DATE: Fri, 23 October 2026
CONFERENCE
TIME: 9:00am – 5:00pm
VENUE: The Ritz Carlton
International Commerce Centre (ICC)
1 Austin Road West, Kowloon
Hong Kong
SOCIAL
TIME: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
VENUE: to be announced at conference
WORKSHOP
DATE: Tue-Thu, 20-22 October 2026
TIME: 9:00am – 5:00pm
VENUE: The Mira Hong Kong
118-130 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong
|
TIME |
AGENDA |
| 08:45 | ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION |
| 09:15-09:25 | Welcome by HKNOG |
| SESSION(1) | INTERNET ROUTING INTEGRITY |
| 09:25-09:50 | The Internet by the Numbers – HK Edition (Dave Phelan / APNIC) |
| 09:50-10:15 | The Puzzle Pieces (Revisited) of Securing the Internet Routing (Tashi Phuntsho / NSRC/Flexoptix) |
| 10:15-10:40 | ASPA – RPKI for Path Validation! (Anurag Bhatia / Hurricane Electric) |
| 10:40-11:10 | Morning Break |
| SESSION(2) | AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS: AI-DRIVEN ORCHESTRATION |
| 11:10-11:30 | Hong Kong: Cocoon to Test AI and Expand Overseas (Jacky Cheng / SUNeVision) |
| 11:30-11:55 | From Automated to Autonomous: Orchestrating the Network with Agentic AI (Aditya Kaul / HPE Juniper Networks) |
| 11:55-12:10 | Agentic AI for Frictionless CDN Migration (Yin Loong Chao / Tencent) |
| PEERING PERSONALS | |
| 12:10-12:40 | Peering Personals (moderated by HKNOG) |
| 12:40-13:40 | Lunch |
| SESSION(3) | ENTERPRISE STRATEGY & SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE |
| 13:40-14:00 | Adoption, Challenges and Strategic Outlook for Hong Kong Enterprises (Danny Sze / HKBN Enterprise Solutions) |
| 14:00-14:20 | The Power Couple = Flow + Probe Data (Hari Jayaraman / BENOCS) |
| 14:20-14:45 | Scalable Microsegmentation: When Manifest-State Meets Reality (Vincent Phelan & Ross Draper / Standard Chartered Bank) |
| 14:45-15:05 | The VPN is Not the Trust Boundary (Rohan Puranik / KIZATEL Systems) |
| 15:05-15:35 | Afternoon Break |
| SESSION(4) | FUTURE-READY ARCHITECTURES: AI FABRIC & QUANTUM |
| 15:35-16:00 | Growth of AI networking for Enterprise Inferencing in APAC (Garrett Dee / Equinix) |
| 16:00-16:25 | Building AI Back-End Fabric (Paul Ho / Arista Network) |
| 16:25-16:50 | Quantum Safe Compute and Networking (Abhishek Mande / Cisco) |
| 16:50-17:00 | Closing Remarks & Group Photos |
| 17:15-20:00 | SOCIAL EVENT |
Hong Kong Network Operators’ Group (HKNOG) is a non-profit, community-driven, vendor-neutral platform established to facilitate the exchange of technical information and best practices among Internet network operators and engineers in Hong Kong and around the world. By organizing regular conferences and workshops, HKNOG creates a collaborative environment where industry professionals can discuss critical infrastructure topics such as BGP routing, peering, network security, and the adoption of emerging technologies like IPv6 and automation. These gatherings serve as a vital hub for networking, allowing local and global experts to share real-world operational experiences and strengthen the overall security, stability, resilience and performance of the Internet.
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