Founding Event of Asia Pacific Internet Leadership Program Succeeded in Beijing
The founding APILP organized by the Institute for Internet Policy & Law of Beijing Normal University was held in Beijing on July 6-8, 2011. Program Director and Chair of Faculty Board is Dr. Prof. Hong Xue, Director of Institute for Internet Policy & Law, Beijing Normal University.
Asia Pacific Internet Leadership Program (APILP) is the very first multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder capacity building project on Internet Governance in Asia Pacific. The Founding Event was successfully held in Beijing. A group of distinguished experts from academia, governance organizations, technical community and judiciary in Asia Pacific constituted the faculty board. 20 fellows from a variety of stakeholder groups joined the event. As the Faculty Chair, Prof. Xue, stated at the Opening Ceremony, APILP features 3 keywords as Internet, Governance and Asia Pacific and is becoming a research/learning center on Internet governance issues for this Region. The core members of the Faculty Board and the leading scholars from Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan Economy unanimously agree to continue the project. Next year the event will be hosted by India NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad.
Academic Faculty Board for founding APILP
Dr. Prof. Hong Xue, APILP Faculty Chair, Director of Institute for Internet Policy & Law, Beijing Normal University, China
Prof. Ang Peng Hwa, Director, Singapore Internet Research Centre; Acting Head, Division of Journalism and Publishing, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
Ms. Bonnie Chun, HKIRC, Hong Kong SAR China
Mr. Champika Wijayatunga, Training Manager, APNIC
Ms. Christine Runnegar, ISOC, Switzerland
Prof. Izumi Aizu, Senior Research Fellow & Professor at Institute for InfoSocinomics, Tama University , Japan
Mr. Kuo-wei Wu, Director of Board, ICANN, USA
Prof. Vivekanandan, Ministry of HRD IP Chair Professor, NALSAR University of Law, India
Scientific program :
Day 1: Wednesday July 6, 2011
8:30-9:30 Registration
9:30-12:30 Opening and Orientation
Introduction to Internet governance—An Asia-Pacific Prospective
Lectures and discussions will focus on general issues and principles of Internet governance and current policy and legal framework. Historical review and stocktaking will analyze and assess the principles of openness, access, diversity and security. Lecturers and discussions will specifically address the concerns and priorities of Asia-Pacific Region.
9:30-10:30 Welcoming Addresses (Video 1)
Faculty Chair: Prof. Hong Xue, Director of IIIPL, Beijing Normal University
Speakers:
Prof. Bingzhi Zhao, Dean of Law School, Beijing Normal University
Pof. Qiheng Hu, President of Internet Society of China
Prof. Xiangyang Huang, General Director of CNNIC
Prof. Xianqiang Tang, Deputy General Director of CONAC
10:30-10:40 Break
10:40-11:10 Participants’ Networking
11:10-12:30 Keynote Speeches (Video 2)
Prof. Peng Hwa Ang, Director of Singapore Internet Research Center, Nanyang Technology University
Prof. Izumi Aizu, Japan Tama University, Co-Coordinator of Internet Governance Caucus
12:30-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-17:30 Internet Technology and Infrastructure: Training by APNIC (Video 3)
This session will elaborate on how Internet works, what are the organizations that coordinate its addressing system, how these organizations relate to each other in an ecosystem and how decisions are being made by the Internet community.
Chair: Mr. Champika Wijayatunga, Training Manager, APNIC
Speakers:
Dr. Shuo Shen, Deputy Director of Development and Research Center, CNNIC
Mr. Champika Wijayatunga, Training Manager, APNIC
18:00 Social Dinner Sponsored by APNIC
Day 2: Thursday, July 7, 2011
9:00-12:00 Managing Critical Internet Resources
Lectures and forum discussion will examine the current regime of management of critical Internet resources, particularly ICANN domain name policies that have significant impact on diversity, access and security.
9:00-10:00 Issues in New gTLDs (Video 4)
Chair: Prof. Kuowei Wu, Member of ICANN Board of Directors
Showcase of ICANN Video on New gTLD Program
Discussants:
HKIRC, CNNIC, CONAC, .Asia, .Telnet, JPNIC, Zodiacs
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-12:00 Comparative study of registration management (Video 5)
Issues: IDNs, vertical Integration, trademark measures, supporting developing countries, whois accuracy, illegal contents
Chair: Mr. Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia and Member of ALAC
Speakers:
Ms. Bonnie Chun, HKIRC
Dr. Shuo Shen, Deputy Director of Development and Research Center, CNNIC
Mr. Yang Yu, Director of Legal and International Affairs, CONAC
Mr. Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia and Member of ALAC
Ms. Lucy Wang, General Manager, .Telnet
Mr. James Seng, CEO of Zodiac and Member of ALAC
12:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-17:00 Critical Legal Issues in Internet Governance
Lecturers will address a variety of legal issues, such as alternative dispute resolution to domain name disputes and intermediary liability of Internet service providers.
14:00-14:45 ADR and Data Protection (Video 6)
Chair: Ms. Christine Runnegar, Senior Manager of Public Policy, ISOC
Speakers:
Ms. Christine Runnegar, Senior Manager of Public Policy, ISOC
Dr. Hu Li, Deputy Secretary General, CIETAC
Mr. Fanwu Wang, Chief Judge of Civil Tribunal, Beijing 2nd Intermediate People’s Court
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-17:00 Copyright on the Internet (Video 7)
Chair: Prof. Hong Xue, Director of IIIPL, Beijing Normal University
Speakers:
Dr. Dongchuan Luo, Director of Research Division, Supreme People’s Court
Ms. Hong Ge, Judge of Intellectual Property Tribunal, Beijing 2nd Intermediate People’s Court
Ms. Xiurong Ma, Judge of Intellectual Property Tribunal, Supreme People’s Court
Prof.V.C. Vivekanandan Director of Global Internet Governance & Advocacy, Ministry of HRD IP Chair Professor, India NALSAR University of Law
17:00 Conclusion (certificate issuance)
18:00 Social Dinner Sponsored by DotAsia
Day 3: Friday July 8, 2011
9:00-12:00 Faculty Board Meeting (for speakers only)
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-18:00 Tour to Great Wall (for speakers only)
Background
“Internet governance is the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.” -Paragraph 34, WSIS Tunis Agenda
Asia Pacific has more than a half of world population. The Internet penetration in the Regional is growing rapidly. By the end of 2010, almost a half of world Internet users will be in Asia Pacific. Governance issues, such as Critical Internet Resources, Security and Stability, privacy, e-commerce, cyber-crime, network neutrality, dispute resolution, Internet of things, etc., are critically defining the development of this region. However, Asia-Pacific’s multi-stakeholder participation in the global Internet governance is considerably underdeveloped. Technical community and civil society in Asia-Pacific Region is particularly underrepresented and inarticulate in most global arenas on Internet governance. ASIA-PACIFIC INTERNET LEADERSHIP PROJECT (APILP) wishes to enhance regional capacity on policy-making and process-building for global governance of the Internet.
Given the tremendous diversity in languages, cultures, eco-social status in this Region, a systematic, informative and insightful training program will meet the pressing need of the Regional. Asia-Pacific Internet Leadership Program (APILP) will provide a unique opportunity for the Asia-Pacific participants from various stakeholder groups who have actively involved in Internet governance activities. We invite technical and management community (such ccTLD managers, gTLD registries, registrars), governmental officials, civil society leaders and Internet entrepreneurs to become the fellows. APILP will provides Internet policy training or brainstorming for current or future leaders of Asia-Pacific Region.
Sponsors for Beijing Event
CNNIC
CONAC
APNIC
DotAsia
Singapore Internet Research Centre
