History of the Asia Pacific Networking Group

In the effort to trace the evolution of the Asia Pacific Networking Group's successful growth, we have managed to interview senior members of our Board of Advisors to record the history of APNG and its predecessor organizations.

We will continue to collect more data on our rich heritage as we go along, so that the generations of young people that will follow this illustrious path we have collectively blazed, will remember the past in order to plan the future wisely.

Tan Tin Wee
3rd Chairman, APNG
18 April 1998
Meeting Date Location Comment
APNG 11 Jan/Feb2000 Undetermined Request For Hosting (RFH)
APNG 10 Jun99 San Jose, USA Call for Plans
Official Announcement
APNG 9 Mar99 Singapore Call for Plans
Draft Plans for APNG
Draft Plans for APTLD
Draft Overview of APRICOT'99
APNG and APstar Meetings at APRICOT'99
APNG 8 Jul98 Geneva, Switzerland
  • APNG General, WG, BoF meetings
  • APTLD (previously APccTLD) formation
  • Hosting CCIRN General and WG Meeting
  • Institution of Chairman's Commission
  • Hosting of APTLD and WWTLD Website
    • APNG 7 Feb98 Manila,The Philippines
  • APNG General, WG, BoF meetings
  • Joint APNG-APPLe Mtg on Internet Security
  • Joint APNG-APRICOT Advanced Networking Research Mtg Track
  • Joint APNG-APRICOT Country Report Mtg
    • APNG 6 Jun97 Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia New Chair elected - Tan Tin Wee
    APIA spawned out from Commercial WG
    APNG 5 Jan97 Hong Kong APPLe Meeting
    APNG 4 Jun96 Montreal, Canada
  • APNIC becomes incorporated
  • Policy and Legal WG was converted to APPLe as a SIG under APNIC
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    APNG 3 Jan96 Singapore
  • First annual APRICOT meeting initiated
  • First BoF Policy session initiated and was promoted to Working Group on Policy and Legal issues
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    APNG 2 Jun95 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA New Chair elected - Haruhisa Ishida
    APNG 1 Jan95 Beijing, PR China
    APCCIRN7 -> APNG 0 Jun94 Prague, Czech Republic Chair - Kilnam Chon
    APCCIRN6 Jan94 Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    APCCIRN5 Jun93 San Francisco, USA
    APCCIRN4 Jan93 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA APNIC Initiation
    APCCIRN3
    (informal evening gathering)    		 Jun92 Tokyo, Japan NIC Project initiated
    which became APNIC
    APCCIRN2 Dec91 Santa Fe, USA
    APCCIRN1
    (first meeting)    		 Aug91 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    APCCIRN0
    (informal gathering)    		 Jun91 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Preparation for ANW
    to become INET'91    		 1990 No meeting
    Ad Hoc Mtg during
    Academic Net Workshop (ANW)    		 1989 Sydney, Australia
    Ad Hoc Mtg during
    Academic Net Workshop (ANW)    		 1988 Jerusalem, Israel
    Ad Hoc Mtg during
    Academic Net Workshop (ANW)
    Formation of CCIRN    		 1987 Princeton, USA
    Ad Hoc Mtg during
    Academic Net Workshop (ANW)    		 1986 Paris, France
    Ad Hoc Mtg during
    Academic Net Workshop (ANW)
    (during PCCS conference)    		 1985 Seoul, Korea
    Ad Hoc Mtg during
    Academic Net Workshop (ANW)
    (during PCCS conference)    		 1984 Dublin, Ireland

    Note:
    Ad hoc meetings during Academic Net Workshop(ANW) starting from Dublin in 1984. Academic Net Workshop lasted until 1989 and became INET in 1991(with no meeting in 1990 to prepare the first INET in 1991)

    Credits:
    1. Professor Kilnam Chon, 1st APNG Chairman
    2. Professor Haruhisa Ishida, 2nd APNG Chairman
    3. Laina Raveendran Greene, APPLe Founder and Chairperson
    First Created: Dr Tan Tin Wee, 18 April 1998
    Previous updates: TTW, 29 Jul 19, 17 May 1998
    Last updated: TTW, 20 May 1999