About APAN

The Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN Ltd) is the international partnership of the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across the region. It spans over half of the world’s population, and its members are fundamental in the provision of high-speed network connectivity domestically and internationally. These days, this connectivity is crucial in the support of collaborative education and in tackling grand research problems. APAN’s activities are centred around a wide range of Working Groups, covering a number of technology areas as well as applications areas, such as agriculture, telemedicine, e-culture, disaster mitigation, open and sharing data, IoT, and security. With two large conferences held each year in various locations across the Asia-Pacific, APAN provides the key forum for planning, deployment, operations, training, and effective use of the world’s most advanced, fastest and largest networks, and enabling access to the world’s major research facilities and instruments.