Objectives• To promote skills development and

information exchange related to Internet domain names amongst members

• To provide a forum to discuss policy matters affecting Internet domain name related entities

• To act as an interface with Internet coordination bodies and other bodies involved in the Internet domain name operation

Membership

• Ordinary Members – 38

• Associate Members – 22

• Total – 60

• Join us: www.aptld.org/join

Ordinary Members

.ae .af .au .cc .cn

.cx .fj .hk .hm .in

.ir .jo .jp .kr .lk

.mn .mo .my .nf .np

.nr .nu .nz .pg .ph

.ps .sa .sb .sg .th

.tj .tk .tv .tw .vn

.wf .ws .iq

Associate Members

Vanuatu

ictQatar GDNS PIR Autonomica

Meetings

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – February 2011 w/APRICOT

– AGM

– New Board

– Focused on IPv6, Security and IDN launch

Meetings

• Sri Lanka –Jun27 – 28 2010– Focused on IDN

– IPV6

• Amman, Jordan–October30 –November 1, 2010

• - IDN, DNSSEC and Risk Management of Domain Name Abuses

Trainings

• Sri Lanka APTLD: IPv6 by APNIC, Registry Operation training by NSRC/ICANN/ISOC

• Amman Jordan APTLD meeting: Advanced Registry Operation training by NSRC/ICANN/ISOC

• Hong Kong APTLD meeting: Secure Registry Operation training by NSRC/ICANN/ISOC

Surveys

• Questions on DNSSEC – October 2010

• Internal Issues – April 2010

• Overall Membership – December 2010 collaborating with all other regional TLD organisations:CENTR , LACTLD

Comments to ICANN

• Comments on ICANN’s Discussion Draft: Affirmation Reviews

• Comments on the Proposed Implementation Plan for Synchronised IDN ccTLDs

• Comments on Draft Final Report on Policy Aspects Regarding Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs

IDN ccTLDs• One of the major advocates: we have the

biggest demand on IDN in our region

• 24 out of 27 either delegated or under evaluation IDN ccTLDs are in our region

• Closely follow-up on the development, e.g. IDN ccPDP, JIG IDN WG

Inter-regional activities• Signed MOU with AFTLD, LACTLD and

CENTR at ICANN Cartagena meeting to collaborate by exchanging information related to the security of the Domain Name System, best practices etc.

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Regional activities

• APTLD assisted organising the AP Regional IGF in June in Hong Kong, – Very successful meeting, more than 200

attendees

• Will assist the Pacific IGF and ccTLD Workshop for New Caledonia, April 2011

Other activities

• New General Manager: Jian Zhang• Bi-weekly newsletter

For More Information…

• www.aptld.org

• General Manager Jian Zhang: Jian@aptld.org

• Secretariat: sec@aptld.org

Thanks!

• February 2011

• Jian Zhang

• jian@aptld.org