<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><b class="" style="font-size: 23px;">Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><b class="" style="font-size: 23px;">APrIGF Vanuatu 2018</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><b class=""><font color="#444444" size="4" class="">13 Aug - 16 Aug 2018</font></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><font color="#444444" size="4" class=""><b class="">Iririki Island Resort, Port Vila</b></font></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14px;"><i class="">Empowering the Communities in Asia Pacific to build an Affordable, Inclusive, Open and Secure Internet</i></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The 2018 meeting will be held at the Iririki Island Resort in Port Vila, Vanuatu </span><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 35); font-family: ArialMT, serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">hosted by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and Telecommunication and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR) of Vanuatu.</span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">What to look out for on the agenda?</b></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">There are 30 sessions throughout the 3-day main conference covering a wide variety of topics such as high-interest Pacific plenaries on <i class="">Challenges & Opportunities of Connectivity in Small Island States</i>, <i class="">Natural Disasters Management</i> as well as other workshops on <i class="">cybersecurity</i>, <i class="">e-government</i>, Internet access and shutdowns, transparency reports and the recent heated debate on <i class="">GDPR and cross-border data, etc</i>. If you are a first-timer, join the full-day <a href="http://aprigf.vu/program-agenda/capacity-building-day-agenda/" class="">Capacity Building</a> session to be held on 13 Aug for newcomers and fellows. A specific track with sessions focusing on Pacific perspective is also lined up on Day 2 this year. Check out the latest agenda at the local host website.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Featured Opening & Plenary Speakers:</span></div><div class=""><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Hon. Charlot Salwai, Prime Minister of Vanuatu</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dr. Vinton Cerf, Chief Evangelist of Google</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;" class="">Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Founder</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;" class=""> of </span>Pacifica Nexus (2018 MAG member of IGF</span><span style="font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">)</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Australian Ambassador of Cyber Affairs</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">ICT Minister of Samoa</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Abraham Nasak, Director of National Disaster Management Office of Vanuatu</span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">John Jack, Deputy Chief Information Officer of Vanuatu </span></li><div class=""><br class=""></div></ul></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">More distinguished and a great variety of speakers are joining us. Please refer to the workshop pages for full list of speakers.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Be part of the discussion and <b class="">register now</b> at <a href="http://2018.aprigf.asia" class="">http://2018.aprigf.asia</a>.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Remote participation will also be available. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The <b class="">Synthesis Document 2018</b> public input period will be commencing soon next week. Stay tuned to provide your input. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14px;"><div class="" style="color: rgb(51, 50, 51); margin: 0px; font-weight: normal;">If you are interested to follow any news and updates about APrIGF and discuss relevant issues, you may subscribe to the mailing list <a href="mailto:discuss@aprigf.asia" class="">discuss@aprigf.asia</a> by sending in subscription request.</div></b></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14px;"><div class="" style="color: rgb(51, 50, 51); margin: 0px; font-weight: normal;">We also welcome any Internet-related organisation to become a sponsor. Please contact <a href="mailto:sec@aprigf.asia" class="">sec@aprigf.asia</a> for more information.</div></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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