| APrIGF 2024 Session Proposal Submission Form | |||||||||
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| Part 1 - Lead Organizer | |||||||||
| Contact Person | |||||||||
| Prof. Yachi Chiang | |||||||||
| Organization / Affiliation (Please state "Individual" if appropriate) * | |||||||||
| National Taiwan Ocean University | |||||||||
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| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | |||||||||
| Economy of Residence | |||||||||
| Taiwan | |||||||||
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| Academia | |||||||||
| List Your Organizing Partners (if any) | |||||||||
| Charles Mok, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University, <cpmok@stanford.edu>. | |||||||||
| Part 2 - Session Proposal | |||||||||
| Session Title | |||||||||
| Strengthening the Digital Resilience of Taiwan : with Special Reference to Undersea Cables | |||||||||
| Session Format | |||||||||
| Panel Discussion (60 minutes) | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| At present, 300 submarine cables worldwide bear 99% of the global data traffic. In other words, any disruption to these cables would result in a global network outage. Particularly for Taiwan, surrounded by seas on all sides, its external transportation and trade heavily rely on maritime areas, making submarine cables the lifeline connecting Taiwan to the world.Although the objective data suggests the paramount importance of submarine cables, people tend to ignore the significance of these cables when they lie silently at the bottom of deep sea. It is sometimes frightening to think of how easily we forget their inherent fragility and constant susceptibility to risks. Whether viewed from the micro perspective of individual digital lives or the macro perspective of Taiwan as a key node in the global network, the security of submarine cables is a fundamental test of digital resilience. It is not surprising that many reports from think tanks have repeatedly pointed out that in the event of a conflict across Taiwan Strait, submarine cables and landing stations are likely to be the primary targets of initial attacks. Due to the crucial importance of this issue to Taiwan and the stability of Asia-Pacific region, I am writing this proposal for the committee's consideration : this panel is intended to have discussants from across Asian and Pacific countries , despite the theme topic is the undersea cable in Taiwan, the whole discussion would be put into a wider regional perspective. In short, if we consider the digital resilience of Taiwan as part of the foundation of the Asia-Pacific stability, it is necessary to examine the issue through a regional/international lense and that is the main purpose of this proposal. |
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| Describe the Relevance of Your Session to APrIGF | |||||||||
| this panel is intended to have discussants from across Asian and Pacific countries , despite the theme topic would be the undersea cable security of Taiwan, the whole discussion would be put into a wider regional perspective. In short, if we consider the digital resilience of Taiwan as part of the foundation of the Asia-Pacific stability, it is necessary to examine the issue through a regional/international lense and that is the main purpose of this proposal. | |||||||||
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| Please explain the rationale for choosing each of the above contributors to the session. | |||||||||
| Moderator Yachi Chiang: the editor and one of the authors of the booklet: Maritime Nation Digital Resilience Series - Submarine Cable Intrusions by the CCP: Highlighting the Strategic Security of Key Digital Infrastructure. Speaker 1 Charles Mok: Internatoinally reknowned cyper policy expert who has links across government sector, technology communities and civil groups particularly in the Asia-Pacific resgion. . Speaker 2 Lucio Blanco Pitlo III: foreign affairs and security analyst with deep grounding on the Asia-Pacific Speaker 3: to be confirmed: ideally would be someone from Japan or Australia. I hope to have all the discussants confirmed by the end of April. |
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| Please declare if you have any potential conflict of interest with the Program Committee 2024. | |||||||||
| No | |||||||||
| Are you or other session contributors planning to apply for the APrIGF Fellowship Program 2024? | |||||||||
| No | |||||||||
| Number of Attendees (Please fill in numbers) | |||||||||
| Gender Balance in Moderators/Speakers (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 2024. |
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