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
February 2026
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
02 March 2026 | Online | Market-Oriented Disinformation and the Threat of Agentic Disinformation, organised by ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute
04-06 March 2026 | Barcelona, Spain | Mobile Social Congress: digital colonialism, organised by SETEM Catalunya (within framework of the Fair Electronics Campaign) with funding from the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation, Barcelona City Council and the EU’s Connect for global Change programme, Som Connexio, Intermon Oxfam and femProcomuns
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
10 March 2026 | Ann Arbor MI, United States and Online | Against Surveillance & Spectacle: Building Global Resistance to Tech-Mediated Oppression, organised by DISCO Network
10 March 2026 | Webinar | Identifying Solutions to Protect Information Integrity on Private Messaging Platforms, organised by the Forum on Information and Democracy
11-12 March 2026 | Hong Kong | 6th Annual Technology for Change Asia, organised by Economist Impact (*)
16-17 March 2026 | Vienna, Austria | Global Fraud Summit, organised by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
17 March 2026 | Manila, Philippines | GovMedia Summit 2026, organised by GovMedia
18-20 March 2026 | Tokyo, Japan and Online | 2026 International Conference on Human Rights: Youth in Asia / 2026年国際人権会議:アジアの若者たち, organised by East Asia Young Scholars Association and the University of Tokyo
19 March 2026 | New Delhi, India | ET GovTech Summit and Awards 2026, organised by The Economic Times Business Verticals (*)
19 March 2026 | Webinar | Artificial Intelligence: Problems and Possibilities for People with Disabilities, organised by Great Lakes ADA Center
21 March 2026 | Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam | International Conference on Law, Human Rights and Cultural Studies, organised by Techno Conference
23 March 2026 | Manila, Philippines | International Conference on Internet Law, Freedom of Speech and Digital Rights, organised by IARF Conference
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 | 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
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
