Past events

La Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (Fundación EsLaRed), que celebrará 33 años de formación académica ininterrumpida en la región, tiene el agrado de invitarles a participar en modalidad online en el 28º Taller sobre Tecnologías de Redes Internet para América Latina y el Caribe (WALC).

For 15 years, Mozilla Festival has been the home for big ideas, bold conversations, and the movement for a better internet. 

El Comité de Múltiples Partes Interesadas (CMPI) del Foro de Gobernanza de Internet de América Latina y el Caribe (LACIGF), en coordinación con la Secretaría Técnica liderada por Colnodo, tiene el agrado de anunciar que la edición 2025 del LACIGF se llevará a cabo en la ciudad de Córdoba, Argenti

The First Africa Symposium on Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) will bring together stakeholders from across the continent to share knowledge, explore regional best practices and strengthen collaboration to prevent and respond to TFGBV, under the theme "TFGBV in sub-Sahara

A reflective learning session bringing together Thai civil society organizations following the DRAPAC national meeting in Bangkok in May 2025.

Bread&Net is an annual unconference that brings together activists, technologists, journalists, and policymakers to discuss and reimagine digital rights and social justice in the Arabic-speaking region.

On 22 October, the Global Network Initiative (GNI) is hosting our flagship Annual Learning Forum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, alongside our Annual Members Meeting and the 13th annual workshop by GNI’s academic member, the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE)

The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) 2025 is set to take place in a hybrid format from October 11–14, 2025, at the Nepal Administrative Staff College, Jawalakhel, blending both in-person participation in Kathmandu, Nepal and virtual engagement.

The second edition of the Global Gateway Forum will take place on 9-10 October 2025 in Brussels.

On October 7–8, 2025, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will host the international conference of the EU-AFD Research Facility on Inequalities and its Extension, titled: “Bridging Divides: Evidence-Based Policies for Inequality Reduction and Sustainable Development.”

Este curso invita a personas, organizaciones y colectivos que participan o desean aportar en el desarrollo de soluciones locales de conectividad o procesos de comunicación comunitaria en comunidades indígenas, rurales y zonas remotas en América Latina.

A Think 20 (T20) summit dialogue is convened by the Association for Progressive Communications, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and UNESCO with the T20 Task Force on Digital Transformation, as a

Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) are at the heart of every struggle for justice, equality, and freedom.

The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is pleased to announce the 12th edition of the annual Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAfrica25)—the continent’s leading platform for shaping digital rights, inclusion, and governance conversations.

Since 2020, Rural ICT Camp has become an annual gathering space for CCCI practitioners, civil society organizations, researchers and academics, policymakers, and the wider public to address the digital divide in rural and remote areas.

This lightning talk will highlight how community-centered training efforts are translated into tangible deployments. It will explore the journey from building knowledge and skills to rolling out actual fibre infrastructure, ensuring that capacity development directly leads to sustainable connectivity solutions.

With participants representing over 144 countries and 1,000 organisations and networks, the GG provides a rejuvenating environment to foster solidarity across disciplines and regions.

UNIDIR and the Organization of American States (OAS) are pleased to invite you to a virtual roundtable marking the English and Spanish launch of a joint publication

The web seminar will bring together Valeria Betancourt, Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones (APC), Paloma Lara Castro, Derechos Digitales, Carlos Baca, Redes AC y Rhizomática. Con moderación de Sally Burch (ALAI).

The Tech-Together webinar on “Bridging the Gap from Vision to Fibre Deployment: Community-Centric Approaches in Africa” will comprise three meetings to address how community networks are moving from infrastructure deployment to building lasting local capacity and inclusion through community-led f

The Prime Minister of Finland, together with United Kingdom, UNFPA and UN Women, are pleased to invite you to a reception "Leaders’ Evening Insights: Turbocharging the SDGs through gender-equal digital transformation" in the margins of the High Level Political Forum 2025. 

May First Movement Technology, together with Sursiendo, will present the research report "Actions for environmental justice through autonomous and community-based technological infrastructures." 

The IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the internet.

AI laws have been introduced in Korea and Europe, yet securing remedies for AI-related human rights harms remains difficult. Users of Big Tech platforms also face challenges in claiming redress for data protection rights violations.

The Blended Training Programme for ICT Network Managers is accepting applications until 9 June 2025 for those working in rural and remote areas and Indigenous communities across Latin America or Africa. 

The 13th annual African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) will take place from 23 to 28 May in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania immediately prior to the African IGF 2025 from 29 to 31 May.

This year's Palestine Digital Activism Forum occurs as Gaza lays in the rubble. We are witnessing an increasingly dire humanitarian situation amidst the genocidal violence unfolding in Gaza.

Cybersecurity with Chinese Characteristics: Digital Governance in the Indo-Pacific and the Taiwanese Alternative reveals how China is expanding its digital authoritarian model of cybersecurity governance across the Indo-Pacific, posing a grave threat to people’s rights – regionally and globally.&

The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF25), a bilingual global gathering, will convene hundreds of delegates in Lusaka, Zambia, from April 29th to May 1st, 2025.

Repair Cafes are bringing together repair enthusiasts worldwide. The international network of Repair Cafes is becoming larger and larger, with almost 3,500 locations in 50+ countries, with new locations opening their doors every week.

Organized in partnership with Global Affairs Canada and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), UNFPA will host the Third Global Symposium on TFGBV in the lead up to CSW69 on Thursday 6th, March and Friday 7th, March 2025.

Each edition of RightsCon convenes business leaders, policy makers, general counsels, government representatives, technologists, academics, journalists, and human rights advocates from around the world to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and technology. 

Join us at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) Associated Event on 24 February.

EngageMedia is organising Open Tech Camp 2025 – an unconference (or user-generated conference) that brings together digital technologists and social activists from across Asia-Pacific in a collaborative learning space dedicated to human right

offdem.net is the continuation of the Off-festival, initiated by petites singularités, of the Free and Open-Source Developer European Meeting to accompany FOSDEM during its 20th anniversary celebration.

The IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the internet.

The NMT Media Foundation (formerly Namibia Media Trust), in collaboration with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (AfDec) Secretariat, invites you to join for a webinar on "The Evolution of Digital Rights

The Green Tech Hackathon will explore innovative solutions for reducing the environmental impact of digital technologies, not only with a focus on Internet infrastructure but also on ideas of regenerative society and climate justice - and everything in between.

The rise of network shutdowns and the proliferation of so-called “splinternets” pose significant challenges to the free flow of information and human interaction online.

May First Movement Technology asked activists to help them make leaving Gmail and other Google services easier and the reaction was unbelievable.

The Global Voices Summit 2024, to be held over five days in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 6 to 7 December 2024, will gather several hundred Global Voices contributors, partners and affiliated organizations, including digital activists, writers, translators, tech experts, policy makers and researchers.&n

The AWID International Forum is both a global community event and a space of radical personal transformation.

Rudi International is proud to announce the holding of the 5th edition of its annual conference, the "Conference on Human Rights in the Digital Age in the DRC", also known as "HakiConf".

The African School on Internet Governance 2024 is scheduled for 14-19 November 2024, right before the African Internet Governance Forum, which will take place from 20 to 22 November 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the UNECA Conference Centre.

Realizado con el objetivo de fortalecer el diálogo sobre el potencial de las redes comunitarias como iniciativas de gestión local para la conectividad y la apropiación de internet en zonas rurales III Encuentro de Redes Comunitarias: Tejiendo experiencias para la colaboración y la incidencia, que