Proposal

APrIGF 2026 Session Proposal Submission Form
Part 1 - Lead Organizer
Contact Person
Mr. Anthony Lee
Email
Organization / Affiliation (Please state "Individual" if appropriate) *
Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
Designation
Director
Gender
Male
Economy of Residence
Taiwan
Stakeholder Group
Technical Community
List Your Organizing Partners (if any)
Organized by TWNIC.
Part 2 - Session Proposal
Session Title
From Local Evidence to Regional Dialogue: Trust, Inclusion, and an Open Internet in the Age of AI
Thematic Track of Your Session

  • Option

    • Primary: Future of APrIGF & Multistakeholder Ecosystem
    • Secondary: Not necessary
Session Format
Panel Discussion (60 minutes)
Where do you plan to organize your session?
Hybrid (with onsite moderator and speakers both online and offline, with online moderator for questions and comments from remote participants)
Specific Issues for Discussion
This session uses findings from the Taiwan Internet Report as a local case to open a broader Asia-Pacific discussion on trust, digital inclusion, AI literacy, and an open Internet. The evidence will serve as a starting point for comparison, not as a model to be applied unchanged across the region.
The discussion brings together stakeholder groups with different roles in Internet governance. ccTLD and local technical-community representatives will consider how language, culture, digital skills, access to assistance, and community engagement shape meaningful access, trust, and inclusion. They will also discuss what ccTLDs can reasonably contribute beyond technical operations.
Community-based gTLD representatives will examine how communities formed across territories, languages, cultures, and identities can support participation, trust, and openness, and where the limits of registry-led community work lie.
Civil society and technical public-interest representatives will address user trust, privacy, accountability, platform dependency, and meaningful choice. They will consider how responsibility should be shared among users, platforms, governments, technical organizations, and civil society.
Representatives involved in local Internet-community development and capacity building will discuss user agency, AI literacy, information verification, and the practical support users need at different stages of digital development.
The panel will compare where local experiences converge or differ and identify practical cooperation among ccTLDs, community-based gTLDs, technical organizations, civil society, and local Internet communities to strengthen trust, inclusion, and an open Internet in an AI-enabled environment.
Describe the Relevance of Your Session to APrIGF
This session turns local research evidence into a regional multistakeholder dialogue. It enables Asia Pacific communities to compare experiences, identify shared concerns, and understand differences shaped by language, culture, policy, infrastructure, and digital development.
APrIGF provides an appropriate regional platform for examining how AI is affecting trust, inclusion, information practices, and meaningful participation across different communities. The discussion considers information integrity, AI literacy, privacy, accountability, confidence in digital services, inclusive access, diverse information flows, and connections across borders and cultures.
The panel brings together different stakeholder perspectives. ccTLD representatives bring experience of local Internet communities, language, culture, access, and public-interest responsibilities. A community-based gTLD perspective adds regional experience of participation, trust, and openness. Civil society and technical public-interest perspectives address privacy, accountability, platform dependency, and user choice. Community development and capacity-building experience adds insight into user agency, AI literacy, information verification, and digital inclusion.
This structure avoids treating findings from one local context as universal. It helps identify shared patterns, context-specific differences, and responses requiring cooperation among stakeholder groups. By connecting research evidence with registry experience, public-interest perspectives, and capacity building, the session can help APrIGF move from evidence to dialogue and from dialogue to practical insight. It can also contribute to Internet governance forums more broadly through a regionally grounded discussion of trust, inclusion, and an open Internet in the age of AI.
Methodology / Agenda (Please add rows by clicking "+" on the right)
Time frame (e.g. 5 minutes, 20 minutes, should add up to the time limit of your selected session format) Description
8 minutes Opening and framing. The moderator introduces the session objective and explains that the Taiwan Internet Report will be used as a local case to open a broader regional discussion. The moderator will present selected findings, and the presentation will focus on key findings that raise broader governance questions, rather than presenting the full report.
7 minutes ccTLD perspective: A ccTLD representative will respond to the local evidence and share whether similar issues are observed in their own local Internet community. The discussion may include digital inclusion, local trust, public-interest responsibilities, user education, and the role of ccTLDs in supporting a trusted and open Internet environment.
7 minutes gTLD or community-based registry perspective: A gTLD or community-based registry representative, for example .asia, will share how a registry community may approach trust, openness, language, culture, identity, or community empowerment. This segment will explore whether registry communities can contribute to digital trust and inclusion beyond technical infrastructure operation.
21 minutes Multistakeholder from local community and civil society — trust, inclusion, and open Internet. A civil society, youth, academic, or digital literacy representative will comment on the discussion from the user and community perspective. The discussion will focus on AI literacy, information verification, privacy concerns, platform dependency, and the role of different stakeholders in supporting user agency.
12 minutes Audience interaction. The moderator will invite onsite and online participants to share experiences from their own economies or communities. Guiding questions may include: Are similar trends observed elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region? What local evidence or research exists in other communities? What role should ccTLDs, gTLDs, and technical communities play in trust, inclusion, and AI literacy? How can APrIGF support exchange among these communities?
5 minutes Wrap-up and way forward. The moderator summarizes the discussion and identifies possible messages for APrIGF and IGF. The wrap-up will emphasize the value of local evidence, community-based experience, multistakeholder cooperation, and the need to preserve a trusted, inclusive, and open Internet in the age of AI.
Moderators & Speakers Info (Please complete where possible) - (Required)

  • Moderator (Primary)

    • Name: Anthony Lee
    • Organization: Taiwan Network Information Center
    • Designation: Director
    • Gender: Male
    • Economy / Country of Residence: Taiwan
    • Stakeholder Group: Technical Community
    • Expected Presence: Online
    • Status of Confirmation: Confirmed
    • Link of Bio (URL only): https://www.igf.org.tw/twigf-2025/2025-agenda/anthony-lee/

  • Moderator (Facilitator)

    • Stakeholder Group: Select One
    • Expected Presence: Select One
    • Status of Confirmation: Select One

  • Speaker 1

    • Name: Pensri Arunwatanamongkol
    • Organization: THNIC Foundation
    • Designation: Executive Director
    • Gender: Female
    • Economy / Country of Residence: Thailand
    • Stakeholder Group: Technical Community
    • Expected Presence: Online
    • Status of Confirmation: Confirmed
    • Link of Bio (URL only): https://link.th/pensri-bio

  • Speaker 2

    • Name: Edmon Chung
    • Organization: DotAsia
    • Designation: CEO
    • Gender: Male
    • Economy / Country of Residence: Hong Kong
    • Stakeholder Group: Technical Community
    • Expected Presence: In-person
    • Status of Confirmation: Confirmed

  • Speaker 3

    • Name: Cheryl Ralda Langdon-Orr
    • Organization: Internet Australia
    • Designation: Board Chair
    • Gender: Female
    • Economy / Country of Residence: Australia
    • Stakeholder Group: Civil Society
    • Expected Presence: Online
    • Status of Confirmation: Confirmed
    • Link of Bio (URL only): https://about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr

  • Speaker 4

    • Name: Bikram Shrestha
    • Organization: Nepal Internet Foundation/Policy SIG, APNIC
    • Designation: President/Chair
    • Gender: Male
    • Economy / Country of Residence: Nepal
    • Stakeholder Group: Civil Society
    • Expected Presence: In-person
    • Status of Confirmation: Confirmed
    • Link of Bio (URL only): https://bikramshrestha.com.np/

  • Speaker 5

    • Name: Shamima Akhter
    • Organization: Bangladesh Women Internet governance Forum (BWIGF)
    • Designation: Chairperson
    • Gender: Female
    • Economy / Country of Residence: Bangladesh
    • Stakeholder Group: Civil Society
    • Expected Presence: In-person
    • Status of Confirmation: Confirmed
    • Link of Bio (URL only): https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamima-akhter-1042b7348/
Please explain the rationale for choosing each of the above contributors to the session.
The contributors are selected to ensure that the session becomes a broader multistakeholder and cross-community discussion, rather than a presentation of one local report.
TWNIC will provide the technical community and local evidence framing through the Taiwan Internet Report, covering Internet use, digital inclusion, online information behavior, AI literacy, risk perception, and public attitudes toward AI education and regulation.
A ccTLD representative will bring another local Internet community perspective on inclusion, trust, user support, and the registry’s public-interest role. A gTLD or community-based registry representative, such as .cat if available, can share how language, culture, identity, or public-interest communities support openness and trust. A civil society, youth, academic, or digital literacy representative will add a user-centered view on AI literacy, information verification, platform dependency, and digital inclusion.
Has AI been used to develop this proposal?
No
Please declare if you have any potential conflict of interest with the Program Committee 2026.
No
Are you or other session contributors planning to apply for the APrIGF Fellowship Program 2026?
No
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.
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