The Internet Society (ISOC) Asia-Pacific Bureau, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UN ESCAP) organised the ‘Asia-Pacific Regional Internet and Development Dialogue’ (RIDD), in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-4 October 2016. The overall theme of the event was “The Internet of Opportunity: Building a sustainable future through an[…]
The following essay by Harsh Ghildiyal won third place in our student writing competition, held as part of our call for essays for our recently published essay collection, “The Good Life in Asia’s Digital 21st Century.” India, Indonesia, and Malaysia are three emerging Asian countries where a multitude of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects[…]
The following essay by Colin Agur won second place in our student writing competition, held as part of our call for essays for our recently published essay collection, “The Good Life in Asia’s Digital 21st Century.” In the past decade, in Asian countries rich and poor, mobile networks have transformed individuals’ relationship with information near and[…]
The following essay by Renyi Hong won first place in our student writing competition, held as part of our call for essays for our recently published essay collection, “The Good Life in Asia’s Digital 21st Century.” In May 2014, Coca-Cola released an advertisement titled “#CokeDrones” in Singapore as part of its “Open Happiness” campaign in Asia[…]
Executive Director Malavika Jayaram was a participant and speaker at the 3-day 2016 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum(APrIGF) in Taipei, Taiwan, from July 27-29. The theme of the forum was ‘A New Internet Era – Merging Physical Space with Cyberspace’. Malavika was a speaker at the workshop on ‘Internet Architecture & Human Rights‘ and ‘Responsible Tech: Digital[…]
Digital Asia Hub was an industry partner for the event organised by Hong Kong’s Cyberport on 28 July, 2015. Event description: The Internet and the World Wide Web fundamentally transformed global business by making it better, faster and cheaper to efficiently conduct online communication anytime and anywhere. Companies that developed a coherent ‘Internet Strategy’ leveraged the[…]
Organised by the School of Law of the University of Geneva in collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, the CRIDES Center for Economic Law and Society at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Digital Asia Hub, the Geneva Internet Platform and the Institute for Technology and Society of Rio,[…]
The first of Digital Asia Hub’s Seminar Series, this event was co-hosted by the Law & Technology Centre and the Journalism & Media Studies Centre (JMSC), both at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Event Description: In a world of insecure systems, data breaches and ubiquitous surveillance, digital defence is no longer the domain of[…]
The Digital Asia Hub co-hosted two panels at the Internet Governance Forum 2015, November 10-15, in Joao Pessoa, Brazil: Equity and the Developing World in Internet Governance: The workshop, co-hosted by the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University, Delhi, and the Digital Asia Hub, Hong Kong, addressed four core themes: (1) Equity as increased[…]