PILLAR 04 / 04RESEARCH DIRECTION

Regional Research Community

A regional ecosystem for developing, evaluating and sharing open DPI technologies.

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01 — The basics

How the community connects research and practice

ResearchUniversities study shared problems together.
EvaluateHackathons test ideas against real conditions.
ShareOutputs are published as open knowledge.
ConveneThe regional forum brings everyone together.

02 — Research questions

What we are asking

Q1How can universities across the region work on shared DPI problems?
Q2How does research become tools that governments and builders can reuse?
Q3How is open knowledge kept current and accessible to all members?

03 — Areas of work

Where the work is focused

01
Regional DPI Research Forum
An event series with editions announced as they are scheduled.
02
University networks
Research collaboration between partner universities across the region.
03
DPI hackathons
Events with registration, agenda and published outcomes.
04
Shared open knowledge
Resources linked to the relevant research pillars.

04 — Whitepaper

Building an open DPI research community in Asia-Pacific

How universities, governments and builders can share problems, test ideas together and keep open knowledge current across the region.

STATUS: Draft for comment
VERSION: v0.3 · Sample
LENGTH: ~40 pages

01The regional landscape
02A shared research agenda
03Hackathons as evaluation
04Governance of open knowledge
05Joining the network

Download draft PDF ↓Comment on the draft

05 — Technology roadmap

From research to open technology

CompleteIn progressPlanned

Q3 2026
Programme launch
AI4DPI launched at AIT with Gates Foundation support.COMPLETE
Q4 2026
Call for proposals
Partner universities selected across the four themes.IN PROGRESS
Q2 2027
First DPI hackathon
Teams test pillar outputs against real conditions.PLANNED
Q4 2027
Regional DPI Research Forum
First edition brings partners and governments together.PLANNED
2028
Shared open knowledge base
Outputs from every pillar in one maintained library.PLANNED

END GOALForum editions, hackathon outcomes and a shared open knowledge base.SAMPLE DATES

06 — Demos

See the technology working

07 — Playbooks

Practical guides for putting it to use

Step-by-step guidance for governments, service providers and builders adopting this pillar’s work.

FOR ORGANISERSSAMPLE
Running a DPI hackathon
Problem statements, judging and publishing outcomes.
Download ↓ Running a DPI hackathon26 pages · PDF
FOR UNIVERSITIESSAMPLE
Joining the research network
How to take part and what partners commit to.
Download ↓ Joining the research network12 pages · PDF

08 — Papers

Publications from this pillar (3)

Sort

2026
Technical reportSAMPLE
A. Author, B. Author, C. AuthorVenue to be added · 2026
PDF ↓ Mapping university DPI research capacity in the Asia-Pacific DOI ↗ Mapping university DPI research capacity in the Asia-Pacific
2025
Conference paperSAMPLE
A. Author, B. Author, C. AuthorVenue to be added · 2025
PDF ↓ Hackathons as evaluation: lessons from DPI challenge events DOI ↗ Hackathons as evaluation: lessons from DPI challenge events
Journal articleSAMPLE
A. Author, B. Author, C. AuthorVenue to be added · 2025
PDF ↓ Keeping open knowledge current across a research network DOI ↗ Keeping open knowledge current across a research network

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Collaborate

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Where the work is focused

Regional DPI Research Forum

An event series with editions announced as they are scheduled.

University networks

Research collaboration between partner universities across the region.

DPI hackathons

Events with registration, agenda and published outcomes.

Shared open knowledge

Resources linked to the relevant research pillars.

Building an open DPI research community in Asia-Pacific

How universities, governments and builders can share problems, test ideas together and keep open knowledge current across the region.

STATUS

Draft for comment

VERSION

v0.3 · Sample

LENGTH

~40 pages

01The regional landscape
02A shared research agenda
03Hackathons as evaluation
04Governance of open knowledge
05Joining the network

Regional Research Community

How the community connects research and practice

What we are asking

Where the work is focused

Regional DPI Research Forum

University networks

DPI hackathons

Shared open knowledge

Building an open DPI research community in Asia-Pacific

CONTENTS

From research to open technology

Programme launch

Call for proposals

First DPI hackathon

Regional DPI Research Forum

Shared open knowledge base

See the technology working

Hackathon project showcase

Open knowledge base preview

Practical guides for putting it to use

Running a DPI hackathon

Joining the research network

Publications from this pillar (3)

Mapping university DPI research capacity in the Asia-Pacific

Hackathons as evaluation: lessons from DPI challenge events

Keeping open knowledge current across a research network

Get involved in Regional Research Community

Working on open DPI in the region? Talk to us.

Regional Research Community

How the community connects research and practice

What we are asking

Where the work is focused

Regional DPI Research Forum

University networks

DPI hackathons

Shared open knowledge

Building an open DPI research community in Asia-Pacific

CONTENTS

From research to open technology

Programme launch

Call for proposals

First DPI hackathon

Regional DPI Research Forum

Shared open knowledge base

See the technology working

Hackathon project showcase

Open knowledge base preview

Practical guides for putting it to use

Running a DPI hackathon

Joining the research network

Publications from this pillar (3)

Mapping university DPI research capacity in the Asia-Pacific

Hackathons as evaluation: lessons from DPI challenge events

Keeping open knowledge current across a research network

Get involved in Regional Research Community

Working on open DPI in the region? Talk to us.