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Event Calendar

UPCOMING EVENTS

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PAST EVENTS

2020

February 20 – Rebooting U.S. Global Internet Policy for Democracy and Human Rights, Irvine, CA

February 22 – The Future of the Future: The Ethics and Implications of AI, Irvine, CA

February 6-7 – Freedom Online Conference, Accra, Ghana

2019

December 5-6 – Internets of the World, Copenhagen, Denmark

December 4-5 – RI (Responsible Investor) New York, New York, NY

November 25-29 – Internet Governance Forum, Berlin, Germany

November 25-27 – UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland

November 21-22 – The Future of Democracy in the Age of Disinformation, Medford, MA

November 15-17 – Bread & Net, Beirut, Lebanon

November 11-13 – Paris Peace Forum, Paris, France

October 31 – Media & Democracy in the Arab World, Washington, DC

October 30 – Do Humans Have Rights in the Digital Era?, San Francisco, CA

October 29 – Do Humans Have Rights in the Digital Era?, Palo Alto, CA

October 24 – GNI Learning Forum, Washington, DC

October 24 – Who Should Make the Rules?, New York, NY

October 23 – StratCom, Washington, DC

October 21-26 – MozFest, London, England

October 18 – Lee E. Teitelbaum Utah Law Review Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT

October 16 – Corporate Accountability and the Future of Democracy and Human Rights, San Diego, CA

September 25-27 – MyData, Helsinki, Finland

September 11 – Hong Kong on the Edge, Irvine, CA

June 19-20 – EuroDig 2019, The Hague, Netherlands

June 11-14 – RightsCon 2019, Tunis, Tunisia (See the full list of sessions in which members of the RDR team spoke.)

June 6 – Webinar on 2019 RDR Index Findings, hosted by the Investor Alliance for Human Rights (webcast here)

June 5  – Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet, New America, Washington DC (webcast here)

May 23 – West Coast launch of the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index, Stanford, California

May 21 – U.S. launch of the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index, New America, Washington DC (webcast here)

May 17  – “Data et publicité: le début de la fin?” – a roundtable discussion at Viva Technology, Paris, France

May 16 – Global launch of the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index, Stockhom Internet Forum, Stockholm, Sweden (webcast here)

May 7 – “Targeted advertising & human rights: Are the two compatible?“, re:publica 2019, Berlin, Germany

April 1-5 – Internet Freedom Festival, Valencia, Spain

February 28 – Chatham House Responsible Business 2019, London, UK

January 30-February 1 – CPDP 2019, Brussels, Belgium

January 29 – Privacy Camp 2019, Brussels, Belgium

2018

December 10 – International Human Rights Day

December 4-5 – Telecommunications and Media Forum 2018, Washington DC

November 28-30 – Annual Freedom Online Conference, Berlin, Germany

November 26-28 – United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland

November 19-21 – Bread&Net, Beirut, Lebanon

November 15 – GigaNet Annual Symposium, Paris, France

November 12-14 – Internet Governance Forum, Paris, France

November 11-13 – Paris Peace Forum, Paris, France

November 6-7 – Natixis Investment Managers Summit, Paris, France

October 26-28 – MozFest, London, UK

September 12 – Investing in Human Rights: Practical Approaches to Engaging Companies on the “S” in ESG, San Francisco, CA

August 29 – MyData, Helsinki, Finland

July 20-22 – HOPE conference, New York, NY

July 12 – Internet Society Enhancing IoT Security webinar (10am ET)

June 27 – Skytop Reframing Human Rights, New York, NY

June 13-15 – Citizen Lab Summer Institute, Toronto, Canada

June 13-14 – Ethicalcorp Responsible Business Summit Europe, London UK

June 6-8 – Information Disorder, New Media Ecosystems and Democracy: From Dysfunction to Resilience, Boston, MA

June 1 –  Investing for a Sustainable World, Washington DC

May 29-30 – OECD Forum, Paris

May 16-18 – RightsCon, Toronto, Canada (list of RDR sessions here)

May 9-10 – Western North America PRI Network Event, Vancouver, Canada

May 7 – Content Moderation at Scale, Washington, DC

May 2-4 – Re:publica, Berlin, Germany (video)

May 2 – European launch, Berlin, Germany

April 30 – UNPRI Cyber security governance, London UK

April 27 – Washington DC launch, Noon ET, Washington, DC (vide0)

April 25 – 2018 Corporate Accountability Index Launch, 9:30am ET, New York, NY (webcast here)

April 24-26 – Internet Freedom Forum, Abuja, Nigeria

April 8 – National Association of Broadcasters Cybersecurity Summit, Las Vegas NV, United States

March 30 – Governing the Internet of Things, Washington, DC

March 8-9 – Governance Innovation for a Connected World, Stanford CA, United States

March 5-9 – Internet Freedom Festival, Valencia, Spain

February 13 – Beyond Intermediary Liability: The Future of Information Platforms, New Haven CT, United States

January 23-26 – World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

2017

December 18-21 – Internet Governance Forum, Geneva, Switzerland

December 2-3 – Global Voices Summit, Colombo, Sri Lanka

November 27-29 – UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland

November 14 – Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Summit West, San Francisco, United States

November 5-7 – Techonomy, Half Moon Bay, California, United States

October 27-29 – Mozfest, London, UK

September 26-27 – “Transatlantic Digital Agenda: Bridging the Gap,” invitation-only workshop convened by Aspen Institute Germany, the Atlantic Council and the Internet Economy Foundation, Brussels, Belgium

September 25 – PRI In Person (Principles for Responsible Investment), Berlin, Germany

September 15 – The Future of Speech Online, Washington DC

September 11-12 – International Civic Forum, Washington DC

August 31-September 1 – MyData, Helsinki, Finland

July 23 – Galway International Arts Festival, Talk: The Power Company, Galway, Ireland

June 25-28 – Aspen Ideas Festival, Reimagining the Internet, Aspen, Colorado, United States

June 6-7 – EuroDIG, Tallinn, Estonia

May 30 – Congress on the Digital Rights of Citizens, panel on Freedom of Expression and Privacy (video) Madrid, Spain

May 23 – Data Sprint on Digital Rights in the Telecom Sector, Berlin, Germany

May 22 – The State of Digital Rights and Freedoms in Serbia, SHARE Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia

May 17-18 – Stockholm Internet Forum, Stockholm, Sweden (video)

May 11 – Brave New World: How the Internet Affects Societies, Internet Society at Chatham House, London, UK (video)

May 8-10 –Re:publica, Berlin, Germany (video)

April 5 – Oxford Internet Institute lecture, Oxford, UK (video)

April 3 – “A global onslaught on existing speech norms and institutions” Oxford Law Faculty, Oxford, UK

March 29-31 –RightsCon, Brussels, Belgium

March 23 – 2017 Corporate Accountability Index launch, Washington, DC (video)

March 13 – South by Southwest, Austin TX

March 6-9 – Internet Freedom Festival, Valencia, Spain

2016

December 6-8 -Three panel discussions at Internet Governance Forum, Guadalajara, Mexico

November 16-19 – Panel discussion at Data Transparency Lab, New York, NY

November 14-16 – Internet and Jurisdiction Conference, Paris, France

November 6 – Presentation at The Peoples’ Internet project launch, Copenhagen, Denmark

October 17-19 – Keynote speech and two panel discussions at the Freedom Online Conference, San José Costa Rica

October 4  – Hackademia: Activism, Scholarship, and the Internet workshop, Berlin, Germany

September 14-15 – Gave closing remarks at Gaining a Digital Edge: Freedom of Expression event, Vienna, Austria

September 9 – Panel discussion at Internet Freedom Conference, at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

August 31 – September 2 – Two presentations at MyData, Helsinki, Finland

July 19-20 – Panel discussion at Privacy, Personality, and Flows of Information Conference, New York, NY

June 9-10 – European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG), Brussels, Belgium

June 6-8 – Citizen Lab Summer Institute, Toronto, Canada

May 3 – Panel discussion at World Press Freedom Day, Helsinki, Finland

May 2 – Lightning Talk at the social media conference Re:publica, Berlin, Germany

April 5 – Columbia University free expression workshop, New York, NY

March 30 – April 1 – Workshops and presentations at RightsCon 2016, San Francisco, CA

March 17-18 – Keynote lecture and panel at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

March 16 – Conference organized by Article 19 in Mexico City, Mexico

March 14 – Panel discussion at South By Southwest Interactive, Austin, TX

March 1-6 – Presentation and workshop at the 2016 Internet Freedom Festival, Valencia, Spain

January 26-29 – PrivacyCamp and the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference, Brussels, Belgium

2015

December 2 – Panel on RDR at the Privacy, Security, and Freedom of Expression – Learning Day hosted jointly by the Global Network Initiative and the Center for Internet and Society, 9:30-4:30am, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA.

November 25 –  Stiftung Neue Verantwortung 6-7:30pm, Berlin, Germany.

November 19 –  London School of Economics 6:30-8pm, London, UK.

November 16 – Two events at the 4th Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland.

  • 3:00pm – Balancing rights and State demands: taking stock of the challenges and exploring opportunities to secure rights online (panel, see PDF schedule with list of speakers here.)
  • 6:15pm – Ranking Digital Rights launch event (followed by a cocktail reception sponsored by Aspiration Tech and Access Now)

November 11 –  Workshop: Benchmarking ICT Companies on Digital Rights,  Internet Governance Forum, João Pessoa, Brazil

November  9 – Half-day brainstorming workshop for research and advocacy,  Internet Governance Forum, João Pessoa, Brazil.

November 5 –  DC launch event, Georgetown University, Washington DC.

November 4 – Panel: Understanding Risks Associated with Digital Rights, SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing, Colorado Springs, CO.

November 3 – Launch event at 10am U.S. Eastern time, New York City

(Last updated: 3 February 2020)

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