Prior to joining APNIC, Huston worked at the Australian Academic and Research Network (AARNet) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). He has authored numerous Internet standards and technical papers, and is widely regarded as an expert in the field of Internet governance and policy.

At APNIC, Huston is responsible for leading the organization's research and development efforts, as well as providing technical guidance and support to the APNIC community. He is also actively involved in promoting the adoption of IPv6 and other emerging Internet technologies in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout his career, Huston has been recognized for his contributions to the Internet community, including being inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2014. [-Show Less]

As part of her industry research collaboration efforts, Mona has established a ground-breaking project that uses optical fibre systems for the detection and classification of active travel – a robust, scalable, and privacy-preserving method that informs smart city and transportation planning. She is the director of the ‘Digital Twins for Sustainable Development Goals’ research lab at QMUL, where she attracted the first multidisciplinary core team to further the studies in this area. Mona was awarded the title of N2Women Rising Star in Computer Networking and Communications in 2022. She is also a committee member of the IEEE Women in Engineering of the UK and Ireland affinity group. [-Show Less]

Previously he has been a professor for computer science and network at the University of Applied Sciences in Emden/Leer, Germany, the CTO for Virtual Networking and IP at Huawei's German Research Center, the Chief Researcher for Networking at NEC Laboratories Europe, and a Visiting Researcher at KDDI R&D Laboratories in Japan. He is co-chairing two Research Groups in the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) on Information-Centric Networking (ICNRG) and on Decentralized Internet Infrastructure (DINRG). Dirk has published several IETF RFCs, books, and research publications on Internet technologies. He holds a PhD degree from Universität Bremen, Germany and has been working on making the Internet work better since his PhD study times. [-Show Less]

Amreesh is focused on efforts around Internet measurements, Internet shutdowns, and understanding market trends that impact the growth of the Internet across the globe. His areas of research are Interdomain routing, Internet measurements, content delivery and Internet policy. He is a project expert on the Measuring the Internet project at ISOC and has recently developed the Internet Resilience Index. Amreesh is a frequent speaker at NOG and peering events and is a TPC member of several academic and technical conferences including USENIX SEC, IMC, TMA, PAM, etc. [-Show Less]

She collaborates with people in computer science, network engineering and social science to investigate the opportunities and challenges of “data” in urban environments that are adapted to people’s needs and not vice versa. Daphne is the recipient of a 2018 Imperial College Research Fellowship and the 2021 IEEE CNOM Young Professional award. Prior to joining Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, she spent many years in the UK. She was with the Department of Computing at Imperial College London and with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London (UCL). She has a Ph.D. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from UCL and a "Diplôme d'ingénieur" from Télécom SudParis, France. [-Show Less]

He serves as a Board Member for the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, Founding member for Magma Core Foundation, Academic research council representative for O-RAN Alliance, Technology Roadmap group member for NextG Alliance and co-chair on organizing committee and program committees for 6GSymposium, EuCNC,IEEE InfoCom and ACM WinTech. His numerous professional publications and experience exemplify use-inspired basic research in the field of networking technologies such as 5G,6G, AI/ML, edge computing and Internet of Things. He is an IEEE Senior Member. He received his M.S. degree from Tufts University and M.B.A. from Boston University with High Honors. [-Show Less]

In his previous role as APNIC's Senior Research and Development Officer, George delved into research and development opportunities concerning Internet number resource management, Internet standards, and global Internet measurement and collaborative research. His educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Hons (2.ii) in Computer Science from the University of York in 1982. Beyond APNIC, George Michaelson assumes the role of Founder at the Internet Society (Australia Chapter) and is a proud member of the British Computer Society. [-Show Less]