| APrIGF 2026 Session Proposal Submission Form | |||||||||||
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| Part 1 - Lead Organizer | |||||||||||
| Contact Person | |||||||||||
| Mr. Irvin Chen | |||||||||||
| Organization / Affiliation (Please state "Individual" if appropriate) * | |||||||||||
| Open Culture Foundation | |||||||||||
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| Male | |||||||||||
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| Taiwan | |||||||||||
| Stakeholder Group | |||||||||||
| Civil Society | |||||||||||
| Part 2 - Session Proposal | |||||||||||
| Session Title | |||||||||||
| When Submarine Cables Go Dark: From Public Fear to Internet Governance through Open Research and Community Engagement | |||||||||||
| Thematic Track of Your Session | |||||||||||
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| Session Format | |||||||||||
| Showcase (30 minutes) | |||||||||||
| Where do you plan to organize your session? | |||||||||||
| Offsite from the venue at a local hub (with online moderator for questions and comments from remote participants) | |||||||||||
| Specific Issues for Discussion | |||||||||||
| 1. From public fear to meaningful questions Public discussions about submarine cable disruptions often stop at the simplistic assumption that "no submarine cables means no Internet." However, people rarely ask (or know to ask) the next question: What does "no Internet" actually mean in everyday life? This session explores how public concerns can be reframed into concrete, answerable questions such as "Will Google still work?", "Will my online banking still be available?", or "How many services are most likely to fail?" 2. Dealing with digital resilience questions from a web engineer's perspective This project begins with a web engineer's perspective: what does a website actually need to function? By examining the dependencies on non-local resources that websites rely on, we discuss how international connectivity disruptions affect real digital services, and how application-level evidence complements traditional infrastructure-centric resilience discussions. 3. Transforming technical evidence into public knowledge Writing code (or vibing code) and collecting data are only the first steps. This session discusses how technical evidence can be transformed into open knowledge through open-source tools, public open datasets, public reports, and SEO-friendly, user-friendly websites, making complex resilience information easy to understand, reusable, and accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences. 4. From open knowledge to community engagement and Internet governance This session also shares our lessons learned beyond publishing research outputs, and how we tried to translate technical findings into public awareness, encourage public discussions, inform policy development, and support practical Internet governance through community platforms, public events, media outreach, and multi-stakeholder engagement. |
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| Describe the Relevance of Your Session to APrIGF | |||||||||||
| This session directly addresses the theme of "Digital Resilience and Building of Trust." As a civil society initiative approaching digital resilience from outside the traditionally closed telecommunications and submarine cable infrastructure community, we start from the user's perspective and a web engineer's perspective, then build dialogue through open-source tools, public reports, websites, community platforms, media outreach, and public events. Our project not only develops a measurable Internet resilience index, but also demonstrates a complete engagement process that transforms technical evidence into public knowledge, makes submarine cable status and resilience knowledge more transparent, helps build trust through transparency and evidence-based Internet governance, and fosters broader multi-stakeholder engagement on digital resilience. |
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| Methodology / Agenda (Please add rows by clicking "+" on the right) | |||||||||||
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| Moderators & Speakers Info (Please complete where possible) - (Required) | |||||||||||
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| Please explain the rationale for choosing each of the above contributors to the session. | |||||||||||
| The presenter is the project lead and principal researcher of this Internet resilience project, leading its research, software development, website design, public reporting, and community engagement. As a web engineer and civil society open-source contributor, the presenter approaches digital resilience from outside the traditional telecommunications and submarine cable infrastructure community. This perspective enables the session to bridge technical research, public communication, and Internet governance, sharing not only the project's research findings but also practical experience in building a multi-stakeholder engagement process around digital resilience. |
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| Has AI been used to develop this proposal? | |||||||||||
| Yes | |||||||||||
| How: | |||||||||||
| AI was used to assist with English editing and language refine. The research and design and all final decisions were developed by the proposer. | |||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| 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 2026. |
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