APNIC Product Manager Sofia Silva Berenguer presents on APNIC's External Relations Program 2019 at LACNIC 31 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from 6 to 10 May 2019.

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External Relations at APNIC in 2019
Community | Respect | Openness | Collaboration
Sofia Silva Berenguer
sofia@apnic.net

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Data is the
new oil
Attention is the new oil!
Why do we do
RIR updates?
Why are we talking
about community
engagement?

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What is External Relations at APNIC?
• Program to coordinate all
external representative
activities of APNIC, at
global, regional and
individual economy levels
• Categorized into 16
different engagement
types

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RIR governance model
Member Member
Policy
Community
Engagement

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Policy community engagement

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Asia Pacific is a diverse region
• To accommodate this diversity, the region is
divided into sub-regions
– Oceania
– South Asia
– South East Asia
– East Asia
• Managed through sub-regional working groups

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External Relations by sub-region

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NOG engagement
Support for Network Operator Groups
(NOGs) include sponsorships, training and
Member engagement
• Oceania:
– NZNOG, PacNOG
• South Asia
– bdNOG, INNOG, SANOG (LKNOG),
btNOG, npNOG
• South East Asia
– MyNOG, SGNOG, IDNOG, PHNOG, VNIX-
NOG, ThaiNOG, potentially KHNOG and
MMNOG
• East Asia
– HKNOG, TWNOG, JANOG, CNNOG
(CNNIC), MNNOG

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Training engagement
• Oceania:
– Workshops at NZNOG and
PacNOG
– Training and technical
assistance in Fiji (possible
rootserver at Fiji IX)
• South Asia:
– Strong presence in SANOG 33
(Bhutan)
– Planning IPv6 deployment
workshop in Kolkata, India
– Other training workshops as
requested by NOGs
• South East Asia:
– Workshops in Cambodia, Lao
PDR, Myanmar, Timor-Leste,
Thailand (BKNIX and
ThaiNOG), Malaysia and
Philippines
– Partnering with APT and other
key organizations to deliver
more workshops
• East Asia:
– Strong showing at APAN 47
and APRICOT 2019
– Partnering with CNNIC and
TWNIC for workshops
– Direct Member training in
China and Macao

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Security
• Oceania:
– Support for LEA trainings in
the Pacific
– Different security events
– PACLEA, AusCERT
Conference and PaCSON
• East Asia:
– LEA trainings in Taiwan and
Hong Kong
– ISCR in Korea

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CERT engagement
• Oceania:
– 2018 — great engagement with
CERTs/CSIRTs
– Follow up of support and
training for PNGCERT, CERT
VU and other CERTs in the
Pacific
• South East Asia:
– Follow up with LaoCERT since
2016
– CamCERT — engagement and
training delivery CERTs in the Asia Pacific

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Internet governance
• South Asia:
– inSIG/Youth IGF (YIGF 2019) — to engage with NextGen
– GFCE Asia Internet Infrastructure Initiative (GFCE Triple-
I) Workshop
• East Asia:
– World Internet Conference (Wuzhen Summit)
– Asia Pacific Internet Academy (APIGA) in South Korea

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Technical engagement
• South East Asia:
– ICANN-DNS Symposium (DNS-OARC Workshop) in
Bangkok
– IETF 106 in Singapore

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Next Conference
15
conference.apnic.net/48
Registration opens in May

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Global activities
• Coordination
– RIR activities
(coordination group face-
to-face meetings)
– ASO Review (complete;
implementing
recommendations with
ICANN)
• Security
– FIRST-related events
– Continue efforts to
network with the honeynet
community
• Internet governance
– APrIGF, Russia
– IGF 2019
– RightsCons, Tunis
• Technical
– IETF 104 and 105
– RPKI Roundtable
– Passive and Active
Measurement (PAM)

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QUESTIONS?