The 11th Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) Awards were held on 4 September 2024, at the APNIC 58 conference in Wellington, New Zealand. The 2024 awards focused on work that positively impacted the Internet in the Pacific region. There were nine awardees across three categories of awards.
Each awardee received travel support to attend the conference and USD 5,000 to assist with their work.
Outstanding Research in Digital Development winners
Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) research. The award was accepted by Winston Seah.
University of Waikato / Searchlight NZ (New Zealand) for research into open source work on Open Lawful Intercept (OpenLI). The award was accepted by Richard Nelson.
University of Newcastle (Australia) for their research into cybersecurity attacks on Software Defined Networking (SDN) switches. The award was accepted by Vijay Varadharajan.
Outstanding Contributions to Digital Development winners
Bluewave Wireless (Samoa) for their efforts connecting remote communities in Samoa. The award was accepted by Lenora Leota.
Code Avengers (New Zealand / Samoa) for their work on digital literacy in Samoa. The award was accepted by Damon Khan.
CERT Tonga for their work protecting Tongan Internet users online. The award was accepted by ‘Esau Tupou.
Boom! Inc (Micronesia) for their work connecting the Federated States of Micronesia. The award was accepted by Lubuw Falanruw.
SATSOL (Solomon Islands) for their work connecting the Solomon Islands. The award was accepted by Jason Lamani.
Outstanding Community Service winner
The winner of the ISIF Asia Award for Outstanding Community Service, was Jon Brewer, for his extensive work across decades in wireless technologies and the effort he puts into training the next generation of network specialists and engineers.
The APNIC Foundation congratulates the 2024 winners and hopes they continue their good work supporting Internet development throughout the Pacific.
The full video of the award ceremony is available below.
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