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AP* Retreat
(In Conjunction with APRICOT 2025/APNIC 59)

Registration Time: 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Meeting Date: 9:00 AM To 6:00 PM, 23 February 2025 (GMT+8)

Venue: Jade Room, M World Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Co-Chairs: Alban Kwan and Yien Chyn Tan

More information: https://2025.apricot.net/programme/programme#/day/5/

Agenda and Schedule

Time	Program	Pic + Topic	Section
8:30 - 9:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:15	Introductions + Newcomers' Welcome	Alban and Yien Chyn
09:15 - 09:20	Overview: Capacity Building Programs in APAC	Yien Chyn/Edmon Note: Map out by types (e.g. infrastructure, youth, security, IG, technical best practices; and list examples)	Segment 1: Capacity Building Programs (1 hour 45 mins)
09:20 - 09:45	Panel: The Need for Capacity Building from the Wider Internet Community	Moderator: Alban Speakers: Cybersec: KT Gan (PwC) Legal: Bharadwaj Jaishankar (Chair, INTA Digital Asia) Platform: Jean Jacques Sahel (Google)
09:45 - 10:30	Breakout Discussion: Capacity Building Programs (targeted outcome and guiding questions shared with registered participants)	Yien Chyn, Alban, Edmon - Breakout groups, Facilitators:
10:30 - 11:00	Sharing from Discussions + Wrap Up	Groups/group leads + Alban, Yien Chyn, Edmon
11:00 - 11:30	(Group photo before break) BREAK
11:30 - 11:35	Overview: WSIS+20 Review Process	Alban and Yien Chyn Note: Focus on introducing what we will discuss later at breakout discussion	Segment 2: WSIS+20 Review Process (1 hour 30 mins)
11:35 - 11:50	Introduction: WSIS+20- Background, What Now, and What Next?	Joyce Chen Link
11:50 - 12:30	Breakout Discussion: WSIS+20 Review Process (targeted outcome and guiding questions shared with registered participants)	- Breakout groups (by understanding/maturity level of participants)
12:30 - 13:00	Sharing from Discussions + Wrap Up APIX Update	Group + Joyce, Alban, Yien Chyn (+ others) Katsuyasu Toyama
13:00 - 14:30	LUNCH
14:30 - 16:00	DotAsia AGM	DotAsia
16:00 - 16:30	BREAK
16:30 - 18:00	Members' Presentations	Establishing an Eduroam Confederation to Empower the Pacific - Brook Schofield PDF Building a National Secure Wi-Fi Infrastructure with International Roaming - Hideaki Goto PDF SANOG Updates - Rupesh Shrestha PDF Taiwan Internet Report - Wen-Yu Chen PDF Women IGF: Empowering Women in the Digital Sphere, A Catalyst for Inclusive Internet Governance - Sagarika Wickramasekera PDF Advocating Internet Individual End User Interests - Justine Chew PDF APNG Updates - Phyo Thiri Lwin PDF APNIC Updates - Joyce Chen APNIC Foundation Updates - Neeti Biyani PDF Update of APTLD (remote) - Phavanhna Douangboupha PDF Update of ISOC - Noelle Francesca de Guzman PDF IGFSA - Joyce Chen PDF	Segment 3: Members' Presentations (1 hour 30 mins)
18:00 - 18:30	Group Discussion: Future of AP* Retreat (including Secretariat updates)	Alban and Yien Chyn (any further communications with core group post-meeting coordinated by Secretariat) Note: Secretariat updates + group to discuss minimal membership (open/closed), format (presentations/interactive discussions), funding, co-chairs appointment etc.	Segment 4: Future of AP* Retreat (30 mins)
18:45	DINNER/SOCIAL Location:Lax Lax Restaurant, Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gbYRN4segDhxnbaT9	Meeting point: 18:45 PM at the Lobby (M World Hotel, Petaling) (Hosted by DotAsia)