APAC Space is Happening on 10 March (Tuesday)

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Mar 9, 2026, 12:43:04 AMMar 9
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Dear APAC Space members,

 

We look forward to welcoming you at the APAC Space Session at ICANN85 Mumbai. The session will be held in-person and virtually on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 10:30–12:00 IST/05:00–06:30 UTC. The attached .ics file can also be saved as your calendar invite.

 

Session Details & Agenda

Venue: Room 204 A/B, Jio World Convention Centre

Virtual Participation: Zoom participation links will be published on the session page [icann85.sched.com] 24 hours before the start of session.

 

Time

(IST)

Topic & Speaker(s)

Duration

 

 

1030-1033

Welcome and Introductions — Samiran Gupta, Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement and Managing Director, APAC

3 mins

 

1033-1038

APAC Board Member Sharing — Amitabh Singhal, ICANN Board Member

5 mins

 

 

1038-1113

Community Sharing

  • Introduction to Trusted Notifier Network (TNN) (10 mins) — Alban Kwan, Co-Founder and CEO, TNN
  • Updates on UA adoption (10 mins) —
    • K Mohan Raidu, President of ISOC Hyderabad Chapter;
    • Dr. N. Sudha Bhuvaneswari, Director, KriVin Academy, Coimbatore & President ISOC India Chennai Chapter;
    • Kasun Tharaka Wickramasuriya, At-Large Member, Senior Community Leader, & National Coordinator for the UN IGF - Sri Lanka and Harsha Wijayawardhana, At-Large Member, Senior Community Leader, & COO/CTO, Theekshana R&D
  • New gTLD Round and the Role of APAC Youth (5 mins) — Om Prakash Sharma, Member, APIGA Nepal & Lead AI/ML Engineer, acAIberry
  • Project Jake Pilot Presentation: DNS Registration Data Disclosure (10 mins) — Dr. Steve Crocker, CEO, Edgemoor Research Institute and Jo-Fan Yu, Managing Director, Taiwan Network Information Center

35 mins

 

1113-1115

AOB: EcoInternet Index 2026: Preview — Edmon Chung, CEO, DotAsia Organisation

2 mins

 

1115-1400

Open Community Discussion — Community facilitator: Gyan Tripathi, Lawyer and Tech Policy Advisor

25 mins

1140-1200

Group Photo and Networking

20 mins

 

 

The discussion note and session recording will be available on the APAC Space wiki page after the session.

 

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!

 

Best regards,

Mabda Haerunnisa Fajrilla

Stakeholder Engagement Regional Analyst, APAC

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 

 

 

APAC Space @ ICANN85.ics
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