .ZA Namespace
12:00 pm / 30min / Domain Name Workshop
Nic Breytenbach

Submarine Overland Cable Technology
12:30 pm / 30min / Business Sustainability
The Future of the Domain Name Industry in South Africa [Panel]
12:30 pm / 30min / Domain Name Workshop
Yazid Akanho

DNS Resolution from Operators in South Africa
02:30 pm / 30min / Thirty Years, A Few DNS Queries and Way Too Many Metrics
Ant Brooks

Pressure Coming for ISPs to Block Content
02:30 pm / 30min / Evolving Regulatory Pressures on ISPs
30 Years of INX
03:00 pm / 30min / Thirty Years, A Few DNS Queries and Way Too Many Metrics
Dominic Cull

Renewal Proofing Your Licences
03:00 pm / 30min / Evolving Regulatory Pressures on ISPs
Nardus le Roux

gNMIc — On Your Marks, GET / SET / Subscribe / Collect
03:30 pm / 30min / Thirty Years, A Few DNS Queries and Way Too Many Metrics

Apr 23

Andy Chadwick

Threat Landscape in Southern Africa from a Shadowserver
09:30 am / 30min / Cybersecurity and Resilience
Heloise Meyer

Cyber Security Challenges
10:00 am / 30min / Cybersecurity and Resilience
Doreen Mokoena

Tackling Cybersecurity on a Constrained Budget - Business Focus
10:30 am / 30min / Cybersecurity and Resilience
Tashi Phuntsho

Securing Internet Routing - The Puzzle Pieces
11:30 am / 30min / Trust Nobody, Log Everything, and Please Just Deploy IPv6
Pim van Pelt

Certificate Transparency: Running Static CT Logs
12:00 pm / 30min / Trust Nobody, Log Everything, and Please Just Deploy IPv6
Jaco Kroon

IPv6 - Measuring Uptake
12:30 pm / 30min / Trust Nobody, Log Everything, and Please Just Deploy IPv6
Tauriq Brown

Innovations from the Ground-up: Local or African Continent ISPs Case Studies?
02:30 pm / 30min / Skills and Collaboration
Busisiwe Kabane-Bailey

Busisiwe Kabane-Bailey
03:00 pm / 30min / Skills and Collaboration