Calendar of Events

Digital Rights Calendar of Events 2026

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📣 Join us for Global Gathering 2026!

📅 September 4, 5 and 6, 2026

🌍 Portugal

JANUARY

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Strategy Design Festival

• January 20, 2026
• London
• https://www.fabriders.net/strategy-design-festival/

Digital Rights Social

• January 22, 2026
• Virtual on TCU's Mattermost
• January 22, 2026 Digital Rights Social

Archive and Resist Conclave

• January 26-27, 2026
• Dhaka
• https://archivecon.activaterights.org

FOSDEM

• January 31-February 1, 2026
• Brussels
• https://fosdem.org/2026/

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FEBRUARY

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Gaza’s Digital Economy Under Siege

• February 5, 2026
• https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KhfSSNeuReyCPTNGQ508zw#/registration

Digtial Rights Social: Secure Communications

• February 19, 2026   @ 14 UTC

• https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates
  

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MARCH

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From Awareness to Action: Using Open Data to Track Surveillance Practices

• March 18
• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1erTfUVj_197wyWsiS6Ismnl19wQxRmNhw1puJyJIp-8/viewform

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Building Autonomous Infrastructure

• March 19, 2026   @ 14 UTC
• TCU's Mattermost
• https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates

The Session Design Lab

• March 24 to 25
• https://www.fabriders.net/session-design-lab/

Palestine Digital Activism Forum (PDAF) 2026

• March 30-31, 2026
• https://pdaf.net/about-theme

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Data Centers & Democracy: How US Policymakers Push Back

• April 8
• Online
• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rxt-data-centers-democracy-how-policymakers-push-back-tickets-1984908054423

Cables of Resistance Event

• April 10 to 12
• Berlin, Germany
• https://cableresist.de/

Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum

• April 14-16, 2026
• Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• https://sessionize.com/digital-rights-and-inclusion-forum26/

Using AI Safely: Practical Strategies for CSOs and Nonprofits

• April 14
• https://www.theengineroom.org/using-ai-safely-practical-strategies-for-csos-and-nonprofits-from-a-global-majority-perspective/

International Journalism Festival (IJF)

• April 15-18, 2026
• Perugia, Italy
• https://www.journalismfestival.com/

Targeted

• April 16
• Online
• https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ddb43d68-53cc-4d49-a239-7712dc911bb3@08722067-f231-4f22-bb68-ea4fbf92dabb

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Spyware Protection and Transnational Repression

• April 16, 2026   @ 14 UTC
• TCU's Mattermost
• https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates

Take Back Tech

• April 17-19
• Atlanta
• https://www.takebacktech.com/

Data Institute

• April 19
• Washington DC
• https://cjddatainstitute.org/

AI in PRC Influence Operations – Insights from the GoLaxy Papers

• April 29
• Online
• https://dtl.tw/0429eng

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MAY

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UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2026 Global Conference

• May 4–5, 2026
• Lusaka, Zambia
• https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-press-freedom-day-2026-global-conference-shaping-future-peace

RightCon 2026

• May 5-8, 2026
• Lusaka, Zambia
• https://www.rightscon.org/

NEW AI Powered Social Media Listening by 7amleh

• May 19
• Online
• https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6KgKRPd6TvWswepK_b1vsA#/registration

Digital Security Workshop

• May 20
• London
• https://www.outsavvy.com/event/35773/digital-security-hands-on-workshop-

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Regional Updates

• May 21, 2026   @ 14 UTC
• TCU's Mattermost
• https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates

How Artists Use Research to Inform their Practice and Work | AfroPessimist Collective for Black Art and Archiving

• May 21
• Virtual
• https://form.jotform.com/261103118107038

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Making and Distributing Media Under Surveillance

• June 2
• Online
• https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/resistance-lab-june-2

Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC)

• June 8-10, 2026
• Manila, Philippines
• https://engagemedia.org/2025/drapac26-manila/

Reproductive Access through Technology

• June 10
• Online
• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rxt-reproductive-justice-in-the-digital-age-tickets-198888522324

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Regional Updates

• June 18, 2026 @ 14 UTC
• TCU's Mattermost
• https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates

Global Media Forum

• June 23-24, 2026
• Bonn Germany
• https://corporate.dw.com/en/gmf-2026-your-ideas-deserve-the-spotlight/a-75222151

Fight for Us, Not for Them Event

• June 23
• Brussels and Online
• https://edri.org/our-work/announcing-the-summit-fight-for-us-not-for-them-a-public-interest-vision-for-eu-tech-policy/

All Things in Moderation 2026: Call for Contributions

• June 25-26, 2026
• Online and on-demand
• https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/call-for-contributions

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JULY

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DWeb Camp

• July 8-12, 2026

• Outside of Berlin, Germany

• https://dwebcamp.org/

Digital Rights Social / Focus: Organizational Sustainability and Resilience

• July 16, 2026 @ 14 UTC
• TCU's Mattermost
• https://wiki.digitalrights.community/index.php?title=Community_Updates

Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI)

• July 20, 2026

• Hybrid, co-located with PETS in Calgary, Canada

• https://foci.community/

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SEPTEMBER

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Global Gathering

• September 4-6, 2026
• Portugal
• www.digitalrights.community

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica)

• September 28 to October 1
• Mauritius
• https://internetfreedom.africa/

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OCTOBER

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Trust and Safety Research Conference 2026

• October 1–2, 2026
• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc63q1yE2hZzc5viRUC_3cfkF0OBqy5lkYRXNVCsliMLnaRoA/viewform

Digital Commons: Infrastructures, Design, and the Ethics of Autonomy

• October 8-10, 2026
• Athens, Greece
• www.digicommons.org