AP* Retreat
(In Conjunction with APNIC 60)
Meeting Date: 09:00 AM – 16:00 PM, 08 September 2025 (Vietnam Time)
Venue: Room Gallery 3 & 4, Furama Danang Resort
More Details: https://conference.apnic.net/60/program/program/index.html#/day/5/
Agenda and Schedule
| Time | Program | PIC + Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
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0900-0905 |
Welcome |
Alban Kwan, Yien Chyn Tan |
Segment 1: AP* Updates (1 hr) |
|
0905-1000 |
Updates from Task Force Discussions – PDF |
Alban Kwan, Yien Chyn Tan, Secretariat |
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1000-1010 |
Local Host Sharing: Internet Developments in Vietnam – PDF |
VNNIC |
Segment 2: Technical Coordination/Community Sharing (1 hour and 30 mins) |
|
1010-1020 |
Community Sharing: ICP-2 Updates – PDF |
Akinori MAEMURA, ASO AC, NRO and JPNIC |
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|
1020-1030 |
Community Sharing: Establishing an Eduroam Confederation to Empower the Pacific- An Update – PDF |
Brook Schofield |
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|
1030-1040 |
Technical Coordination: Social Media Protocol in Fediverse – PDF |
Edmon CHUNG (DotAsia) and Felix Hlatky (Mastodon) |
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|
1040-1055 |
I*/AP* Organizations Sharing – APNIC – ICANN (PDF) – ISOC |
Steering Group Members (To be updated I* Organization name by Sec) |
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|
1055-1100 |
Alignment: Sponsorships for Events |
Joyce Chen, Edmon CHUNG |
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|
1100-1130 |
Coffee Break (11-11:30 AM, 30 mins) |
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1130-1135 |
Overview/Introductions |
Yien Chyn Tan |
Segment 3: Capacity Building Programs (1 hour 30 mins) |
|
1135-1300 |
Discussions & Coordination: Capacity Building Programs – Fellowship selection process/info sharing – Collaboration, especially on youth program and youth-led initiatives |
(25 mins) Breakout/group discussion on fellowship information sharing (10 mins) Report back from groups (20 mins) Set the scene: SOI Asia/APIE – PDF , APNG – PDF, Netmission – PDF, and APIGA (20 mins) Breakout/group discussion on collaboration, with focus on youths program and youth-led initiatives (10 mins) Report back from groups (Wrap up) |
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1300-1400 |
LUNCH (1300-1400, 1 hr) |
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|
1400-1402 |
Introductions |
Alban Kwan |
Segment 4: WSIS+20 Review (2 hours) |
|
1402-1417 |
Practical Impacts of WSIS |
Ian Sheldon, Australia Government |
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|
1417-1427 |
Sharing from Technical Community Coalition for Multistakeholderism (TCCM) |
Charles Noir, CIRA |
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|
1427-1432 |
Expected Next Steps & Roles of the Informal Multistakeholder Sounding Board (IMSB) |
Jennifer Chung, DotAsia |
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|
1432-1440 |
Overview: Discussions on WSIS & Zero Draft – PDF |
Alban Kwan |
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|
1440-1550 |
Discussions & Coordination: WSIS – Tech Development and Bridging Digital Divides – Finance Mechanism and Internet Governance |
(30 mins) Part 1 discussions (5 mins) Report back from groups (30 mins) Part 2 discussions (5 mins) Report back from groups |
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|
1550-1610 |
Next Steps: WSIS |
Discuss whether joint statement is required (including to reinforce certain languages) |
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1610-1620 |
Wrap up for AP* meeting |
Alban Kwan, Yien Chyn Tan |
Wrap Up |
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1620 |
END |
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1520 onwards |
Dinner/Social |
Hosted by APNIC |
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Registered Participants (As of 6 September, 2025)
| First Name | Surname | Organization | Website | How will you be joining? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Md. Mahfuzus Salam | Khan | APNG (Asia Pacific Next Generation) | https://apng.asia/ | in-person |
| Sunny | Chendi | APNIC | in-person | |
| Jean F. | Queralt | The IO Foundation | https://TheIOFoundation.org | in-person |
| Joyce | Chen | APNIC | in-person | |
| Sunyoung | Yang | APNG | remote | |
| Jo-Fan | Yu | TWNIC | in-person | |
| Cheryl | Langdon-Orr | Internet Australia | http://www.internet.org.au | remote |
| Akinori | MAEMURA | NRO Number Council / JPNIC | in-person | |
| Amrita | Choudhury | CCAOI | remote | |
| sagarika | wickramasekera | APSIG | apsig.net | remote |
| Hiro | Hotta | JPRS | https://jprs.co.jp/en/ | remote |
| Yien Chyn | Tan | ICANN | in-person | |
| Athena | Foo | ICANN | in-person | |
| Noriatsu | Kudo | Keio Univesity/WIDE Project | https://apie.soi.asia/ | in-person |
| Phyo Thiri Lwin | – | DotAsia Organization | in-person | |
| Ole | Jacobsen | The Internet Protocol Journal | protocoljournal.org | remote |
| Achmad Husni | Thamrin | SOI Asia | https://www.soi.asia/ | in-person |
| Sylvia | Cadena | W3C | https://w3.org | remote |
| Jenna | Fung | NetMission.Asia | https://netmission.asia | remote |
| Evin | Erdogdu | DotAsia | remote | |
| Raquel | Gomez | APNIC | remote | |
| Kams | Yeung | APNIC | www.apnic.net | in-person |
| Achmad Husni | Thamrin | SOI Asia / AI3 | https://www.soi.asia | in-person |
| Bea | Guevarra | NetMission DotAsia | remote | |
| Toshiaki | Tateishi | Japan Internet Service Providers Association | www.jaipa.or.jp | in-person |
| Edmon | Chung | DotAsia | https://www.dot.asia | in-person |
| Brook | Schofield | NSRC | https://nsrc.org/ | remote |
| Charles | Noir | CIRA | https://www.cira.ca | in-person |
| Kilnam | Chon | Asia Internet History Project | internethistory.asia | remote |
| Felix | Hlatky | Mastodon | https://joinmastodon.org | remote |
| Joy | Chan | TWNIC | in-person | |
| Doowan | Lee | EdgeTheory | https://edgetheory.com/ | remote |
| Pavel | Farhan | The IO Foundation | https://theiofoundation.org/ | remote |
| Rani | Retmono | DotAsia | https://www.dot.asia | remote |
| Rupesh | Shrestha | SANOG | http://www.sanog.org/ | in-person |
| Bikram | Shrestha | Nepal Internet Foundation | http://www.nif.org.np/ | in-person |
| Alban | Kwan | CSC | in-person | |
| Nicole | Chan | ASO | in-person | |