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19Jul

Introducing the Speaker & Facilitator List for RightsCon 2025

Posted By: Luis Márquez Garrido 0 Comments Homepage

► Why are we introducing the Speaker & Facilitator List?
► How it works for Speakers & Facilitators
► How it works for Session Organizers
► Important guidelines
► Upcoming program timeline
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.
Our approach to community support for RightsCon 2025

20Jun

Our approach to community support for RightsCon 2025

Posted By: Reetz 0 Comments Homepage

► 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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