Dear APRALO Colleague, Just to share the news that APrIGF is now opening call for workshop proposals. Look forward to your submission there. Thanks Yannis ---------------------- Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum APrIGF Vanuatu 2018 13 Aug - 16 Aug 2018 Vanuatu National Convention Centre, Port Vila Open Call for Workshop Proposals/Tutorials for Capacity Building Day Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is one of the key regional initiatives on Internet governance which provides an open platform for multi-stakeholders to discuss and identify issues and priorities, and ultimately advances the development of Internet governance in the Asia Pacific region as well as bring forward and contribute to the wider global Internet community. The 2018 meeting will be held in Port Vila hosted by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and Telecommunication and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR) of Vanuatu. Our Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group(MSG) now would like to call upon the community to contribute to the program development process and suggest any tutorials or workshop proposals for 2018 with the overarching theme “Empowering the Communities in Asia Pacific to build an Affordable, Inclusive, Open and Secure Internet”. More information about the sub-themes can be found at http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/aprigf-2018-themes-finalized.html <http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/aprigf-2018-themes-finalized.html>. Online Submission Form: http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/how-to-submit-a-workshop.html <http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/how-to-submit-a-workshop.html> Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: 18 Mar 2017 (Sun), 24:00 UTC **Kindly read through the online submission guide before you submit a proposal! If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat at sec@aprigf.asia <mailto:sec@aprigf.asia>. 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 <mailto:discuss@aprigf.asia> by sending in subscription request to the secretariat. We also welcome any Internet-related organisation to become a sponsor. Please contact sec@aprigf.asia <mailto:sec@aprigf.asia> for more information. Best Regards, Secretariat of APrIGF http://www.aprigf.asia <http://www.aprigf.asia/>