APAC Space

Space for the Asia Pacific (APAC) community to raise issues, share views, and coordinate activities.

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Open

APAC Space Session at ICANN84 (Dublin)

Date: 28 October 2025
Time: 09:00-10:00 IST; 09:00-10:00 UTC (Time Zone Converter)
Venue: The Convention Centre Dublin, Forum 3 Ground Floor (Secondary Ballroom)
Zoom Link: Zoom links will be published on the session page 24 hours before the start of the session. Register here

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions (2 mins), Samiran Gupta, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, APAC, ICANN

• APAC Regional Report: FY25 Highlights (10 mins), Samiran Gupta, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, APAC, ICANN

• Draft APAC Regional Plan FY26 - 30 (15 mins)

  • Samiran Gupta, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, APAC, ICANN

  • Yien Chyn Tan, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, APAC, ICANN

• “Introduction of Project Jake and its Pilot System” (5 mins)

  • Steve Crocker, President, Edgemoor Research Institute

  • Jo-Fan Yu, Managing Director, Taiwan Network Information Centre (TWNIC)

• AOB

  • ARTICLE 19 DNS Abuse Study (3 mins), Michaela Nakayama Shapiro, Programme Officer – Censorship, ARTICLE 19

• Open Community Discussion (15 mins) - Phavanhna Douangboupha, General Manager, Asia Pacific Top-Level Domain Association (APTLD)

• Group Photo and Networking (10 mins)
  
  

Questions? Write to ICANN APAC Regional Office

Additional Information

• Session Recording

• Photos

• Notes of Discussion

APAC Space Session at ICANN83 (Prague)

Open

Date: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Time: 09:00-10:00 CEST; 07:00-08:00 UTC (Time Zone Converter)
Venue: North Hall, Prague Congress Centre
Zoom Link: Zoom links will be published on the session page 24 hours before the start of the session. Register here

Agenda

• Welcome Remarks (3 mins), Samiran Gupta, VP, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director, APAC, ICANN

• ICANN Board Priorities (3 mins), Amitabh Singhal, ICANN Board Member

• IGF and WSIS+20 Review Update (7 mins), Adam Peake, Civil Society Engagement Senior Manager, ICANN & Angela Wibawa, Government and IGO Engagement Director APAC, ICANN

• Briefing on the RIR Governance Document (7 mins), Akinori Maemura, Nicole Chan & Di Ma, Address Supporting Organization Advisory Committee (ASO AC) Members

• Trusted Notifier Network in APAC (5 mins), Joy Chan, Deputy CEO of TWNIC & Vivek Goyal, COO and Co-Founder at LdotR

• Community Discussion (10 mins), Shita Laksmi, Individual Member Representative to APRALO

• Networking over Coffee & Tea + Group Photo (25 mins)
  
  

Questions? Write to ICANN APAC Regional Office

Additional Information

• Session Recording

• Notes of Discussion

APAC Space Session at ICANN82 (Seattle)

Open

Date: Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Time: 09:00 - 10:00 PDT | 16:00 - 17:00 UTC (Time Zone Converter)
Venue: Room 502
Zoom Link: Please refer to the Session Recording below under Additional Information

Agenda

• Welcome Remarks (5 mins) – Samiran Gupta, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, APAC (remote)

• Sharing of Board Priorities (5 mins) – Sajid Rahman, ICANN Board Member

• Update on Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) activities (5 mins) – Ram Mohan, SSAC Chair

• Updates from Nominating Committee (NomCom) (5 mins) – Ching Chiao, ICANN NomCom Delegate 

• APAC DNS Forum 2025 sharing (5 mins) – Yien Chyn Tan, Director, Stakeholder Engagement, APAC

• Community Discussion (10 mins) – Andrew Molivurae, Senior Internet Governance Officer, TRBR Vanuatu

• Networking over Coffee/Tea (25 mins) – Note: Group photo to be taken before networking
  
  

Questions? Write to ICANN APAC Regional Office

Additional Information

• Session Recording

• Presentation Slides

• Notes of Discussion

For past years' sessions, please refer to the archive.