| APrIGF 2022 Session Proposal Submission Form | |||||||||||
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| Part 1 - Lead Organizer | |||||||||||
| Contact Person | |||||||||||
| Mrs. Arevik Martirosyan | |||||||||||
| Organization / Affiliation (Please state "Individual" if appropriate) * | |||||||||||
| School of International Information Security (Institute of Contemporary International Studies, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian MFA) | |||||||||||
| Designation | |||||||||||
| PhD student at Diplomatic Academy of the Russian MFA | |||||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Female | |||||||||||
| Economy of Residence | |||||||||||
| Russia | |||||||||||
| Primary Stakeholder Group | |||||||||||
| Youth / Students | |||||||||||
| Part 2 - Session Proposal | |||||||||||
| Session Title | |||||||||||
| Youth Initiatives in Russia : the School of International Information Security experience | |||||||||||
| Session Format | |||||||||||
| Showcase | |||||||||||
| Where do you plan to organize your session? | |||||||||||
| Online only (with onsite facilitator who will help with questions or comments from the floor) | |||||||||||
| Specific Issues for Discussion | |||||||||||
| The School of International Information Security (hereinafter the “IIS School”) is a youth scientific and analytical platform created on the basis of the Institute of Contemporary International Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Council of Young Scientists of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for an inclusive discussion and exchange of views, positions and assessments, development of strategies for a comprehensive solution to problems of international information security, formation of Track II – Youth Diplomacy on IIS and IG issues by Russian and foreign young scientists, international experts and practitioners, Russian and international academic and research institutes. To pursue its declared goals the IIS School is actively participating in the development of scientific discourse on the OEWG topics by creating a scientific and educational platform on Information Security issues and, as a matter of fact, interacting with state and non-state institutions, IT companies, scientific and technical community on the topic of the IIS. By doing so, IIS School is also engaged in popularization of the relevant ICT issues. The School, functioning little more than a year, already managed to organize and participate in 19 different forums, lectures, seminars and round-tables. Furthermore, the IIS School team, which includes people from CIS region, participated and stated its development prospects at OEWG ICT (2021-2025) Virtual, informal dialogue with stakeholders. For the moment, the main participants of the School events are Russian experts and the interested youth from different parts of world. In spite of this fact, the IIS School is willing to expand its partnership contacts even more by engaging with different multistakeholder groups from various countries and regions. |
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| Describe the Relevance of Your Session to APrIGF | |||||||||||
| The School of International Information Security is working on the issue of how can all interested stakeholders work together to assure inextinguishable exchange of views and ideas on the issues concerning ICT and IG. The project is constantly working on establishing mutual cooperation and opinion exchange on the relevant matters, it is keen on sharing its recent Internet governance activities. Furthermore, the School hopes to seek engagement or collaboration within the Asia Pacific Community. IIS School is actively promoting various stakeholders' engagement, especially between government and non-government sectors, to support the multistakeholder approach. The School believes that its endeavor should not be limited only to Russia and CIS region. By presenting itself to AprIGF community, the IIS School anticipates expanding its network of contact which shares its visions and aspiration. The endgame of such a network is to organize joint events and to work on joint projects. | |||||||||||
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| Moderators & Speakers Info (Please complete where possible) | |||||||||||
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| Please explain the rationale for choosing each of the above contributors to the session. | |||||||||||
| Arevik Martirosyan is a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary International Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the founder of The School of International Information Security. Therefore, she, like nobody else, can share the experience of youth initiatives in Information security. Arevik is a participant and a speaker of substantive session of the OEWG within the framework of inter-sessional consultations with the non-governmental sector. Additionally, Arevik has high leadership qualities, extensive experience in moderating discussions, including on youth initiatives issues, has conducted more than 40 public lectures on various subjects withing the Information Security and Internet Governance theme. |
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| Please declare if you have any potential conflict of interest with the Program Committee 2022. | |||||||||||
| No | |||||||||||
| Are you or other session contributors planning to apply for the APrIGF Fellowship Program 2022? | |||||||||||
| Yes | |||||||||||
| Number of Attendees (Please fill in numbers) | |||||||||||
| Consent | |||||||||||
 I agree that my data can be submitted to forms.for.asia and processed by APrIGF organizers for the program selection of APrIGF 2022. |
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