Unless otherwise stated, the daily schedule is:

• Start: 09:00
• End: 18:00

• Morning Break: 10:30 - 11:00
• Lunch Break: 13:00 - 14:00
• Afternoon Break: 15:30 - 16:00

Conference Plenary

08:00-09:00: Registration

09:00-09:10: Opening

• Opening prayer by Reverend Alo Polani
• Welcome Remarks - Laeimau Oketevi Tanuvasa - CSL, PacNOG Host

09:10: Opening Address

• Seiuli Ueligitone Seiuli Alualu – Associate Minister for Ministry Communication Information & Technology (MCIT)

09:30: Vote of Thanks

• Fred Christopher, PacNOG Coordination Committee

09:40: Group Photo & Morning Break

10:10: ICANN Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Update

• Save Vocea, ICANN
• Presentation Slides

10:25: ROAs (Route Origin Authorizations)

• Elly Tawhai, Senior Internet Resource Analyst, APNIC
• Presentation Slides

10:50: Graphing BGP

• Dean Pemberton, NSRC
• Presentation Slides (12 Mbytes)

11:20: IXPs in the Pacific: Lessons learnt.

• Donnie Defreitas, Manager, Pacific ICT Regulatory Resource Centre (PIRRC), USP
• Presentation Slides

11:50: Updates: Cook Islands

• Levi Teinaki, BlueSky Cook Islands
• Presentation Slides

12:00: Updates: BlueSky

• Alani Faiai, Senior Manager, Technical Operations, BlueSky
• Presentation Slides

12:10: Updates: Samoa and CSL

• Laeimau Oketevi Tanuvasa & Rita Eteuati, CSL
• Presentation covers SNBH, 2nd Submarine Cable (SFC1), and the Samoa IXP
• Tev's and Rita's Presentation Slides

12:25: Updates: Guam

• Manny Hechanova, University of Guam
• Update about what is happening in Guam, connections to Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia.
• No Slides

12:30: Introduction to Virtualization

• Dean Pemberton, NSRC
• Presentation Slides (22 Mbytes)

13:00: Lunch

14:15: Networking the Pacific

• Jon Brewer, NSRC
• This talk explores the internet uptake, connectivity, and interconnectivity of a number of island nations in the Pacific. Physical links including submarine fibre cables and satellite networks are discussed, a physical distance to latency indicator is introduced, and provider networks are evaluated for latency.
• Presentation Slides (84Mbytes)

15:30: Afternoon Break

16:00: Practical Introduction to IPv6

• Philip Smith, NSRC
• This presentation discusses why the Internet is deploying IPv6, shows what changes when compared with IPv4, and covers the commonly adopted transition technologies today. The presentation concludes by describing how to plan to transition to IPv6 and covers the steps required for a network operator.
• Presentation Slides

17:30: Updates: Fiji

• Ruveni Waqanitoga, Telecom Fiji
• Presentation looks at the impact of Connect peering with Vodafone Fiji's Akamai cache
• Presentation Slides

17:50: Acknowledgements and Close

18:00 - late : PacNOG 17 Informal Evening Networking

• Rendezvous Restaurant, Logan Road, Apia

Workshops

• Track 1: BGP/IXP Workshop
• CLass size: 28
• Instructors: Philip Smith (NSRC) and Andy Linton (NSRC)
• Venue: Bluesky Samoa HQ

• Track 2: Linux/System Administration/Network Security
• Class size: 32
• Instructors: Dean Pemberton (NSRC) and Jon Brewer (NSRC)
• Venue: Bluesky Samoa HQ

• Track 3: DNS/ccTLD management & Critical Internet Resources Management
• CLass size: 16
• Instructors: Champika Wijayatunga (ICANN) and Sheryl Hermoso (APNIC)
• Venue: Bluesky Samoa HQ

• Friday 17th, 16:00-16:30
  • Acknowledgements
  • Trainers Debriefing Report
  • Certificate Presentation
  • Closing Remarks
• Friday 17th, 18:00-late: FiaFia Evening
  • Prayer
  • Welcome & Acknowledgement by Host
  • Sponsors Welcome remarks
  • Gifts for Trainers
  • Networking & Social evening

• Monday Group Photo