Community Network Xchange (CNX) entered its seventh year in 2023. Community Network Xchange Asia Pacific was first organized in 2017, with a focus on bringing together community network practitioners and enthusiasts of community-driven Internet connectivity to exchange ideas and serve as catalysts for the grassroots connectivity movement. This year’s CNX was a collaborative effort by Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), Internet Society (ISOC), Council for Social & Digital Development in partnership with APNIC Foundation, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, Royal Global University, Association for Progressive Communication, Hughes Communications India Private Limited, World Summit Awards, TATA Institute of Social Sciences Guwahati, Wireless for Communities and Art and Collective for Digital Empowerment (A-CODE).

