Thanks for sharing. Very Impressive. Best wishes to APNIC. Will join .
Thanks, Sayda Kamrun Jahan Ripa Chair, Youth IGF Bangladesh On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 12:32 PM Dave Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) starts next week. The APNIC Foundation > and some of its grantees and partners are involved in various sessions at > the event. I’ve compiled a list below along with brief summaries and links > to the events on the IGF site, in case there’s anything of interest. I’m > happy to field any queries. > > > > -Dave > (APNIC Foundation comms) > > > > > > *Join APNIC Foundation sessions at the IGF 2023* > > > > The Foundation will be organizing or supporting the following sessions at > the upcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to be held in Kyoto, Japan, > from 8 – 12 October 2023. > > > > *IGF Launch/Award Event #8 ISIF Asia awards* > > The 2023 ISIF Awards will recognize three exceptional contributions to > Internet development working to advance Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in > the Asia Pacific region. > > > > -Myanmar Internet Exchange (MMIX) for their work on supporting networks in > Myanmar – the award is being accepted by project lead Thein Myint Khine. > > > > -University of Malaya, Malaysia, for the design, development and operation > of an SDN-based Internet eXchange playground for Networkers – the award is > being accepted by project lead Dr Ling Teck Chaw. > > > > -The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) for their work on > software-defined Internet Exchange Points – the award is being accepted by > project lead Zartash Afzal Uzmi. > > > > Join us in the session to recognize their hard work and learn about the > challenges they needed to overcome. The session will also include an update > on Foundation activities. > > > > Details: Room E, Monday, 9 October, 2023 06:15 UTC (3:15PM local time). > > > > Session details on the IGF site: > https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-launch-award-event-8-isif-asia-2023-awards > > > > *Lightning Talk #174 Switch! – an inclusive approach to capacity building* > > > > Through an extensive consultation process, the Switch! project started > about three years ago to identify and support women and gender diverse > network engineers and cybersecurity professionals across six South East > Asia economies. Switch! has supported over 200 individuals from Cambodia, > Laos, Thailand, Timor Leste, The Philippines and Viet Nam to develop their > own Professional Development Plans and commit to their learning journey. > > > > Join us at the session to discover more. > > > > Details: Room H, Wednesday, 11 October, 2023, 08:50 UTC (5:50PM local > time). > > > > Session details on the IGF site: > https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-lightning-talk-174-switch-an-inclusive-approach-to-capacity-building > > > > *Main Session: An Untapped Resource: How Can Digital Cooperation > Contribute to the Battle for Our Environment? * > > > > The APNIC Foundation is actively participating in the working group behind > the preparation of the Main Session event: An Untapped Resource: How Can > Digital Cooperation Contribute to the Battle for Our Environment? > > > > Representatives of Foundation-funded activities will be contributing to > the discussion, including Dulce Soares, a water engineer with Similie, > which the Foundation has been supporting with an ISIF Asia grant. > > > > Edmon Chung from DotAsia will be moderating the session. The work > DotAsia is doing on their EcoInternet Index is an important starting point > for this conversation. This contribution is part of the Foundation > commitment to raise awareness and provide support to address issues related > to the development of the Internet and its impact on the environment. > > > > Details: Plenary Room (main hall), Wednesday, 11th October, 2023, 01:15 > UTC (10:15AM local time). > > > > Session details on the IGF site: > https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-main-session-on-sustainability-environment > > > > *Day 0 event #84: Agents of inclusion: Community networks and media meetup* > > > > This session will focus on practical discussions around community > networks. APNIC Foundation grants management lead Ellisha Heppner will join > the discussion, and the session will be moderated by Sarbani Belur, from > the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) who are recipients > of an ISIF Asia grant > <https://apnic.foundation/projects/model-building-of-community-networks-linked-to-social-enterprise-and-sustainable-local-economic-development/> > . > > > > Details: WS 2 – Room A, Sunday, 8 October, 2023, 05:00 UTC (2:00PM local > time). > > > > Session details on the IGF site: > https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-day-0-event-84-agents-of-inclusion-community-networks-media-meet-up > > > > *Foundation partner and grantee activities* > > > > *Bridging Connectivity Gaps and Harnessing e-Resilience* > > ISIF Asia grantee CVISNET has been working to improve connectivity in > disadvantaged or disaster-prone regions of the Philippines. They will be > participating in Networking Session #104 on bridging connectivity gaps. > > > > Philippines telco CVISNET has been the recipients of three different > grants from the Foundation. The first was in 2016, for their participation > in a project to test the Movable and Deployable Resource ICT Unit (MDRU), > <https://apnic.foundation/projects/restoring-connectivity-movable-and-deployable-resource-ict-unit-mdru/> > which provides connectivity in disaster situations. > > > > Dr. Toshikazu Sakano, Director of the Advanced Telecommunications Research > Institute (ATR), the inventor of the MDRU will also be in attendance. The > MDRU would later go on to become Locally Accessible Cloud System (LACS) and > CVISNET deployed it after Typhoon Rai, in another Foundation-supported > project > <https://apnic.foundation/projects/apnic-foundation-grant-2022-cvisnet-foundation-inc-philippines/>. > CVISNET is also working to improve the connectivity of Islands around > Cebu in the Philippines > <https://apnic.foundation/projects/internet-for-safety-livelihood-e-education-and-tourism-for-vulnerable-islands-of-cebu-province-islet-connect/> > . > > > > Details: WS 9 – Room C-2, Sunday 8 October, 2023, 23:30 UTC. (8:30AM > Monday 9 October, local time). > > > > Session details on the IGF site: > https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-networking-session-104-bridging-connectivity-gaps-and-harnessing-e-resilience > > > > *Lightning Talk #15 DIY mesh network kit* > > > > The DIY COW kit is an ISIF Asia-supported project by Janastu Servelots > <https://apnic.foundation/projects/an-inclusive-diy-cow-community-operated-wireless-kit-for-enabling-local-communications-at-remote-locations/> > which provides a kit that remote communities can activate to get > connectivity. This talk will discuss the various aspects of a DIY community > network kit. The talk will focus on how the kits were made adaptable by > local communities during and after community network deployment in a way > that is inclusive of all – not limited to significantly literate community > members. > > > > Details: SC – Room H, Thursday 12 October, 2023, 06:00 UTC (3:00PM local > time) > > > > Session details on the IGF site: > https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-lightning-talk-15-diy-mesh-network-kit > _______________________________________________ > APNIC-talk - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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