ION Conferences
ION conferences brought together network engineers and leading industry experts to discuss emerging technologies, including IPv6 and DNSSEC.
Early adopters provided valuable insight into their own deployment experiences and brought participants up to speed on new standards emerging from the IETF.
Sponsored by Afilias, ION conferences let network operators stay ahead of the curve to understand and deploy emerging Internet technologies, and presented a unique opportunity to discuss the future of the Internet with the people who help craft it. More than a simple lecture series, ION events provided hands-on interaction with our speakers. Events brought together the best and brightest from the Internet industry to learn about the latest news, ideas, and technologies in a relaxed and educational atmosphere.
The ION meetings were held globally several times per year. The first ION Conference was held in December 2010, and the last one, ION Belgrade, in November 2017, alongside the Republic of Serbia Network Operators’ Group (RSNOG).
Regular ION conference topics:
- The Business Case for IPv6
- Planning your IPv6 Deployment
- IPv6: Ready for Production
- DNSSEC 101
- Advancing DNSSEC
Top three attendee takeaways:
- How to get started on your path to deploying IPv6 and DNSSEC
- Building the business case for IPv6 and DNSSEC
- Best practices and lessons learned
Previous Events
ION Hangzhou
ION Bangladesh
ION Cape Town
ION Trinidad and Tobago
ION Sri Lanka
ION Tokyo
Older ION Events
The events prior to 2014 are archived and can be found at the Internet Archive links below:
ION Djibouti
2 June 2014, Djibouti
ION Toronto
11 November 2013, Toronto, Canada
ION Krakow
30 September 2013, Krakow, Poland
ION Singapore
28 March 2013, Singapore
ION San Diego
11 December 2012, San Diego, United States
ION Sao Paolo
5 December 2012, Sao Paolo, Brazil
ION Ljubljana
19 October 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ION Mumbai
11 October 2012, Mumbai, India
ION Toronto
14 November 2011, Toronto, Canada
ION Buenos Aires
5 October 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ION San Francisco
8-9 December 2010, San Francisco, United States
Past ION Speakers
ION conferences have drawn world-class experts in the fields of IPv6, DNSSEC, Routing, and other IT-related fields. Here is a list of many of the speakers from past ION conferences (note that the affiliations are prior to 2018, from the time they spoke at the events):
Joe Abley, Director of DNS Operations, ICANN
Alain Aina, Special Projects Manager, AfriNIC
Paul Andersen, P. Eng, President, EGATE Networks Inc.
Wilson Ang, Deputy Director, Technology and Planning Group, IDA Singapore
Rodrigo Arenas, Computer Engineer, University of Chile
Rajiv Asati, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco
Mary Barnes, Principal Engineer, Polycom
Niran Beharry, Lead Technologist at Proteus Technologies Limited, ISOC TT Board Member
Paul Brigner, Regional Director, North American Bureau, Internet Society
Ronald L. Broersma, Chief Engineer, DREN
Łukasz Bromirski, Systems Engineer Manager, Cisco Systems (Poland)
John Brzozowski, Fellow and Chief IPv6 Architect, Comcast
Eric Burger, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University
Dick Bussiere, Solutions Architect, Arbor Networks
Cameron Byrne, Technical Staff Architect, T-Mobile USA
Frederic Cambus, Software and Network Engineer, StatDNS
Kevin Chege, Internet Development Manager for Africa, Internet Society
Marcin Cieślak, President, ISOC Poland
Tom Coffeen, Chief IPv6 Evangelist, Infoblox
Levin Cole, Network Infrastructure Engineer, Columbus Communications Trinidad Limited
David Conrad, Internet Veteran
Leslie Daigle, Chief Information Technology Officer, Internet Society
Andy Davidson, Chief Technology Officer, Netsumo Limited
Owen DeLong, IPv6 Evangelist, Hurricane Electric
Prof. Gihan V. Dias, President, ISOC Sri Lanka Chapter
Ralph Droms, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco Systems
Paul Ebersman, IPv6 Center of Excellence, Infoblox
Mark Elkins, Posix Systems
Rob Evans, Chief Network Architect, Janet
Ian Farrer, Senior Network Architect, Deutsche Telekom AG
Daniël Federer, Key Account Manager, SIDN
Alex Felipelli, Chief Solutions Engineer for LATAM, Akamai
Jason Fesler, Distinguished Architect, Yahoo!
David Freedman, Group Network Manager, Claranet
Miwa Fujii, APNIC Senior Advisor for Internet Development
Tomohiro Fujisaki, Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Bartosz Gajda, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
Asela Galappattige, Deputy General Manager – IP & ISP Projects, Sri Lanka Telecom PLC
Dr. James Galvin, Director, Strategic Relationships and Technical Standards, Afilias Limited
Demi Getschko, CGI.BR
Toilem Poriot Godwin, Technical Manager, KeNIC
Chris Griffiths, Senior Manager – Internet Systems Engineering, Comcast Cable
Adam Grodecki, Huawei
Srinivas Gudipudi, Neosixth
Reynold Guerrier, President and CEO, GSIS
Sanjeev Gupta, Principal Technical Architect, DCS1 Pte Ltd
Shailesh Gupta, Vice President, Global NOC – Service Delivery, Tata Communications Limited
Frank Habicht, Manager – Core Network, SimbaNET Tanzania
Wes Hardaker, Lead Research Scientist, Technical Director of the Network Security Research Group, Parsons
Cristiano Hauck Chevitarese, Infrastructure Analyst, Brazilian Public Administration
Senevi Herath, Network/Systems Engineer, Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN)
Timo Hilbrink, Networking Team, XS4ALL
Nick Hilliard, Chief Technology Officer, INEX
Toshio Hiraga, Distinguished Engineer, Sony Corporation
Patrick Hosein, Chief Executive Officer, TTNIC
Lee Howard, Director of Network Technology, Time Warner Cable
Aaron Hughes, Founder, 6Connect
Mike Hughes, Freelance Consultant
Shumon Huque, Director of Engineering, Research & Development, University of Pennsylvania
Hisham Ibrahim, AfriNIC
Borka Jerman Blažič, President, Internet Society-Slovenia
Richard Jimmerson, Chief Information Officer, American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
Merike Kaeo, Security Evangelist, Internet Identity
Hadriel Kaplan, VP of Technology, Acme Packet
Shane Kerr, Director of DNS Software, Internet Systems Consortium (ISC)
Eric Klinker, Chief Executive Officer, BitTorrent
Olaf Kolkman, Director, NLnet Labs
Jitender Kumar, Technical Account Manager, Afilias Limited
Max Henry Larson, Founder and President, Transversal
Jacques Latour, Director of IT, CIRA
Richard Lamb, DNSSEC Program Manager, ICANN
Martin Levy, Director, Hurricane Electric
Martin Levy, CloudFlare
Simeon Lisec, Expert, Telekom Slovenije
Cricket Liu, General Manager, IPv6 Center of Excellence, Infoblox
Robert Martin-Legène, Internet Infrastructure Specialist, Packet Clearing House
Carlos Martinez, Chief Technology Officer, LACNIC
Yoshinobu Matsuzaki, Senior Engineer, Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
Glenn McKnight, Vice President, Internet Society Canada
Danny McPherson, VeriSign
Dr. Shin Miyakawa, Director, Technology Development Department NTT Communications Corporation
Paul Mockapetris, Chairman, Chief Scientist, Nominum, Inc.
Dr. Sandra Murphy, Principal Investigator, Sparta, Inc. (Parsons)
Badri Narayanan Parthasarathy, Vice President, Global IP/MPLS Engineering, Network & Services Engineering, Tata Communications (India)
Frederico Neves, Chief Technology Officer, NIC.BR
Janvier Ngnoulaye, ICT Manager, IGNU
Vivek Nigam, Member Services Manager, APNIC
Irena Nikolova, Network Engineer, Google
Kaname Nishizuka, Network Engineer, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Christian O’Flaherty, Senior Development Manager for Latin America Bureau, Internet Society
Patrick Okui, Network Engineer and Trainer, Network Startup Resource Center
Krzysztof Olesik, DNS Technical Team Manager, NASK
Shernon Osepa, Manager, Regional Affairs for Latin America & the Caribbean Bureau, Internet Society
Eric Osterweil, Applied Security Researcher in the CSO Office, Verisign
Ivan Pepelnjak, Chief Technology Advisor, NIL Data Communications
Jiří Průša, Project Coordinator, CZ.NIC Association
Gerardo Rada, LACNIC
Marlon Raghunanan, Technical Services Manager, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad
Thilini Rajakaruna, Head of Electronics and Telecommunications Section, South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM)
Alvaro Retana, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco Technical Services
Régison Rodrigo Martins, Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados, Brazil
Valdinei Rodrigues dos Reis, Network Analyst, Unesp
Arturo Servin, Chief Technology Officer, LACNIC
Richard Shockey, Chairman of the Board of Directors, SIP Forum
Krzysztof Silicki, Director for Cooperation with ENISA, NASK
Rajnesh Singh, Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau Director, Internet Society
John Spence, Vice President, IP Services, Nephos6
Steve Spence, CTO, ArkiTechs Inc.
Bill St. Arnaud, Green IT Consultant at St. Arnaud-Walker and Associates Inc.
Sander Steffann, IPv6 specialist, SJM Steffann Consultancy
Carsten Strotmann, DNSSEC and IPv6 Specialist, Men & Mice
Andrew Sullivan, Principal Architect, Dyn
Sashika Suren, Senior Systems Engineer, LK Domain Registry
John Sweeting, Director of Network Engineering, Time Warner Cable
Kevon Swift, External Relations Officer for the Caribbean, LACNIC
Marvin Thomas, IP Engineer, Digicel Trinidad and Tobago
Daniel Tibor Fuchs, Chief Innovation Officer, DATORA Telecom
Pete Toscano, Network Operations Manager, ARIN
Nathalie Kunneke-Trenaman, Trainer, RIPE NCC
Akihiro Tsuru, Manager, KDDI CORPORATION
Roland van Rijswijk, Technical Product Manager, SURFnet
Leandro Vieira Rodrigues, Brazilian Public Administration
Patrik Wallström, Senior Researcher, .SE
Duane Wessels, Principal Engineer, VeriSign
Dave Wilson, Project Manager, HEAnet
Timothy Winters, Senior Manager, UNH-IOL
Bevil Wooding, Internet Strategist, Packet Clearing House
Andrew Yourtchenko, Technical Leader, Systems Network Operating Systems Technology, Cisco
Jan Žorž, Co-founder, Go6 Institute
Benjamin Zwittnig, DNS Specialist, Arnes