2026 List of Accepted Sessions

[MERGED PROPOSAL] 

Governing Generative AI for Electoral Integrity: Building Resilient and Trustworthy Digital Spaces in South and Southeast Asia

Nepal Timezone

Day 1 (Monday, 5 Oct)

Day 2 (Tuesday, 6 Oct)

Day 3 (Wednesday, 7 Oct)

Ballroom 1

Ballroom 2

Ballroom 1

Ballroom 2

Ballroom 1

Ballroom 2

08:00-08:15

08:15-08:30

08:30-08:45

Open House with MSG (Open to all)

08:30-08:50

08:45-09:00

Break (10 mins) – 08:50-09:00

09:00-09:15

105 mins

Opening Ceremony & Plenary

From Barrier to Enabler: Rethinking Policy for Community-Driven Internet Access

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

Future of APrIGF & Multistakeholder Ecosystem

Building the Next Generation of Pacific Cybersecurity Professionals: Partnerships, Skills and Regional Resilience

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Beyond Access: Who Keeps Children Safe Online Once They are Connected?

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Future of APrIGF & Multistakeholder Ecosystem

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

From Technical Debt to Strategic Liability: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Resilience, and Internet Governance in the Asia-Pacific

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

09:15-09:30

09:30-09:45

09:45-10:00

10:00-10:15

Break

Break

10:15-10:30

Closing the Last-Mile Gap: A Civil Society Approach to Internet Quality Measurement in Rural Indonesia

(30 mIns)

Sub-themes:

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Drawing the Line: Online Harm, Queer Expression, and Platform Governance in Asia-Pacific

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

From Shutdown to Solidarity: Co-Designing a South Asia Rapid-Response Protocol for Internet Shutdowns

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

The Right to Be Forgotten by AI: Who Owns Human Knowledge in the Age of Foundation Models?

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

AI Governance for Good

10:30-10:45

10:45-11:00

30 mins

Room transition in preparation for parallel sessions

Break (10 mins) – 10:45-10:55

11:00-11:15

From Compliance to Confidence: How Asia’s Startups Are Shaping the Future of AI Governance

(30 mIns)

10:55-11:25

Sub-themes:

AI Governance for Good

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

11:15-11:30

Seeing the Bias: A Regional Interactive Ideation Workshop on AI Bias, Misinformation, and Inclusive Digital Futures

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

AI Governance for Good

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

A Guide to Integrating Gender to Cybersecurity Policy

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Break

Break

11:30-11:45

Break (10 mins) – 11:25-11:35

From Local Evidence to Regional Dialogue: Trust, Inclusion, and an Open Internet in the Age of AI

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Future of APrIGF & Multistakeholder Ecosystem

When Submarine Cables Go Dark: From Public Fear to Internet Governance through Open Research and Community Engagement

(30 mIns)

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

APrIGF Fellowship Presentation

11:45-12:00

EcoInternet Index (EII): APAC Leads the Way

11:35-12:05

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

AI Governance for Good

12:00-12:15

Break (10 mins) – 12:05-12:15

Break (10 mins) – 12:05-12:15

12:15-12:30

Lunch

Community Wi-Fi and Cyclone Alert Systems for Marginal Fisher Villages Barguna, Coastal Bangladesh to Improve Internet and Save Lives

12:15-12:35

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

Appealing Hate Speech- Using the Grievance Appellate Committee to Hold Platforms Accountable

(20 mins)

12:10-12:30

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

12:30-12:45

Lunch

Lunch (+ venue team carry out transition to one big ballroom)

MSG Debrief (30 mins)

(In a separate room with 25-30 pax capacity)

12:45-13:00

13:00-13:15

13:15-13:30

The Algorithmic Breach: Brevity Bias, Cognitive Sovereignty, and the Case for a Duty of Care in South and Southeast Asia

(30 mIns)

Sub-themes:

Future of APrIGF & Multistakeholder Ecosystem

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Governing AI Training Data in the Asia-Pacific: Transparency, Verifiability, and Creator Rights

(30 mIns)

Sub-themes:

AI Governance for Good

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

13:30-13:45

When An Energy Crisis Becomes a Connectivity Crisis

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

[MERGER] Governing Generative AI in Southeast Asia: Addressing Electoral Manipulation and Political Campaign Risks & Ensuring Electoral Integrity through Resilient Digital Practices

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

AI Governance for Good

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

60 mins

Open Dialogue on “Role of APrIGF in implementing the permanent mandate of the IGF”

organised by APRIGF Working Group on Global Internet Governance Processes (AP-WGIGP)

13:45-14:00

Break (10 mins) – 13:45-13:55

14:00-14:15

Who Gets a Say? A Regional Dialogue on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Governance in Asia-Pacific

(60 mins)

13:55-14:55

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Future of APrIGF & Multistakeholder Ecosystem

Community Radio in the Digital Era: Strengthening Internet Resilience and Trusted Communication in South Asia

(60 mins)

13:55-14:55

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

14:15-14:30

14:30-14:45

Break

Break

14:45-15:00

Assistive Technology for Meaningful Participation and Successful Integration in Education and the Workplace

(60 mins)

Sub-themes:

AI Governance for Good

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

Surveillance by Design: Digital ID, Data Protection and the Trust Crisis in South Asia

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

60 mins

Townhall Session

15:00-15:15

Break (15 mins) – 14:55-15:10

15:15-15:30

The Cost of a Click: Unboxing AI and Internet Infrastructures to Shape a Greener Internet in the APAC

(60 mins)

15:10-16:10

Sub-themes:

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

Future of APrIGF & Multistakeholder Ecosystem

Backdoors, Blackouts, and Big Tech: Mapping Encryption Rules Across the Asia Pacific — and Filling the Southeast Asian Gap

(30 mIns)

15:10-15:40

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

AI Governance for Good

15:30-15:45

15:45-16:00

Break (10 mins) – 15:40-15:50

Break

Break

16:00-16:15

Let’s Measure the Internet: RIPE Atlas for APAC Digital Resilience

(30 mIns)

15:50-16:20

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

Connected but Not Safe? Rethinking Digital Inclusion Through the Experiences of Young Women in Taiwan

16:00-16:20

Sub-themes:

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

Universal and Meaningful Connectivity

AI in the Kill Chain: Accountability, Human Control, and the Case for a Binding Regime in Asia Pacific

16:00-16:20

Sub-themes:

AI Governance for Good

Digital Resilience and Building of Trust

90 mins

Closing Remarks + Plenary

16:15-16:30

Break (15 mins) – 16:10-16:25

Break (10 mins) – 16:20-16:30

16:30-16:45

45 mins

Townhall Session

60 mins

Townhall Session

16:45-17:00

17:00-17:15

17:15-17:30

17:30-17:45