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'''Aris Ignacio''' is the Dean of the College of Information Technology at [https://www.southville.edu.ph Southville International School and Colleges] in the Philippines. He is an advocate for the youth being a major stakeholder group in Internet Governance discussions, and has facilitated the participation of university/college students in local, regional and global Internet governance events, particularly in Asia-Pacific. He also an advocate of improving digital literacy by helping underdeveloped schools through training and refurbishing old peripherals/hardware for donations. This was evidenced as one of the entries during Chapterthon 2017, where he led a group of college students to a project on improving the infrastructure and creating an impact to students within the beneficiary school and community. | '''Aris Ignacio''' is the Dean of the College of Information Technology at [https://www.southville.edu.ph Southville International School and Colleges] in the Philippines.<ref>[https://www.southville.edu.ph/online-bs-information-technology-degree/ Southville.edu.ph - BS Information Technology Program]</ref> He is an advocate for the youth being a major stakeholder group in Internet Governance discussions, and has facilitated the participation of university/college students in local, regional and global Internet governance events, particularly in Asia-Pacific. He also an advocate of improving digital literacy by helping underdeveloped schools through training and refurbishing old peripherals/hardware for donations. This was evidenced as one of the entries during Chapterthon 2017, where he led a group of college students to a project on improving the infrastructure and creating an impact to students within the beneficiary school and community. | ||
==ICANN and Internet Governance Involvement== | |||
Ignacio is currently a Board Member and current Vice President of Technology at the Internet Society ([[ISOC]]) Philippines Chapter, which is a member of the [[At-Large]] structure and Outreach working group in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]). He is a founding board member of the rejuvenation of the said chapter, past President, Vice President of Development and Chair of the Board. He was a past [[ICANN]] fellow in several meetings and represented ISOC-PH in the events. Currently, Ignacio is a member of ALAC Outreach and Engagement Subcommittee working group at ICANN. He was a participant the 1st Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance (APSIG) and was selected as one of the Ambassadors for the Internet Governance Forum ([[IGF]]) 2017, held in Geneva, Switzerland.<ref name="ambassadors">[https://www.internetsociety.org/events/igf/2017/ambassadors/ Internet Society - IGF 2017 Ambassadors]</ref> | |||
He is also a member of the Multi-stakeholder Steering Group<ref name="msg">[http://rigf.asia/msg.html | He is also a member of the Multi-stakeholder Steering Group<ref name="msg">[http://rigf.asia/msg.html APrIGF Multi-stakeholder Steering Group]</ref> (MSG) for the Asia Pacific Regional IGF. Aris has been a co-chair and currently a member of the [[APrIGF]] Fellowship team for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. In addition, Aris was one of the mentors for the 2020 IGF Youth Ambassadors and current At-Large mentor for the NextGen program of ICANN. | ||
He was the main proponent for IN2ITion (Into IT Convention), a national student-led convention that features various topics and issues in the field of Information Technology and Internet Governance.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/in2itcon/ IN2ITion's Facebook page]</ref> Ignacio is also one of the pioneers in the Learn IG<ref name="learnig">[https://learninternetgovernance.blogspot.com/ Learn IG]</ref> initiative. | |||
==Education== | |||
Ignacio holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science, a masters degree in Information Management and a doctorate degree in Information Technology. He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional and Certified Educator.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/aris-ignacio-76aa7bb/ LinkedIn - Aris Ignacio] He has presented research and facilitated topics and discussions relating to Internet Governance nationally and internationally. | |||
==Fun Facts== | |||
Ignacio is a basketball fan and comments and reports on games and teams in the Philippine Basketball Association, as well as other leagues and amateur competitions.<ref>Most likely source of basketball commentary is [https://twitter.com/aris_ignacio Ignacio's Twitter feed]</ref> | |||
==Video== | |||
Ignacio moderating during a capacity building session at APrIGF 2020: | |||
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| Region: | Asia |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Email: | arisignacio[at]yahoo.com |
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Aris Ignacio is the Dean of the College of Information Technology at Southville International School and Colleges in the Philippines.[1] He is an advocate for the youth being a major stakeholder group in Internet Governance discussions, and has facilitated the participation of university/college students in local, regional and global Internet governance events, particularly in Asia-Pacific. He also an advocate of improving digital literacy by helping underdeveloped schools through training and refurbishing old peripherals/hardware for donations. This was evidenced as one of the entries during Chapterthon 2017, where he led a group of college students to a project on improving the infrastructure and creating an impact to students within the beneficiary school and community.
ICANN and Internet Governance Involvement[edit | edit source]
Ignacio is currently a Board Member and current Vice President of Technology at the Internet Society (ISOC) Philippines Chapter, which is a member of the At-Large structure and Outreach working group in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). He is a founding board member of the rejuvenation of the said chapter, past President, Vice President of Development and Chair of the Board. He was a past ICANN fellow in several meetings and represented ISOC-PH in the events. Currently, Ignacio is a member of ALAC Outreach and Engagement Subcommittee working group at ICANN. He was a participant the 1st Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance (APSIG) and was selected as one of the Ambassadors for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2017, held in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]
He is also a member of the Multi-stakeholder Steering Group[3] (MSG) for the Asia Pacific Regional IGF. Aris has been a co-chair and currently a member of the APrIGF Fellowship team for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. In addition, Aris was one of the mentors for the 2020 IGF Youth Ambassadors and current At-Large mentor for the NextGen program of ICANN.
He was the main proponent for IN2ITion (Into IT Convention), a national student-led convention that features various topics and issues in the field of Information Technology and Internet Governance.[4] Ignacio is also one of the pioneers in the Learn IG[5] initiative.
Education[edit | edit source]
Ignacio holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science, a masters degree in Information Management and a doctorate degree in Information Technology. He is also a Microsoft Certified Professional and Certified Educator.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Video[edit | edit source]
Ignacio moderating during a capacity building session at APrIGF 2020: