RightsCon 2025 call for volunteers: support our first summit in East Asia

This year, we are excited to introduce a new initiative, the Speaker & Facilitator List, for RightsCon 2025 (Taipei and online, Feb 24-27), with the aim of decentralizing the matchmaking process among session organizers and session contributors. If you have a thematic or regional perspective you would like to contribute to our program, consider nominating yourself now as a speaker or facilitator by August 16th.

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20Jun

Our approach to community support for RightsCon 2025

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► Community support over the years

► Strengthening our model of community support

► Our timeline for important dates

Today, we are launching applications for travel support, as part of our Community Support Fund initiative for RightsCon 2025, taking place in Taipei and online from February 24-27, 2025. As part of the launch, we’re sharing more information about our approach and timeline for the Fund, as well as outlining the changes that we’re incorporating this year based on the valuable feedback from our community.

Community support over the years

As our community grows, we have been continually learning, evaluating, and refining our support initiatives. Before the COVID-19 pandemic when RightsCon used to be an exclusively in-person summit, we provided funding for flights and accommodation to a select number of participants to enable their participation at the summit. In years where RightsCon was held fully online (2020, 2021, and 2022), we pivoted to providing direct financial support for additional bandwidth, increased connectivity, translation, and other services through our Con

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Person talking during RightsCon Costa Rica (2023) with the text over it: Call for Proposals is now open!

10Apr

The RightsCon 2025 Call for Proposals is now open!

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► Read our guide

► What's new?

► Program priorities

► Modes and formats

► Coming up next

The journey to next year's RightsCon (February 2025) officially kicks off today with the launch of the Call for Proposals! Do you have a session idea at the intersection of human rights and technology? Submit a proposal now until June 7, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. Organizing a session at RightsCon offers a platform to showcase your work on a global stage, build coalitions and strategies, learn from fellow thought leaders, and shape policy agendas. You will be joining a network of business leaders, government representatives, technologists, academics, journalists, and human rights activists – the RightsCon community – who mee

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Get planning: our timeline for RightsCon 2025!

7Mar

Get planning! RightsCon 2025 Timeline

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We’re under one year out from RightsCon 2025 (February 2025) and while our planning is well underway, we’re sharing a preview of our event timeline – from the launch of the Call for Proposals to travel support, registration and, more – so you can start getting ready to join us. You can expect our announcement on the exact dates and venue of RightsCon 2025 by early May! While our timeline for RightsCon 2025 shifted due to our transition from hosting annually in June to hosting in February, it’s also been informed by extensive research and consultation with our community and partners. Our goal was to build an event timeline that offers ample time and opportunity for participants to plan out their engagement and travel. A few key changes in line with this goal include:

Notifying session proposers of the status of their proposal 6 months before the event (previously 3 months);
Notifying travel support applicants of the status of their funding 5 months before the event (previously 2 months);
Sharing information about visas and launching our visa support process 8 months before the event (previously 4 months).

RightsCon 2025 timeline

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28Feb

Report Back on RightsCon Community Calls: Community Input into Location Selection for RightsCon 2026

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► Purpose of the calls

► Insights from the community on our current location selection process

► Getting the community involved in the process

► What’s next?

We are excited to share the last installment of report backs from our community consultation calls! (Read more about our report backs on community support, the RightsCon program, mitigating barriers to travel, and participant experience.) This report provides a summary of discussions focused on community input into location selection for RightsCon 2026. We are deeply grateful to everyone who participated, and shared their expertise and thoughtful feedback.

Purpose of the calls

On

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Community Consultations: Rethinking Participant Experience

14Feb

Report Back on RightsCon Community Calls: Rethinking Participant Experience

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► Purpose of the calls

► Insights from the community

► What’s next?

Welcome to the fourth installment of report-backs from our community consultation calls! This report provides a summary of discussions centered around a crucial element of our summit: the participant experience. We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated, shared their experiences, expertise, and thoughtful feedback.

Purpose of the calls

On November 14 and 16, 2023, we hosted two consultation calls to reflect on and improve the RightsCon experience for both online and in-person participants. We welcomed a diverse mix of RightsCon newcomers and veterans during the calls, and invited them to share their participation highlights, challenges faced, and suggestions to enhance their experience.

Insights from the community

The feedback we received was both humbling and motivating. There was an overwhelming sentiment that RightsCon is a community-led event, acting as the connective tissue between diverse stakeholders, and a place where one can meet and learn f

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