Date: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Time: 06:00 - 07:30 UTC (for the time in various time zones click here)
How do I participate in this meeting?
English Conference ID = 1638
Zoom Registration: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvf-Gopz8tGNLLsjlQIKBdUYG7UMeWfusX
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Recording: EN
Zoom Recording: EN
Transcript: EN
Chat: EN
Dial-out Participants:
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Apologies: Maureen Hilyard
Staff: Gisella Gruber, Yeşim Sağlam
Call Management: Yeşim Sağlam
You are invited to participate in the interactive APRALO ICANN79 Readout organized by the APRALO Policy Forum on Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 06:00 UTC for 90 mins, featuring At-Large, GAC, GNSO, and ccNSO panelists as well as an ICANN79 Fellow, all from the APAC region.
Panelists will discuss their respective key takeaways from ICANN79 and participants are welcomed to join in the conversation aimed at identifying where and how end-users may play a role in any next steps to each of those takeaways.
Moderator:
Amrita Choudhury, APRALO Chair, based in India
Panelists:
Aris Ignacio, APRALO, based in Philippines
Manju Chen, GNSO Councilor representing NCSG, based in Taiwan
Pranav Bhaskar Twari, ICANN79 Fellow, based in India
Dr Shamsuzzoha, representing GAC Bangladesh, based in Bangladesh
Russell Deka T Harada, ccNSO, based in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Agenda
Roll call - Staff (2 mins)
Welcome & Introduction – Amrita Choudhury (3 mins)
Let's chat! - Three rounds of Q&A with panelists, including audience participation (80 min)
What are one or two of your takeaways from ICANN79?
What do you see as the next steps to those takeaways, and/or how would you progress them before ICANN80?
How do you see individual end-users playing a role in those next steps?
Sum Up: Next Steps for APRALO - Amrita Choudhury (5 min)
Close
Panelists & Moderator Profiles
| Aris Ignacio |
| Manju Chen is a manager at NIIEPA. She provides analysis and counseling advice regarding Internet Governance, cybersecurity, and IT policies and regulations to clients from both private and public sectors. In addition, she engages with the local Internet community in Taiwan by translating hard tech articles into easy reads, hosting events and capacity-building workshops, and participating in local Internet Governance discussions. Manju is currently representing the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) in the GNSO Council. She chairs the GNSO Council Committee for Overseeing and Implementing Continuous Improvement (CCOICI) and is the Council liaison to the EPDP on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) Working Group. |
| Pranav Bhaskar Tiwari is an ICANN79 Fellow hailing from India. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at The Dialogue, actively contributing to their work on telecom, intermediary liability, and online gaming. As a lawyer with specialized training in Intellectual Property and Technology Laws, Pranav also holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe credential. Pranav’s career is further distinguished by his extensive engagement with stakeholders in the tech policy arena and his sustained involvement in global technology leadership training fellowships at institutions such as the Internet Society, the University of Chicago and now ICANN. He specializes in research-based advocacy, focusing on critical areas like cybersecurity, online safety, data protection, and the implications of emerging technologies. |
| Dr. Shamsuzzoha is the GAC representative from Bangladesh and has been actively involved in ICANN issues for the last 4 years. He is a telecommunication engineer by profession and a telecom policy expert. Currently, Dr Shamsuzzoha is acting as the Deputy Director in the Engineering & Operations Division of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). He has significant contributions in developing several telecom and internet-related policies in Bangladesh over the last 15 years. Recently he has led the formulation and issuance of the administrative and management guidelines for the ccTLDs of Bangladesh. |
| Russell Deka T Harada is currently working as Director, ICTS, PNG University of Technology, and is ccTLD (.PG) Manager. Living in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for 27 years but born in Japan. He has spent most of his professional life on ICT in Education in PNG. He is ccNSO News session presenter. |
| Amrita Choudhury is the Chair of APRALO. She is the Director of Cybercafe Association CCAOI, a non-profit organization founded in 2008 which focuses on the promotion of the Internet throughout India, working with the wide spectrum of stakeholders such as ISPs, access facilities, end users, and policy creators. Besides being involved in promoting digital literacy in regional languages in India, she is actively involved in building capacity in South Asia and bringing more stakeholders into the discussion on Internet Governance. She is the treasurer of Internet Society India Delhi Chapter. |
