{"id":2363,"date":"2010-06-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2010\/06\/15\/en-aprigf-2010-hongkong-overview\/"},"modified":"2010-06-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T01:00:00","slug":"en-aprigf-2010-hongkong-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2010\/06\/15\/en-aprigf-2010-hongkong-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"AprIGF 2010 Hong Kong \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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  1. On 14\u201318 June 2010 at Cyberport in Hong Kong, the Asia Pacific held its first regional IGF: a roundtable, the Hong Kong IGF Conference and a Youth IGF Camp drew some 400 participants from over 20 economies.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Sessions covered cybersecurity, an open internet culture, the digital divide, critical internet resources (the IPv6 transition) and internationalised domain names; the outputs went to the global IGF in Vilnius that September, where all three proposed workshops were accepted.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The meeting launched the region's internet-governance dialogue \u2014 and the template of an annual forum rotating among Asia Pacific cities, with youth involved from day one, was set here.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on AprIGF 2010 in Hong Kong<\/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
    Dates<\/td>\n14\u201318 June 2010 (APrIGF Roundtable 14\u201316 June; Hong Kong IGF Conference 17\u201318 June; Youth IGF Camp 12\u201314 June)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nCyberport, Hong Kong (Roundtable in Function Rooms 1\u20133, Level 3, Cyberport 3); Youth IGF Camp in Sai Kung<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n400 (Approx. 400 unique participants across the three events (organiser's self-evaluation report): Roundtable ~200, Hong Kong IGF Conference ~250, Youth IGF Camp 51 students (68 incl. facilitators and guests); attendees from over 20 economies)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Significance<\/td>\nThe first regional IGF ever convened in the Asia Pacific (inaugural APrIGF), and the first regional IGF to include youth participation from its inception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nDotAsia Organisation (secretariat), with hosting organisations incl. APNIC, APTLD, ISOC Hong Kong, HKCSS, HKFYG, Freedom House and iProA; the Hong Kong Government's OGCIO served as advisor and funder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nFindings and recommendations fed into IGF 2010 in Vilnius (14\u201317 September); all three workshops proposed by the APrIGF team were accepted onto the global IGF agenda<\/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. Birth of the Asia Pacific's First Regional IGF \u2014 Bringing 'Soft Governance' to Asia<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening remarks and "Introduction: Setting the Scene" (15 June, 9:30\u201310:45, moderated by Prof. Ang Peng-Hwa, NTU)<\/p>\n

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    "It's a pleasure to welcome so many people, I think from 25 different economies and countries, coming to this first Asia Pacific regional IGF"
    \n\u2014 Jeremy Godfrey (Government CIO, Hong Kong)<\/strong> [1][6]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    "It is based on a soft governance approach that can shape public opinion and decision making"
    \n\u2014 Markus Kummer (IGF Executive Coordinator)<\/strong> [1][6]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n