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Today’s Events^ dispatch contains curated posts — currently through May 2027 — 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 by using this button:
Training Opportunities
Self-Paced | Online | Unlocking AI for Nonprofits, by NetHope and Microsoft (*), Cost: Free
Self-Paced | Online | AI and Human Rights 101, by United Nations Global Compact, Cost: Free
22 July to 08 October 2026 | Online | The Asia-Europe Training on Science and Technology Diplomacy 2026 for young professionals, organised by Asia-Europe Foundation (Note: culminates with the Asia-Europe Science and Technology Youth Summit in October (see below)
⏮️ 🆕 18-20 August 2026 | Pacific Islands, Online | Transforming Rural Landscapes: CIRDAP and PIDF Launch International Online Training Programme on AI for Rural Development, organised by Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)
Fellowship Opportunities
Digital Public Infrastructure Safeguards Accelerator, United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, apply by 30 July (for both UN entities and NGO pathways)
🆕 APrIGF 2026 Fellowship, by Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum; apply by 03 July 2026
🆕 The Singapore AI Safety Fellowship, by Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH); apply by 10 July 2026
Calendar
June 2026
29-30 June 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand, and virtual | Seventh Global Conference on Climate and SDGs Synergies, organised by UN ESCAP
🆕 30 June - 01 July 2026 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment (GFRR) 2026: Building Resilience in an Era of Global Disruption, organised by the Institute for Human Rights and Business
July 2026
⏮️ 🆕 01-03 July 2026 | Port Vila, Vanuatu | The Pacific Innovation Forum for Climate and Environment (PIFCE): Champions of Innovation for Sustainable and Resilient Futures: Harnessing Ideas and Knowledge to Advance Pacific Solutions, organised by Pacific Climate Change Centre and government partners
02 July 2026 | Paris, France | Tech Diplomacy Global Institute: Annual Global Forum, organised by Tech Diplomacy Global Institute and UNESCO
04-05 July 2026 | Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand | AI Safety New Zealand Conference 2026, organised by AI Safety Australia & New Zealand
04-07 July 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland | AI for Good Global Summit, organised by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
04-08 July 2026 | Jakarta, Indonesia | PACIS 2026: Leapfrogging the Future with Artificial Intelligence, organised by the Association for Information Systems
06-11 July 2026 | Seoul, South Korea | 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning, organised by ICML (*)
06-07 July 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland | Inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance, organised by the United Nations
🆕 07-08 July 2026 | Jakarta, Indonesia | World AI Show, organised by Trescon with EKRAF, Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia, KORIKA and AISII (*)
07-10 July 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland | AI for Good Global Summit 2026, organised by ITU and the Government of Switzerland
07-08 July 2026 | Sydney, Australia | Australia AI Safety Forum 2026: Shaping Australia’s Role in AI Safety and Governance, organised by Gradient Institute, RAND, Timeus, Good Ancestors, University of Sydney and CSIRO, funded by the Australian Government
08-10 July 2026 | Tokyo, Japan | 2026 International Conference on AI for Health and Education, organised by Waseda University
08-10 July 2026 | Singapore | 6th SEASIA Biennial Conference - Forging Southeast Asia’s Futures, organised by Nanyang Technological University
🆕 09 July 2026 | Global, Online | Deliberative Muscles and AI, organised by DemocracyNext
09 July 2026 | Singapore | Reuters NEX Asia 2026: “Shifting influence. Defining decisions.”, organised by Reuters (*)
09-10 July 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | International Hybrid Conference on Looking for New Direction: Emerging Research in Politics, Rights, Sustainable Development, and Technology, organised by Chulalongkorn University, Mahidol University Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Global Campus of Human Rights Asia Pacific, Thammasat University, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Mai University and Asian Institute of Technology
09-11 July 2026 | Seoul, South Korea | B/ordering the Global: Transnational Feminist Critiques from Asia, organised by Asian Centre for Women’s Studies at Ewha Womens University
10 July 2026 | Seoul, South Korea | AI4GOOD@ICML 2026 - Trustworthy AI for Good Workshop, organised by various Universities with Schmidt Sciences, Cooperative AI Foundation, International Association for Safe and Ethical AI, and AIM Intelligence (*)
10 July 2026 | Seoul, South Korea | TAIGR 2026 Second Workshop on Technical AI Governance Research, organised by AI Governance Initiative, Oxford Martin School and the University of Oxford
10 July 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland | AI For Good Global Summit 2026, organised by International Telecommunications Union
⏮️ 🆕 12-13 August 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) Latam 2026, organised by FGV Direito Rio Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
⏮️ 🆕 13-15 July 2026 | Ifrane, Morocco | AI and Society International Symposium 2026, organised by Al Akhawayn University, AI & Society, and DI Lab
🆕 13-17 July 2026 | Geneva, Switzerland | 19th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) (including Panel discussion on Indigenous Peoples and artificial intelligence), organised by the United Nations
14-15 July 2026 | Kumamoto, Japan | 2nd Global Nature Positive Summit, organised by Nature Positive Initiative (et al) under patronage of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment (*)
15-17 July 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | 12th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC2026), organised by Tomorrow People Organization
🆕 16 July 2026 | Singapore, Online | Cross-border Crime and the 2025 Thailand-Cambodia Border Conflict, organised by ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute
16-28 July 2026 | Chengdu, China | APEC Digital Week, organised by APEC and Government of the People’s Republic of China
⏮️ 🆕 17 July 2026 | Singapore | Forum on Fostering Child Safe Digital Environments on Social Media, organised by Ministry of Digital Development and Information and Institute of Policy Studies at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore
17-18 July 2026 | Hong Kong, SAR | 2026 EASP Annual Conference: Social Policy in Asia in an Era of Multiple Disruptions, organised by the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
20-21 July 2026 | Cebu, Philippines | 9th ASEAN Smart Cities Network Annual Meeting, organised by ASCN
⏮️ 🆕 20-24 July 2026 | New York, United States | First Substantive Plenary Meeting of the Global Mechanism on ICTs in the Context of International Security, organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
21-23 July 2026 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Asia Region Anti-Trafficking Conference, organised by the Global Learning Community
22-23 July 2026 | Singapore | IAPP Asia Forum 2026: Privacy Forum + AI Governance + Cybersecurity Law, organised by IAPP (*)
22-24 July 2026 | Shanghai, China | World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026, organised by the government of the People’s Republic of China
🆕 24-25 July 2026 | Canberra, Australia | 2026 Myanmar Update, organised by the Cora Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University
27-31 July 2026 | Daejeon, Republic of Korea | DH2026: 36th annual conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), organised by ADHO
🆕 29-31 July 2026 | Da Nang, Việt Nam | ASEAN AI Summit 2026 (AAIS): AI in Education, AI for a Resilient ASEAN - Innovation, Sustainability and Humanity, organised by Duy Tan University and the Government of Việt Nam
August 2026
01-05 August 2026 | Kyoto, Japan | Kyoto University Summer Program on Governance Innovation, organised by Kyoto University Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law and Policy (KILAP)
🆕 03-05 August 2026 | Iloilo City, Philippines | AI Fest PH 2026, organised by West Visayas State University, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iloilo, Regional Association of State Universities and Colleges, DOST VI, UMWAD Consortium, Innovate Iloilo, DevCon, AAP, Sync (*)
The rest of this calendar covers events through May 2027 on AI governance, platform accountability, digital rights, human trafficking, inclusion and media freedom — with a particular eye on civil society, researchers, and advocates working in the Global South — and with a note on who's actually behind each one. Several have registration deadlines in the coming weeks. Paid subscribers see all of it.
