APNIC Infrastructure & Development Director Che-Hoo Cheng gives the APNIC Report at APAN 54, held in a hybrid format from 22 to 26 August 2022 in Jinan, China.

1. APNIC Report
at APAN 54
Che-Hoo Cheng
Infrastructure & Development Director
APNIC
2022-08-26

2. APNIC & APAN Community
• Most of NRENs/RENs are APNIC members
– A lot of universities too
• Re-engage with APAN community since APAN 44 in Dalian in late 2017
– Conduct APNIC training at every APAN meeting since APAN 45 in Singapore in early 2018
• APNIC is a member of AARNet
– Join eduroam and offer service to eligible APNIC Academy users
– Better connectivity with R&E networks via AARNet (& ARENA-PAC in the future)
• To join eduGAIN through AAF for easy access to APNIC Academy by R&E
community after successful IAM/SSO/Okta system migration in March 2022
• Collaborate with WIDE Project very closely on APIDT/APNIC Foundation related
development work including ARENA-PAC & AI3/SOI Asia/APIE Program

3. APNIC Contributions to APAN 54
• APNIC is a Bronze Sponsor of APAN 54
• Geoff Huston did Plenary Talk about IETF
• Warren Finch conducted a half-day tutorial on “Introduction to Software Defined
Network (SDN) and OpenFlow” with 55/33 attendees (according to Whova) or ~10
attendees (according to Warren)
• Che-Hoo Cheng chaired “ARENA-PAC Updates” session at Network Engineering
Workshop
• Jamie Gillespie is Chair of APAN54 Technical Committee and Co-Chair of Security
Working Group
• APNIC Foundation ISIF Grant grantee project presentation on "Developing the
Collaborative BGP Analyzing and Diagnosing Platform” by Changqing An of
Tsinghua University at GNA-G / APAN RWG session

4. Key Messages from APNIC
• Historical IPv4 Address Holders to continue to use the resources & to enjoy APNIC
services by joining APNIC as Members (or Non-Members)
• APNIC Academy as the single platform for APNIC training & technical assistance activities with
well-structured training content, curriculum & certification and seamless integration
– Blended Learning / Flipped Classroom / Hybrid Flexible approaches (both instructor-led & self-paced)
– Instructor-led training going back to F2F mode, gradually & slowly
• Substantially scaling up and growing training & technical assistance capacity with funding from
APNIC Foundation
– We are hiring! - https://www.apnic.net/about-apnic/employment/
– Community Trainers Network expansion for more instructor-led training & technical assistance on the
ground in local languages
• More partnership with universities, RENs and others via APAN community
• Hope to see you at APNIC 54 held in Singapore (F2F/Hybrid) in mid Sep 2022!!!

5. Thank You!