Today’s Events^ dispatch contains curated posts — currently through all of 2026 — to keep you updated on knowledge shaping moments outside the mainstream Northern discourse. Please feel free to submit any upcoming events — seminars, conferences, webinars, workshops, trainings, etc — that you feel are relevant by dropping me a note.
Training Opportunities (Free and Fee-based)
On-Demand | Online | คอร์สอบรมออนไลน์-ผลิตภัณฑ์สร้างสรรค์ยุคใหม่ ด้วย Generative AI (Online Training Course - New Generation of Innovative Products with Generative AI), by Big Data Institute under the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Thailand, Cost: free
19 Jan - 27 Feb 2026 | Online | AI For Social Impact and Public Policy, by ILO International Training Centre, Cost: EUR 1,010
17 Feb - 17 Mar 2026 | Online | Leveraging Data and AI for Peace: From Dashboards to Storytelling for Conflict Prevention, by United Nations System Staff College, Cost: $1,250
Self-Paced | Online | Unlocking AI for Nonprofits, by NetHope and Microsft (*), Cost: Free
Self-Paced | Online | AI and Human Rights 101, by United Nations Global Compact, Cost: Free
Calendar 2026
February 2026
03 February | Online | โคแฟคสนทนา: รวมพลคนเช็กข่าว EP.27 “รื้อมายาคติ การเมืองเรื่องรุ่น” นับถอยหลังการเลือกตั้ง และการลงประชามติรัฐธรรมนูญ (COFACT Discussion: Gathering of News Checkers EP.27 “Debunking the Myth of Generational Politics” Counting Down to the Election and the Constitutional Referendum), organised by COFACT Thailand
04 February 2026 | Online, Singapore | AVPN AI for Good Learning Series Session: Building Data and AI Maturity for Social Impact - A People-First Approach, organised by AVPN (*)
04-05 February 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | AI Asia and CyberSec Asia, organised by VNU Asia Pacific (*)
04-12 February 2026 | Jakarta, Indonesia | APRICOT 2026, organised by APRICOT: Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
05 February 2026 | Online | Reimagining Data Governance: A Roundtable for Equitable Futures, organised by Tech Global Institute, Paradigm Initiative, and Internet Lab
05 February 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand and Online | Decline of Rights in 2025: Conflict, Aid Cuts, Democratic Backsliding - 2026 World Report Asia Release, organised by Human Rights Watch
05 February 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand and Online | Thailand’s Feb 8 general election: What is at stake?, organised by the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand
05 February 2026 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Asia AI Infrastructure Malaysia Summit 2026, organised by Escom Events (*)
05 February 2026 | Singapore | AI Revolution Summit, organised by traicon (*)
05 February 2026 | New York, United States | AI for Justice and Justice for AI: Expert Discussion on AI, Governance, and People-Centered Justice, organised by Justice Action Coalition, Pathfinders, Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations
06-08 February 2026 | Tangerang, Indonesia | 18th Asia Pacific Next Generation (APNG) Camp: Society 5.0 in the Asia-Pacific: Innovation for the Next Generation, organised by APNG
07 February 2026 | Dubai | AI Community Days (AICD) Dubai 2026, organised by AICD
08 February 2026 | Jakarta, Indonesia | AP* Meeting in Conjunction with APNIC 61, organised by AP* Retreat (community of Asia Pacific internet organisations)
09 February 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | Putting People First: AI Ready for Advancing Social Impact in Thailand, hosted at the United Nations Conference Centre, organised by Microsoft (*)
09-10 February 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | Safer Internet Day Thailand 2569 (2026), organised by Thai Health
11-13 February 2026 | Pretoria, South Africa | 2026 International Conference on Digtal Platform Governance, organised by UNESCO and the European Union
14-15 February 2026 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | African Union Summit (39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government, organised by the African Union
17 February 2026 | New Delhi, India | AI Safety Asia Session at India Impact Summit, oragnised by AI Safety Asia, International Association for Safe and Ethical Artificial Intelligence, Center for Human-Compatible AI and AI Safety Connect
17 February 2026 | Worldwide, Online | PAIRS: Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium, organised by PAIRS
19-20 February 2026 | New Delhi, India | India - AI Impact Summit, organised by the Government of India (*)
20 February 2026 | Online | An International Comparison: Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Approaches to AI in Health Care, organised by The Petrie-Flom Center - Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
24-26 February 2026 | Paris, France | IASEAI’26 Annual Conference, organised by the International Association of Safe and Ethical AI
24-26 February 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | Community Resilience Partnership Program, Partnership Forum 2026, organised by the Asian Development Bank
24-27 February 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2026, organised by UN ESCAP
26 February | Webinar | India and China: Leaders of the Global South?, organised by Heinrich Böll Stiftung (India and Beijing Office)
March 2026
01-03 March 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | 17th Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference (WLEC2026): Women Rising - Voices of Power, Agents of Change, organised by the Tomorrow People Organisation
4-7 March 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | The NERPS 2026 Conference (Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability, organised by NERPS, Hiroshima University and United Nations University
05 March 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | International Conference on Technology, Digital Freedoms & Human Rights (ICTDFHR), organised by Research Foundation
