Info on this is a little hard to come by, since PICISOC's website <https://www.picisoc.org/> appears to be down, but you can always check Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/PICISOC>. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/16810>On *Monday 28 August 2023* the Pacific Internet Governance Forum will be held in Brisbane as a Day 0 event of *APrIGF <https://www.aprigf.au/>*. The theme is "*Is the Pacific ready to tackle the challenges of an evolving Internet - exploring AI and emerging technologies, cybersecurity, privacy, digital trust and Internet regulations*." *PROGRAM https://www.aprigf.au/programs# <https://www.aprigf.au/programs#> * (UTC+10) *01 Overview of the Pacific IGF* *What to expect from 28 – 29 August Pacific* *Andrew Molivurae*, Pacific IGF Chair *Key Recommendations from 2021 Pacific IGF* *Sarai Tevita*, PICISOC Board Chair *A brief introduction on APrIGF, NetThing, Australia IGF* *Rajnesh Singh,* Internet Society *02 Opening Ceremony - Opening Remarks* *Rosemary Sinclair*, Chief Executive Officer – AUDA *Hon. Minister of Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo*, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Samoa *Tenanoia Simona* - Tuvalu Ministry of Telecommunication Moderator/Facilitator: *Anju Mangal* *03 Emerging Technologies in the Pacific – AI, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Cryptocurrency, e-commerce* *Winifred Kula*, VP and co-founder of PNG Digital Cluster/Incubation hub *Sam Saili*, Skyeye - Samoa *Craig Kirkland*, MasterCard Moderator/Facilitator: *Savenaca Siwatibau* *04 Digital Skills and Content* *Kevin Soli*, Founder of PNG Flying Labs, Papua New Guinea *Elisapeta Mauai*, Head of Computing Department, National University of Samoa *Rukshar Khan*, Analyst/Programmer *Doreen Leona* – Chair SMART Sistas Girls ICT Camp Moderator/Facilitator: *Swaran Ravindra* *05 Cybersecurity – legislations, policies, and capacity building* *Jemesa Lave*, Digital Forensic/Ministry of Defense, Fiji *Suetena Loia*, Managing Partner, Websafe Samoa *Sakaio Manoa*, Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Moderator/Facilitator: *Beau Tydd*, Australian Computer Society (ACS) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/pacigf2023 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/pacigf2023>* *TWITTER #pacigf <https://bit.ly/45sEGJ9> #aprigf @picisoc @auda* *ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/pacigf2023 <https://archive.org/details/pacigf2023>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -