[Sent on behalf of the APrIGF Committee] _______________________________________________________________________ Asia Pacific Regional IGF (APrIGF) in Hong Kong _______________________________________________________________________ Hi NZNOG Community, To complement and supplement the global IGF (Internet Governance Forum), a group of active participants, with the OGCIO (Office of the Government Chief Information Officer) as the advisor, have come together to organize the first Asia Pacific Regional IGF in Hong Kong. The event will consist of 3 parts: - Youth IGF Camp June 12-14, Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp - Asia Pacific Regional IGF Roundtable June 15-16, Cyberport Language: English (with real-time English transcription) - Hong Kong IGF Conference June 17-18, Cyberport Language: English (with real-time English transcription) Cantonese and Mandarin interpretation also available All 3 component events combine to become a platform for regional collaboration and, even though organized independently of the global IGF, intends to report its discussion to the global IGF in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 14-17. This adds to the significance of the APrIGF in that the ideas, recommendations, and other outputs from the event will be used as inputs for the coming global IGF meeting in September. For more information, see: http://www.rigf.asia Follow APrIGF online! --------------------- Watch the sessions online if you can't attend in person: http://webcast.rigf.asia To view a longer, HTML version of this message, see: http://www.rigf.asia/images/rigf-edm-webcast.html For more information, contact: Secretariat, Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum email: info(a)rigf.asia Kind regards, Elly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elly Tawhai email: elly(a)apnic.net Senior Internet Resource Analyst/ sip: elly(a)voip.apnic.net Liaison Officer(Pacific), APNIC phone: +61 7 3858 3188 http://www.apnic.net fax: +61 7 3858 3199 ------------------------------------------------------------------------