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Policy-shaping knowledge moments from outside the mainstream

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Jul 22, 2025
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Today’s Events^ dispatch contains curated posts 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 and you are encouraged to investigate further.

Calendar

July 2025
  • 22-23 July 2025, Manila, Philippines: PhilSec 2025 Cyber Security Summit, organised by TradePass, CICC, National Privacy Commission of the Philippines, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (*)

  • 22-24 July 2025, Jakarta, Indonesia: CTRL+J APAC, organised by Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, Asosiasi Media Siber Indonesia, and International Fund for Public Interest Media.

  • 23 July 2025, Taguig City, Philippines: AICON PH 2025, organised by the Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Association of the Philippines.

  • 24 July 2025, Manila, Philippines: The Evolution of Tech Governance in Southeast Asia, Spotlight on the Philippines, organised by Tech for Good Institute (Singapore) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology of the Philippines (DICT).

  • 25 July 2025, Online webinar: In Search of Thailand’s New Industrial Strategy, organised by the Thailand Studies Programme of ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore)

  • 25 July 2025, Bangkok, Thailand: deadline to apply for the 15-17 August 2025 Regional Journalists intensive workshop, organised by the Thai Journalists Association and the Safe and Creative Media Development Fund.

  • 25 July 2025, Bangkok, Thailand: Empowering Global Citizenship: A Workshop on Digital Transformation and Inclusion for Sustainable Development, organised by UN ESCAP, SDG for Global Citizenship and Chulalongkorn University.

  • 28 July 2025, global: Public Consultation on Freedom of Expression and Artificial Intelligence, organised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa. Closes on 28 July.

  • 31 July 2025, virtual: 4th ASEAN Task Force on Fake News (4th ASEAN TFFN), organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and ASEAN.

  • By 31 July 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Malaysia’s National AI Action Plan 2026-20230, public comment and consultation survey.

  • 30-31 July - 01 August 2025, Bangkok, Thailand: Canvas Forum 2025: Unleashing the Peach Economy, organised by Canvas Ventures, uniting the Pink (LGBTQI+) and Orange (Creative) economies. (*)

August 2025
  • 04 August 2025, Jakarta, Indonesia: WAN-IFRA AI Forum 2025 Jakarta, organised by WAN-IFRA (World Association of News Publishers) and KG Media Group Indonesia (*)

  • 4-6 August 2025, Bangkok, Thailand: Techsauce Global Summit 2025, organised by Techsauce (*)

  • 08 August 2025, Indonesia: 31st Anniversary of Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI, Alliance of Independent Journalists).

  • 09 August 2025, Bangkok, Thailand: deadline to apply to attend the 22-24 August 2025, “JournaLift with AI: ยกระดับนักข่าวรุ่นใหม่ด้วย AI อย่างมีจริยธรรม สู่วารสารศาสตร์ที่ทรงพลังและมีคุณค่า” (JournaLift with AI: Ethically elevating new generation journalists with AI towards powerful and valuable journalism), organised by the Thai Journalist Association and Safe & Creative Media Development Fund

  • 11-13 August 2025, Surabaya, Indonesia: 8th Human Rights Conference (8HRC): Protecting human rights in Asia amid energy transition, technological disruption and democratic regression, organised by University of Sydney (Sydney Southeast Asia Centre), Universitas Airlangga, Universitas Jember, Sydney University Law School.

  • 12-13 August 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: inaugural ASEAN AI Malaysia Summit 2025, organised by Malaysia’s Ministry for Digital.

  • 15 August 2025, Quezon City, Philippines: 1st CHR Conference on International Humanitarian Law: Human Rights and the Security Sector in the Dynamic 21st Century, organised by Human Rights Policy Centers Office in collaboration with the Human Rights Promotion Office (of the Commission on Human Rights).

  • 15-17 August 2025, Bangkok, Thailand: Regional Journalists intensive workshop, organised by the Thai Journalists Association and the Safe and Creative Media Development Fund; apply by 25 July 2025.

  • 16-18 August 2025, Bangkok, Thailand: 10th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (ICIT - 2025), organised by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok and SPJ Centre for Multidisciplinary Research (SCMR) Jakarta.

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