The Hong Kong Youth Internet Governance Forum (HKyIGF) is a one-day summit of capacity building on Internet governance discourse for NetMission ambassadors and alumni, university and tertiary education students, and youth that are interested in Internet-related issues, which consists of networking sessions, a workshop and a discussion session.
Date: 22 December 2021 (Wed)
Time: 19:30-21:30 Hong Kong Time/ 11:30-13:30 UTC Time
Duration: 2 hours
Venue: Zoom & Facebook live @ https://nma.asia/hkyigf
Language: English/ Cantonese
Fee: Free of charge
Eligibility:
- Undergraduate, postgraduate students or high school students (Form 4-6) in Hong Kong;
- Students or young professionals who are based or come from the Asia Pacific region aged between 18 and 35;
- Internet Governance events' alumni or fellows in the Asia Pacific region.
Registration deadline: 19 Dec 2021 (Sun)
Theme: Reimagine the future of our Internet
Nowadays, the Internet has become a part of our lives since we can practically find and do anything on the Internet. During this pandemic, the Internet has become the primary means to maintain our daily life. While technology and the Internet have encouraged more digital activities, concerns over fraud, cybercrime, security, and privacy in cyberspace are definitely rising.
As much as society enjoys the convenience of the Internet and technology, not many have enough awareness of the costs that are incurred in enjoying such convenience. As we are living in the new normal, there are certain things that we should be aware of and one of them is to protect our environment and reimagine our future together.
Key Features
- Networking session
- Capacity-building Workshop
- Panel Discussion
Agenda
Time (UTC) |
Time (HKT) |
Session(s) |
11:30-11:40 |
19:30-19:40 |
Introduction: What is Internet governance (Jenna Fung, NetMission.Asia)
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11:40-11:55 |
19:40-19:55 |
Act Now! Achieving Sustainability via Green Tourism (Edward Choi, V’air Hong Kong) |
11:55-12:20 |
19:55-20:20 |
Nurturing student’s positive Internet behaviors in the education sector (Samuel Lau & Clive Lee, Phoenixes Foundation) |
12:20-12:30 |
20:20-20:30 |
Carbon Footprint of the Internet (Christine Or, DotAsia Organisation) |
12:30-13:30 |
20:30-21:30 |
Panel Discussion: Netizen’s reaction to Global outage: Problems behind big tech monopoly
- Aris Ignacio, College of Information Technology at Southville International School and Colleges (The Philippines)
- Jaewon Son, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Svaradiva A. Devi, APNIC fellow
- Maryam Lee, The IO Foundation
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