APAN62 programme now available

With less than three months to go until APAN62, the programme of confirmed speakers and sessions is growing by the day. Attracting innovators and decision-makers from across the Asia-Pacific, we're looking forward to hosting everyone in Auckland from 10-14 August 2026. 

So far, we have 41 sessions and speakers confirmed from 12 different nations, spanning topics from network-enabled research and education, to applications of AI and machine learning, to telemedicine advancements, to natural disaster mitigation.

While we finalise the details, you can view the day-by-day schedule here. Click on individual sessions in the schedule for more information.

Session highlights

Leading up to the event, we're sharing a sneak peek at some of the work that will be presented.

Kaihautū: Reducing barriers to supercomputing
Jeffrey Weekley
University of California, USA
This prototype digital tutor uses agentic, domain-adapted language models to guide users through real supercomputing workflows.

Measuring web service resilience under submarine cable disruption
Irvin Chen
Open Culture Foundation, Taiwan
This study investigates the resilience of web services used in Taiwan under large-scale international submarine cable disruptions.

Spyfish Aotearoa
Kalindi Fonda
Wildlife.ai Trust, New Zealand
What started as a "simple" Machine Learning (ML) project has grown into a much bigger pipeline, inclusive of data ingestion, standardisation, citizen science, expert review, and the ML component that sparked it all.

View the full APAN62 programme schedule here.

Early Bird Registration ends 30 June

There's still time to secure discounted registration rates to join us at APAN62.

Who attends APAN meetings:

• Network & IT specialists: Managers and operators from National Research and education Networks (NRENs) who focus on high-speed internet, cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure.
• HPC, AI, cloud experts: Leaders and teams building and delivering advanced computational infrastructure supporting large-scale and data-intensive research
• Researchers & Academics: Faculty and scholars utilizing high-performance computing (HPC) and massive datasets across various disciplines (e.g., genomics, climate science, radio astronomy).
• Students & Early-Career Professionals: Emerging talent funded by programs like the APAN Fellowship Programme (co-sponsored by APAN and Flexoptix)
• Policy & Government leaders: Representatives defining policies for digital infrastructure and telecommunications.
• Industry vendors: Technology and network providers showcasing the latest hardware and software solutions.

Tickets are available for the full week or you can purchase a single-day ticket for the topics that most interest you.

View all registration details here.