What is APNIC
APIGA
10 July 2024
Blandine Cousin

1What’s APNIC?
The Regional Internet address
Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacificregion• Manages Internet numberresources– Including IPv4 and IPv6 addresses– Registration and certification• Supports regional Internet
development• A neutral, independent,not-for-profit, open membershipbased organization, since 199322

Regional Internet Registries3

“A global, open,
stable and secureInternet that serves
the entire Asia
Pacific community”

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APNIC Mission…
• Functions as the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific, inthe service of the community of members and others• Provides Internet registry services to the highest possible standards oftrust, neutrality and accuracy• Provides information, training and supporting services to assist thecommunity in building and managing the Internet• Supports critical Internet infrastructure to assist in creating andmaintaining a robust Internet environment• Provides leadership and advocacy in support of its vision and thecommunity• Facilitates regional Internet development as needed throughout theAPNIC community5

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Our Community• As an open, membership-based, non-profit organization, APNIC serves
Members and other stakeholders throughout the Asia Pacific region• Our Members, who fund and support the activities of APNIC, include
network operators, service providers, and enterprises that rely on Internet
number resource and other services of APNIC in their activities• Our broader community includes all Internet stakeholders, including
individuals, governments, institutions and organizations with an interest inthe Internet

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Major interests for APNIC• IPv4 global exhaustion / IPv6 deployment• Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) deployment for
network security• Internet development and community8

IPv4 global exhaustion• In February 2011, the global pool of IPv4 addresses wasdepleted.
• APNIC has delegated 99.5% of its available IPv4addresses!

9Internet Cooperation
Internet Governance at all levels - local, regional, and global.
APNIC has supported the APrIGF and IGF since their inception.
APNIC has hosted APrIGF in Singapore alongside the APNIC 54 conference.
NOG participation and Support.
Providing support to fellowship programs of APIGA, APrIGF, APSIG, SANOG
and Pacific IGF 2024.
APNIC training and technical assistance to the AP Community as part ofAPNIC’s Internet Development mission.
10Commitment to Internet Governance11Conferences
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In-person

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Remote (Zoom)

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Economies

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4,695
799.17 hrs

NPS60• To be held in Wellington, NZ from
30 August to 6 September 2024
• Co-located with Pacific IGF 2024
on 2-3 September 2024
• InternetNZ Registrar Day, Pacific
ccTLD Forum also scheduled• https://conference.apnic.net/58/

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Participate
How you can participate• Fellowship program• Policy development proposal• Presentation paper• Attend APNIC conferences andnetwork with your peers• Join Orbit! 11 community lists• Blog post

2024 Fellows

13• Mission: To build the APNIC
Development Program‘To have a global, open,
stable and secure Internetthat is affordable andaccessible to the entire
Asia Pacific community’• Effectively, the ‘fundraising arm’of APNIC• 10-year commitment from APNIC• Over USD 1M in funding
committed in first 18 months ofoperation• ISIF Asia Grants

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