Agenda
2024 PIF Schedule
The Nigerian peering & Interconnection Forum is happening from the 23rd – 24th of October 2024
Registration
Welcome & Introductions
Opening Remarks
Cultural Performance by Multicultural Dance Company
Peering and Interconnection
Digital Infrastructure and Digital Economies
Oluwasayo Oshadami
General Manager, Technical Solutions and Managed Networks, MainOne
Anatomy of a Fully Automated Cloud Exchange
Toni Yannick Kalombo
Managing Director, DevBooks
Spatial Division Multiplexing A New (Subsea) Cable Paradigm
Mark Tinka
Managing Director
Network Automation
Toni Yannick Kalombo
Managing Director, DevBooks
AWS
Coffee Break
Opening Ceremony
Prof Adewale Adedokun
Cordinator, ngNOG
Muhammed Rudman
CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN)
Cultural Performance by Multicultural Dance Company
Regional ISP Insights: Experience Sharing and Key Learnings
Engr. Muktar Tajo Othman
Co-founder and CEO of BrowsePoint Telecom Nigeri
Chinedu Onwuemelie
CEO of PHSWEB Limited
Kolade Adegelu
CEO of I-World Networks Limited
Saheed Awojide
CTO, BCN
Moses London
CEO of Greenfoot Global Resources
LUNCH
Lagos at the Core: Driving Interconnection, Experience Sharing and Key Learnings
Dr. Ibiso A. Kingsley-George (D.P.A., GRCA, GRCP, IPMP)
Head, Internet Governance Unit, New Media & Information Security Department at NCC
Olufemi Imoleayo Adeyeye
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Luli Fiber Nigeria
Olawale Owoeye
Managing Director, Cedarview Communication Limited
Regional Internet Exchange Point for the ECOWAS Region
Ms Folake Olagunju
Ag. Director, Digital Economy & Post, ECOWAS
Peering Bilaterals
Welcome
Plenary Session 1 – Building Resilience and Collaboration: Addressing Submarine Cable Disruptions
Gbenga Adegbiji
CEO, GENISERVE
Fernando Fernandes
CEO, Telecables by Angola
Adesiyan Omololu
Head, Network Planning, Transmission and IP Network at Mainone
Mark Tinka
Managing Director
Slawomir Cieslinski
Director, Business Development, WIOCC Group
Coffee Break
Plenary Session 2 – Building Nigeria’s Digital Backbone: Transit Providers and Infracos in Focus
Dewole Ajao
Global Network Acquisition, Google
Adeyemi Olaosebikan
Head of Enterprise Networks CE at Airtel
LUNCH
Plenary Session 3 – Evolving Data Center Landscape: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Trends
Lars Johannisson
CEO of Rack Centre
Dr Krishnan Ranganath
Regional Executive – West Africa, Africa Data Centres
Dr Ayotunde Coker
CEO, Open Access Data Centres
Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani
CEO, Medallion Data Centre
Oluwasayo Oshadami
General Manager, Technical Solutions and Managed Networks, MainOne
Closing Remarks