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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fourth APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat: "Let’s Talk About Internet Fragmentation”</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday, 07 December 2023 at 06:00 UTC</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">PLEASE REGISTER TO JOIN AND SHARE THIS INVITATION WITH ALL!</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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Dear All,<br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">You are invited to participate the
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">fourth
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">APRALO Policy Forum Fireside Chat: "<i>Let's Talk About Internet Fragmentation</i>"</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">
on <b>Thursday</b></span><b><span lang="TR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white"> 07 December 2023
at 06:00 UTC</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white"> for 60 minutes, where
<b>Justine Chew</b>, APRALO Policy Forum</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white"> will be chatting
with her guest, <b>Jia-Rong Low, ICANN Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director - Asia Pacific</b>. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Join us to learn about how Internet
Fragmentation impacts us as Internet end-users, and share your points of view on this topic with us then.</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D;background:white">Internet Fragmentation continues to be a significant concern within Internet Governance spaces and a hot topic of discourse around the world.
In Oct 2023, the Internet Governance community turned up in force in Japan for IGF 2023 Kyoto hosted by the United Nations, to discuss the topic through one of 8 themes: "<i>Avoiding Internet Fragmentation.</i>" </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><a href="https://dig.watch/"><span style="color:#0052CC">Digwatch</span></a>, wrote in its report on IGF 2023, that, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040">"<i>Internet
fragmentation would pose significant challenges to the global and interconnected nature of the internet. It would hinder communication, stifle innovation, and undermine the intended functioning of the internet</i>", citing geopolitical tensions, misinformation,
and digital protectionism as escalating threats pressuring the reshaping internet governance, potentially compromising the openness of the Internet<i>.</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#172B4D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What does Internet Fragmentation mean and how does it impact individual end-users?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What are some of the dimensions of fragmentation and who are some of the key infrastructural players in those dimensions?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#172B4D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What role does ICANN have or wish to have, as a multi-stakeholder model, in addressing Internet Fragmentation risks, given its "One World, One Internet" goal, and how can the At-Large Community support
ICANN's endeavour?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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