And the specific time and location was just announced: "The 13th edition of our Summit Series will now take place in Taipei, Taiwan, and online from Monday, February 24 to Thursday, February 27, 2025." https://www.rightscon.org/rc25-in-taipei/
On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 7:47 AM Franziska Putz <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > This is your annual RightsCon reminder! The call for proposals is open > until June 2, 2024 at 11:59 p.m PST. More details, resources, and ideas > below. ALL of you have interesting stories to tell that would make for > excellent RightsCon sessions! > > *About* > RightsCon <https://www.rightscon.org/about-and-contact/> will take place > February 2025 in Asia. It will be a hybrid event. This is *the* digital > rights conference to attend. It is hosted annually by Access Now and brings > together business leaders, policy makers, government representatives, > technologists, academics, journalists, and human rights advocates from > around the world to tackle pressing issues at the intersection of human > rights and technology. Historically Wikimedia has had a strong presence at > RightsCon, with many people from this list having been speakers in previous > years. > > *Resources* > There are additional resources to help with your proposals this year. > There are three more RightsCon office hour session > <https://www.rightscon.org/program/#support>s (May 16, May 22, May 28) as > well as a detailed guide to a successful proposal > <https://www.rightscon.org/your-guide-to-a-successful-proposal/>. > > You can see the topics and session descriptions that have been successful > for Wikimedians in the past: here are details from 2023 > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/05/25/wikimedians-will-be-at-rightscon-2023-join-us-in-person-or-online/> > and 2022 > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/06/02/meet-the-wikimedians-promoting-free-knowledge-and-human-rights-at-rightscon-22-this-june/> > . > > *Ziski's tips* > > - Tailor the topic to the region, either by involving allies from that > area or focusing on how lessons from your specific context could carry > over. > - Collaborate with allies. Submit a session proposal with existing > partners, or with groups you want to work with more in the future. If you > do a Wikimedia only session, then you should at least include speakers from > other affiliates. > - Don't stick to panels. RightsCon is a fun conference because they > allow a host of creative session formats. We're a fun and quirky movement, > so those additional format options work well for us. Take advantage of > them! > - Test ideas and run workshops. The RightsCon audience is always a > great group if you want to test a pitch or get feedback or ideas on a > specific project or challenge you're trying to tackle. > - Some areas where Wikimedians can bring a unique perspective: > - Work with indigenous languages (especially in the context of AI > discussions) > - Promoting and preserving cultural heritage in the 21st century > with open source tools so that communities can remain stewards of their > histories and cultures > - Epistemic justice / debates around knowledge rights and > structures of power, and how these need to be addressed in the digital > age > - Data privacy practices > - Tactical experiences! What it takes to work in a global movement, > or build south-south alliances, or work with unlikely partners on a > campaign, or avoid burnout, or access useful grants, etc > - Using open data (WikiData!) to promote sustainable development > goals > > I am more than happy to review any proposals you want to send my way for > feedback. > > Best, > Ziski > > Franziska Putz (she/her) > > Senior Movement Advocacy Manager > > Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation > > [email protected] > > UTC Timezone > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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