Third Asia Pacific DNS Forum Runs From 23 to 24 July 2024
JAKARTA,
Indonesia, May 17, 2024 /CNW/ -- The Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Pengelola
Nama Domain Internet Indonesia (PANDI) will hold the third
Asia Pacific (APAC) Domain Name
System (DNS) Forum in Bali,
Indonesia, from 23 to 24 July
2024. ICANN is an international, nonprofit organization
that coordinates the DNS and plays a key role in ensuring a global,
interoperable, and secure Internet. PANDI is the designated country
code top-level domain manager of .id.
With the theme of "Building Bridges: Strengthening Collaboration
to Shape the Internet's Future," the APAC DNS Forum in
Bali will convene regional and
international experts to explore enhanced cooperation to seize the
Internet's opportunities and tackle its challenges. As the
technical backbone, the DNS supports the global Internet and the
opportunities and innovations it generates. For the DNS to continue
to fulfill this crucial role in the future, it depends on the
cooperation of markets, technologies, and stakeholders. Without
that cooperation, the globally interoperable Internet that we all
take for granted may be at risk.
The envisaged expansion of the domain name sector is expected to
unlock economic opportunities and remove language barriers to
connect the unconnected. The Forum will explore how the APAC region
can harness these opportunities and contribute to digital
transformation. The impact of legislative initiatives on the
Internet and the importance of the multistakeholder model of
Internet governance will also be discussed.
"Aligned with this year's theme, PANDI and ICANN are building
bridges between Indonesia, the
global Internet ecosystem, and the regional community. Such
collaboration and engagement are extremely important for the future
of the Internet. This event will especially provide important
discourses for Internet's future, including exploration on how we
deploy and integrate Blockchain technology in relevant and
contextual scope of global Internet governance," said John Sihar
Simanjuntak, President, PANDI Board. "We are grateful to the
Ministry of Communications and Informatics Indonesia, who are
supporting the event."
With regional partners, ICANN has held DNS Forums in
Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin
America and the Caribbean,
and the Middle East, all with the
same goal – ICANN and global DNS community to collaborate, network,
and exchange ideas about the domain name industry and the future of
the Internet.
"We are proud to bring the APAC DNS Forum to Indonesia to build on the success of this
regional format," said Jia-Rong Low,
Vice President and Managing Director of ICANN APAC. "We are excited
to analyze the opportunities and challenges the Internet has to
offer for our region, and hope that the Forum becomes a thought
leader event for participants to benefit from these insights."
The hybrid APAC DNS Forum 2024 will be held at The Westin Resort
Nusa Dua.
Registration is now open for both in-person and virtual
participation. Leading up to APAC DNS Forum 2024, four pre-event
webinars will be held in June and July on topics related to the
Forum's theme. The full schedule will be announced by the end of
May 2024.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more
information on the APAC DNS Forum 2024, and to participate, please
visit the event website.
About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a
stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another
person on the Internet, you need to type an address - a name or a
number - into your computer or other device. That address must be
unique, so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps
coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world.
ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation
with a community of participants from all over the world.
About PANDI
Pengelola Nama Domain Internet Indonesia (PANDI) was founded in
2006 and received redelegation from IANA as the Registry of .id in
2013. PANDI is an association consisting of multi-stakeholder
membership including representatives of government, Internet
Industry Operators, and Academics. Number of registered .id has
grown to become the biggest ccTLD in Southeast Asia with 951,421 Domain Names as of
31 December 2023. The .id domain name
represents Indonesia, identity,
idea and more, for it has its own Domain Names Disputes Resolution
managed directly by PANDI.
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