Asia Pacific Peering Program
(held as an APRICOT 2004 Conference Track)
26 Feb 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

9:00 - 10:30am: Track Opening: Introduction to the Internet Peering Ecosystem - The Evolution of the U.S. Peering Ecosystem

During the last few years there have been major disruptions in the U.S. Peering Ecosystem, leading to a new system of interconnections rising from the ashes. Recent research has identified several groups of operators, some survivors and some emerging players, each with similar motivations and observed behaviors. This presentation presents a nomenclature and lexicon to illustrate this evolution in the U.S., and also as a method to describe and understand the Asia Pacific Peering Ecosystem.

Track Chair: William B. Norton (Co-Founder and Chief Technical Liaison, Equinix, Inc.)

11:00-12:30 International Asia Pacific Peering
In this panel we will explore some of the challenges Peering Coordinators face as they build Internet infrastructure into and between Asia Pacific countries.

Nigel Titley - Commerical Peering Manager, FLAG
Erasmus Ng - Peering Coordinator, T-Systems
Twicky Cheung - Peering Coordinator, Asia Netcom

2:00-3:30 Regional Asia Pacific Peering
In this panel we continue the exploration of AP Peering but migrating from a regional to an in-country focus.

Akinori Maemura - Peering Coordinator, France Telecom: Peering Across Asia
James Spenceley - Peering Manager, Comindico: Peering in Australia
Tom Vest - Consultant: Peering in China

4:00-5:30 Exploration of Peering from the Content Provider Perspective

Brokaw Price - Peering Coordinator, Yahoo!: Peering from a Content Provider Perspective across Asia
Christian Nielson - Peering Coordinator, Microsoft/MSN: Peering into Asia
Sharad Sanghi - CEO, NetMagic Solutions: Peer Ecosystem Evolution in India

5:30-6:15 Peering Coordinator Social

build contacts, exchange cards, start peering across Asia discussions.

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