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APRICOT

The mission of the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) is to provide a forum for the key Internet builders in the Asia Pacific region to learn from their peers and other leaders in the Internet community from around the world.

The summit runs for ten days and consists of seminars, workshops, tutorials, conference sessions, birds-of-a-feather sessios (BoFs), and other forums that share the goal of spreading and sharing the knowledge required to operate the Internet within the Asia Pacific region.

APRICOT is held in conjunction with one of the two Asia Pacific Network Information Center's (APNIC) 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, and so forth.

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 to teach, present, or build their social and professional networks.

APRICOT provides its sponsors the chance to participate in a high-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, the conference attendance fees are set below those of the more promotionally oriented 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 organizations as well as numerous individuals who give freely of their time and talent, and it 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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