Hiroshi Esaki Ph.D received the B.E. and M.E. degrees from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, in 1985 and 1987, respectively. And, he received Ph.D from The University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1998. He is a co-founder of series of IPv6 special project in the WIDE project. He is an executive director of IPv6 promotion council, which is cross ministry and cross industry council to promote the IPv6 technology. As the activities of IPv6 promotion council, he has established the following working groups, that are aiming to explore and to deploy the IPv6 as the professional and business operation. He successfully standardized the TCP/IP based architectural framework as IEEE1888 in IEEE, and proposing to NIST SGIP CoS (Catalogue of Standard) in US and to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6. He is also a vice chair of Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC), since 2006, and has served as an IPv6 Forum Fellow and chair of IPv6 Ready Logo Program Commitee. From 2006 to 2010, he served as Board of Trustee for Internet Society. He is a director of WIDE Project since 2010, director of Japan Data Center Council since 2009, and director of Green University of Tokyo Project, which is one of the important and killer application of IoT for 21st century, since 2008.

Jun Murai established JUNET, the first network in Japan connecting multiple universities, in 1984. In 1988, established the WIDE Project, a Japanese Internet research consortium. Has long been engaged in research related to Internet technology platforms, and is known as the Father of the Internet in Japan and in international circles as the Internet Samurai. He is a Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet, an Advisor to the Digital Agency and serves on many other governmental committees, and is active in numerous international scientific associations. He was inducted into 2011 IEEE Internet Award / the 2013 Internet Hall of Fame (Pioneer).

Founder & President, IPv6 FORUM, Emeritus Trustee Internet Society, Member of 3GPP PCG (Board), Founding Co-Chair IEEE 5G World Forum, Co-Chair IEEE Blockchain World Forum 2022, Former Chair IEEE IoT World Forum, Chair ETSI IPv6 Industry Specification Group, Member of UN Strategy Council, Member of Future Internet Forum EU Member States (representing Luxembourg), Research Fellow @ University of Luxembourg ( since 2006) on multiple European Commission Next Generation Technologies Projects.

Professor Sureswaran Ramadass is Professor Emeritus at the Malaysian University of Science and Technology (MUST). His current area of focus includes IPv6 Security and IPv6 over 5G. His last position was as the Chairman of the ITU/UN (International Telecommunications Union) IPv6 and IOT Center of Expertise. Prior to this, he was the founding Director and Professor at the National Advanced IPv6 Centre of Excellence (NAV6), Universiti Sains Malaysia. As the Director of Nav6, he was instrumental in the successful implementation of IPv6 in Malaysia. He obtained his BsEE/CE (Magna Cum Laude) and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Miami in 1987 and 1990 respectively. He graduated top student in the College of Engineering. He obtained his PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2000 while serving as a full time faculty .

Member of the IEEE-SA Standards Board and the IEEE-SA New Standards Committee -Vice President of IPv6 Forum -Vice-chairman of the Internet Society of China -Vice-chairman of the Cybersecurity Association of China -Member of World Internet Conference 2018 Annual Meeting of the Second High-level Advisory Council (HAC) -Member of the General Expert Team of New Generation Broadband Wireless Mobile Communication Network Major Project (03 Project) -Responsibility Expert of Next Generation Internet Pilot Cities in China -Member of the Expert Team of Telecommunication Law of Legal Affairs Office of the State Council -Member of China Informatization 100-Member Association -Chair of ISO/IEC/IEEE 18880 Committee -Founder, Deputy Director & Secretary-General of China Strategic Alliance of Smart Energy Industrial Technology Innovation -Deputy Chair, Zhongguancun (Z-Park) Internet of Things Alliance -Founder & Chair, Z-Park NGI (Next Generation Internet) Industry Alliance -Chair, Global IPv6 Enabled Committee -Director, Global IPv6 Test Centre -Director, Global SDN Certified Testing Center -Chief Representative of Open Networking Foundation in China -Deputy Director of China SDN Commission -Adjunct professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications -Adjunct professor at Beijing Jiaotong University

Mr Yuksel has over 20 years of executive experience with enterprise-grade software providers. His experience includes serving as Country Leader for Oracle in Germany and over 15 years at SAP, where he held executive positions in divisions across Europe and South Africa. In addition to his management experience, Mr Yuksel has acted as an advisor to venture capital and private equity firms active in the technology sector. Since 2020, Mr Yuksel has been the Chapter Chairman for YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) in Zürich, Switzerland. He holds a Finance degree from the European Business School Paris and completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Harvard Business School.