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'''Aris Ignacio''' is the Dean of the College of Information Technology at 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 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 is currently a Board Member and current Vice President of | + | Aris is currently a Board Member and current Vice President of Technology at [[ISOC]] Philippines Chapter, which is a member of the [[At-Large]] structure and Outreach working group in [[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, Aris 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 Internet Governance Forum ([[IGF]]) Ambassadors<ref name="ambassadors">[https://www.internetsociety.org/events/igf/2017/ambassadors/], IGF 2017 Ambassadors</ref> for 2017 which was held in Geneva, Switzerland. |
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 and 2019. | 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 and 2019. | ||
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| Affiliation: | ALAC, Fellowship Program |
| Stakeholder Group(s): | ,|xyz|xyz| }} |
| Region: | Asia |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Email: | arisignacio[at]yahoo.com |
| LinkedIn: |  Aris Ignacio
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| Twitter: |  @aris_ignacio
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Aris Ignacio is the Dean of the College of Information Technology at 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 is currently a Board Member and current Vice President of Technology at ISOC Philippines Chapter, which is a member of the At-Large structure and Outreach working group in 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, Aris 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 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Ambassadors[1] for 2017 which was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
He is also a member of the Multi-stakeholder Steering Group[2] (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 and 2019.
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.
He is also one of the pioneers in the Learn IG[3] initiative.
Aris 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.
Lastly, he has presented researches and facilitated topics and discussions relating to Internet Governance nationally and internationally.