{"id":3093,"date":"2015-06-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/30\/en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T01:00:00","slug":"en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/06\/30\/en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"AprIGF 2015 Macau \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"AprIGF 2015 \u30de\u30ab\u30aa \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"AprIGF 2015 \u30de\u30ab\u30aa \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 6th APrIGF met at the Macau University of Science and Technology from 29 June to 3 July 2015 (main conference 1\u20133 July), drawing 143 overseas participants from 23 economies plus some 100 local attendees across 34 sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In the year of the IGF&#39;s 10th anniversary and the WSIS+20 precursor \u2014 the WSIS+10 review \u2014 the forum debated the IGF&#39;s own survival, the IANA transition, IoT and smart-city security, and blockchain under the theme &#39;Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development&#39;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Macao 2015 pioneered the APrIGF Synthesis Document \u2014 the first attempt to distil the region&#39;s views into a single text, a practice made permanent from 2016.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>AprIGF 2015 in Macau<\/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<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"AprIGF 2015 \u30de\u30ab\u30aa \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>6th APrIGF; first held in Macao<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>29 June \u2013 3 July 2015 (pre-events 29\u201330 June; main conference 1\u20133 July)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participation detail<\/td>\n<td>143 overseas participants from 23 countries and districts, plus around 100 local (Macao) participants; 24 government representatives from 10 countries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by HNET Asia Limited (operator of MONIC, the .mo registry), co-hosted by the E-Commerce Association of Macau; APrIGF secretariat: DotAsia; supported by Macao&#39;s telecoms regulator (DSRT), tourism office and trade-promotion agency (IPIM)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>First experimental Synthesis Document; finalised on 18 August 2015 after on-site input and two public comment rounds, becoming an integral part of APrIGF from 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"AprIGF 2015 \u30de\u30ab\u30aa \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The First Synthesis Document \u2014 Distilling the Region&#39;s Voice<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: A meeting-wide experiment, with on-site and remote input plus two public comment rounds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first Synthesis Document set out to record items of common regional interest; after on-site and remote comments and two public comment periods, the final text was released on 18 August 2015 [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<li>The experiment became an integral part of APrIGF programming from 2016, giving the region a written channel into the global IGF and WSIS review processes [1][3][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The IGF at Ten \u2014 Facing the WSIS+10 Verdict<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: MSG chair&#39;s message and the workshop &#39;From Periphery to Core: Towards an Asia-Pacific Agenda for the WSIS+10 Review&#39;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;In that 10 years, the Internet itself has grown from 1 billion users to over 3 billion today; it has grown from being a &#39;fact of life&#39; in 2005, to a &#39;necessity of life&#39; in 2015, for nearly 50% of the world&#39;s population&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Paul Wilson (Director General of APNIC; MSG Chair \u2014 welcome message in the conference report)<\/strong> [1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;It would be a huge shame, 10 years after the recognition of Internet Governance as a multistakeholder process, for a closed process to determine its fate or to reshape its form&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Paul Wilson (ibid.)<\/strong> [1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>With the UN General Assembly due to decide the IGF&#39;s mandate at the end of 2015, reaffirming the forum&#39;s value was an explicit goal of the meeting [1]<\/li>\n<li>The &#39;From Periphery to Core&#39; workshop worked on a distinctly Asia-Pacific agenda for the WSIS+10 review [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. IoT and Smart Cities \u2014 More Connections, More Attack Surfaces<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Cybersecurity &amp; Trust track: &#39;Information Security and Privacy in the IoT Era&#39;, &#39;Smart Cities in Asia and the Deployment of Big Data&#39;, and more<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sessions warned that IoT devices built for functionality rather than security create sprawling attack surfaces \u2014 from heart monitors to a city&#39;s electrical systems \u2014 and can be conscripted into botnets [1]<\/li>\n<li>On smart cities, panellists asked what the sensors actually collect, whether the data is anonymised and securely stored, and whether citizens can opt out of being tracked [1]<\/li>\n<li>Active surveillance was documented too: legislative creep towards mass surveillance in Pakistan and commercial spyware being sold across the region [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Blockchain and the Manila Principles \u2014 New Shapes of Trust<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Internet economy track: &#39;Building an Internet for Trust on a Trustless Internet&#39; and &#39;The Manila Principles on Intermediary Liability&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Panels framed blockchain as an accounting revolution and smart contracts atop it as a trust revolution \u2014 a shift from state-backed centralised trust to decentralised trust, with potential to interconnect 25 Asian markets [1]<\/li>\n<li>The freshly launched Manila Principles on intermediary liability were presented \u2014 designed, panellists stressed, to protect end users&#39; free expression rather than the intermediaries themselves \u2014 drawing on cases from Korea, India, Hong Kong and China [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. Macao&#39;s First Time \u2014 a Meeting Driven by the .mo Registry<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Opening ceremony (1 July, 11:00, N Hall, Macau University of Science and Technology) and closing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HNET Asia, operator of the .mo registry MONIC, hosted with backing from Macao&#39;s telecoms regulator, tourism office and trade-promotion agency; Bangladesh&#39;s information minister Hasanul Haq Inu and Thailand&#39;s ICANN GAC vice-chair Wanawit Akhuputra spoke at the opening [1][5]<\/li>\n<li>Local outlets such as Macao Daily News covered the forum, which ran back-to-back with the CommuniMacao expo \u2014 a whole-territory effort by the small SAR [1][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What was new this time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The Synthesis Document \u2014 a first attempt to distil the whole meeting into one written statement of regional views. After public comment it was finalised that August, and it became a permanent APrIGF fixture from 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the biggest worry?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The IGF&#39;s own survival. The UN&#39;s WSIS+10 review would decide its mandate at year&#39;s end, and the forum urged that no closed process should determine its fate. The mandate was ultimately renewed for ten years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The IoT and smart-city warnings sounded here \u2014 insecure devices, botnets, sensors tracking citizens \u2014 read like a preview of today&#39;s connected-device rules, and the Manila Principles still anchor debates on platform takedowns and free expression.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is AprIGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-aprigf-2015-macau-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"AprIGF 2015 \u30de\u30ab\u30aa \u2014 About AprIGF\"><\/p>\n<p>AprIGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2015 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ap.rigf.asia\/documents\/reports\/Conference_Report_APrIGF_2015_Macao.pdf\">Conference Report \u2014 APrIGF Macao 2015\uff08\u5927\u4f1a\u5831\u544a\u66f8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 APrIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08DotAsia\uff09\u30fbHNET Asia (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ap.rigf.asia\/events\/\">APrIGF \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08\u904e\u53bb\u5927\u4f1a\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 APrIGF (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ap.rigf.asia\/news\/2015\/synthesis-document-released.html\">Final Synthesis Document is Out!\uff08\u6700\u7d42\u7d71\u5408\u6587\u66f8\u306e\u516c\u958b\u544a\u77e5\u30012015\u5e748\u670818\u65e5\uff09<\/a> \u2014 APrIGF (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aprigf.asia\/news\/2019\/aprigf-2019-synthesis-document.html\">2019 APrIGF Synthesis Document Process Announcement\uff08\u7d71\u5408\u6587\u66f8\u304c2015\u5e74\u306b\u59cb\u307e\u3063\u305f\u7d4c\u7def\u306b\u8a00\u53ca\uff09<\/a> \u2014 APrIGF (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aprigf.asia\/news\/2014\/call_workshops_macau.html\">Call for Workshop Proposals \u2014 APrIGF 2015 Macau\uff08\u958b\u50ac\u6c7a\u5b9a\u544a\u77e5\uff09<\/a> \u2014 APrIGF (accessed 2026-07-10)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 30 June 2015, 09:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 10 July 2026, 23:16 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 6th APrIGF met at the Macau University of Science and Technology from 29 June to 3 July 2015 (main conference 1\u20133 July), drawing 143 ove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,11],"tags":[163,314,161,160,162,164],"class_list":["post-3093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aprigf","category-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-aprigf2015","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}