APrIGF

Industry:	Internet governance
Website:	http://aprigf.asia
Facebook:	@APrIGF.Asia
Twitter:	@aprigf_
Key People
Rajnesh Singh, Chair Chester Soong, Vice-Chair Sylvia Cadena, Vice-Chair DotAsia Organisation, Secretariat

Today, Asia has the strongest growing demand for Internet addresses. That is more and more people in Asia are using the Internet. In contrast to North America and Europe, demand for the Internet in Asia is not only growing, but also growing at an accelerating rate.

Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) serves as a platform for discussion, exchange and collaboration at a regional level, and also where possible to aggregate national IGF discussions, ultimately advance the Internet governance development in the Asia Pacific region.

In 2010, while the global IGF is already in its fifth and final year of its initial charter, and Regional IGFs have been established in many other regions, including Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, to date, Asia has seen no parallel forum for discussing Internet governance issues at a regional level. For the first time, the APrIGF is therefore being convened in Hong Kong with objectives to raise awareness and encourage participation from relevant stakeholders around the region on Internet governance issues, as well as to foster multi-lateral, multi-stakeholder discussion about issues pertinent to the Internet in Asia.

The multi-stakeholder approach is a core principle of the APrIGF with the emphasis on the diversity of participants and openness of the discussion. Valuing the youth as an important stakeholder and the future generations of the Internet, a Youth IGF also become an integral part of the APrIGF whereby they are held in parallel annually featuring a simulation of the multi-stakeholder discussion model among the young people on various Internet governance issues.

Past Meetings

Event	Year	Date	City/Region	Link
APrIGF	2018	August 13 - 16	Port Vila, Vanuatu
YIGF	2018	August 13 - 16	Port Vila, Vanuatu
APrIGF	2017	July 26 - 29	Bangkok, Thailand	2017.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2017	July 26 - 29	Bangkok, Thailand	2017.yigf.asia
APrIGF	2016	July 26 - 29	Taipei, Taiwan	2016.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2016	July 26 - 29	Taipei, Taiwan	2016.yigf.asia
APrIGF	2015	June 30 - July 03	Macao SAR, China	2015.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2015	June 30 - July 03	Macao SAR, China	2015.yigf.asia
APrIGF	2014	August 03 - 06	Delhi, India	2014.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2014	August 03 - 06	Delhi, India	2014.yigf.asia
APrIGF	2013	September 04 - 06	Seoul, Korea	2013.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2013	September 03 - 06	Seoul, Korea	2013.yigf.asia
APrIGF	2012	July 18 - 20	Tokyo, Japan	2012.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2012	July 19	Tokyo, Japan	2012.yigf.asia
APrIGF	2011	June 16 - 18	Singapore	2011.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2011	June 16 - 18	Singapore	2011.yigf.asia
APrIGF	2010	June 14 - 18	Hong Kong SAR, China	2010.aprigf.asia
YIGF	2010	June 12 - 14	Hong Kong SAR, China	2010.yigf.asia

2018 Resource Person List

If you are interested to become a resource person for the APrIGF Vanuatu 2018 at Port Vila, 13 - 16 August, please follow the steps to add yourself to the list.

1. Create your account on ICANN wiki and create a profile page (Guide)
2. Add yourself to the below table and type [[Your Name]] to link your wiki profile or any external profile
3. Outline briefly 3 area of expertise that you can contribute to a session in the table. More in-depth references and details shall be included in your profile instead.
4. Leave your contact email should you wish to be contacted directly (recommended) by the workshop organizers or email your contact to sec@aprigf.asia for coordination.

Salut.	Name	Job Title	Organzation	Stakeholder Group	Geographical Location	3 Area of Expertise	Contact Email
e.g. Mr	Rajnesh Singh	Regional Directior of Asia Pacific	Internet Society	Technical	Australia	Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation, ICT4D, Future of the Internet	Via Secretariat
e.g. Mr	Edmon Chung	CEO	The DotAsia Organisation	Technical	Hong Kong	IDN, Universal Acceptance, Youth Mobility in Asia	edmon@dot.asia