2026-09-24 –, ROOM ALFA
Geopolitical events are already shaping how operators buy, build, and run networks — including how much they can still rely on subsea cables between the Nordics and Central Europe. This panel looks at where that pressure hits Nordic and Baltic digital infrastructure hardest, how operators mitigate it, and what role Internet Exchanges play when the political map is moving. Moderated by Theo Voss, it brings together Kārlis Svilans (CERT.LV), Kamil Szczepański (Orange Polska), Aleksi Suhonen (TREX), Kaj Kjellgren (DE-CIX), and Fredrik Korsback (Meta). The conversation will stay practical: operational resilience, interconnection, and what the community should prepare for next.
Kaj Kjellgren is a Senior Peering Consultant at DE-CIX, focusing on global peering and interconnection, particularly in the Nordic market.
He has more than 25 years of experience in Internet infrastructure, network architecture and interconnection. Before joining DE-CIX, Kaj spent more than two decades at Netnod, most recently as Technical Ambassador, and previously served as Technical Director for Sweden and Denmark at KPNQwest.
Kaj is a frequent speaker, moderator and panellist within the international peering community. His work focuses on how interconnection, network architecture and resilience must evolve to support new technologies and changing traffic patterns.
Kamil Szczepański leads international wholesale business at Orange Polska S.A. A growth-driven telecom leader with two decades of experience, he combines commercial, operational, and technical expertise across wholesale connectivity, infrastructure, interconnection, and digital services. He actively engages in industry forums focused on automation, APIs, peering, IXPs, network evolution, and fostering collaboration across the global telecom ecosystem.
Aleksi Suhonen first got on the Internet in 1987. He started working with ISPs and IXPs in 1997 and founded TREX in 2002.
Aleksi started his university studies on Computer Engineering and Software Engineering at the Tampere University of Technology in 1994, but he got swept up by work the next year. He worked on network maintenance and security at the University and later at Nokia Mobile Phones. By 1997 he had moved to SciFi Communications International, which later became better known as Saunalahti and Jippii. While there he spearheaded the international network expansion of AS6667, including connecting it to half a dozen IXPs in Europe and the United States.
Theo Voss has been active in the Internet Community for over 10 years, co-founding “Community-IX”, a non-profit supporting Internet initiatives, and presenting at several industry conferences. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Inter.link, he focus on providing sustainable and innovative connectivity, pushing our community towards unchartered waters. He’d like to keep contributing to BalticNOG by supporting its events and programs with his experience and dedication to the community.
Kārlis Svilans joined the CERT.LV team in 2020. An Australia born Latvian, he is a senior expert at the incident response team and the cyber threat intelligence lead. He has extensive experience in analyzing cyber incidents of various scales, participating in threat hunting operations, and proactive work on the prevention of potential cyber incidents. Involved in international events – he has spoken at several conferences and represented CERT.LV at the NATO CCDCoE-organized “Crossed Swords 2022,” as well as at NATO’s largest cyber defense exercise “Locked Shields 2024,” among others.
Fredrik Korsbäck is an Principal Network Strategy Manager currently working for Meta, overseeing all of Metas network infrastructure in EMEA. Fredrik has been involved in the industry for over 20 years and have always been working with focus large networks and long-term network strategy.
Fredriks main interests and responsibilities are Internet edge, Peering, BGP, Edge-deployments, Interconnet deployments and how the all of these ecosystems works together to form what we today call "The Internet".
Previously Fredrik held leadership positions at Amazon Web Services, NORDUnet and Tele2