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Different Flavour of IGF in Pacific - APrIGF 2018

Experience, It's All About Experience My first step... I was totally blind to the " Internet Governance " until I first participated Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand back in 2017. I went there to learn something and during the whole forum, I was just a good listener and an observer. The most exciting thing I've learnt there was the "Multi-stakeholder Model" of Internet Governance. Simply I was surprised by the idea that policy and rules are not someone else's business or ICANN's work and we too have a voice in this global arena and we too can shape the Internet as we want it to have a better Internet. The interest made me read a bit on IG and give awareness to my local community especially to share the idea with my students.  APrIGF 2018 Meeting new people and talking with them is always an exciting experience. But if you get a chance to meet a whole lot of people from all over the worl