APRICOT 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic disaster afflicting the globe, the APNOG Board has reluctantly agreed that APRICOT 2021 will take place as a fully virtual event. It remains the Philippine APRICOT, with the dates remaining as 22nd February until 4th March 2021. APRICOT 2021 will still be produced in partnership with PhNOG, and with the support of DICT and DOST of the Government of the Philippines.

APRICOT is planning to offer online technical training running from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th February, and the APRICOT conference itself will run from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th March 2021.

More details of the structure of the online event are on the APRICOT 2021 website.

What is APRICOT?

APRICOT is the Internet Network Operators Summit for the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific Network Operators Group is the non-profit organisation created by APIA to provide APRICOT's corporate support, and overseen by the APNOG Board.

• Background and Mission of APRICOT
• Structure of APRICOT
• Partnering with APRICOT to host an APRICOT Summit.
• APRICOT operational documents

APRICOT Privacy Statement

All conference delegates are requested to review APRICOT's Privacy Statement.

APRICOT's Code of Conduct

All conference delegates are requested to review APRICOT's Code of Conduct.

Future APRICOTs

The rotation of APRICOT Summits and mid-year APNIC Conferences has been paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The APNOG Board and APNIC EC have agreed that the rotation will restart once in-person meetings become possible again.

The first in-person APRICOT will be held in Manila, with the following in-person APRICOT being held in Dhaka, then Hong Kong, and then Fiji.

Until the rotation can start again, APNOG will work with the intended hosts of the in-person Summit to deliver a virtual event instead.

The dates for future APRICOTs are tentatively:

APRICOT 2022	February 21 - March 3
APRICOT 2023	February 20 - March 2
APRICOT 2024	February 19 - 29
APRICOT 2025	February 17 - 27
APRICOT 2026	February 16 - 26
APRICOT 2027	late February
APRICOT 2028	late February

Internet Events

All the global internet conferences, meetings and workshops that we are aware of are listed on the Event Organisers Calendar. Anyone who knows of an Internet event which is not listed on that calendar is invited to either contact the APRICOT Secretariat or create the event on the calendar themselves.

Previous APRICOTs

• APRICOT 2020: February 2020, Melbourne
• APRICOT 2019: February 2019, Daejeon
• APRICOT 2018: February 2018, Kathmandu
• APRICOT 2017: February 2017, Ho Chi Minh City
• APRICOT 2016: February 2016, Auckland
• APRICOT 2015: February 2015, Fukuoka
• APRICOT 2014: February 2014, Petaling Jaya
• APRICOT 2013: February 2013, Singapore
• APRICOT 2012: February 2012, New Delhi
• APRICOT 2011: February 2011, Hong Kong
• APRICOT 2010: February 2010, Kuala Lumpur
• APRICOT 2009: February 2009, Manila
• APRICOT 2008: February 2008, Taipei

• APRICOT 2007: February 2007, Bali
• APRICOT 2006: February 2006, Perth
• APRICOT 2005: February 2005, Kyoto
• APRICOT 2004: February 2004, Kuala Lumpur
• APRICOT 2003: February 2003, Taipei
• APRICOT 2002: March 2002, Bangkok
• APRICOT 2001: February 2001, Kuala Lumpur
• APRICOT 2000: March 2000, Seoul
• APRICOT 1999: March 1999, Singapore
• APRICOT 1998: Februrary 1998, Makati
• APRICOT 1997: January 1997, Hong Kong
• APRICOT 1996: January 1996, Singapore

Enquiries and Sponsorship

• To contact us, please send e-mail to our Secretariat at secretariat (at) apricot (dot) net
• If you would like to receive announcements about APRICOT events, please subscribe here or send email to info+subscribe (at) apricot (dot) net to join our information mailing list.
• For more information about the APRICOT conference, or if you are interested in partnering with us to host an APRICOT conference, or if you are interested in sponsoring an APRICOT conference, please send e-mail to our Secretariat at secretariat (at) apricot (dot) net

Abha Ahuja Bursary Award

Since 2008, the generosity of an anonymous donor and Verisign with the administration of the Internet Society, have created and agreed to administer a bursary for persons from developing economies to participate in a regional operators meeting.

The Abha Ahuja Bursary targets individuals from Africa, Asia, and Oceania who are actively involved in Internet development, in any of the following roles:

• Engineers (Network Builders)
• Operational and Infrastructure Support Personnel
• Educators, Teachers, and Trainers

For more information about the Abha Ahuja Bursary Award and about how to apply, please consult the Abha Ahuja Bursary Award website.

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