APACv6 Council Meeting 2026

Event Schedule

Day 1

Global Adaptation, Insights and Shaping your ICT Ecosystem with IPv6

Thursday, April 9th • Radisson Hotel Kathmandu, Nepal

09:15AM

Arrivals

Registration

09:30AM

Welcome Address

Mr. Binaya Mohan Saud

CEO, Subisu Limited.

09:45AM

Keynote Address

Prof Emeritus Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass

Chairman, APAC IPv6 Council

10:00AM

Government Address

Secretariat, Communications and Information Technology

10:15AM

Policy & Regulatory Address

Chairman, Nepal Telecommunications Authority

10:30AM

Intelligence at Scale: Shaping the Future of Enterprise ICT with IPv6-Powered AI Datacenters

Mr. Deepak Rauniyar

Founder, Oorja World inc.(USA)

11:00AM

Break

Tea

11:15AM

IPv6 Deployment Experiences

Mr.Muhammad Arif

Chairman, APJII

11:55AM

Technical Foundations of IPv6 Security & Resilience

Teguh Prasetya

Digital Ecosystem Specialist (IOT, AI, Telecommunications & Smart Solution)

12:30PM

Break

Lunch

Food provided by the Radisson Hotel

13:30PM

MoU Signing Ceremony

APAC IPv6 Council and Subisu

13:45AM

Next Generation Networking with IPv6: Overview from Research to Deployment

Dr.Baburam Dawadi

Assistant Dean, IOE, Tribhuvan University

14:15PM

IPv6 Deployment Perspectives

Dr.Will Liu

Vice Chairman, APAC IPv6 Council

14:50PM

Bridging Policy, Infrastructure & Security : A Sovereign Digital Roadmap for Nepal

Mr. Ram Krishna Pariyar

VP, Subisu Limited / npNOG

15:20PM

Break

Tea

15:35PM

IPv6 Journey at Lightstrom Telecom

Mr. Krishna Basudevan

Head of Global Enterprise Architecture Lightstrom

16:15PM

Panel Discussion

Internet Security, Resilience and the IPv6 Transition

Moderator: Dr. Navaneethan, APAN IPv6 & 5G Working Group Chair

17:15PM

Closing Keynote

Mr. Deepak Shrestha

Datahub Pvt. Ltd., Manging Director

17:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Group Photographs

18:00PM

Post-event

Social Networking

Day 2

Empowering your Enterprise Network through IPv6 and DNSSec Deployment

Friday, April 10th • Radisson Hotel Kathmandu, Nepal

9:15AM

Arrival of Guests

Registration

9:30AM

IPv6 Compliance

Mr. Krishna Kumar Lahoti

Director CNLabs

10:15AM

Including DNSSEC in your organisational Cybersecurity strategy

Mr. Champika Wijayatunga

ICANN, Technical Engagement Director, Asia Pacific

11:00PM

Break

Tea

11:15AM

National IPv6 Implementation Strategies

Prof Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass

Chairman, APAC IPv6 Council

12:30PM

Break

Lunch

Food provided by the Radisson Hotel

13:30PM

IPv6 Challenge for Banks

Mr.Bikram Shrestha

Sanima Bank

14:00PM

Special Address

Dr.Latif Ladid

President, IPv6 Forum

14:15PM

Panel Discussion

Digital Infrastructure and Internet Ecosystem

Moderator: Mr.Suvash Khadka, Senior Lecturer & President, WordPress Nepal

15:30PM

Break

Tea

15:45PM

Workshop

IPv6 Deployment

By Dr. Navaneethan for All Participants

16:15PM

Presentation & Feedbacks

Prof Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass & Dr. Navaneethan C Arjuman

Chair, APAC IPv6 Council | Chairman of IPv6 & 5G Working Group, APAN

17:00PM

Talk Session

ICT Foundation Nepal, NPIX/SANOG/npNOG, NREN, Tribhuvan University

Mr.Razan Lamsal, Mr.Rupesh Bhakta Shrestha, Mr.Lochan Lal Amatya, Mr.Sarbin Shyami

17:30PM

Closing Ceremony

Ms. Valli

Secretary, APAC IPv6 Council