Plenary Session: Internet Governance in Asia Pacific: The State of Play and Outlook

Contact Person

Mr. Leonid Todorov

Affiliation/Organisation

APTLD

Country

Russia

Stakeholder Groups

Technical

Rationale for contributors choice

The set of contributors was chosen upon advice of the MSG and Secretariat with a due account of the regional, stakeholder and gender diversity

Relevance of workshop

The panel session is to be run right after the Opening ceremony thereby setting the scene by providing a high-level overview of the ongoing and prospective challenges and processes in the IG area

Nature of proposal

Main Conference Session

Workshop Title

Internet Governance in Asia Pacific: The State of Play and Outlook

Sub-Theme

Internet governance

Workshop Format

Workshop Format

Specific Issues of Discussion and Description

 

Methodology/Agenda
  • I. Moderator’s welcome and introduction of panelists                                 
  • Each panelist delivers a 3 min-long statement outlining major developments in the IG area over the year (not to be interrupted by the audience)
  • Interaction between the panelists and the audience to cover possible silos and identifying possible items missing; as well both the panelists and the audience are invited to reflect where Asia Pacific is in terms the  IG process: what has been done right and how did the success become possible (best practices)? Where has the region underperformed and why? What can be done to remedy the situation?                                                                                                                                                                       
  • The outlook: what processes/pehomena in the IG area are envisaged/ should we expect in the short run (1-2 years ahead)? How would they affect the fundamental IG principles and what should be the community’s response to them?                                                                                           
  • The final Qs and As/takeaways round  

Moderator’s wrap-up and acknowledgments

Subject matter tags

#AP Internet governance, #FutureoftheInternet

Expected duration

90mins

Expected Speakers

  Full Name Organization Title Country/Economy 
of Residence		 Stakeholder
Group		 Status of
Confirmation		 Gender
Ms. Natalia Mochu ICANN GSE Manager, Eastern Europe & Central Asia Russia Technnical Confirmed F
Ms. Lianna Galstyan APRALO Vice President Armenia Civil society Confirmed F
Mr.

James Clement Ah Wai

 Unit Trust of Samoa   Samoa Government Confirmed M
Ms. Ananya Singh Fellow   India Civil society Confirmed F
Mr. Eun Chang Choi Yale Law School Information Society Project Former fellow S. Korea Academia Confirmed M
Mr. Aris Ignacio College of Information Technology at Southville International School Dean The Philippines Academia Confirmed M

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