Bangkok--28 Sep--Asian Instiute of Technology
Thirty-seven participants from 19 countries participated in the 2016 Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance organized by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)'s intERLab from 12-15 September 2016 at AIT campus.
Hailing from top organizations including the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Com First (India), Korea University Open Net, Asia Pacific Institute for Digital Economy, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), participants represented governments, international organizations, civil society, and business sector.
"The Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG) serves several hundred Internet governance experts and leaders in Asia on their professional upgrades through courses on the Internet governance," Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut, Director, intERLab said.
Key resource persons and instructors included Jeremy Malcolm, Senior Global Policy Analyst of EFF; Adam Peake, Executive Research Fellow at the Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM); Mahesh Uppal, Director, Com First India; KS Park, Co-founder of Open Net Korea; Pablo Hinojosa, Strategic Engagement Director, APNIC; Kilnam Chon, Member, Internet Hall of Fame; and Jim Foster, Director, Director Keio International Center for the Internet and Society.
Participants were exposed to introductory and advanced courses in Internet Governance including aspects covering legal, political, technology, engineering, economics, business, social, and local language support. Internet governance, net neutrality, governance of networked data, multistakeholder model, global internet users, ecosystems, standardization, names and numbers organizations, human rights, cyber security (crime, surveillance, warfare), internet governance for Internet of Things (IoT), networked data and cyberspace were key components of APSIG.
APSIG intends to serve several Internet governance leaders in Asia through professional courses on the Internet governance. The next APSIG 2017 is scheduled to be held in August-September 2017.