<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear APRALO Colleague,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just to share the news that APrIGF is now opening call for workshop proposals.</div><div class="">Look forward to your submission there. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks</div><div class="">Yannis</div><div class="">----------------------</div><div class=""><div><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><b class="" style="font-size: 23px;">Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><b class="" style="font-size: 23px;">APrIGF Vanuatu 2018</b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><b class=""><font color="#444444" size="4" class="">13 Aug - 16 Aug 2018</font></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"><font color="#444444" size="4" class=""><b class="">Vanuatu National Convention Centre, Port Vila</b></font></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font color="#232323" size="4" class="">Open Call for Workshop Proposals/Tutorials for Capacity Building Day</font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">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.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">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 </span></font><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><i class="">“Empowering the Communities in Asia Pacific to build an Affordable, Inclusive, Open and Secure Internet</i></b><font face="ArialMT" class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><i class="">”</i></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">. More information about the sub-themes can be found at </span></font><a href="http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/aprigf-2018-themes-finalized.html" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/aprigf-2018-themes-finalized.html</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Online Submission Form: </span></b><a href="http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/how-to-submit-a-workshop.html" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">http://aprigf.asia/news/2018/how-to-submit-a-workshop.html</a></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline:</b> 18 Mar 2017 (Sun), 24:00 UTC</span></div><div class=""><i class="">**Kindly r<span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">ead through the online submission guide before you submit a proposal!</span></i></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;">If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat at <a href="mailto:sec@aprigf.asia" class="">sec@aprigf.asia</a>.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><div class="" style="color: rgb(51, 50, 51); margin: 0px; font-weight: normal;">If you are interested to follow any news and updates about APrIGF and discuss relevant issues, you may subscribe to the mailing list <a href="mailto:discuss@aprigf.asia" class="">discuss@aprigf.asia</a> by sending in subscription request to the secretariat.</div><div class="" style="color: rgb(51, 50, 51); margin: 0px; font-weight: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(51, 50, 51); margin: 0px; font-weight: normal;">We also welcome any Internet-related organisation to become a sponsor. Please contact <a href="mailto:sec@aprigf.asia" class="">sec@aprigf.asia</a> for more information.</div></b></div><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-spacing: 0px;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(95, 94, 95); font-size: 14px;">Best Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(95, 94, 95); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 14px;">Secretariat of APrIGF</span></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.aprigf.asia/" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">http://www.aprigf.asia</a></div></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>