APrIGF Day 0 Capacity Building*

You must register for APrIGF 2025 to obtain the participation link.

Lunch break

Introduction of Asia Pacific yIGF*

Idea Wall*

Participants will be split into groups to brainstorm ideas for Meetup with Industry Experts, APAC Youth Leaders Dialogue and APAC Youth WSIS+20 Statement Live Discussion and Editing Session.

Meetup with Industry Experts*

Designing Equal Futures: Youth, AI, and the Path to Digital Inclusion Internet governance works best when everyone has a voice. In this session, you’ll get to meet experts from government, civil society, technical community, academia, and more. It’s a chance to see how different stakeholders tackle issues and make decisions in the policy-making process.

APAC Youth Leaders Dialogue*

Co-Creating Safe Digital Future Through Intergenerational Action Building on the Asia Pacific yIGF Three-Year Blueprint set at our 2024 meeting, this session brings together youth leaders and yIGF representatives from across Asia-Pacific. Participants will review achievements to date, identify shared priorities, and co-create strategies for the next phase of youth engagement in Internet governance. The session aims to sustain momentum, strengthen regional collaboration, and ensure youth voices remain central to shaping the digital future.

Coffee Break

APAC Youth WSIS+20 Statement: Live Discussion & Editing*

Participants will take part in a Live Discussion & Editing session to shape the APAC Youth WSIS+20 Youth Statement. This collective statement lays the groundwork for youth-led initiatives across our region to influence the WSIS+20 review process. The statement will be included in our event report, submitted to and published on the official UN Internet Governance Forum site, and serve as a reference for yIGF attendees contributing to the APrIGF Synthesis Document.

IGF 2025 Youth Track Workshop III

Age Verification and Social Media Regulation This interactive roundtable brings youth and senior experts together to explore global regulatory trends, from strict compliance models to rights-based safeguards on online safety; and explore intergenerational collaboration in safeguarding information integrity on social media, tackling age verification, regulation, and regional perspectives on mis- and disinformation.
Discussion Questions 1. What are the top issues that concern them most? a. What forms of misinformation, disinformation, or algorithmic manipulation most affect different generations in their daily lives? b. How do challenges such as deepfakes, online scams, or biased content influence trust in social media across regions and age groups? 2. What are some youth-led, grassroots or community-led solutions? a. What innovative initiatives are young people, community groups, or grassroots organizations creating to combat false information and strengthen media literacy? b. How can these solutions be shared, scaled, or connected with the experience of older generations to have a greater impact? 3. What actions should different stakeholders take? a. What responsibilities do different stakeholders have in supporting intergenerational collaboration for information integrity? b. How can policies, regulations, and platform practices be shaped to protect users while encouraging cooperation across generations?

Panel Discussion*

Power, Platforms, and Participation: Reclaiming Our Digital Selves This panel discussion aims to examine the evolving challenges to youth digital autonomy in the Asia-Pacific, shaped by government regulation, corporate consolidation, and opaque technologies. It seeks to empower young people to critically engage with questions of rights, access, and accountability while reimagining inclusive digital futures. Additionally, it will highlight the role of youth voices in shaping policy frameworks that safeguard freedom, foster innovation, and ensure meaningful participation in the global digital ecosystem.

Way Forward and Preview of APrIGF Workshops*

Way Forward and Preview of APrIGF Workshops*