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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria, sans-serif; ">I write to apologize for my absence from the APrIGF. This is an unexpected development when I was voted in as Chair last year. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria, sans-serif; ">As you know, I have been a keen supporter of the meeting right from its inception. But of late, I have been having some internal battles within my University. Because of some leadership changes,
the University is determined to rise in its ranking. And it has been successful. The most direct contribution to the KPIs (key performance indicators) that would benefit a university's ranking, is to publish in academic journals that are widely read by the
academic community. The APrIGF is, at best, seen as a form of service to the larger community. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria, sans-serif; ">Meanwhile, I am now in India, at the Infosys campus (it's humongous yet immaculate) at Mysore, a city south of Bangalore. It's a slightly more academic programme on capacity building in research.
(The previous presentation included a couple of equations.) Regrettably, there is a clash in the meeting dates, as the dates for this were set early this year.</div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria, sans-serif; ">I thank everyone who has stepped up when I just could not be more active. All members of the Programme Committee have been outstanding in this regard. Paul deserves special mention. So do
Edmon and the dotAsia secretariat. It is a strong and interesting programme that has emerged.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, sans-serif; "> </span></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria, sans-serif; ">Be assured that I will aim to support the APrIGF as best I can. This year, I have sent a PhD student I am supervising to help compile the report. She is proposing to work on Internet governance
for her dissertation. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria, sans-serif; ">I wish the APrIGF every success. With the strong support from the Korean government, I am sure that it will do well to raise significant issues for discussion. I will aim to catch the early
morning sessions when I can.</div>
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Peng Hwa (Professor) |</span></b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> Director, Singapore Internet Research Centre | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information | Nanyang Technological University <b>|</b> WKWSCI
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Tel: (65) 67906109 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6792-7526 | Web: <a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc</a></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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