Exploring Emerging Technologies Moderator Adiel A. Akplogan Vice President, Technical Engagement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Adiel A. Akplogan is Vice President for Technical Engagement at ICANN, with more than 25 years of engagement and active contribution to the Internet industry globally. Before joining ICANN, Adiel was the President and CEO of …
Privacy Trends & Domain Name Dispute Resolution Moderator Yeo Yee Ling Manager of Legal Department, MYNIC Berhad Ms Yeo Yee Ling is the Manager of Legal Department in MYNIC Berhad. She is responsible for overseeing the Policy, legal and regulatory matters in relation to domain name and electronic addressing, and contract management. She graduated from …
Protecting Your Domain Name: Recapturing Lost Revenue and Traffic from Cybersquatters and Counterfeiters Moderator David Chui Chief Innovation Officer, MYNIC Berhad David joined MYNIC in Oct 2018 as the Chief Innovation Officer. He is tasked to ensure the security, resilience, and availability of the DNS operation and services to serve the .my community in the …
Real Life Perspectives on Regional DNS Abuse in APAC Moderator Carlos Alvarez del Pino Director of Trust and Public Safety Engagement, Office of the CTO Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Carlos leads ICANN’s engagement with the trust and public safety communities (civil/criminal law enforcement, national cyber security centers, consumer protection, incident response …
Digital Brand & Future Digital Commerce Speakers Mahadhir Aziz Chief Executive Officer A recognised industry leader, Mahadhir has a proven track record of over 20 years in various industries including Financial Services, Energy (Oil and Gas), Information Technology and Media, serving established global and local organisations such as Deloitte Consulting, Kodak, PETRONAS and Am Investment …
Thick or Thin Registry & Data Escrow for ccTLD and gTLD Moderator Dr. Stefanie Chow Lead, Partner Experience and Channel Distribution, MYNIC Berhad Dr. Stefanie Chow Yiing Yng is the Lead, Partner Experience and Channel Distribution under Sales and Marketing department from MYNIC Berhad. She is responsible in managing partnership with Resellers and Registrars and …
Lightning Talk 2 Moderator Sabrina Lim Stakeholder Engagement Programs Manager, Asia Pacific Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Sabrina focuses on widening the Internet community’s participation in ICANN through engagement programs with stakeholders across the Asia Pacific region. She comes from a specialized background in Communications for the Singapore government. She served 8 …
Being a Registrant – Things to Note Moderator Yien-Chyn Tan Stakeholder Engagement Manager, APAC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN Yien Chyn is currently a Stakeholder Engagement Manager at ICANN. She engages with the community in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and facilitates their participation in ICANN’s multistakeholder Internet governance discussions. Yien Chyn …
Globalizing Efforts to Mitigate DNS Abuse Moderator Graeme Bunton Director, DNS Abuse Institute Graeme Bunton is the Director of the DNS Abuse Institute, an initiative dedicated to developing collaborative and innovative methods of reducing DNS abuse. Graeme has over 11 years of DNS policy experience. Prior to heading the DNS Abuse Institute, he was the …
DNS Directions & Network Operators Moderator David Chui Chief Innovation Officer, MYNIC Berhad David joined MYNIC in Oct 2018 as the Chief Innovation Officer. He is tasked to ensure the security, resilience, and availability of the DNS operation and services to serve the .my community in the country. Before joining MYNIC, David has worked in …
Han Zhang joined Salesforce in 2016. He is currently a Senior Software Engineering Manager on the DNS team. The team has deployed DNSSEC on various very large zones. Han has also given presentations in DNS-OARC, APNIC, and IETF.
Han holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Colorado State University. His research interests include network security and network measurement.
Graeme Bunton is the Executive Director of the DNS Abuse Institute, an initiative dedicated to developing collaborative and innovative methods of reducing DNS abuse. Graeme has over 11 years of DNS policy experience. Prior to heading the DNS Abuse Institute, he was the Head of Policy for Tucows and served as Chair of ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group for four years. Graeme was one of the driving forces behind the ‘Framework to Address Abuse’, a new set of guidelines and principles for addressing online harms, which was adopted by more than 50 registries and registrars. He helped found the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, and currently serves as Board Chair of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition.
Merike Kaeo is currently the CISO at Uniphore and has over 25 years of experience in pioneering Internet technology deployments and developing strategic security initiatives.
Merike instigated and led the first security initiative for Cisco Systems in the mid 1990s and authored the first Cisco book on security, Designing Network Security, which was translated into multiple languages and widely used in security accreditation programs. She has held a variety of executive leadership positions and has a deep-rooted history in the global Internet community having contributed to organizations such as NANOG, APNIC, RIPE, ARIN, LACNIC, IGF, IETF, FIRST and ISOC. She is a frequently sought-after panelist and keynote speaker for disseminating and promoting strategies to create stable, resilient and safe digital environments.
Since 2010, she has been on ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Council (SSAC), and served as the SSAC Liaison to the board from 2018 thru 2021.
Yuichi joined Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd (JPRS) in 2012. Currently, as a General Manager of the Corporate Communication Office, he is in charge of public relations and advertising of JPRS. He is also responsible for planning and managing JPRS’s websites and recently has been focusing on planning and managing web contents with SEO in mind.
Dr. Ajay Data is an award-winning techno-commercial Founder & CEO of multiple technology companies. Data Xgen Technologies received global recognition for bringing first-of-its-kind linguistic email addresses technology supporting email IDs in Hindi, Gujrati, Tamil, Telugu, Cyrillic, Chinese, Marathi plus 20 more languages.
He had been investing and mentoring start-ups, and very actively contributing to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
He regularly speaks on various platforms like IGF, TIE, iSpirt, IAMAI, NEN, ICANN, FICII, CII for entrepreneurship, Internet Governance, Universal Acceptance, technology, and innovations.
He became the first Indian to be elected as Chair of the global organisation – the Universal Acceptance Steering Group. Dr. Data is the Managing Director of Data Group of Industries with a team of 3000+ employees and a sought-after leader by young entrepreneurs for mentoring and guidance.
Mike Zhang joined Alibaba in 2021. As a DNS software engineer, he is currently responsible for DNS system monitoring and reliability related works. Prior to joining Alibaba, Mike used to work at CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) for seven years.
Jia-Rong Low joined ICANN in August 2013. He is currently the Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement, and concurrently Managing Director for the Asia Pacific (APAC) regional office. Stationed in Singapore, Jia-Rong works with key stakeholders to bring ICANN to the region and facilitate stakeholders to participate in multistakeholder Internet governance.
Prior to joining ICANN, Jia-Rong served at Singbridge International, a Singapore government-linked company specializing in sustainable urban development projects. A former diplomat, Jia-Rong worked for Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as First Secretary (Political) at the Singapore Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam. Jia-Rong is very familiar with the region, having represented Singapore in engaging the region’s governments such as Thailand, Myanmar, and the Philippines.
Jia-Rong holds a Diploma in International Trade Law from WTO in Geneva, Switzerland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Communications Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.
Mastura Mukhtar is a Lead, IT Services from MYNIC with over ten years of extensive experience in the domain name industry. Her primary role is in supporting infrastructure to facilitate DNS applications, as well as managing DNS and DNSSEC for Malaysia’s country code top-level domain (.my).
With MYNIC as the official .MY domain registry, this position is crucial in maintaining the technical operations of DNS and DNSSEC to ensure the normal operation of systems and services. This involves incident handling, troubleshooting, and providing second-level support to resolve technical issues regarding DNS and DNSSEC, as well as the domain name operations.
Leveraging on her background and experiences, she is also responsible for providing training and awareness on the adoption of DNS Security to various sectors, including government and financial institutions, for securing DNS services.
David joined MYNIC in Oct 2018 as the Chief Innovation Officer. He is tasked to ensure the security, resilience, and availability of the DNS operation and services to serve the .my community in the country.
Before joining MYNIC, David has worked in multiple organizations with experience ranging from advisory, training, pre-sales, support, and system integrations. He has been involved with security, virtualization, infrastructure designing, and deploying technical projects for enterprise customers.
David holds a Master’s in Business Administration, York St. John University, United Kingdom, and Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Charles Sturt University. He is also a Certified Scrum Master, and IT Service Management (ITIL).s
