Events^ from the Rest of Us (03.12.25)
Policy-shaping knowledge moments from outside the mainstream
Today’s Events^ dispatch contains curated posts — currently through November 2026 — to keep you updated on knowledge shaping moments outside the mainstream Northern discourse. Please note that (margin*notes)^squared will initially focus on knowledge events in the Asia Pacific Region and from historically underrepresented groups. Please feel free to submit any upcoming events — seminars, conferences, webinars, workshops, etc — that you feel are relevant by dropping me a note.
I also believe it is vitally important to understand who funds knowledge moments that shape our public policy discourse. Events indicated with an (*) indicate activities that seem to be funded in part or in whole by a private sector entity (or the convening organisation receives private sector funding) and you are encouraged to investigate further.
Calendar (December 2025 - November 2026)
December 2025
01 December 2025 | Stockholm, Sweden and Online | AI, Democracy and Plurality in a Time of Polarisation – Meet the 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate (Audrey Tang), organised by Stockholm Center for Global Asia at Stockholm University
02 December 2025 | Singapore | 2nd Annual AI Innovation Asia, organised by Economist Impact (*)
02 December 2025 | Brussels, Belgium | 7amleh’s Annual Conference in Europe: Protect or Perpetuate? The European Union’s Choice on Palestinian Digital Freedoms, organised by 7amleh
03 December 2025 | Delhi, India and Online | Road to Impact Summit – Sandboxing: Prototyping and experimentation lessons for AI powered DPI, organised by Datasphere Initiative (*)
02-03 December 2025 | Seoul, Republic of Korea | International [AI Standards] Summit, organised by International Standards Organisation, International Electrotechnic Commission, International Telecommunication Union, and Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
03-04 December 2025 | Quezon City, Philippines | National Convening on Meaningful Community-Centred Connectivity Initiatives in the Philippines, organised by Association for Progressive Communications
03-05 December 2025 | Manila, Philippines | International Forum on Data, Information, and Knowledge for Sustainable and Ethical Societies, organised by University of the Philippines
04 December 2025 | Online | When Aid Fades: Impact and Pathways for the global Democracy Ecosystem Report Launch and Discussion with Democracy Support Community, organised by Global Democracy Coalition, International IDEA and IFES
08 December 2025 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Artificial Intelligence and Corruption: Emerging Challenges in Detection, Prevention, and Regulatory Enforcement, organised by School of Business and Monash University Malaysia
08-10 December 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand | Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week - Asia Pacific 2025, organised by The Asian Disaster Reduction Response Network
09 December 2025 | Singapore | Empowering Through Digital Technologies Conference, organised by the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore
10 December 2025 | worldwide | International Human Rights Day.
10 December 2025 | Taipei, Taiwan | Award Ceremony for the 2025 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award, organised by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.
10 December 2025 | Online | Centering Rights and CSO Participation at India-AI Summit 2026, organised by EngageMedia
10-12 December 2025 | Bangkok, Thailand | 6th Technology Innovation Management and Engineering Science International Conference (TIMES-iCON2025), organised by the Association of Thai Digital Industries, ITM Mahidol University, IEEE, IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society Thailand Chapter. (*)
14 December 2025 | Doha, Qatar | UNCAC Coalition Preparatory event, organised by UNCAC Civil Society Coalition
15-19 December 2025 | Doha, Qatar | Eleventh Session Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption, organised by UNODC
January 2026
Date To Be announced | Singapore | 2nd Annual Responsible AI Summit Asia, organised by the Data & Analytics Network
06 January 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | International Conference on Technology, Digital Freedoms & Human Rights (ICTDFHR), organised by Science Leagues
06-07 January 2026 | Manila, Philippines | International Conference on Ethics and Responsibility in Digital Transformation (ICERDT-2026), organised by Research Plus
20-27 January 2026 | Singapore | The 40th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, organised by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (*)
21-23 January 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | 5th Global Peace Summit, organised by Humanitarian Affairs
21-24 January 2026 | Pattaya, Thailand | 18th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology, organised by IEEE Thailand Section, Knowledge and Smart Technology Research Lab, and Burapha University
24-25 January 2026 | Aizuwakamatsu, Japan | 3rd ICAIH Conference on AI Horizons & Society, organised by the University of Aizu
