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IAA Convergent 2024 continues

Online events

In July, we held our second online discussion, Upgrade Time!, featuring experienced network engineering specialists, Matthew Enger (Leaptel) and Nick Pratley (IAA). Together they explored the challenges of integrating a next generation kit with your existing installed base.

Two years ago, Matt presented a session on starting an ISP on a shoestring. In this session, he shared insight into the challenges he’s had in remaking that network as his ISP has grown, particularly where he has found the amazing loads his cheap and cheerful equipment has managed to carry. Nick added to the discussion, drawing upon his years of experience at the coal face of IXPs, comparing the ideal with the invariable reality as he talked through the levels of testing and evaluation IAA went through in its latest switch upgrades.

Once again, our CEO, Narelle Clark, expertly moderated the session, and we thank her and our speakers for an enlightening discussion.

Those who would love a second chance to see this online presentation, can now check it out on our IAA YouTube Channel!

Watch now

In-person

We also hosted  IAA Convergent In-person socials. First off was Perth where we took in the serene ambience of Terrarium in the city. As always, the crowd was mighty as Perth folks turned up for an evening of comparing notes and just enjoying each other’s company! Likewise in Brisbane, an excellent crowd of Members summoned up their Dutch Courage for a fabulous evening of gin tasting, canapés and great company. It’s always a pleasure to host our Members and guests at these in-person events, share news and hear all about what you’ve been up to.

We look forward to seeing you at the next one!

We’re pleased to share some photos from these fun-filled events:

IAA Convergent Perth at Terrarium
IAA Convergent Brisbane at Dutch Courage

Coming up

There are still more IAA Convergent events to come. We hope you can make them.

IAA Convergent Adelaide

IAA Members and their guests are invited to take a pre-completion tour of our forthcoming newest PoP, NEXTDC’s A1. It’s always fun to have a good look at a data centre under construction, and this one shouldn’t disappoint. Then, it’s over to The Elephant for an evening of drinks, canapés, and camaraderie at this popular British-style pub.

Date: Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Tour: A1 Adelaide | 211 Pirie St | Adelaide
Time: From 5:15pm – Steel cap boots must be worn. Once registered we will contact you via email for your shoe size, should you need us to provide boots for the tour.
Social: The Elephant British Pub | The West Room | 1 Cinema Pl | Adelaide
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm ACST

Tour registration
Social registration

IAA Convergent Canberra – Special 10th Anniversary Celebration!

IAA Members and your guests are invited to an evening of cocktails and canapés as we mark a decade of connectivity with ACT-IX! Enjoy delicious drinks, tasty bites, and perhaps even a chance to learn some mixology magic.

Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm AEST
Venue: Blue Eyes  | Level 1 | Garema Pl | Canberra

IAA Members can register themselves and their guests via the IAA Member Portal.

Register now!

By RSVPing, you are agreeing to comply with IAA’s Code of Conduct – Events.

IAASysters is swinging into action!

This September we’ll be heading to Sydney to host our fourth annual IAASysters Workshop. Once again, the program will be held one day before AusNOG at the same venue, giving our latest squad of IAASysters the opportunity to attend the conference, take advantage of industry networking, learn the latest industry trends and receive in-depth technical training.

Speakers announced

We’re delighted to have assembled last year’s dream team of speakers once again: Cheryl Alderman, Jill McKay and Sally Foley Lewis. They will provide expert career advice and focus on building key skills that support career advancement.

Shout out to our sponsors!

We are thrilled to announce that the ranks of our sponsors have swelled since May’s Newsletter and we would like to take this opportunity to showcase our amazing lineup of industry sponsors. We greatly appreciate their support for our program. Thanks to you all!

We look forward to seeing you in Sydney !

Grab some swag at AusNOG

If you’re heading to AusNOG this year, join us for some pre-conference fun with Beer, Gear & Peer (BGP). We’re excited to sponsor this new pre-AusNOG event. Come enjoy a great selection of nibbles and beverages while you catch up with industry experts and grab exclusive swag.

Date: Wednesday, 4th September 2024
Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm AEST
Venue: The Fullerton Hotel | The Barnet Room | 1 Martin Pl | Sydney

FREE entry for all AusNOG ticketholders.

Members attending AusNOG are invited to reserve their IAA-LAN hoodie.Pre-order your preferred unisex size hoodie via the IAA Member Portal now. But hurry, limited edition, so first come, first served!

Data Centre Real Estate Summit

In May, our CEO, Narelle Clark, gave a presentation at the Data Centre Real Estate Summit in Sydney. Whilst data centres were once considered an alternative asset class, they are becoming more sought after by investors.

The Data Centre Real Estate Summit focused on real estate and investment strategies, bringing together all the key global and local players to discuss the national data centre market, new developments and acquisitions, supply and demand dynamics, construction, development, and design trends.

Narelle gave an informative and, by all accounts, entertaining talk on the evolution of data centre design and advancements in technology and solutions. Her insights underscored the critical role data centres play in today’s digital economy. She closed by putting the audience’s skills to the test, to see how good they were at identifying a data centre when they saw one.

Head to this IAA YouTube clip of the talk to test your skills.

IAASysters - Future Heroes of the Internet

Systers assemble!

Planning for IAASysters 2023 is well underway! We’re excited by the program we have in store. This year’s theme ‘Future Heroes of the Internet’ has been chosen to celebrate all the super women we have in our industry. We’re also proud to announce that this year’s conference will be held at Sea World  Resort on the Gold Coast. If you’ve not heard of our Systers program before or just want to know more be sure to check our short video.

The successful participants were selected from a record number of strong applications. The sponsored attendees will enjoy:

  • Ticket to attend the IAASysters Workshop (6 September 2023)
  • Ticket to the AusNOG Conference (7-8 September 2023)
  • Economy airfares to Gold Coast and accommodation
  • One-year complimentary Professional Membership to IAA (subject to board approval)

We could not host such an amazing three-day program  without the generous support of our sponsors. We like to thank this year’s Sponsors including:

Systers 2023 Sponsors

If you would like to support the next generation of women in the Internet industry, it’s not too late to be a part of the Systers program. Head over to the Systers page on our website to find out how to sponsor!

Convergent Events update

Since our last newsletter, we have been very busy hosting and planning Convergent Events for our Members to network, learn and grow.

First up in March was an online event – “Malicious Domains: Where they are, and what we can do about them.” Industry experts, Graeme Bunton and Rowena Schoo, of the DNS Abuse Institute gave us fascinating insights into this topic. Don’t worry if you missed it, you can find it on IAA’s YouTube channel.

This was soon followed by an in-person event in Adelaide, in partnership with APNIC Academy Training, who provided an insightful RPKI/ROV Tutorial. This gave our members the opportunity to receive free training on this important subject (typically valued at $80), followed by the opportunity to network at our social event.

For those who couldn’t make Adelaide, you’ll be pleased to learn we’re partnering with APNIC Academy Training to provide the RPKI/ROV Tutorial again in two other locations. More details to follow, but make a note in your calendar, if you’ll be in Canberra, Tuesday 18 July 2023 or Sydney, Thursday 20 July 2023. In both cities the tutorial will run 1.30pm – 5.30pm AEST and be followed by a social event.  Check your emails and the IAA Portal closer to the date to register.

In other news, our Melbourne Convergent Event in May featured a talk by Professor Darryl Veitch entitled “Can I trust my clock? Why NTP is fail .” The presentation was followed by drinks and nibbles. Darryl’s presentation was well received with one attendee reporting: “Everything I thought I knew about how NTP worked and synced and reliability was wrong. This may have been one of those red pill or blue pill moments.”

Register now for our Convergent Online Event 1 June

On the back of the success of this event, we have decided to share Professor Veitch’s insights with the rest of our Members, with a special online event on Thursday 1 June 2023 from 12pm AEST (10am AWST) via Zoom.

Register via the IAA Portal now!

Member registration                                  Non-member registration

We look forward to bringing you even more Convergent Conference Events soon.

NSW-IX turns 10!

This June NSW-IX will have been in operation for 10 years!

We invite you to join our CEO, Narelle Clark and IAA Team and Board Members as we celebrate with drinks and canapés as the sun sets over Darling Harbour.

IAA Members are welcome to invite guests. Corporate Members can register themselves and an additional 7 guests, either internal or external to their organisation. Professional Members are able to invite one additional guest. All registrations need to be completed via the IAA Portal by the inviting Member.

Details
When: Wednesday 21 June | 5.30pm – 9.00pm AEST
Where: Helm Bar & Bistro, Sydney

Register via the IAA Portal now!

RSVP now!

By RSVPing for this event, you are agreeing to comply with IAA’s Code of Conduct – Events.

ONLINE CONVERGENT EVENT

View this presentation now on the IAA YouTube Channel.

Join us for this Online Convergent Event

Title: Can I trust my clock? Why NTP is a fail.
Date: Thursday 1 June 2023
Time: 12pm AEST/ 10am AWST

Venue: FREE Online Convergent Event, hosted on Zoom

Registration: Open to all via the IAA Portal

Register now for your chance to see Darryl Veitch’s brilliant presentation on Network Time Protocols, just how bad they can be and some new ways forward.

Professor Veitch is based at the School of Electrical and Data Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney, and is a member of the GBDTC (Global Big Data Technology Centre) where he runs the timing laboratory.

Darryl gave this presentation at our recent Melbourne Convergent Event and has kindly offered to represent it for you at this live, online event. Registration is free and open to both IAA Members and non-members via the IAA Portal. Tell your friends and colleagues!

Member registration                                  Non-member registration

By RSVPing for this event, you are agreeing to comply with IAA’s Code of Conduct – Events.

RPKI/ROV Tutorial and Convergent partnership event Adelaide

CALLING ADELAIDE

Title: RPKI/ROV Tutorial & Social Adelaide, in partnership with APNIC
Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Time: Tutorial 1:00pm – 5:30 ACST | Social 6:00pm ACST
Venues:
Tutorial – Barr Smith South 2032 (RM), University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus, 250 North Terrace, Adelaide
Social – The Howling Owl, The Monocle room (accessed through an arch door beside the main bar on the ground level within the venue) 10 Vaughan Place, Adelaide. IAA Members are welcome to bring friends.
Cost: Hurry! The first ten IAA Members to register attend for FREE
Standard fees:   $40 APNIC Member (plus GST) or $80 Standard (plus GST)

 

Register for tutorial                   Register for social

A has partnered with APNIC to bring our members this important tutorial on RPKI and ROV. The tutorial will be followed by a social event. If you’re an IAA member and can’t make the tutorial, we’d still love to see you for a drink and some nibbles, so be sure to register now.

Course outline

  • Recent routing incidents
  • Current BGP filtering techniques
  • Resource PKI fundamentals
  • Installation and configuration of RPKI validators
  • BGP filtering with ROA (Route Origin Validation)

Why do we keep seeing news headlines about major networks not being reachable because traffic got rerouted to somewhere else? BGP mishaps are very common and frighteningly easy. Examples are malicious route hijacking, mis-origination (fat fingers), and bad filters (route leaks). We need better mechanism(s) to ensure no one can inject false information into the global routing system that easily. This tutorial will look at current route filtering tools/techniques, how RPKI is just a piece in the puzzle, and what we should do to secure the internet routing.

Course requirements

  • This workshop is for those with a working knowledge of IP Routing (esp BGP), how to use a router command line interface and backing Linux command line skills.
  • Participants are advised to bring their own laptop or desktop computers with high-speed internet access and administrative access to system.
  • It is also recommended that computers have Intel i5 or i7 processor, >=8GB of RAM and 30GB of free hard disk space.
  • Software: SSH Client, Telnet Client, VirtualBox/VMware
  • Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure. Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example from the CLI type: ssh rviews@route-views.routeviews.org.

Trainers
Terry Sweetser
APNIC’s Training Delivery Manager (South Asia and Oceania)

Dave Phelan
APNIC’s Senior Network Analyst / Technical Trainer

HOW TO REGISTER

Tutorial Registration (first 10 go for free).
All attendees must use their APNIC Academy account. If you don’t have an account, it’s free and easy to get your own APNIC Login. Get started APNIC’s website. Once you have your login (or if you already have an account) you can register for the tutorial from the link below.

The first ten IAA Members to register for the tutorial are FREE! To access this offer you must be an IAA Member and use this code in APIC’s payment portal:  IAARPKIROA2023

Register for tutorial

Social Event Registration
We’re hosting a post-event social at The Howling Owl that’s FREE to all IAA Members, starting 6pm. Even if you can’t make the tutorial, we’d love to see you there. Corporate members can register themselves and an additional 7 guests, either internal or external to their organisation. Professional members are able to invite one additional guest. All registrations need to be completed via the IAA portal by the inviting member.

Register for social

By RSVPing for this event, you are agreeing to comply with IAA’s Code of Conduct – Events.

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