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Program Committee

The AusNOG 2026 program is being curated by our Program Committe and we thank them for their efforts. The members of the this year's Programme Committee are :

 

Mark Mark Duffell Mark is Chair of the AusNOG Program Committee and Principal of Internet and Peering Strategy within Telstra’s IP Core and Edge Engineering team.
He has over 20 years of Internet Service Provider experience and is also an active member of the APRICOT program committee. 
You'll find Mark in his spare time pursuing running goals, drinking craft-beer or stuck in front of his favourite retro video games.
Brendan Brendan Halley

Brendan is part of the Host Universal team, helping build and grow the AS136557 network.
James James Di Trapani

James is currently the Manager of Backbone & IP Edge Engineering at Aussie Broadband, focusing on Architecture & Engineering of the AS4764 and AS9268 networks. Hates helicopters.
Joe Joe Wooller

Joe is the founder and chief of all things at EdgeIX, one of Australia's and NZ largest IX platforms.  He is still very much a child at heart and enjoys vintage arcade machines.
Santa Matt Matt Gully

Matt has 21 years of IT infrastructure experience spanning K-12 education networks (AS45768) including the private and public sectors. He works in interconnection at Equinix, focusing on network, cloud and ecosystem connectivity across Australia.

He is an active member of the APRICOT Program Committee and spends a fair bit or time on the conference circuit, so clearly has no issues with planes or helicopters.

With 4 kids ranging from tweens to teens and a busy modern family, he is occasionally re-evaluating his life choices over many craft beers.
Michael Michael Hobl Michael is a Network Engineer working primarily in the medium-scale ISP space with a unique appreciation of helicopters.
Phil Phil Mawson Phil is a Principal Network Engineer at Vocus where he has been employed for 20 years. Internet routing security is one of Phil's passions and removing RADb entries keeps him happy. In his spare time you can find him trying to continue to perfect the perfect cocktail at home, visiting a local craft brewery or finding the perfect filter coffee beans.