Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Forum 2023

EngageMedia will kick off the year 2023 with the Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Forum, a three-day regional forum that will create online and physical spaces for changemakers to further discuss and collaborate on solutions to the region’s most pressing digital rights issues today. The three-day regional forum on January 12 to 14, 2023, is the second group of events leading up to the Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in May 2023.

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January 12 & 13, 2023:
Online Forum

January 14, 2023:
In-Person Solidarity Events
in Bangkok, Dhaka, Jakarta,
Kuala Lumpur, and Manila

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December 20, 2022

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December 1, 2022

Philippine Digital Rights Forum: Digital rights advocates stress need for cross-sectoral collaboration to address shared challenges

November 11, 2022

Thailand Digital Rights Forum: State surveillance, stifling laws impact digital rights and public trust in key institutions

November 4, 2022

Speakers

Santosh Sigdel

Chairperson and Founding Member

Digital Rights Nepal

Saritha Irugalbandara

Social Media Analyst - Gender and Sexuality

Hashtag Generation

Darshatha Gamage

Head of Programmes

Hashtag Generation

Elonnai Hickok

Managing Director

Global Network Initiative

Smera Jayadeva

Research Assistant in Data Justice and Global Ethical Futures

Alan Turing Institute

Teguh Aprianto

Founder

Ethical Hacker Indonesia

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Wikimedia

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