On 12-14 September 2022 the 13th Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) will be held as a hybrid event, online and in Singapore, with the theme ‘People at the Centre:Envisioning a community-led Internet that is inclusive, sustainable and trusted‘. 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.

APrIGF 2022 is being held as part of APNIC54 and in conjunction with APSIG2022 and SGNOG9.

PROGRAM https://ap.rigf.asia/news/2022-program-schedule/ (pdf https://bit.ly/3xd5Qog)

01 Capacity Building Program for Fellows and Newcomers 

02 S06 Empowering New Voices in Internet Governance Spaces 

03 S13 Combating Disinformation from COVID-19 to the General Election: Multistakeholder Digital Literacy vs Legislation & Censorship?

04 Opening Plenary

05 S17 Advancing data justice in (post-)pandemic data governance: perspectives from Southeast Asia (late start)

06 S07 Online harassment as tools of exclusion: A discussion on Addressing Online Gender Based Violence Through Community Organised Helplines (late start)

07 S05 Resilience and inclusivity in digital education

08 S08 Towards an EcoInternet - A Multistakeholder Dialogue on Policy Making and Strategising for a Sustainable and Energy Efficient Internet

09 S04 Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the ICT Job Sector

10 S10 Future of Work: Achieving a sustainable gig economy (video currently unavailable)

11 Day 1 Townhall Session

12 S02 Digital accessibility and connectivity for disabled students in higher education during COVID-19

13 S15 Toward Trusted Design: User Protections for a Better Web for All

14 S11 Responding to changing digital rights priorities in a post-pandemic world

15 S16 Protecting the Healthcare Sector from Cyber Harm

16 S12 Multi-stakeholder Collaborative Approach for Developing Local Digital Literacy Champions

17 S14 Digital Resiliency of Civil Society in the context of shrinking Civic Space

18 S01 Connecting the Unconnected - Efforts from Private Sector and Policy Lessons from the APAC

19 Day 2 Townhall Session

20 S03 Strengthening the disability voice in Internet Governance

21 S09 Social Media Regulation during Elections: Expanding or Limiting Digital Democracy?

22 S19 Locally Accessible Cloud Service (LACS) for e-resilience

23 S21 LEO Satellite Constellations - Will They Bring Better Internet Access and a More Resilient Internet?

24 S25 Koo - Empowering Users and Building Cyber Resilience

25 Internet governance within the system of United Nations: is IGF on a good path to adapt, innovate and reform?

26 S20 Here's How Your Genital and Physical Affects Your Digital Lives 

27 S22 Measuring the Internet protocol parameters for reducing Internet poverty

28 IG_Futures

29 S23 Child Online Safety: A Kids conversation on creating a Child-centric Internet

30 S24 Assessing investments in surveillance and technology

31 S18 Routing Security – We can do better!

32 Closing Plenary

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