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<big>'''This page is ONLY to coordinate between TCU and participants leading circles, booths, and workshops. The official agenda of the [[2026 Global Gathering Programming|Global Gathering 2026 can be found here.]]'''</big> | <big>'''This page is ONLY to coordinate between TCU and participants leading circles, booths, and workshops. The official agenda of the [[2026 Global Gathering Programming|Global Gathering 2026 can be found here.]]'''</big> | ||
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* [https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/ | * [https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/cost_of_protection The Costs of Protection: Turning GG 2024 Insights into an Agenda for Global South Sovereignty] (11:00 to 12:30)<br><br> | ||
* [https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/building_consulting_career From Activist to Consultant: How to Build a Revenue-Generating Consulting Career] (11:00 to 12:30)<br><br> | * [https://digitalrights.formstack.com/forms/building_consulting_career From Activist to Consultant: How to Build a Revenue-Generating Consulting Career] (11:00 to 12:30)<br><br> | ||
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|Researchers Meetup | |Researchers Meetup | ||
|Tech Justice Promenade: Gathering of LGBTQI+ and Allies | |Tech Justice Promenade: Gathering of LGBTQI+ and Allies | ||
| | |Digital Transnational Repression: Connecting Across Regions | ||
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| style="background: #b9f4f8;" |'''Circle 2''' | | style="background: #b9f4f8;" |'''Circle 2''' | ||
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| | |Secure Communications Toolmaker Meetup | ||
| | |Owning the Graph: Movement-Grade Coordination Without a Company in the Middle | ||
| | |Secure Messaging in 2026 and What Comes Next | ||
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| | |Can Signal Become Phishing-Resistant? | ||
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| style="background: #c0e590; width: 60%;" |<center>'''<big>Village Description</big>'''</center> | | style="background: #c0e590; width: 60%;" |<center>'''<big>Village Description</big>'''</center> | ||
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|Asia Meetup | |Asia Meetup | ||
|<small>Connect with individuals actively working in the Asia region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Asian projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Asian digital rights community.</small> | |<small>Connect with individuals actively working in the Asia region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Asian projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Asian digital rights community.</small> | ||
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|Can Signal Become Phishing-Resistant? | |||
|<small>Targeted phishing campaigns against journalists, activists, and civil society increasingly abuse legitimate Signal account recovery and device-linking workflows rather than exploiting software vulnerabilities. In this session, we will examine the current threat landscape and explore potential improvements to account security that could significantly reduce the risk of remote account takeover.</small> | |||
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|Caribbean + Diaspora Meet Up | |Caribbean + Diaspora Meet Up | ||
|<small>This meetup brings together human rights defenders from the Caribbean. We will discuss how we can create ""digital safety in numbers"" across our region and share examples and stories of our digital rights experience. We will also explore mutual support and collaborative resources.</small> | |<small>This meetup brings together human rights defenders from the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora community. We will discuss how we can create ""digital safety in numbers"" across our region and share examples and stories of our digital rights experience. We will also explore mutual support and collaborative resources.</small> | ||
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|Countering Disinformation Meetup | |Countering Disinformation Meetup | ||
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|Digital Transnational Repression: Connecting Across Regions | |Digital Transnational Repression: Connecting Across Regions | ||
|<small>This meetup | |<small>This meetup brings together practitioners working on digital transnational repression (TNR) to exchange experiences, compare emerging trends, and strengthen collaboration across regions. While TNR often appears as a series of isolated incidents affecting specific countries or communities, many of these cases reflect common tactics, shared methods, and recurring patterns employed by different states against diaspora and exile communities. Recent exchanges among practitioners highlighted the value of looking beyond individual country contexts. Thus, we hope to do just that, and identify common patterns, exchange practical lessons, compare tactics, and build stronger connections and continued collaborations across networks, regions and organizations.</small> | ||
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|Eastern European and Central Caucasus Meetup | |Eastern European and Central Caucasus Meetup | ||
|<small>Connect with individuals actively working in the Eastern European and Central Caucasus region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Eastern European and Central Caucasus projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Eastern European and Central Caucasus digital rights community.</small> | |<small>Connect with individuals actively working in the Eastern European and Central Caucasus region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Eastern European and Central Caucasus projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Eastern European and Central Caucasus digital rights community.</small> | ||
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|Francophone Africa Meetup | |||
|<small>Connect with individuals actively working in the Francophone African region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Francophone African projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Francophone African digital rights community.</small> | |||
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|Influence Operations Investigators Meetup | |Influence Operations Investigators Meetup | ||
|<small>A space for people who research and track influence operations across different regions to meet, connect, and build trust. Many of us investigate influence operations in relative isolation, often under risk, and rarely get to meet peers facing similar challenges. This meetup is a chance to put faces to names, share where we are working and what we are up against, and lay the groundwork for ongoing cross-regional collaboration that continues well beyond the GG. We especially want to connect investigators from underrepresented regions, including the Global South, where influence operations are often under-documented but increasingly consequential.</small> | |<small>A space for people who research and track influence operations across different regions to meet, connect, and build trust. Many of us investigate influence operations in relative isolation, often under risk, and rarely get to meet peers facing similar challenges. This meetup is a chance to put faces to names, share where we are working and what we are up against, and lay the groundwork for ongoing cross-regional collaboration that continues well beyond the GG. We especially want to connect investigators from underrepresented regions, including the Global South, where influence operations are often under-documented but increasingly consequential.</small> | ||
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| | |Journalism Meetup | ||
|<small>Connect with other journalists and media professionals in the digital rights field. This is a fantastic opportunity to foster meaningful connections, share your concerns and seek support, and expand your professional network.</small> | |<small>Connect with other journalists and media professionals in the digital rights field. This is a fantastic opportunity to foster meaningful connections, share your concerns and seek support, and expand your professional network.</small> | ||
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|OSINT in the Open Meetup | |OSINT in the Open Meetup | ||
|<small>OSINT practitioners share methods and missions but rarely get to share a room. This meetup is a dedicated space for open-source intelligence professionals to meet, swap stories, and build the kind of relationships that make the work more sustainable and less lonely.</small> | |<small>OSINT practitioners share methods and missions but rarely get to share a room. This meetup is a dedicated space for open-source intelligence professionals to meet, swap stories, and build the kind of relationships that make the work more sustainable and less lonely.</small> | ||
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|Owning the Graph: Movement-Grade Coordination Without a Company in the Middle | |||
|<small>Civil society stays on Meta, WhatsApp, and Telegram because they combine private coordination, public discovery, and groups in one place, even though one company owns the graph and holds a shutdown switch. The open alternatives scatter organizing across several apps and often close when their funding ends. This Circle works on one problem: how to keep that combined coordination while removing the single owner, by splitting the stack across open protocols so no server is required. This meetup will define what a movement-grade decentralized social stack actually needs, and will surface the hardest unsolved problems.</small> <small>We will pressure-test a concrete approach (identity and social graph on AT Protocol, private messaging on MLS/<nowiki>RFC 9420</nowiki>, communities on ActivityPub) and turn the discussion into a shared specification any project in this space can build against.</small> | |||
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|Participatory Defense Meetup | |Participatory Defense Meetup | ||
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|Russia Meetup | |Russia Meetup | ||
|<small>Connect with individuals actively working in Russia This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Russian projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Russian digital rights community.</small> | |<small>Connect with individuals actively working in Russia This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Russian projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Russian digital rights community.</small> | ||
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|Secure Messaging in 2026 and What Comes next | |||
|<small>Participants will discuss what secure messaging looks like in 2026-and where it's headed next. We'll explore current trends, emerging gaps, and how evolving privacy technologies and federated protocols are reshaping the landscape. This session invites input from developers, advocates, and end users alike to help define the future of secure, user-centered communication. Come share your insights and help us imagine what comes next.</small> | |||
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|Security Practioners Meetup | |Security Practioners Meetup | ||
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|South Asian Digital Liberation Meetup | |South Asian Digital Liberation Meetup | ||
|<small>This meetup brings together folks from South Asia, who has served as one of the largest markets for global digital platforms, but at the same time, some of the most egregious cases of digital violence have come out of South Asia, whether that is fueling disinformation, hate speech, or extremism. This meetup will bring together South Asian human rights defenders within the region and in the diaspora working at the nexus of tech and justice.</small> | |<small>This meetup brings together folks from South Asia, who has served as one of the largest markets for global digital platforms, but at the same time, some of the most egregious cases of digital violence have come out of South Asia, whether that is fueling disinformation, hate speech, or extremism. This meetup will bring together South Asian human rights defenders within the region and in the diaspora working at the nexus of tech and justice.</small> | ||
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|SWANA Meetup | |SWANA Meetup | ||
Latest revision as of 17:56, 21 July 2026
JoiGG Agenda SandBox
This page is ONLY to coordinate between TCU and participants leading circles, booths, and workshops. The official agenda of the Global Gathering 2026 can be found here.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT your activities description at the bottom..
| Sept. 3 | Times | Sept. 4 | Sept. 5 | Sept 6 |
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| Pre-Registration will run from
16:00 - 20:00 |
9:00 - 12:00 | Satellite Events and Workshops
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Satellite Events and Workshops
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Satellite Events and Workshops |
| 9:00 - 12:00 | Wellbeing Morning Activities
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Wellbeing Morning Activities
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Wellbeing Morning Activities
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Networking Hour | Networking Hour | Networking Hour | |
| 13:00 - 18:00 | Circles, Villages, Meetups and Booths | Circles, Villages, Meetups and Booths | Circles, Villages, Meetups and Booths | |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | The Drag Show: Valencia Drive | Karaoke Extravaganza | DJ Boom Boom Boom |
September 4
September 5
September 6
Descriptions
Villages are "all-day hubs" focused on specific topics. They house both Booths and Circles.
| Digital Security | This is a space for security practitioners and trainers to discuss securing our communities from digital threats from both the ground and the tech | |
| Africa Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the African region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse African projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Africa digital rights community. |
| Asia Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the Asia region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Asian projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Asian digital rights community. |
| Can Signal Become Phishing-Resistant? | Targeted phishing campaigns against journalists, activists, and civil society increasingly abuse legitimate Signal account recovery and device-linking workflows rather than exploiting software vulnerabilities. In this session, we will examine the current threat landscape and explore potential improvements to account security that could significantly reduce the risk of remote account takeover. |
| Caribbean + Diaspora Meet Up | This meetup brings together human rights defenders from the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora community. We will discuss how we can create ""digital safety in numbers"" across our region and share examples and stories of our digital rights experience. We will also explore mutual support and collaborative resources. |
| Countering Disinformation Meetup | Come meet colleagues from across the disinformation frontlines. We'll share learnings, tactics, and war stories - as we seek to learn from one another on what works best, and what can inadvertently backfire in the fight against disinformation. |
| Digital Transnational Repression: Connecting Across Regions | This meetup brings together practitioners working on digital transnational repression (TNR) to exchange experiences, compare emerging trends, and strengthen collaboration across regions. While TNR often appears as a series of isolated incidents affecting specific countries or communities, many of these cases reflect common tactics, shared methods, and recurring patterns employed by different states against diaspora and exile communities. Recent exchanges among practitioners highlighted the value of looking beyond individual country contexts. Thus, we hope to do just that, and identify common patterns, exchange practical lessons, compare tactics, and build stronger connections and continued collaborations across networks, regions and organizations. |
| Eastern European and Central Caucasus Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the Eastern European and Central Caucasus region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Eastern European and Central Caucasus projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Eastern European and Central Caucasus digital rights community. |
| Francophone Africa Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the Francophone African region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Francophone African projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Francophone African digital rights community. |
| Influence Operations Investigators Meetup | A space for people who research and track influence operations across different regions to meet, connect, and build trust. Many of us investigate influence operations in relative isolation, often under risk, and rarely get to meet peers facing similar challenges. This meetup is a chance to put faces to names, share where we are working and what we are up against, and lay the groundwork for ongoing cross-regional collaboration that continues well beyond the GG. We especially want to connect investigators from underrepresented regions, including the Global South, where influence operations are often under-documented but increasingly consequential. |
| Journalism Meetup | Connect with other journalists and media professionals in the digital rights field. This is a fantastic opportunity to foster meaningful connections, share your concerns and seek support, and expand your professional network. |
| Latin America Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the Latin America region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Latin American projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Latin America digital rights community. |
| North America Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the North American region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse North American projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the North American digital rights community. |
| OSINT in the Open Meetup | OSINT practitioners share methods and missions but rarely get to share a room. This meetup is a dedicated space for open-source intelligence professionals to meet, swap stories, and build the kind of relationships that make the work more sustainable and less lonely. |
| Owning the Graph: Movement-Grade Coordination Without a Company in the Middle | Civil society stays on Meta, WhatsApp, and Telegram because they combine private coordination, public discovery, and groups in one place, even though one company owns the graph and holds a shutdown switch. The open alternatives scatter organizing across several apps and often close when their funding ends. This Circle works on one problem: how to keep that combined coordination while removing the single owner, by splitting the stack across open protocols so no server is required. This meetup will define what a movement-grade decentralized social stack actually needs, and will surface the hardest unsolved problems. We will pressure-test a concrete approach (identity and social graph on AT Protocol, private messaging on MLS/RFC 9420, communities on ActivityPub) and turn the discussion into a shared specification any project in this space can build against. |
| Participatory Defense Meetup | This meetup is for people working on participatory defense and advocacy for individuals who have been imprisoned-to share strategies, tactics, and build up a stronger network for defense. |
| Policy Advocates Meetup | Connect with individuals working at the intersection of policy and digital rights. This event offers a unique opportunity to learn from fellow policy advocates from across the world, and learn about current policy initiatives related to the impact of technology on human rights. |
| Researchers Meetup | Connect with fellow researchers investigating digital rights topics and subjects such as internet freedom, security and technology. Participants will share insights, discuss recent findings, and explore emerging trends in the field. Whether you're a seasoned researcher or new to the field, this meetup provides a supportive environment to enhance your work and impact. |
| Russia Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in Russia This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse Russian projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Russian digital rights community. |
| Secure Messaging in 2026 and What Comes next | Participants will discuss what secure messaging looks like in 2026-and where it's headed next. We'll explore current trends, emerging gaps, and how evolving privacy technologies and federated protocols are reshaping the landscape. This session invites input from developers, advocates, and end users alike to help define the future of secure, user-centered communication. Come share your insights and help us imagine what comes next. |
| Security Practioners Meetup | Meet security practioners from around the world - from cybersecurity professionals conducting audits to digital security trainers. Whether you’re looking to share your expertise, learn from others, or expand your professional network, this Circle is a great place to learn about new developments, and find opportunities for collaboration. |
| South Asian Digital Liberation Meetup | This meetup brings together folks from South Asia, who has served as one of the largest markets for global digital platforms, but at the same time, some of the most egregious cases of digital violence have come out of South Asia, whether that is fueling disinformation, hate speech, or extremism. This meetup will bring together South Asian human rights defenders within the region and in the diaspora working at the nexus of tech and justice. |
| Spyware Researchers Meetup | xxxxxx |
| SWANA Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the SWANA region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from diverse SWANA projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the SWANA digital rights community. |
| Tech Justice Promenade: Gathering of LGBTQI+ and allies | This meetup provides a strategic space for LGBTQI+ technologists, policymakers, digital rights activists, and allies to connect and build actionable pathways for increasing queer representation in the global tech ecosystem and examining the rapid expansion of Artificial intelligence. strategising on how our communities can move from passive consumers of these technologies to critical operators who can shape its future and counter algorithmic bias. |
| Technologist Meetup | Meet technologists from across the world who are working in digital rights, or in other public interest technology areas. Whether you’re looking to share your expertise, learn from others, or expand your professional network, this Circle is a great place to learn about new developments, and find opportunities for collaboration. |
| Western Europe Meetup | Connect with individuals actively working in the Western European region. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about different projects, gain valuable insights, and expand your professional network. This meetup is designed to foster meaningful connections and enrich the Western European digital rights community. |

