Dear members of APRALO Please take note of the following *Call for Workshops & Themes* *Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum* *APrIGF 2013, Seoul, South Korea* *4-6 September 2013* *www.aprigf.asia* <http://www.aprigf.asia/> * * Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) has been held annually since 2010. The Forum serves as a platform for aggregating IGF related discussions and collaborations at the regional level, and ultimately advances the development of Internet governance in the Asia Pacific. APrIGF 2013 will be hosted by Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA) and supported by the local secretariat Korea Internet Security Agency (KISA) and APrIGF secretariat DotAsia Organisation respectively. The APrIGF Program Committee calls for your participation in developing the Forum agenda in an open process by submitting your topics of interest and workshop proposals. We encourage all members of the Asia Pacific community to join the program development process in the following ways: *• Submit a workshop proposal* *• Comment on the proposed theme:* Towards a Better Internet: A more Secured, Convenient, Vibrant, Equivalent, and Desirable Internet *• Suggest sub-themes or topic of interests* *• Join the program committee discussions (Multi-stakeholder Steering Group)* *Each workshop will be 90 minutes with time for Q&A *and should present the proposed issue in an inclusive manner, incorporating a multi-stakeholder perspective. * * *Send your proposals of not more than 500 words with the below format to proposals@aprigf.asia.* * - Title of the Workshop - Thematic area of interest - Specific Issues of Discussions - Expected format and Target panel members - Full name and contact details of the workshop organiser The deadline for submission is May 18 (Sat) 23:59 UTC. If you are interested to follow any news and updates about APrIGF and discuss relevant issues, you may subscribe to the mailing list discuss@aprigf.asia via this link<https://mailman.dotasia.org/mailman/listinfo/rigf_discuss> . If you are interested to join the program committee of Seoul 2013 discussions (Multi-stakeholder Steering Group), please send email request to sec@aprigf.asia with a brief introduction of your expertise and represented entity. We welcome any Internet-related organisation that wishes to become a supporting organisation or sponsor. Please contact sec@aprigf.asia for more information. * *Secretariat of APrIGF* *DotAsia Organisation Ltd.*