Throughout
Asia and the Pacific Rim, Internet service providers,
backbone and regional networks, web hosting facilities,
firewalls, and Intranets are being created, deployed,
and installed at a staggering pace. The technicians,
managers, entrepeneurs and decision-makers responsible
are under tremendous pressure to master the skills
necessary to build and operate these increasingly
complex systems.
The
mission of the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference
on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) is to provide
a forum for those key Internet builders in the region
to learn from their peers and other leaders in the
Internet community from around the world.
Held
annually, the ten day long summit consists of seminars,
workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather
(BOFs), and other forums all with the goal of spreading
and sharing the knowledge required to operate the
Internet within the Asia Pacific region.
In
an attempt to ease the travel burden on attendees,
APRICOT is held in conjunction with one of the Asia
Pacific Network Information Center's (APNIC) two annual
meetings, the winter Asia Pacific Networking Group
(APNG) meeting, and meetings of other Asia Pacific
Internet organisations.
Wherever
possible, APRICOT also attempts to derive synergy
by having the meetings close to or back-to-back with
other Internet events such as Asia Internet World,
ICANN etc.
- APRICOT's
mission is to develop and advance the skills and
understanding necessary to grow a robust Internet
infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. APRICOT
is about bringing the world's top Internet experts
together with those who can most benefit from
their knowledge.
- APRICOT
attendees are the key builders of Asia's Internet.
Many of the world's best Internet engineers attend
APRICOT either to teach, present or do their own
human networking.
- APRICOT
provides its sponsors the chance to participate
in a quality, content-rich event with excellent
opportunities to target their products and services
at the decision-makers in the Asia Pacific Internet
community.
- APRICOT's
primary goal is to provide a vehicle for the transfer
of technology and techniques to the Asia and Pacific
Rim region. As such, our attendance fees are set
below those of the more promotionally orientated
conferences and in fact are set to match the fees
found at many similar Internet Operator Group
meetings.
- APRICOT
is an activity supported by various Asia Pacific
Internet organisations as well as numerous individuals
who give freely of their time and talent, and
is not a commercial profit making venture. Any
surplus funds are rolled over to keep attendance
fees low at the next APRICOT event and support
outreach activities in the less developed areas
of the Asia and Pacific region.
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In
September 2002, the APRICOT Executive Committee and
the APIA Board agreed that APIA and APRICOT should
work more closely together. And as from March 2003,
APIA became the legal entity supporting the APRICOT
conference effort. APRICOT is now APIA's main activity,
with the board working with the APRICOT Advisory Committee
(formerly the Exco) to ensure the future development
and growth of APRICOT.
The
revised organisation has the APIA Board responsible
for the legal entity which supports APRICOT, with
the APRICOT Advisory Committee replacing the function
of the Executive Committee, and the APRICOT Management
Committee taking on the day to day role of working
with the local host on the APRICOT conference organisation
and programme. The APIA Board has delegated the APRICOT
Secretariat responsibility to PIKOM as from 1st September
2003.
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What is APRICOT? 