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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 25-29Internet Governance Forum, Berlin, Germany

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

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

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

November 11-13Paris Peace Forum, Paris, France

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

October 30Do 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 21-26MozFest, 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 11-14RightsCon 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 23West Coast launch of the 2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index, Stanford, California

May 21U.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 28Chatham 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 4-5Telecommunications and Media Forum 2018, Washington DC

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

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

November 19-21Bread&Net, Beirut, Lebanon

November 15 – GigaNet Annual Symposium, Paris, France

November 12-14Internet Governance Forum, Paris, France

November 11-13Paris Peace Forum, Paris, France

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

October 26-28 – MozFest, London, UK

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

August 29 – MyData, Helsinki, Finland

July 20-22HOPE conference, New York, NY

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

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

June 13-15Citizen 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 29-30OECD 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 7Content Moderation at Scale, Washington, DC

May 2-4Re: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 8National 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 23-26World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

2017

December 18-21Internet Governance Forum, Geneva, Switzerland

December 2-3Global 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 5-7Techonomy, Half Moon Bay, California, United States

October 27-29Mozfest, 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 25PRI 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 6-7EuroDIG, Tallinn, Estonia

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

May 23Data 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 13South 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 14-16Internet and Jurisdiction Conference, Paris, France

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

October 17-19Keynote 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 4Panel: 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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