| APrIGF 2025 Session Proposal Submission Form | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 - Lead Organizer | |||||||||||||||
| Contact Person | |||||||||||||||
| Mr. Pavel Farhan | |||||||||||||||
| Organization / Affiliation (Please state "Individual" if appropriate) * | |||||||||||||||
| The IO Foundation | |||||||||||||||
| Designation | |||||||||||||||
| Internet Governance Officer | |||||||||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||||||||
| Male | |||||||||||||||
| Economy of Residence | |||||||||||||||
| Thailand | |||||||||||||||
| Stakeholder Group | |||||||||||||||
| Civil Society | |||||||||||||||
| List Your Organizing Partners (if any) | |||||||||||||||
| Yug Desai - Doctoral Candidate in International Relations, South Asia University (Academia) Email: yugdesai508@gmail.com |
|||||||||||||||
| Part 2 - Session Proposal | |||||||||||||||
| Session Title | |||||||||||||||
| Building Rights-Centric Digital Infrastructure: A Collaborative Workshop on the Data-Centric Digital Rights (DCDR) Framework | |||||||||||||||
| Thematic Track of Your Session | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Description of Session Formats | |||||||||||||||
| Workshop (60 minutes) | |||||||||||||||
| Where do you plan to organize your session? | |||||||||||||||
| Onsite at the venue (with online moderator for questions and comments from remote participants) | |||||||||||||||
| Specific Issues for Discussion | |||||||||||||||
| This workshop addresses the critical gap between digital rights legislation and technical implementation in the Asia-Pacific region. As governments across APAC develop digital governance frameworks and technologists build increasingly sophisticated digital infrastructure, there exists a fundamental disconnect between policy intentions and technical realities. Key Issues to Explore: - The Data-Identity Paradigm Shift: How the traditional separation of users from their data fails to reflect the reality that personal data IS the digital representation of individuals themselves ("I Am My Data" principle). - Proactive Digital Rights Protection: Moving beyond reactive legal remedies to proactive technical design that prevents digital rights violations before they occur ("End Remedy" principle) - Policy-Technology Integration: The challenge of transparently implementing digital rights protections directly into technical infrastructure rather than as external compliance layers ("Rights By Design" principle) - Technologist Responsibility: Establishing the role of technologists as "Next Generation Rights Defenders" responsible for protecting citizens' digital twins - Regional Implementation Challenges: Adapting universal digital rights principles to diverse legal, cultural, and technical contexts across the Asia-Pacific region The workshop will examine how these issues manifest in real-world scenarios including data governance, platform design, AI systems, and cross-border data flows that are particularly relevant to the interconnected APAC digital ecosystem. |
|||||||||||||||
| Describe the Relevance of Your Session to APrIGF | |||||||||||||||
| This session directly addresses APrIGF's core mission of fostering inclusive, sustainable, and rights-respecting Internet governance across the Asia-Pacific region. The workshop contributes to several key APrIGF themes: - Digital Rights and Inclusion: The DCDR Framework provides practical tools for embedding human rights protections into technical infrastructure, moving beyond theoretical discussions to actionable implementation strategies. - Multi-stakeholder Collaboration: By bringing together technologists, policymakers, civil society, and academia, this workshop exemplifies the collaborative approach needed for effective Internet governance. - Capacity Building: The session builds technical and policy capacity by providing participants with concrete frameworks and methodologies they can apply in their respective contexts. - Regional Relevance: The Asia-Pacific region's diverse regulatory landscape and rapid digital transformation make it an ideal testing ground for flexible, adaptable rights-protection frameworks. Expected Outcomes: - Enhanced understanding of how to bridge the policy-technology gap in digital rights protection - Practical tools and methodologies for implementing rights-by-design approaches - Strengthened networks between technologists, policymakers, and rights advocates - Collaborative input to refine and strengthen the DCDR Framework based on regional perspectives - Actionable next steps for participants to implement DCDR principles in their work The workshop will contribute to APrIGF's synthesis document by providing concrete examples of how technical communities can operationalize digital rights principles, offering a replicable model for other regions. |
|||||||||||||||
| Methodology / Agenda (Please add rows by clicking "+" on the right) | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Moderators & Speakers Info (Please complete where possible) - (Required) | |||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
| Please explain the rationale for choosing each of the above contributors to the session. | |||||||||||||||
| Jean is the Founder and CEO of The IO Foundation, a tech nonprofit advocating for Data-Centric Digital Rights. Svetlana is an expert in public diplomacy, corporate partnerships, and ICT regulations. Specializing in digital rights and human rights impact assessments, advising on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity, underscores her significant contribution to the field of ICT policy. Sadichchha works as a Program Officer for Digital Rights Nepal, a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to the protection and promotion of digital rights. Adrian focuses on issues affecting the Internet’s openness, connectivity, trustworthiness, and security, with an emphasis on Asia-Pacific. Prapasiri is a non-profit consultant committed to driving social impact through innovative approaches in community development, social campaigning, and cutting-edge digital literacy programs. He expertise encompasses research in labor law and digital labor, gender equality, and youth rehabilitation. | |||||||||||||||
| If you need assistance to find a suitable speaker to contribute to your session, or an onsite facilitator for your online-only session, please specify your request with details of what you are looking for. | |||||||||||||||
| Not required. | |||||||||||||||
| Please declare if you have any potential conflict of interest with the Program Committee 2025. | |||||||||||||||
| No | |||||||||||||||
| Are you or other session contributors planning to apply for the APrIGF Fellowship Program 2025? | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Upon evaluation by the Program Committee, your session proposal may only be selected under the condition that you will accept the suggestion of merging with another proposal with similar topics. Please state your preference below: | |||||||||||||||
| Yes, I am willing to work with another session proposer on a suggested merger. | |||||||||||||||
| APrIGF offers live transcript in English for all sessions. Do you need any other translation support or any disability related requests for your session? APrIGF makes every effort to be a fully inclusive and accessible event, and will do the best to fulfill your needs. | |||||||||||||||
| N/A | |||||||||||||||
| 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 2025. |
|||||||||||||||