Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum APrIGF Vanuatu 2018 13 Aug - 16 Aug Iririki Island Resort, Port Vila http://2018.aprigf.asia <http://2018.aprigf.asia/> Empowering the Communities in Asia Pacific to build an Affordable, Inclusive, Open and Secure Internet Hosted by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and Telecommunication and Radiocommunications Regulator (TRR) of Vanuatu, APrIGF 2018 meeting is happening now at Iririki Island Resort in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The official opening will begin tomorrow (14 Aug) at 09:00am local time (UTC+11) by the Honourable Prime Minister of Vanuatu followed by the ICT Day Plenary session Theme: Challenges and Opportunities of connectivity in Pacific small islands States. Hon. Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Hon. Charlot Salwai Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, Dr. Vinton G Cerf Deputy Ambassador for Cyber Affairs of Australia, Ms. Johanna Weaver Vice Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Samoa, Hon. Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi (MP) Pacific Representative from Multi-stakeholder Adivsory Group (MAG) of IGF 2018, MsSalanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro For the full program of the week, go to http://aprigf.vu/agenda/ <http://aprigf.vu/agenda/>. Remote Participation is available for those who cannot join us physically. Visit http://aprigf.vu/archive/ <http://aprigf.vu/archive/> for more details. The Synthesis Document 2018 Draft 0 is opened now. Comment at https://comment.aprigf.asia <https://comment.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. Follow up also on social media and hashtag with #APrIGF2018! Best Regards, Secretariat of APrIGF http://aprigf.asia <http://aprigf.asia/>