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
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
March 2026
25 March 2026 | Oxford, UK | AI and Ethics of Care Conference, organised by the Institute for Ethics in AI and featuring Ambassador Audrey Tang
25 March 2026 | Online | Alliance Pop-up Series: Who Gets to Decide? Public Voice and the Future of AI, organised by Project Liberty
25 March 2026 | London, UK and Online | Death by a Thousand Cuts: Digital Repression and Pro-Democracy Movements in Thailand (book soft launch), organised by London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and Prof. Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri
26 March 2026 | Online | Asia Undercurrent Webinar Series: Strengthening Disaster Resilience Across the Indo-Pacific, organised by Asia Undercurrent Webinar, Nikkei, Nikkei Asia, and the Government of Japan (*)
27-28 March 2026 | Online | Decolonial Conference: Liberation and (Counter)Insurgency: Entangled Histories of Genocide, Scholasticide, and Fascism, organised by Decolonial Conference
27-28 March 2026 | Hong Kong | Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy, organised by NetMission.asia, Internet Society Hong Kong Chapter, www.asia, and Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy
30 March 2026 | Singapore | Technological Trade Patterns: BRICS and ASEAN, organised by ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute
30 March 2026 | Seoul, Republic of Korea | International Conference on Human Rights, Globalization & Digital Policy (ICHRGDP), organised by Research Plus
30 March 2026 | Online | Social Media Accountability in Times of Genocide, organised by 7amleh
30-31 March 2026 | Online | Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2026, organised by Palestine Digital Activism Forum and 7amleh
30-31 March 2026 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2026 Just AI Conference: Grounding AI Governance in Justice, organised by Research ICT Africa
30 March - 01 April 2026 | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Future-Proofing AI: Building Human-in-the-Loop Governance Skills for Rights-Respecting AI, organised by Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) and Center for Digital Society at Universitas Gajah Mada
30 March 2026 | Online | Social Media Accountability in Times of Genocide, at the Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2026, organised by 7amleh and What To Fix
31 March 2026 | Livestream, and Dublin, Ireland | Mary Lawlor: launch of scoping paper “From Visibility to Vulnerability: When Social Media Fails Human Rights Defenders,” organised by the Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Trinity College Centre for Social Innovation, Dublin (livestream on Mary Lawlor’s YouTube channel, linked above)
April 2026
09-10 April 2026 | Singapore | GITEX Asia 2026 x AI Everything Singapore, organised by Dubai World Trade Centre and Kaoun International (*)
09-10 April 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | International Conference on Consumer Data Privacy, Security, and Digital Rights (ICCDPSDR-26), organised by ISER
13-14 April 2026 | Manila, Philippines | International Conference on Human Rights, Globalisation , and Digital Policy, organised by Science Cite
13-14 April 2026 | Hong Kong, SAR | 2026 World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit, organised by WIC and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
21-24 April 2026 | Singapore | Black Hat Asia 2026, organised by Black Hat (*)
22-23 April 2026 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Global Collaboration and Growth Meeting, organised by the World Economic Forum (*)
22-23 April 2026 | Singapore | CNBC Converge Live, organised by CNBC (*)
22-24 April 2026 | Hong Kong | THE Asia Universities Summit – Igniting Global Transformation: Asia’s Leadership, organised by THE Events Network and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (*)
23 April 2026 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Digital Transformation Summit 34th Edition, organised by EXITO (*)
27-28 April 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | AICHR Regional Forum on Human Rights Cities in ASEAN: Localising human rights for inclusive development towards localising the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, organised by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
29-30 April 2026 | Manila, Philippines | GEN.AI Summit Philippines: The ASEAN Generative AI Revolution, organised by callobconf (*)
May 2026
TBD | Singapore | Singapore International Scientific Exchange on AI Safety, organised by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information
04-07 May 2026 | Singapore | HR Tech Asia 2026, organised by HR Executive (*)
05-08 May 2026 | Zambia & online | RightsCon 2026, organised by AccessNow (*)
11-12 May 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | 6th LAWASIA Human Rights Conference: Human Rights under Threat: Meeting the Challenges from Repression, Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence & the Decline of the Rule of Law, organised by the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) and the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law
11-13 May 2026 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | AI Everything Summit, organised by Department of Government Enablement and solutions (Mubadala Company) (*)
19-21 May 2026 | London, UK | Tech Abuse Conference, organised by Gender Tech and University College London
19-21 May 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Africa Tech Policy Summit (AfTPS) 2026, oragnised by KICTANet
20-22 May 2026 | Singapore | Asia Tech x Singapore, organised by Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore
20-23 May 2026 | TBD | 43rd ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Meeting, organised by AICHR
26-28 May 2026 | Cebu, Philippines | Reimagining CX, Shaping the World, organised by Contact Center Association of the Philippines (*)
