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23 February 2025, Petaling Jaya

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Agenda Minutes

AP* Retreat

(In Conjunction with APRICOT 2025/APNIC 59)

Registration Time: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Meeting Date: 9:00 AM To 6:00 PM, 23 February 2025 (GMT+8)
Venue: Jade Room, M World Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Co-Chairs: Alban Kwan and Yien Chyn Tan

More information: https://2025.apricot.net/programme/programme#/day/5/

Agenda and Schedule

Time Program Pic + Topic Section
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Introductions + Newcomers’ Welcome Alban and Yien Chyn
09:15 – 09:20 Overview: Capacity Building Programs in APAC Yien Chyn/Edmon
Note: Map out by types (e.g. infrastructure, youth, security, IG, technical best practices; and list examples)		 Segment 1: Capacity Building Programs
(1 hour 45 mins)
09:20 – 09:45 Panel: The Need for Capacity Building from the Wider Internet Community Moderator: Alban
Speakers:
Cybersec: KT Gan (PwC)
Legal: Bharadwaj Jaishankar (Chair, INTA Digital Asia)
Platform: Jean Jacques Sahel (Google)
09:45 – 10:30 Breakout Discussion: Capacity Building Programs
(targeted outcome and guiding questions shared with registered participants)		 Yien Chyn, Alban, Edmon
– Breakout groups, Facilitators:
10:30 – 11:00 Sharing from Discussions + Wrap Up Groups/group leads + Alban, Yien Chyn, Edmon
11:00 – 11:30 (Group photo before break)
BREAK
11:30 – 11:35 Overview: WSIS+20 Review Process Alban and Yien Chyn
Note: Focus on introducing what we will discuss later at breakout discussion		 Segment 2: WSIS+20 Review Process (1 hour 30 mins)
11:35 – 11:50 Introduction: WSIS+20- Background, What Now, and What Next? Joyce Chen PDF
11:50 – 12:30 Breakout Discussion: WSIS+20 Review Process
(targeted outcome and guiding questions shared with registered participants)		 – Breakout groups (by understanding/maturity level of participants)
12:30 – 13:00 Sharing from Discussions + Wrap Up

APIX Update

 Group + Joyce, Alban, Yien Chyn (+ others)

Katsuyasu Toyama
13:00 – 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 – 16:00 DotAsia AGM DotAsia
16:00 – 16:30 BREAK
16:30 – 18:00

Members’ Presentations
  1. Establishing an Eduroam Confederation to Empower the Pacific – Brook Schofield PDF
  2. Building a National Secure Wi-Fi Infrastructure with International Roaming – Hideaki Goto PDF
  3. SANOG Updates – Rupesh Shrestha PDF
  4. Taiwan Internet Report – Wen-Yu Chen PDF
  5. Women IGF: Empowering Women in the Digital Sphere, A Catalyst for Inclusive Internet Governance – Sagarika Wickramasekera PDF
  6. Advocating Internet Individual End User Interests – Justine Chew PDF
  7. APNG Updates – Phyo Thiri Lwin PDF
  8. APNIC Updates – Joyce Chen
  9. APNIC Foundation Updates – Neeti Biyani PDF
  10. Update of APTLD (remote) – Phavanhna Douangboupha PDF
  11. Update of ISOC – Noelle Francesca de Guzman PDF
  12. IGFSA – Joyce Chen PDF

Segment 3: Members’ Presentations (1 hour 30 mins)
18:00 – 18:30 Group Discussion: Future of AP* Retreat
(including Secretariat updates)		 Alban and Yien Chyn (any further communications with core group post-meeting coordinated by Secretariat)
Note: Secretariat updates + group to discuss minimal membership (open/closed), format (presentations/interactive discussions), funding, co-chairs appointment etc.		 Segment 4: Future of AP* Retreat (30 mins)
18:45 DINNER/SOCIAL

Location:Lax Lax Restaurant, Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gbYRN4segDhxnbaT9

 Meeting point: 18:45 PM at the Lobby
(M World Hotel, Petaling)
(Hosted by DotAsia)