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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. On 17\u201320 September 2021 the 12th yIGF ran fully online for a second straight year: 135 registrations from 19 territories, 83 completions \u2014 56 of them women and 2 non-binary, a high-water mark for the series' diversity push.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Two panels and two collaborative sessions with 21 guest speakers tackled reliance on the internet in the new normal, the geopolitics and environmental cost of internet hardware, and whether cryptocurrency is harming the planet \u2014 distilled into youth statements feeding the APrIGF 2021 hybrid meeting hosted from Kathmandu in late September.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Putting the environmental footprint of digital infrastructure and crypto's energy hunger on a youth agenda was ahead of its time; Vietnam's largest registration bloc confirmed the rise of its youth community first signalled at Vladivostok in 2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Asia Pacific yIGF 2021 Virtual Camp<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nAsia Pacific yIGF 2021 Virtual Camp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n12th edition of the series and its second consecutive virtual outing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n17\u201320 September 2021, a fully virtual 4-day camp; the parent APrIGF 2021 (hybrid, hosted from Kathmandu, Nepal) followed on 27\u201330 September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nOnline \u2014 a 4-day virtual meeting with a series of virtual social meet-ups<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n83 (Of 135 registrations from 19 territories, 83 youth completed the programme (78% attendance): 56 female, 25 male, 2 non-binary; 70% Southeast Asia and 20% Southern Asia, with Vietnam's 76 registrations the largest bloc (official report\/organiser))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n4 (Two discussion panels plus two collaborative sessions with 21 guest speakers, using multilingual speakers\/facilitators and interactive games)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nOrganised and facilitated by NetMission.Asia, designed to bridge participants with the APrIGF 2021 community and MSG members<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nPublished a report containing the Day-1 idea-wall records, expert meet-up summaries, and youth statements on topics 1 and 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Dependence in the New Normal \u2014 Interrogating Life Lived Entirely Online<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Panel: 'Consumers' reliance on Internet & technology: Living the new normal'<\/p>\n