Events
ICANN85 Community Forum
The ICANN85 Community Forum will be held from 7 to 12 March 2026 in Mumbai, India, with both in-person and online participation available. The meeting website is now live, and registration is open for all attendees. Participants planning to join on-site must register by 6 March 2026. As the final ICANN Public Meeting before the […]
AU-EU Civil Society and Youth Forum 2025
The AU-EU Civil Society and Youth Forum will take place from 20 to 21 November 2025 in Luanda, Angola. The event will be held in English. This Forum brings together 100 representatives of civil society and youth from Africa and Europe. Its purpose is to encourage dialogue, share perspectives on key regional issues, and develop […]
WSIS+20 Virtual Stakeholder Consultation on Rev1
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs will hold a virtual stakeholder consultation on the revised draft outcome document (Rev1) for the WSIS+20 review on 14 November 2025 at 8:00 a.m. EST. The meeting follows General Assembly resolution A/RES/79/277 and provides an opportunity for governments, international organisations, the technical community, private sector actors, […]
LAC–EU Civil Society Forum
In the lead-up to the IV CELAC–EU Summit (9–10 November 2025), the LAC–EU Civil Society Forum will bring together civil society organisations from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European Union to exchange perspectives on shared global challenges and bi-regional cooperation. Building on the 2023 EU–Latin America & the Caribbean Forum: Partners in Change, this […]
18th Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF 2025)
The 18th edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (LACIGF) will take place on 5–6 November 2025 in Córdoba, Argentina. The event is organised by the Multistakeholder Committee (MSC) of LACIGF, in coordination with the Technical Secretariat led by Colnodo, and hosted by Civic House, whose proposal was selected through an open […]
IETF 124 Montreal
The 124th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will take place from Saturday, November 1, to Friday, November 7, 2025, at the Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, Canada. The event will bring together global experts from academia, industry, and the technical community to advance open standards and protocols that make the internet […]
Bread&Net 2025
Bread&Net, SMEX’s annual digital rights unconference for West Asia & North Africa, returns in person to Beirut from Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 October 2025. The three-day programme features hands-on workshops, panels, and community sessions across tracks including digital rights 101, privacy and data governance, freedom of expression and information controls, surveillance and transnational repression, […]
ICANN84 Dublin Annual General Meeting
ICANN’s 84th Annual General Meeting will be held from 25 to 30 October 2025 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Ireland. The meeting will follow a hybrid format, allowing in-person and virtual participation. The six-day programme will include sessions focused on ICANN’s ongoing work, with additional time dedicated to capacity development and leadership training. As […]
WSIS+20 Virtual Stakeholder Consultations
Member States and stakeholders are invited to participate in two-day informal stakeholder consultations on the review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, with the aim to providing comments to the Zero Draft. The informal consultations will precede the 2nd Preparatory Meeting, which will take place on 15 […]
The EU’s Global Gateway: a civil society perspective
The European Commission will hold its second Global Gateway Forum on 8 October 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. This panel will offer an opportunity to examine the initiative from another perspective, focusing on its concrete impacts in areas such as energy, mining, climate, and infrastructure. Speakers will include representatives from the European Parliament as well as […]
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