September 9 2025 Agenda

---

Day two of the 2025 Global Gathering Agenda

---

Join us for good food and music

12:00 to 13:00

Lunch and Networking Hour

Check out the various food vendors and connect with participants in a beautiful setting.

	Self-Organized Socials
	Check out the list of self-organized Socials taking place at off-site (but close by) locations, ranging from meetups to numerous activities.
	A Sample of Today's Socials:

	Circles and Villages You can find detailed Circle descriptions the end of this page. You can also organize your own self-organized Circle or Booth in the empty spaces (marked SOC TBD) by following these instructions.
Circles, September 9
Location	13:30 - 14:30	15:00 - 16:00	16:30 - 17:30
Circle 1		From Seas to Skies: The New Frontiers of Internet Governance
Circle 2	Whistleblowing and the Fight for Truth	Leading AI Detection: Deepfakes, Provenance & Protection	Who’s Writing Our Story? Documenting the why as well as the how
Circle 3	Inside a Cross-Border Investigation on Surveillance and Censorship Tech (part 1)	Inside a Cross-Border Investigation on Surveillance and Censorship Tech (part 2)	Mapping the Global Spyware Landscape: Perspectives, Gaps & Possibilities
Circle 4
Circle 5
Circle 6
Villages, September 9
Location	13:30 - 14:30	15:00 - 16:00	16:30 - 17:30
Luminate Village	Effective Altruism: How can civil society and philanthropy respond?	Effective Altruism: How can civil society and philanthropy respond?	Effective Altruism: How can civil society and philanthropy respond?
Calyx Village	Secure Messaging in 2025 and What Comes Next?		Sketch It Out: Unblock Your Brain and Spark Creative Flow
Circumvention Tech Village
APC Village
Open Measurement Village
Digital Rights Sustainability Village	Brainstorm on Alternative Funding Models (Part 2)	Numun Fund Session Part 1	A Listening Session on the Digital Rights Funding Collapse
Latin America Cafe
SWANA Cafe
Asia Cafe
Queer Rights Village
Reproductive Rights Village

	Booths Each booth has a number, which can be found on top, center above a booth's "window". You can find detailed Booths & Villages descriptions at the bottom of this page.
Booths, September 9
	13:00 - 15:00			15:30 - 17:30
Location	Name	Run by		Name	Run by
Booth 1
Booth 2
Booth 3
Booth 4a
Booth 4b
Booth 5
Booth 6
Booth 7
Booth 8
Booth 9
Booth 10
Booth 11
Booth 12
Booth 13
Booth 14
Booth 15
Booth 16
Booth 17
Booth 18
Booth 19
Booth 21
Booth 22
Booth 79
Booth 80
Booth 81
Booth 82
Booth 83a
Booth 83b

	Global Gathering After Hours
18:00 - 21:00	Karaoke!!! Our favorite pass time!

Partners

Thank you to all of the partners and sponsors that have made the 2025 Global Gathering possible!

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Circle Descriptions

Circle Title	Circle Description
Effective Altruism: How can civil society and philanthropy respond?	Building collective knowledge about effective altruism, and the impact the movement is having on AI policy, among philanthropic organisations and civil society. Learning about the findings from previous work and explore how to take these learnings forward to explore strategies for responding to this movement’s incursion into the fields in which we work.
From Seas to Skies: The New Frontiers of Internet Governance	Beyond traditional areas of network and telecommunications governance, new tensions are increasingly reshaping what internet governance means: who is actually governing the new technologies that increasingly facilitate our internet connections? As companies like Google, Amazon, AWS, and Starlink expand their control over submarine cables, cloud infrastructure, and satellite networks, the longstanding approach to governing the internet stack through a set of well-known bodies like ICANN and the IETF is becoming more fragmented and contested. This circle will explore both the traditional venues of Internet governance and what is at stake there for the IF community as well as map how governance is shifting from traditional internet governance and technical standards bodies to new venues, and what civil society can do to prevent the consolidation of power over the internet.
Inside a Cross-Border Investigation on Surveillance and Censorship Tech (part 1)	This is part 1 of a two part series. Join Amnesty Tech and InterSec Lab for a look at their groundbreaking collaborative investigation into surveillance and censorship technologies, which will be launched during the Global Gathering. Learn about the findings on how powerful digital tools are being traded and deployed across borders to suppress civic space. Together, we’ll explore: + The methodologies used to analyze and safeguard highly sensitive leaked data. + The secure platforms and workflows enabling cross-organizational collaboration. + Key investigative findings and their implications for the global digital rights community. Engage directly with investigators, learn replicable practices, and discuss the broader ecosystem enabling rights-abusing technologies to flourish. It’s also one of the first chances to respond collectively to the investigation’s revelations, as it launches in real time at the Gathering.
Inside a Cross-Border Investigation on Surveillance and Censorship Tech (part 2)	This is part 2 of a two part series. Join Amnesty Tech and InterSec Lab for a look at their groundbreaking collaborative investigation into surveillance and censorship technologies, which will be launched during the Global Gathering. Learn about the findings on how powerful digital tools are being traded and deployed across borders to suppress civic space. Together, we’ll explore: + The methodologies used to analyze and safeguard highly sensitive leaked data. + The secure platforms and workflows enabling cross-organizational collaboration. + Key investigative findings and their implications for the global digital rights community. Engage directly with investigators, learn replicable practices, and discuss the broader ecosystem enabling rights-abusing technologies to flourish. It’s also one of the first chances to respond collectively to the investigation’s revelations, as it launches in real time at the Gathering.
Leading AI Detection: Deepfakes, Provenance & Protection	Deepfakes are rapidly evolving—and so are the threats they pose. In this session, we’ll unpack how generative AI is being used to create increasingly realistic audiovisual content, and explore two key strategies for mitigating harm: provenance and detection. We’ll also spotlight emerging threats to those on the frontlines of media and human rights and invite participants into an interactive conversation to share experiences and strategies for collective defense.
Mapping the Global Spyware Landscape: Perspectives, Gaps & Possibilities	Led by partners of the Spyware Accountability Initiative, this interactive Circle invites participants to collectively map the diverse range of work, perspectives, and lived experiences related to spyware and surveillance technologies around the world. Whether you’re working on investigations, victim support, policy reform, tool development, or community education—this space is for you. We'll explore the following together: + What does spyware work look like across regions and sectors? + Where are the critical gaps in accountability, protection, and response? + How can we better connect efforts, reduce duplication, and amplify underrepresented voices?
Sketch It Out: Unblock Your Brain and Spark Creative Flow	Feeling stuck? Overwhelmed? In this guided circle, we’ll use simple sketching and visual thinking to unlock creativity, ease mental clutter, and see familiar problems in a new light. No drawing skills needed—just a willingness to explore with pen and paper. Through a series of playful prompts and reflections, you’ll learn how visual expression can: + Calm a busy or anxious mind Help externalize and reframe challenges + Tap into intuitive, nonlinear thinking + Make space for clarity, insight, and even joy Come as you are. Leave with a few lines on a page and a lighter mind
Whistleblowing and the Fight for Truth	What compels someone to risk everything to expose the truth? In this powerful session, Libby Liu leads an open conversation on the role of whistleblowers in defending democracy, human rights, and the public good. We’ll explore the personal and political stakes of whistleblowing, the evolving risks in the digital age, and how communities can build stronger ecosystems of support for truth-tellers. Come ready to listen, reflect, and contribute to a collective understanding of courage, accountability, and protection.

Booth & Village Descriptions

Village	Run by	Village Description