As CEO of the APNIC Foundation, Duncan leads efforts to support and advance professional development in the APNIC community, particularly among the network engineers who are building and running the Internet in the 56 economies of the Asia Pacific. In addition to training and education, the Foundation also supports technical assistance and community development activities. Priority topics for this work include: the security of Internet and DNS infrastructure; the promotion and deployment of IPv6; the development of Internet exchange points and related infrastructure; and the promotion of best operational practices for the Internet. Duncan leads efforts to engage and collaborate with development agencies, foundations and those industries and companies who depend on the Internet to operate successfully.
The Foundation also manages the ISIF Asia grants and awards program that supports national and regional projects that use the Internet to achieve social and economic development in the region.
As the Regional Internet address Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific, APNIC has been dedicated to the healthy development of the Internet in our region for over 20 years.
A non-government, not-for-profit, membership-based organization, it is one of five RIRs worldwide charged with the responsible management of the critical number and addressing resources that are essential to the operation of the Internet (IPv4 and IPv6).
Serving 56 economies in the Asia Pacific that together account for more than half of the world’s population, and where most of global Internet development activity will occur in the years ahead, APNIC supports over 14,000 ISPs and other network operators, who together are building and maintaining the region’s Internet infrastructure.