APrIGF 2020
Virtual Conference
Overarching Theme: Internet Governance for Good: Norms, Standards and Mechanisms
Date: 27-30 September 2020 | Location: Virtual, Online | Host: MSG, Executed by APrIGF Secretariat
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Attendee List
2020 Fellows
APrIGF 2020 Synthesis Document
Draft 0 is published. Please go to https://comment.aprigf.asia to contribute to the Synthesis Document. Join us online at the virtual Townhall sessions. Make your voice heard!
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APrIGF 2020 Agenda
| Themes | Digital Inclusion, Gender Equality and Diversity | Innovation and Development | Cybersecurity, Safety and Trust | Human Rights and Ethics |
| Date | 27 Sep (Sun) | 28 Sep (Mon) | 29 Sep (Tue) | 30 Sep (Wed) |
| Time (UTC) | Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| 04:00 – 05:00 |
Capacity Building Program for Fellows and Newcomers (04:00 – 07:00) |
Opening Plenary Details Zoom Scribe Stream |
Townhall session |
Townhall session |
| 05:00 – 05:15 | Break / Social (15 min) Zoom |
Break / Social (15 min) Zoom |
Break / Social (15 min) Zoom |
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| 05:15 – 06:15 |
Accessible digital information, training and libraries: Reducing discrimination for persons with disability |
The Single, Global Internet – A Technical Discussion |
Access to information: a holistic approach to meaningful digital inclusion. |
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Not just 0s and 1s : discussing the increasing role of technology in ‘women’s safety’ |
Jack and the Tech Giants: Freedom of Expression and Information in the Tech Era |
Breaking Encryption: Is it the Panacea for addressing security issue online? |
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| 06:15 – 06:45 | Social: Trivia Zoom |
Break / Social (30 min) Zoom |
Break / Social (30 min) Zoom |
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| 06:45 – 07:45 |
Promoting internet and human rights: Challenges in Establishing Multistakeholder Collaborations |
Combating Live Streaming of Online Child Abuse Content |
Closing Plenary |
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New approaches to technical capacity building: an action-oriented dialogue |
The Internet’s Environmental Impact: an action-oriented dialogue |
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| 07:45 – 08:00 |
Break / Social (15 min) |
Break / Social (15 min) |
Break / Social (15 min) |
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| 08:00 – 09:00 |
Learn from Home During COVID-19 |
Bridging the digital gender divide: Learnings from the digital gender gap audit scorecard |
Post-conference Social Zoom |
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Do cybernorms help or hinder incident response activities? |
The digital rights landscape in Asia Pacific after COVID19 |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | YIGF – Internet Happy Hour | YIGF – Internet Happy Hour |
APrIGF 2020 – Day 0 Capacity Building Program
Date: 27 Sep 2020 (Sun)
Time: 04:00 – 07:00 UTC
| Time | Agenda | Speaker/Moderator | Format / Description |
| 04:00-04:15 | Introduction | Speaker: Rajnesh Singh, MSG Chair | – Introduction to IG – Background of APrIGF – Role of MSG – How to use the virtual APrIGF space |
| 04:15-04:20 | Introduction of Sub-themes | Moderator: Anju Mangal, MSG Co-chair | |
| 04:20-04:45 | – Cybersecurity, Safety and Trust | Speaker: Noelle de Guzman, ISOC |
– Deep dive into different topics and issues under each sub-theme |
| 04:45-05:10 | – Digital Inclusion, Gender Equality and Diversity | Speaker: Liza Garcia, FMA | |
| 05:10-05:20 | Break (10 min) | ||
| 05:20-05:45 | – Human Rights and Ethics | Speaker: Gayatri Khandhadai, APC | |
| 05:45-06:10 | – Innovation and Development | Speakers: Sylvia Cadena & Duncan Macintosh, APNIC | |
| 06:10-06:30 | Sharing Session | Moderator: Aris Ignacio, Naveed Haq, Fellowship Committee Co-chairs | – Sharing of experiences & expectations by APrIGF fellowship alumni |
| 06:30-07:00 | Breakout Discussions (optional) | – Dividing participants into separate rooms for small discussions based on themes |
APrIGF 2020 – Opening Plenary
Date: 28 Sep 2020
Time: 04:00 – 05:00 UTC
Host: Jennifer Chung, DotAsia Organisation
- Opening Remarks
- MSG Chair, Mr. Rajnesh Singh (ISOC)
- UN IGF Multistakeholder Advisory Group Chair, Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen
- APrIGF Secretariat, Mr. Edmon Chung (DotAsia)
- Summary of YIGF, Ms. Jenna Fung (NetMission.asia)
Plenary Roundtable
Title: Dealing with a Pandemic in a Digital Era
Moderator: Mr. Jordan Carter, CEO – InternetNZ, NZ (Profile @ InternetNZ)
Speakers:
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Name |
Title |
Organization |
Country/ Economy |
Stakeholder Group |
Profile |
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Ms. Audrey Tang |
Digital Minister |
Government of Taiwan |
TW |
Government – Digital |
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Mr. Harish Pillay |
Global Head, Community Architecture and Leadership |
Red Hat Inc. |
SG |
Industry |
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Mr. Vashkar Bhattacharjee |
Program Manager |
Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) |
BD |
Civil Society |
Plenary Outline:
With the threat of COVID-19 pandemic crisis and natural disasters, the world has been collectively addressing challenges to ensure a more conducive environment to foster change especially in the digital era. Amidst the pandemic, people are becoming more reliant on technology. The Covid-19 crisis is forcing the international community to redouble the efforts made over the past twenty years to connect the unconnected, to bring them fully into the information society for the sake of their health and our collective security. These efforts are reflected on the global agenda particularly the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF).
Pressing issues like misinformation, data privacy, digital divide, inequality, internet connectivity issues, access to remote teaching and learning platforms require the best insights from across the Asia and Pacific region. A collaborative effort of multi-stakeholders has proven to be an effective solution to tackle the pandemic and address immediate humanitarian, economic and socio-cultural challenges.
The opening plenary will highlight how the internet has enabled everyone to adapt to the changes and respond to good practices in their respective sectors when responding to COVID-19. Speakers will address the challenges and lessons learnt especially highlighting the emotional and financial burdens in allocating resources to combat COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The speakers will also discuss the opportunities to ensure that no one is left behind – particularly strengthening stakeholder relations and cooperation, highlighting how the internet can help governments, organisations, businesses and users in spite of COVID-19 crisis, lockdowns & state of emergencies.
APrIGF 2020 – Closing Plenary
Date: 30 Sep 2020
Time: 06:45 – 07:45 UTC
Host: Amrita Choudhury, CCAOI
1. Summary Report by APrIGF 2020 Fellow Representative(s)
2. Plenary Roundtable
Title: Closing the Digital Divide Gap – Post COVID-19 Contingency Plans
Moderator: Mr. Osama Manzar, Founder & Director – Digital Empowerment Foundation, India (Profile @ DEF, Profile @ APC)
Speakers:
| Name | Title | Organization | Country/ Economy | Stakeholder Group | Profile |
| Ms. Maria Ressa | CEO & Executive Editor | The Rappler | PH | Media | View profile |
| Ms. Atsuko Okuda | Regional Director | ITU | / | Inter-government | View profile |
| Mr. Shane Walter Hurrell | Chief Information Officer | Ministry of Health | TO | Government | See remark 1 |
| Prof. Erwin Huang | Senior Advisor (Entrepreneurship), HKUST | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | HK | Academia | View profile |
Plenary Outline:
COVID-19 has amplified the digital divide which exists in our society. While earlier physical proximity was a great leveller in discharging and accessing services, that is no longer the case in a society interacting online where not all participants have equal access to devices / internet connections through which they connect to each other. This panel will discuss how this divide plays out in domains like:
- Access to education and digital literacy
- Economic disparity and jobs/employment
- Persons with disabilities
- COVID-19 misinformation and privacy
- Gender digital divide
- Access to Internet infrastructure
The speakers will share their experiences from the COVID-19 era, along with their reflections on the contingency plans going forward – where do they see government consultations and the current implementations going in the future? During the pandemic, there is a lot of misinformation spreading on the Internet about how the virus arose and spread – what can we do to tackle such moral issues? The Internet has huge potential for both good and ill, and this plenary will raise the debate from community activity to that of public policy on a grander scale.
- Closing Remarks
- MSG Chair, Mr. Rajnesh Singh
- Vice-chair handover, Mr. Babu Ram Aryal & Ms. Amrita Choudhury
- IGF Programme and Technology Manager, IGF – Mr. Chengetai Masango
- 2021 Local Host
Remarks
1. Mr. Shane Walter Hurrell
Shane is the current Chief Information Officer for the Ministry of Health, Tonga. He is currently leading 2 eHealth projects – 1. Implementation of a National Health Information System; 2. Implementation of a Public Health Reporting System (Tupaia/DHIS2).
Shane is a current board member of the Pacific Health Information Network (PHIN), which was established in 2006. PHIN has 71 members from 16 different Pacific Island Countries and Territories. PHIN’s mission: “A network of professionals that connect, innovate and collaborate towards a national health plan using health information for evidence-based decision-making to measure and improve health outcomes in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories through appropriate and sustainable digital health solutions”
APrIGF 2020 Themes
Overarching Theme: Internet Governance for Good: Norms, Standards and Mechanisms
The multistakeholder model of Internet Governance affects the technical architecture of the Internet, its reliability, resilience and potential for further development; as well as complex public policy issues arising from the use of the Internet and its social, economic and political impact. To be ‘well/better-governed’, consensus building on norms (conventions) and standards is important. Equally important is to ensure greater impact of Internet Governance discussions, by translating them into concrete policies and normative frameworks to be implemented in appropriate platforms.
Sub-themes: APrIGF MSG has decided following 4 themes for APrIGF 2020
Cybersecurity, Safety and Trust •
Cybersecurity covers protection of Internet infrastructure from innumerable cyberthreats that can cause harm to business processes and people. Strengthening cybersecurity requires that all stakeholders should understand cyberthreats and how to counter them. As the Internet is ubiquitous, every individual is entitled to feel safe in using the Internet to perform legitimate activities and transactions without the fear of loss of money, personal information, reputation or freedom. However, with the tremendous increase in human activities being mediated through digital platforms, many surveys show a large decline in trust in the Internet. Under this sub-theme, APrIGF expects to receive proposals for sessions focusing on methodologies and tools to help people use the Internet and digital technology with confidence, on regulatory approaches to increase trust between users and platforms, and on the roles of all stakeholders in building online trust.
Digital Inclusion, Gender Equality and Diversity •
Everyone should be given the opportunity to use the Internet as a public good; to receive and impart information for legitimate purposes, regardless of their social status, gender, age, beliefs or financial status. Affordable and reliable access must be provided – using a range of different approaches – equally to all sectors of the community, whether rural or urban, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, vulnerable people and communities, more recently established populations, or new immigrants and refugees. Norms and standards-making must reflect the diversity of individual experiences, cultures and legitimate developmental needs in all societies, encouraging people to create local content on the Internet in their own languages. Under this sub-theme, APrIGF expects to receive proposals for sessions focusing on technical and organizational approaches for affordable and reliable access for all, methodologies and tools to make the Internet and digital technologies more inclusive and diverse, regulatory approaches and best practices, the role of all stakeholders in access provision and inclusion, and the provision of education and training for information literacy and digital literacy, including the responsible exercise of these skills with respect for other people.
Human Rights and Ethics •
Human rights (as defined by international human rights instruments and conventions and reflected in national laws) and ethics must be at the core when developing online applications and services as well as the design of regulatory approaches and normative frameworks governing the Internet. This is essential for ensuring accountability, trust and responsible infrastructure management across the Internet. Evidence of various violations gathered through Internet governance processes should form the basis for reviewing existing frameworks and practices towards enabling legal protections and the development and modernisation of laws and policies, as well as other regulatory approaches. Under this sub-theme, APrIGF expects to receive proposals for sessions focusing on digital rights, methodologies and tools for translating debates around human rights and ethics into practice. Areas which could be covered include refinement of definitions and interpretations under national law and regulations, ethical codes, standards and best practices as well as other regulatory approaches, and research to improve the lives of all persons with a specific focus on the role of governments in the protection of human rights online and the open participation of all stakeholders, including civil society and the technical community.
Innovation and Development •
As development needs grow larger across the globe, the Internet and related technologies are now seen as a viable option to scale development solutions, to promote and underpin the Sustainable Development Goals. Technological innovation and the evolution of the Internet and its applications has facilitated the development of the digital economy and substantial advancement in science, agriculture, health and education. For innovation to benefit all, an understanding of incentives for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) as well as start-ups and grassroots communities are important for design, development and use. With so many emerging technologies, it is also important to consider new frontiers such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data and the Internet of Things. Under this sub-theme, APrIGF expects to receive proposals for sessions focusing on law, regulatory approaches, ethical codes, standards and best practices, research and the open participation of all stakeholders in digital innovation and development.
APrIGF 2020 Synthesis Document
The Framework document is currently open for public input from 10-19 September. Please go to https://comment.aprigf.asia to contribute to the Synthesis Document. Join us online at the virtual Townhall sessions. Make your voice heard!
Background
The APrIGF Synthesis Document was an experiment of the APrIGF 2015 Macau, and its continuation during through the 2016 Taipei, 2017 Bangkok, 2018 Vanuatu and 2019 Vladivostok meetings. The concept was first raised and discussed at the APrIGF 2014 New Delhi Multi-stakeholder Steering Group (MSG) meetings, and further refined over the course of MSG deliberations through the year. The Synthesis Document aims to document items of common interest relevant to Internet governance in the Asia Pacific region and has developed into one of the highlight innovations of the APrIGF and inspired other national and regional initiatives to develop their own processes.
The current open input framework document is based on the submitted and accepted workshop proposals for the APrIGF, which will contain policy questions and basic summary of topics to be discussed at the APrIGF event. Further input will be sought at the Townhall sessions during the APrIGF event. Please go to the program for more details.
The Synthesis Document aims only to document the input from participants at the APrIGF and is not intended to be representative of the diverse Asia Pacific region. Nevertheless, it is the hope of the APrIGF MSG that the development of the Synthesis Document can help drive active participation in the movement, as well as to allow for a platform to project voices, views and thoughts in the Asia Pacific region as contributions to relevant global, national, local and international forums on internet governance.
How to Contribute?
The APrIGF Synthesis Document is currently open for public input. Please go to https://comment.aprigf.asia to contribute to the Synthesis Document.
All APrIGF participants are encouraged to attend the Synthesis Document Town hall Sessions scheduled at 04:00 – 05:00 on Day 2 & Day 3 (29-30 September).
Everyone is welcome to take the mic to give input.
Draft Timeline
2020 Synthesis Document draft timeline (dates subject to change)
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Sept 9 | Open for Drafting Committee volunteers |
| Sept 10 | Open input document published |
| Sept 10 – 19 | Open input period 1 |
| Sept 20 – 26 | Drafting Committee active working period |
| Sept 26 | Draft 0 pre-meeting draft published |
| Sept 29 – 30 | Virtual Townhall meetings (live input) |
| Oct 1-10 | Drafting Committee active working period |
| Oct 11/12 | Draft 1 published for public comment |
| Oct 12-26 | Public comment period |
| Oct 26-end | Drafting Committee active working period |
| End of Oct | Publish 2020 Synthesis Document |
APrIGF 2020 Sessions
Please find below the list of accepted sessions out of the total 65 session proposals evaluated by the Program Committee.
(List of submitted sessions and session description here)
| No. | Session Title | Contact Person | Organization | Sub-Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do cybernorms help or hinder incident response activities? | Mr. Pablo Hinojosa | APNIC | Cybersecurity, Safety and Trust |
| 2 | Combating Live Streaming of Online Child Abuse Content | Mr. Kamala Adhikari | Forum for Digital Equality | Cybersecurity, Safety and Trust |
| 3 | Not just 0s and 1s : discussing the increasing role of technology in ‘women’s safety’ | Smita V | Point of View | Cybersecurity, Safety and Trust |
| 4 | Breaking Encryption: Is it the Panacea for addressing security issue online? | Ms. Amrita Choudhury | Internet Society Delhi Chapter | Cybersecurity, Safety and Trust |
| 5 | New approaches to technical capacity building: an action-oriented dialogue | Ms. Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation | Digital Inclusion, Gender Equality and Diversity |
| 6 | Access to information: a holistic approach to meaningful digital inclusion. | Mr. Winston Roberts | IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions | Digital Inclusion, Gender Equality and Diversity |
| 7 | Bridging the digital gender divide: Learnings from the digital gender gap audit scorecard | Ms. Liza Garcia | Foundation for Media Alternatives | Digital Inclusion, Gender Equality and Diversity |
| 8 | Promoting internet and human rights: Challenges in Establishing Multistakeholder Collaborations | Ms. Wathshlah Naidu | Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) Malaysia | Human Rights and Ethics |
| 9 | Jack and the Tech Giants: Freedom of Expression and Information in the Tech Era | Ms. Sutawan Chanprasert | DigitalReach | Human Rights and Ethics |
| 10 | The digital rights landscape in Asia Pacific after COVID19 | Mr. Raman Jit Singh Chima | Access Now | Human Rights and Ethics |
| 11 | The Single, Global Internet – A Technical Discussion | Ms. Sabrina Lim | ICANN | Innovation and Development |
| 12 | The Internet’s Environmental Impact: an action-oriented dialogue | Ms. Sylvia Cadena | APNIC Foundation | Innovation and Development |
| 13 | Learn from Home During COVID-19 | Ms. Jenna Man Hau Fung | NetMission.Asia | Innovation and Development |
| Merger 1 | Accessible digital information, training and libraries: Reducing discrimination for persons with disability | Ms. Gunela Astbrink | Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group | Digital Inclusion, Gender Equality and Diversity |
Updated on 19 Aug 2020
APrIGF 2020 Registration
APrIGF 2020 Attendee List
| First Name | Last Name | Organization | Country/Economy of Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumon | Sabir | [email protected] LIMITED | BD |
| Cristiana | Belo | Radio Rakambia | TL |
| Jimmy | C | ISOC Philippines | PH |
| Subha | Wijesiriwardena | CREA | LK |
| Agita | Pasaribu | Bullyid Indonesia | ID |
| Shilpa | Dhungel | Prayatna Nepal | NP |
| Sayda | Jahan | Summit Communications Limited | BD |
| Peng | Ang | Nanyang Technological University | SG |
| Oala | Moi | PNG Department of Information and Communications Technology | PG |
| Mathieu | Pellerin | LICADHO | KH |
| Lewis | Chu | Orange Business Services | HK |
| Milagros | Rimando | Neda | PH |
| Valensiya | Dresvyannikova | IFLA | NL |
| Jack | Tomon | Department of ICT, Goverment of Papua New Guinea | PG |
| Jeevitha | R | Dr.G.R.Damodaran College of Science | IN |
| Raashi | Saxena | studio intO | IN |
| Hasina | Rupakheti | Nepal Law Campus | NP |
| MD | RAHMAN | Karsan Net | BD |
| YUDHVIR | SINGH | University Institute of Engg & Tech, MD University, Rohtak | IN |
| SANGITA | PUROHIT | Ahmedabad University | IN |
| Farha Diba | Diba | NovoCom Ltd | BD |
| Stephen | Ng | University of Hong Kong, CBF SPACE | HK |
| Vivek | Baranwal | Nepal Post Daily Media Pvt. Ltd. | NP |
| Dhevy | Sivaprakasam | International Commission of Jurists | SG |
| Shaila | Sharmin | Brac Bank Limited | BD |
| Samana | Lawati | Political Literacy for Women (PLfW) | NP |
| Anjali Sah | Sah | Madhesh Council Nepal | NP |
| Edris | Hamraz | Self Employed | AF |
| Kaung | Naing | Maubin Technological University | MM |
| Rajesh | Namdev | Government Polytechnic College Datia | IN |
| Linh | Nguyen | Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD) | VN |
| SowmyaShree | SM | NTT DATA | IN |
| Jose Nomer | Macalalad | Break The Silence National Network, Inc. | PH |
| GEORGINA | NAIGULEVU | PICISOC | FJ |
| KHURRAM | SHEHZAD | Numl | PK |
| Jhulindra Monger | Monger | Bhutan Silicon Metal Private Limited | BT |
| Akinori | MAEMURA | Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) | JP |
| Lavish Mawuena Mensah | Mensah | Valley View University | GH |
| Raymond | Zylstra | GoDaddy Registry | AU |
| Galbaatar Lkhagvasuren | Lkhagvasuren | Mongolian Bar Association | MN |
| Swaran | Ravindra | Fiji National University | FJ |
| NURULNABILLAH | AHMAD HIJAZU | Imagined Malaysia | MY |
| rafiullah | samim | ABARFAN TECH | AF |
| VAIBHAV | GOYAL | UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LEGAL STUDIES, PANJAB UNIVERSITY (SSGRC,HSP.), CHANDIGARH | IN |
| Ali | Hussain | University of Malaya | MY |
| Eneken | Tikk | Cyber Policy Institute | FI |
| Saimoon Rahman | Eshad | Daffodil International University | BD |
| Abubacker Siddick | Syed Mohammed | M S Swaminathan Research Foundation | IN |
| Kamaluddeen | Danyaro | Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS | MY |
| Gisa | Purcell | Office of the Regulator | WS |
| Md. | Islam | Aspire to innovate (a2i), ICT Division | BD |
| Gilesh | P | Govt Engineering College Wayanad | IN |
| PAVITHRA | BALACHANDRAN | HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE | IN |
| RICKY | JHA | PRIVACY VIRTUOSO GLOBAL | IN |
| Mohammad Pervaiz | Ansari | Dr. Antonio Da Silva Technical High School & Jr. College | IN |
| Susie | Hargreaves | Internet Watch Foundation | UK |
| SENTHILKUMAR | R | Shree Venkateshwara hi tech Engineering College | IN |
| Sumaira | Waseem | Paradigm Shift | PK |
| Atson | Nakayama | Chuuk State | FM |
| maghfirullah | hakimi | Arand education centet | AF |
| Binod | Syangtan | – | AU |
| Kathy | Win | Phandeeyar | UK |
| Manoj | Mittal | Bluerose Technologies | IN |
| Jane | Uymatiao | BlogWatch | PH |
| Yuri | TAKAMATSU | JPRS | JP |
| ASHRAFUR | RAHMAN PIAUS | OnnoRokom Group | BD |
| Prabesh | Subedi | Media Chautari | NP |
| Sidra | Shah | MOIT | PK |
| Samridh | Kudesia | Plaksha University | IN |
| Sagar | Pathak | Inspiring Lab | NP |
| Prakash | Gopalakrishnan | Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | IN |
| Murugan | Chillayah | Silambam Asia | MY |
| Gokul | Balu | Akshaya Patra Foundation | IN |
| GANESAN | PURUSHOTHAMAN | Nallandala systems Pvt Ltd | IN |
| Joshy | Ravindran | Accenture | IN |
| Samsul | Alam | Daffodil International University | BD |
| Niño | Rodil | National Academy of Science and Technology | PH |
| MD. | RAHMAN | Sonali Bank Limited | BD |
| Mohammad | Sadaat | CIMMYT Bangladesh | BD |
| David | Jensen | UN Environment Programme | CH |
| Sonam Qaumi | Qaumi | Kabul university | AF |
| VISHAL | KUMAR | Talview | IN |
| Md. | Muraduzzaman | ECL Systems Ltd. | BB |
| Manisha | Hada | Swastha Naari | NP |
| Udeep | Baral | CAN Federation | NP |
| Aman | Routh | Gopal Narayan Singh University | IN |
| Dr A Kanaka Durga | A | Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women | IN |
| Shobha | R | M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology | IN |
| Pallavi | Majumdar | Amity School of Communication, Amity University Uttar Pradesh | IN |
| Chandan | Das | IOE, Pulchowk campus | NP |
| Siddhant | Chatterjee | ICANN | IN |
| Yatindra | Singh | IIT Kanpur | IN |
| John Paul | Cruz | World Enabled | PH |
| SUNIL | KUMAR | C-DAC | IN |
| Niharika | Singhal | Legal | UA |
| Sabila | Enun | Dcastalia Limited | BD |
| Laxmi | Yadav | State-2 | NP |
| RABEL | GUHAROY | ISOC KOLKATA | IN |
| Sumaya | Saadat | Afghanistan Chapter member | AF |
| Natalia | Delos Reyes | International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) | PH |
| Abdullah | Wahid | Bproperty.com | BD |
| Abhishek Pandey | Pandey | z00r00 | IN |
| Kirsten | Han | Freelance | SG |
| Sarkhanbay | Khuduyev | The Academy of Public Administration, Azerbaijan | AZ |
| Gazi | Kabir | BDCOM ONLINE LTD. | BD |
| Lakshmi | Sankaran | CHRIST(Deemed to be University) | IN |
| Mohammad | Uddin | Internet Society Bangladesh Chapter | BD |
| Aung | Hein | Search For Common Ground – Myanmar | MM |
| ANURAG | SHARMA | TECHNICALHELPS.NET | IN |
| Misbah | Mushtaq | Pakistan Red Crescent | PK |
| MOHAMMED | HUSSAIN | SAFAS TECHNOLOGIES INC | IN |
| Cholai | Kurapa | – | PG |
| Indra | Adhikari | Tribhuvan University | NP |
| Dandan | Zhang | FLAME | TW |
| Md | Hossain | Prattasha Samazik Unnayan Sangstha-PSUS | BD |
| Widanalage Dakshina | Fernando | Kotelawala Defence University | LK |
| Lakshmi Narayana | Boreddy | Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Technology | IN |
| Subash | Neupane | MAXTECH Study and Services | NP |
| Wai | Htut | MIDO | MM |
| Narasimhan | Srinivasan | UrbanFirst Systems Private Limited | IN |
| Yatanar | Htun | MIDO (Myanmar ICT for Development Organization) | MM |
| Mufassir | Yaseen | Lovely Professional University Phagwara India | IN |
| Prakash | Neupane | Sarathi | NP |
| MD JURAIN AHMED | CHOWDHURY | FIBER AT HOME LTD. | BD |
| Gaurav | Kumar | Banaras Hindu University | IN |
| Sutawan | Chanprasert | DigitalReach | TH |
| Pratik | Paudel | Eminence Ways Pvt. Ltd. | NP |
| Shveta | Kokash | Dr.AntoniodaSilva Technical Junior College | IN |
| Hadshana | Kamalanathan | Loop1 | LK |
| Alwin | Joseph | CHRIST (Deemed to be University) | IN |
| Mudzramer | Hayudini | Mindanao State University-Sulu | PH |
| Savith | Sadanandan | Blue Mount Builders And Developers Private Limited | SG |
| Ganesh | Dangat | Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College of Engineering Satara | IN |
| Shiu Lung | Lam | pccwglobal | HK |
| Genesis Giselle | Baseleres | UPLB Gender Center | PH |
| Sunil | Pandey | Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziabad | IN |
| SRINIASA RAO | RAVIPUDI | STMicroelectronics | SG |
| Trivedi | Jasvantray | The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | IN |
| PUNEET | VERMA | NPSEI PITHORAGARH | IN |
| Wolfgang | Heinze | Friedrich Naumann Foundation | PH |
| Jerbert | Briola | Human Rights Online Philippines (HRonlinePH) | PH |
| Pawan Kumar | Sharma | Bidhana HealthCare Pvt. Ltd. | NP |
| Kolitha | Mandanayake | SE | LK |
| NILESH | Ranshing | Saimangal infotech | IN |
| Mohammed | Alsamman | Internetworks Laboratory | MY |
| Rajnesh | Singh | Internet Society (ISOC) | AU |
| Arshad Haris | Haris | SLIIT | LK |
| SH | Goh | Cisco Systems | SG |
| Unggul | Sagena | SAFEnet | ID |
| ZIJIE | WEI | SCUT | CN |
| Francky | Gerby | Vanuatu Emergency service association(vesa) | VU |
| Nabiel | Darindigon | N/A | PH |
| Annajiat Alim | Rasel | Brac University | BD |
| Vinod | Kanvaria | University of Delhi | IN |
| Edmund | Monilar | sfac | PH |
| Marina | Yastreboff | Australian Society for Computers and Law | AU |
| Jackson | Miake | Vanuatu IGF | VU |
| Edwin | Arifianto | ASEAN Youth Organization | ID |
| Isaac | Andy | iZND Services | MY |
| Yasir | Qadir | Technology Management Services and Solutions | PK |
| Aziman | Abdullah | Universiti Malaysia Pahang | MY |
| Lennon | Chang | Monash University | AU |
| Glen G Hayoge | Hayoge | FPDA | PG |
| Abdul | Bari | Info Security Pakistan | PK |
| S | Gomes | KDWS | IN |
| Randi | Sandra | National Central University, Taiwan | ID |
| Tom | Dale | Independent Researcher | AU |
| Akash | Nair | College of Engineering Adoor | IN |
| Jashneel | Kumar | Vodafone Fiji PTE Limited | FJ |
| Raza | Syed | MSN Pakistan | PK |
| Miller | Perez | RCG | PH |
| Syahirah | Abdul Shukor | Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia | MY |
| SIVAMOHAN | S | Uttavar Foundation | IN |
| Ben | Scott | SCU / MANRS | AU |
| Mansoor | Ahmed | Cyber Crime Control Foundation | IN |
| SOUMENDU | ROY | University of Gour Banga | IN |
| Md M A | Adil | Amber IT | BD |
| T I M NURUL KABIR | Kabir | Foreign Investors Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) | BD |
| Daniel | Dasig | De La Salle University Dasmarinas | PH |
| Tasauf A | Baki Billah | Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab (BOIL) | BD |
| Kumi | MITANI | ISOC Japan Chapter | JP |
| Kaarika | Das | NIEPA | IN |
| hvale | vale | Association for Progressive Communication | BA |
| Mika | Kerttunen | Cyber Policy Institute | FI |
| Sheetal | Kumar | Global Partners Digital | UK |
| RODERICK | CENTENO | DEPED | PH |
| Sangduen | Pongput | The Secretariat of the Senate of Thailand | TH |
| Serge | Droz | FIRST | CH |
| RAQUEL | CASTILLO | SPELL-Sustainability and Participation through Education and Lifelong Learning | PH |
| Emmanuel | Caliwan | PUP Faculty Circle | PH |
| Sajina | Karki | Rayznews | NP |
| Shreedeep | Rayamajhi | Rayznews | NP |
| Cheryl | Langdon-Orr | APrIGF MSG; Internet Australia; ICANN At-Large | AU |
| Yik Chan | Chin | XJTLU | CN |
| Telibert | Laoc | NDI | PH |
| Dmitry | Kuznetsov | School of Journalism & Communication, CUHK | HK |
| Shaharima | Parvin | East West University | BD |
| Niyar | Saikia | Rising Flame | IN |
| Divya | Goyal | Rising Flame | IN |
| Fizza | Juddy | Rising Flame | AE |
| Srinidhi | Raghavan | Rising Flame | IN |
| Neil Patrick | Dela Fuente | Southville International School and Colleges | PH |
| Bea | Guevarrra | Southville International School and Colleges | PH |
| Manju | Chen | NIIEPA | TW |
| Jan-Wen | Peng | TWIGF | TW |
| Hiroshi | Kawamura | Assistive Technology Development Organization | JP |
| Muhammad | Bhatti | University of Gujrat | PK |
| Kaile | Yu | eHomemakers | MY |
| James | Ting-Edwards | InternetNZ | NZ |
| Hannah | Brown | Australian Government | AU |
| Niamh | Healy | UCL | UK |
| Madeline | Carr | University College London | UK |
| June | Lau | DotAsia Organisation | HK |
| Joly | MacFie | Internet Society | US |
| Darika | Bamrungchok | EngageMedia | TH |
| PEI CHIA | CHUANG | National Communications Commission | TW |
| Kathleen | Azali | EngageMedia | ID |
| BENJZ GERARD M. SEVILLA | SEVILLA | Department of Information and Communications Technology | PH |
| Dianne | Olivan | EngageMedia | PH |
| Sara | Pacia | EngageMedia | PH |
| Dilli | Paudel | Media Chautari | NP |
| Hnaung | Thae | Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO) | MM |
| Puteri | Hishammuddin | International Islamic University Malaysia | MY |
| Joy | Chan | TWNIC | TW |
| Reshma Dangol | Dangol | Saarc Secretariat | NP |
| John David | Moncada | University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines | PH |
| Khadijah | Mohammad Zainal | Projek Dialog | MY |
| Aye Myat Thiri | Kyaw | University of newcastle | AU |
| Han | Zaw | MIDO | MM |
| Gita | Thapa | Nepal Library Association | NP |
| Shubham | Saran | National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) | IN |
| Vladimir | Radunovic | DiploFoundation | RS |
| ADAM | PEAKE | ICANN | NL |
| Merike | Kaeo | Double Shot Security | US |
| Simon | Baroi | [email protected] Global Limited | BD |
| Kelvin | Truong | DotAsia Organisation | HK |
| Jaewon | Son | Korea Internet Governance Alliance | KR |
| NUR | SOFIA | UNIMAS | MY |
| Michael | Oghia | Internet Rights and Principles Coalition (IRPC) | RS |
| Anurag | Maloo | Seedstars | IN |
| Ping | Fampulme | AKKMA NATIONAL COALITION | PH |
| Jian-Chuan | Zhang | ICANN | CN |
| Moe Satt Thu Thu | Thu Thu | Youth/25 | MM |
| Tin | Wai | Youth/Youth29 | MM |
| Chengetai | Masango | Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum | CH |
| Alan | Alegre | N.A. | PH |
| Chit Hnin | Yu | Free Expression Myanmar | MM |
| ressa | lestari | Commonroom | ID |
| Nan | Lin | Myan ICT for Development Organization | MM |
| Hein | Oo | Myanmar ICT for Development Organization | MM |
| Jordan | Carter | InternetNZ | NZ |
| Ellen | Strickland | InternetNZ | NZ |
| Alvin | Kumar | Asian Development Bank | FJ |
| NAQIYAH | AZIZAN | KELAB GEMILANG | MY |
| Thant Thaw Kaung | Thaw Kaung | Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation | MM |
| Shahid | Akbar | Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) | BD |
| Abdul Rahman | Yusuf | – | MY |
| Alexandra | Tyers-Chowdhury | Panoply Digital Ltd | MY |
| Herman | Ramos | Inaglobe Education | MZ |
| CHANGMIN | PARK | KISA | KR |
| Runiy | Maldud | Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa/ Student Volunteers Foundation Malaysia | MY |
| Xin Dee | Low | SUARAM / YIGF Malaysia | MY |
| Aris | Ignacio | Southville International School and Colleges | PH |
| Edmon | Chung | DotAsia | HK |
| Rudy | Heryanto | Universitas Gadjah Mada | ID |
| Natalia | Tariq | Association for Progressive Communications | PK |
| Pooja | Majgankar | BAIF | IN |
| SHI YOUNG | CHANG | Korea Internet & Security Agency | KR |
| Abdul Raheem | Mohamed Nibras | Internet Society-Srilanka Chapter | LK |
| Elvin | Prasad | Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) ICT | FJ |
| Kathryn | Sforcina | SingularityU | AU |
| Parris | Burtenshaw | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications | AU |
| Annaliese | Williams | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications | AU |
| Savenaca | Vocea | ICANN | AU |
| Paul | Wilson | APNIC | AU |
| Uvindu | Jayasinghe | General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University | LK |
| Ramprasad | V | BAIF Development Research Foundation | IN |
| Hui | Lin | National Taiwan Normal University | TW |
| Pavan | Budhrani | DotAsia Organisation | HK |
| Liz | Thomas | Microsoft | NZ |
| Ben | Lokshin | The Asia Foundation | US |
| Chris | Buckridge | RIPE NCC | NL |
| Cheekay | Cinco | None | PH |
| Sarbani | Belur | Association for Progressive Communications | IN |
| Achia | Nila | Women in Digital | BD |
| JAEYEONG | LEE | Dongguk University / KIGYS | KR |
| Clemens | Kunze | Heinrich Boell Stiftung | HK |
| Lucia | Siu | Heinrich Böll Stiftung Asia Ltd | HK |
| Waleed | Khaliqi | NITPAA | AF |
| Debora | C | UNU | ID |
| Edgardo | Legaspi | Independent | PH |
| Jiweon | Jeong | KrIGF | KR |
| Elliott | Mann | Swinburne Law School | AU |
| Yu Jen | Chen | Netmission | TW |
| Boyoung | Kim | KISA | KR |
| Sachini | Perera | None | LK |
| Naveed | Haq | Internet Society | PK |
| Michael | Suantak | ASORCOM | MM |
| Dikshya | Khadgi | body and data | NP |
| Suraj | Adhikari | Internet Society | NP |
| Hiro | Hotta | JPRS | JP |
| Chat | Ramilo | Association for Progressive Communications | PH |
| Sein | Ma Ma | The SecDev Foundation | MM |
| ASHIK | RAJBHANDARI | ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | NP |
| Govind | Govind | APSIG | IN |
| Eijun | Kim | Kyung Hee University | KR |
| Paska | Darmawan | Center for Digital Society | ID |
| Stanley Junior | Bernard | Internet Society Haiti Chapter | HT |
| Ei | Phoo | University of Information Technology, Myanmar | MM |
| Prabath | Samarasinghe | Saegis Campus | LK |
| Martha | Hatch | Netmission | HK |
| Prasad | De Silva | MediaDefined | LK |
| Sean | Wei | NCTU, National Chiao Tung University | TW |
| Felix Arokiya Raj | A.P. | NITTTR Chennai | IN |
| Che | Cheng | APNIC | AU |
| David | Dawson | APNIC | AU |
| Md.Ariful | Islam | TEXOL Technology Solutions | BD |
| Osama | Manzar | Digital Empowerment Foundation | IN |
| Thazin Tun | Tun | Youth/29 | MM |
| Erin | Lin | Graduate School of Criminology, National Taipei University | TW |
| Hanan | Khatib | self employes | JO |
| Kam Sze | Yeung | APNIC | HK |
| Clement | Leong | None | HK |
| Shin | Yamasaki | Japan Network Information Center | JP |
| Melody | Bendindang | APNIC | AU |
| Joyce | Chen | APNIC | SG |
| Debarati | Das | Point of View | IN |
| Gilbert | Andres | Center for International Law | PH |
| Binod | Basnet | Educating Nepal | NP |
| Holmes | Leong | MONIC | MO |
| Keisuke | Kaneyasu | LINE corporation | JP |
| Jan Jacob Glenn | Jansalin | Limitless Lab | PH |
| Arsene | NEDIS | Vanuatu Institute of Technology | VU |
| Duncan | Macintosh | APNIC Foundation | AU |
| Kalsin | Lawi | Vanuatu Institute of Teachers Educations | VU |
| Uttam | Shrestha Rana | npNOG | NP |
| Alexander | Isavnin | Obey Your Laws llc | RU |
| Shumaila Majeed | Majeed | Fatima Jinnah Women university Rawalpindi | PK |
| Prasanth | Sugathan | SFLC.in | IN |
| Rana | Shabbir | Aesthetic Tech | PK |
| Ashirwad | Tripathy | Educating Nepal | NP |
| Shripa | Pradhan | Body & Data | NP |
| Chester | Soong | ISOC HK | HK |
| Arun | Mahendru | Crew247 | IN |
| Donja | Ghobadi | Global Partners Digital | UK |
| Sylvia | Cadena | APNIC Foundation | AU |
| Raghu | Gagneja | Jai Hind College, Mumbai | IN |
| Felicia | Yunike | Universitas Gadjah Mada | ID |
| Naing | khin | None | MM |
| Kaung | Kyaw | Myan ICT for Development Organization (MIDO) | MM |
| Phyo | Lwin | Ti Pho Myanmar | MM |
| Phuong Anh | Vu | Youth Internet Governance Forum – Vietnam | VN |
| Linh | Hoang | Foreign Trade University | VN |
| Naris | Khanitthabud | Global campus Asia Pacific institute of Human Rights | TH |
| Ghanshyam Chaurasiya | Chaurasiya | National Law College, Sanepa Lalitpur | NP |
| Pavel | Farhan | Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)/NetMission.Asia | TH |
| Aye Chan | San | University of Computer Studies Yangon | MM |
| Shivam | Sharma | Bharat Institute of Technology | IN |
| DURAIBABU | S | MAHALAKSHMI TRADING CORPORATION | IN |
| Wunna | Tun | Youth/29 Creative Society | MM |
| Kim | Fernandes | University of Pennsylvania | IN |
| Jean-Jacques | Sahel | SG | |
| Jennifer | Chung | DotAsia Organisation | HK |
| Aye | Htwe | Agri Youth Club | MM |
| Shakiba | Ibrahimkhail | UN | AF |
| Ananda | Gautam | Internet Governance Institute | NP |
| Nann Shwe Win | Shwe Win | Women Affair’s Committee of DUSU | MM |
| Yan | Myint | ARTICLE 19 | MM |
| Myint Myat Chaw Su | Chaw Su | UV Mechanical Engineering Co.,Ltd | MM |
| Allen | P Alex | Youth IGF India | IN |
| Mohit | Gautam | Virinchi College | NP |
| Zin | Htet | University of Yangon (UY) | MM |
| Michael | Khoo | TRPC | SG |
| Karma | Sangay | DITT | BT |
| Taimur | Shahzad | COMSATS University Islamabad Attock campus | PK |
| R Reza | Fahlevi | Internet Society and World Youth Alliance | ID |
| Kyaw Zaw Lin | Lin | Lean On Me Organization | MM |
| Nu | Wai | None | MM |
| Kabita | Luitel | National Law College | NP |
| Win | Htet Kyaw | TU(Mawlamyine) | MM |
| Muhammad | Ahmed | Shahjalal University of Science and Technology | BD |
| Priyatosh | Jana | ISOC India Kolkata | IN |
| Mohamad Afiq | Tulos | Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) | MY |
| Ramanpreet | Kaur | DAV COLLEGE AMRITSAR | IN |
| Muhammad Farhan | Khan | Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter | PK |
| Pratik | Ghumade | Payatu | IN |
| Joselito | Asi | Department of Education | PH |
| Yee Man | Ko | Dot Asia NetMission | HK |
| Dalsie | Baniala | Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Industry and Commercer | VU |
| Samiran | Gupta | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | IN |
| Rilla | Sumisra | Internet Development Institute | ID |
| AKASH | PATIAL | DAV College Amritsar | IN |
| Mohamed | Shareef | Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology | MV |
| Nguyen | Le | Vietnet Information Technology and Communication Center | VN |
| Chintan | Bhatt | Charotar University of Science And Technology | IN |
| Jenna | Fung | NetMission.Asia/ DotAsia | HK |
| Gunela | Astbrink | Internet Society Accessibility SIG | AU |
| Nonito Eddie | Napigkit | Internet Society Philippines Chapter | PH |
| Jefferson | Limjuco | MMDA | PH |
| Wai Min | Kwok | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | US |
| Jacob | Williams | Interlink Co., Ltd. | JP |
| MAY ANN | LIM | ASIA CLOUD COMPUTING ASSOCIATION | SG |
| Waltraut | Ritter | Knowledge Dialogues | HK |
| Bushra | Kiani | ICAP | PK |
| Fahad | Khan | Optome | PK |
| Sohaib | Bukhari | Mirpur University of Science & Technology | PK |
| Sangappa | Biradar | SDMCET | IN |
| harkrisyati | Kamil | Association of Indonesian Library and Information Professionals | ID |
| Lianna | Galstyan | Armenia IGF | AR |
| Kristina | Hakobyan | Internet Technologies Center LLC | AR |
| Ushnish | Sengupta | University of Toronto | CN |
| Néstor | Boniche González | Universidad Técnica Nacional | CR |
| Katarina Gevorgyan | Gevorgyan | GlobalAM | AR |
| Krishna | Gahatraj | National Association of the Physical Disabled-Nepal | NP |
| Dewan Md | Rahman | ABBANK | BD |
| Kapil Goyal | Goyal | DAV College Amritsar | IN |
| Cathy | Nembu | Commonwealth Ombudsman | AU |
| Vashkar | Bhattacharjee | Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) | BD |
| Md. | Parvez | Dutch- Bangla Bank Ltd | BD |
| Chiranjibi | Bhandari | Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies, Tribhuvan University | NP |
| Wendy | Brown | Women and Media Collective | LK |
| Judith | Hellerstein | H&A | US |
| Cherie | Lagakali | PICISOC | FJ |
| Jia-Rong | Low | ICANN | SG |
| Shamsullah | Shams | National IT Professional Association of Afghanistan | AF |
| Kyalsin | Swe | University of Information Technology | MM |
| Jean | Queralt | The IO Foundation | MY |
| Seint | Thet | University of Mandalay | MM |
| Eunwoo | Joo | Ewha Womans Univ. | KR |
| Amrita | Choudhury | CCAOI | IN |
| Waqas | Hassan | ISOC Islamabad Chapter | PK |
| Gayatri | Khandhadai | Association for Progressive Communications | IN |
| Pablo | Hinojosa | APNIC | AU |
| AHM | Rahman | Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication | BD |
| Bernice | Soriano | Foundation for Media Alternatives | PH |
| Jamael | Jacob | Foundation for Media Alternatives | PH |
| Naeem | Hadi | Torwali Research Forum (TRF) | PK |
| Miru | Lee | Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet | KR |
| Nica | Dumlao | Independent | PH |
| Klée | Aiken | IJDPS | NZ |
| Rita | Baramu | Body & Data | NP |
| Yien Chyn | Tan | ICANN | SG |
| Wai Ling | Chan | University of Malaya (Faculty of Law) | MY |
| Samik | Kharel | Freelance | NP |
| Soklay | Heng | NIPTICT | KH |
| ASHOK | SARKAR | metro pharmacy | BD |
| Shah | Rahman | cWork Microjob Ltd | BD |
| Satish | Babu | APRALO | IN |
| Kate | Pacalt-Shady | OCSC | AU |
| Liza | Garcia | Foundation for Media Alternatives | PH |
| Rohini | Lakshané | The Bachchao Project | IN |
| James | Boorman | OCSC | AU |
| Krishna | Neupane | Vianet Communication | NP |
| Sana | Nisar | University Malaysia Sabah | MY |
| Ritu | Srivastava | GeoMeo | IN |
| Sabrina | Lim | ICANN | SG |
| Man Hei (Connie) | Siu | NetMission Asia / The Chinese University of Hong Kong | HK |
| Nicola | Brown | InternetNZ | NZ |
| Sanjeev | Prasad | SFLC.in | IN |
| Piyush | Aggarwal | The Indian Express | IN |
| Apurva | Singh | Software Freedom Law Centre India | IN |
| Ejaz | Chaudhry | TechEdge Solutions | PK |
| Sidra | Jalil | InspireMill | PK |
| Ruby | Khela | Global Partners Digital | UK |
| Clayton | Ford | auDA | AU |
| Winston | Roberts | IFLA / National Library of New Zealand | NZ |
| Milan | Nepali | Insurance Board, Ministry of Finance | NP |
| Atul | Kayastha | NCIT | NP |
| Shradha | Pandey | TNNLU | IN |
| Babu Ram | Aryal | Internet Governance Institute | NP |
| Daniela | Schnidrig | Global Partners Digital | UK |
| Ruth | Peter | None | VU |
| Feng | Gao | Open Data China | CN |
| Scott | Hook | Solomon Islands Ministry of Finance and Treasury | SB |
| Sunny | Chendi | APNIC | AU |
| Syed | Ahmed | Telnet communication Ltd | BD |
| Jack | Matariki | Vanuatu Institute of Teacher Education | VU |
| Hilmi | Ghalib | YODET | YE |
| Fahmida | Faiza | World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA) | BD |
| Virendra | Kumar | Investment Consultants | IN |
| Saurav | Kishor | Care India | IN |
| Niranjan | Patel | Top Nepal International Pvt Ltd | NP |
| Anup | Paudel | internstolearn.com | NP |
| Lovensky | Leon | BoostIT | HT |
| Chia Feng | Hsu | NTU | TW |
| Jim | Prendergast | The Galway Strategy Group | US |
| Satya | Gupta | Bluetown | IN |
| Sri | Ojha | Visva-Bharati | IN |
| Juliana | Harsianti | Global Voices | ID |
| CELINE | LIOE | ICANN | SG |
| Shibendu | Debbarma | STPI | IN |
| Maureen | Hilyard | ALAC, ICANN | CK |
| Sinfah | Tunsarawuth | Mahidol University International College | TH |
| Champika | Wijayatunga | ICANN | AU |
| FuJen | Hsueh | ChengXun Tech CO., LTD | TW |
| Tom | Varghese | SG | |
| Gnanajeyaraman | Rajaram | SBM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY | IN |
APrIGF 2020 Fellows List
YIGF 2020
Youth IGF 2020
Youth is the largest demographic group of internet users. However, their voices are less heard in decision making processes related to the internet. With a dedication to raise the awareness of youth on internet governance and encourage young generations to participate in public policy discussion, Youth Internet Governance Forum (YIGF) has been initiated and is an integral part of Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) since its inception in 2010.
What is Youth IGF
Youth Internet Governance Forum (yIGF) has firstly been initiated by a group of NetMission Ambassadors (www.netmission.asia) in 2010 in parallel with the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF). It aims to raise the awareness of youth on Internet governance discourse and to encourage the young generation to have more active engagement in policy discussion and the decision-making process.
Inspired by the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a multi-stakeholder forum for policy dialogue on issues of Internet governance, the yIGF is also established in the same multi-stakeholder approach as the IGF.
yIGF is usually a 4-day-3-night camp which participants are assigned with roles as one of the interest groups, including government, private sectors and NGOs, to brainstorm their ideas and voice out their opinions on the issues of Internet governance from new perspectives.
yIGF provides an open platform for the youth to express and interchange their ideas and own thoughts on Internet governance freely. It also serves as a preparation camp for them to understand various Internet issues and open their door to the international policy discussion.
You might find more details on www.yigf.asia.
Organizer
NetMission.Asia is a network of passionate youth from Asia dedicated to engage and empower youth on Internet governance discourse with the aim to enhance youth mobility and create impact in Asia.
Students from top tertiary institutes or universities are recruited every year and will be provided with a series of training workshops. We are endeavoring to empower young minds and to constructively contribute to the local, regional and global Internet governance discourse through organising the Hong Kong Youth Internet Governance Forum (HKyIGF), international conferences and community projects.
NetMission Ambassadors are actively participating in various international Internet conferences, including ICANN meetings, IGF, APrIGF, Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) and Asia Pacific Next Generation Camp (APNG Camp).
To support and encourage youth participation on Internet governance, the ambassadors have been organising the yIGF in the Asia-Pacific regions, including Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Delhi, Macao, Taipei, Bangkok and Port Vila since 2010.
The NetY Program (www.nety.asia) is also initiated for further outreach to secondary school students from 2012 to 2014 by partnering with Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong. In 2016, it was firstly marked as HKyIGF (hk.yigf.asia) followed with a 3-day-2-night camp and an Internet Summit with the same approach used in the yIGF model.
Key Features
- Role-Play Discussion
All youth participants will be assigned to different stakeholder groups, for example, Civil Society, Private Sectors, Governments, etc. for the discussion of various internet governance issues. The aim of this simulation session is to let the youth to put themselves into other people’s shoes and encourage them to think from a multi-stakeholder perspective.
After experiencing multi-stakeholder perspective of thinking in role-play discussion, preparatory session will be organized to discuss some of the APrIGF workshop’s discussion topics from youth perspective. While the best way of practice is by actual participation, yIGF participants will attend APrIGF workshops and sit as panelists to share their discussion outcomes after preparatory session, that youth can bring contribution to actual Internet governance discussion in APrIGF.
- Idea Wall
This session aimed at exchanging views and thoughts on various hot Internet topics. Participants are expected to put their ideas on the ideal wall by writing down their own thoughts on the sixth themes listed in the synthesis document, including 1) Cybersecurity, 2) Online Privacy and Protection, 3) Access and Empowerment, 4) Digital Economy and Emerging Internet Technologies, 5) Diversity and Inclusion, and 6) Multi-stakeholder Participation in Internet Governance.
Throughout the session, participants will interchange their insights freely and have a discussion all together on the selected themes after reviewing the posted ideas on the idea wall. Participants will be split into six groups according to their own interest to have further discussions on the topics. They will present and exchange their discussion outcomes at the end of the session.
- Mini-Townhall Session
Mini-Townhall session is designed to build the capacity of participants for the synthesis document townhall session in APrIGF. In this session, participants were asked to raise their concerns or comment on the synthesis document. Participants have familiarized with the basic ideas of the synthesis document and have been equipped to voice out their opinions in the townhall session based on the following themes, including 1) Cybersecurity, 2) Online Privacy and Protection, 3) Access and Empowerment, 4) Digital Economy and Emerging Internet Technologies, 5) Diversity and Inclusion, and 6) Multi-stakeholder Participation in Internet Governance.
The mini-Townhall session will be divided into three parts. Participants will firstly be encouraged to raise their ideas in the first 30 minutes based on the sixth themes in the synthesis document. Participants will then be asked to comment and expand the discussion on the raised ideas for 30 minutes. Lastly, participants will form into groups according to their own interests based on the above sixth themes to facilitate further discussion and make comments on the synthesis document.
YIGF 2020 Registration
Registration Form APrIGF 2020
YIGF 2020 Program Agenda
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Day 1 – 18 Sep (Fri) |
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03:00-03:10 UTC |
Briefing session
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03:10-03:30 UTC |
Ice-breaking game |
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03:30-04:00 UTC |
Introduction of Role play discussion |
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04:00-04:15 UTC |
Coffee Break |
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04:15-05:20 UTC |
Topic 1: Privacy Umbrella – “Violation of Data and Privacy in the COVID-19 Era”
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05:20-05:50 UTC |
Roundtable roleplay discussion (prep for presentation) |
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05:50-06:00 UTC |
Wrap up |
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Day 2 – 19 Sep (Sat) |
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03:00-03:30 UTC |
Introduction of APrIGF & MSG
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03:30-04:00 UTC |
Introduction of [email protected] document
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04:00-04:15 UTC |
Coffee Break |
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04:15-05:20 UTC |
Topic 2: Misinformation and Disinformation Regulation in the Context of a Public Health Crisis
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05:20-05:50 UTC |
Roundtable roleplay discussion (prep for presentation) |
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05:50-06:00 UTC |
Wrap up |
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Day 3 – 20 Sep (Sun) |
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12:00-12:15 UTC |
Program summary |
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12:15-12:50 UTC |
yIGF – participant presentation |
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12:50-13:10 UTC |
Feedback (presentation & program) |
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13:10-13:20 UTC |
Way Forward |
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13:20-13:30 UTC |
Coffee Break |
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13:30-15:00 UTC |
Lightning Talk with [email protected] IG community
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APrIGF 2020 Virtual Participation Guide
Schedule & Meeting Links
- Please refer to the Program Agenda with Zoom meeting links for all sessions & streamtext links for live captioning. You will receive the meeting passcode upon registration.
Code of Conduct & Privacy Policy
- All participants are expected to follow the Code of Conduct while attending APrIGF: https://www.aprigf.asia/documents/APrIGF-Code-of-Conduct_2019.pdf.
- If you are the subject of unacceptable behavior or have witnessed any such behavior during conference events, please contact complaints[at]aprigf.asia. The APrIGF Complaints handling and Code of Conduct team will respond as soon as possible.
- By registering to APrIGF, you agree to abide by our Privacy Policy (https://www.aprigf.asia/privacy-policy.html).
Virtual Platform
- All plenaries and sessions during APrIGF 2020 will be conducted on Zoom, and live-streamed on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/aprigf.asia).
- All plenaries and sessions will be recorded. Recordings will be shared online publicly afterwards, and may be used for promotional purposes in future APrIGF events.
- Live captioning service is provided for all plenaries and sessions. You may view the captioning by clicking on “Closed Caption” in Zoom or by using the streamtext link.
- Transcripts will be shared online publicly afterwards.
Get Prepared
For the best possible experience, participants are recommended to:
- Install the latest version of Zoom. However, joining from a web browser is also allowed.To download Zoom: https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting
- Register for a Zoom account with real names.
- Join via desktop/laptop instead of mobile phone
- Be connected over wired internet (if possible), or stable Wi-Fi
- Use headphones with an integrated microphone (to avoid echo feedback in Zoom)
- Use Zoom’s integrated audio setup test to ensure your audio is working before entering the Zoom room.
General Guidelines
- Anyone attending the conference must register to access the event: https://2020.aprigf.asia/
- Meeting links and passwords will be sent to all registered participants by email before the event.
- Attendees should avoid naming themselves by nicknames or general terms (e.g. iphone10). Should you need to join anonymously, please notify the Secretariat (sec[at]aprigf.asia) at least 5 days (22 Sep 2020) before the conference.
Technical Support and Troubleshooting
- Participants facing connection issues or urgent technical problems during the conference may reach us in the following ways:
- Facebook Messenger: Message us live through the Facebook Chat box on this website! Or send your message to http://www.facebook.asia/aprigf.asia
- Email address: technical[at]aprigf.asia
Participate in a Session
Plenaries
- To ask questions or make comments, attendees may use the “raise hand” function in Zoom or enter them into the dedicated Q&A pod.
- Panellists will decide whether to address questions/comments from the Q&A pod live or type their replies in the pod.
Sessions
- Each session may handle questions and comments differently. The session moderator will explain how these can be done at the start of each session.
- Usually, attendees will use the “raise hand” function to request to speak after the moderator announces the beginning of the Q&A section. Attendees may also type their questions and comments in the Zoom chat.
Virtual Background
- Feel free to download our virtual backgrounds for Zoom use video use. Download here
Contact Us
Secretariat:
secretariat[at]aprigf.asia
To file a complaint:
complaint[at]aprigf.asia