RightsCon 2026

Join the sessions our grantee partners are participating in at RightsCon 2026.

WhenWhereWhatWho
6 May 2026
09:00-10:00
Roundtable
Room 104
When Knowledge is Spoken: Archives Beyond TextDistributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) 
6 May 2026
10:15-11:15
Dialogue
AG03
ZAAB – Zambian Alliance for Agroecology and BiodiversityGreen Screen Coalition
6 May 2026
14:00-15:00
OnlineDisconnected in Crisis: Reframing Connectivity in Disaster Zones as a Human RightJoanna Kulesza
6 May 2026
15:15-16:15
Lightning Talk
Banquet 2
Digital surveillance & authoritarian powers

Off the Map: GPS/GNSS Interference’s Affect on Aid Delivery
Interplanetary Networking SIG
6 May 2026
16:30-17:30
Dialogue
Room 5
Intimate to whom? Global South perspectives on image-based abuseChayn
6 May 2026
21:30-22:30
OnlineDriving sustainable change: ISOC Haiti’s Community Network Model in Rivière Salée, BaradèresInternet Society Haiti Chapter
7 May 2026
09:00-10:00
Roundtable
A112
Trump-proofing the US regulatory state to protect free speechCenter for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
7 May 2026
11:30-12:30
Dialogue
Room AG01
Designing responsible AI infrastructure in the Global South: who really pays the price?Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)
7 May 2026
11:30-12:30
Workshop
Room 3
Whose Knowledge Counts? Fighting Access Gaps on Wikipedia in AfricaWhose Knowledge
7 May 2026
11:30-12:30
Roundtable
Room A104
Weaving a wiser Web: centering marginalized knowledge in digital spacesWhose Knowledge
7 May 2026
12:45-13:45
Roundtable
Room 103
Benchmarking Beyond Borders: Making AI Testing Truly GlobalCenter for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
7 May 2026
12:45-13:45
Workshop
Room 1
SOLE Voltaje: a tool to connect the unconnected to create other possible internetsFUNDACIÓN SOLE COLOMBIA
7 May 2026
12:45-13:45
Workshop
Room 2
Smart, Green, and Sustainable Connectivity: Leveraging Renewable Technologies and LEO Satellites for Universal Internet InclusionInternet Society Zimbabwe/Solusi University
7 May 2026
14:00-15:00
OnlineTools for the future: grounding global carbon data in local knowledgesGreen Screen Coalition
7 May 2026
15:15-16:15
Dialogue
Room 5
Local voices, Global answers – how to respond to TFGBV with knowledge from the larger worldChayn
7 May 2026
15:15-16:15
Dialogue
AG04
Surveillance or security? Unpacking state repression: exploring methods, challenges, and pathways forwardWOUGNET
7 May 2026
15:15-16:15
Lightning Talk
Banquet 2
Digital Autonomy, inclusion and sovereigntyInternet Society Zambia Chapter
7 May 2026
21:30-22:30
OnlineResisting surveillance union busting: global strategies for collective worker powerEPIC
8 May 2026
10:15-11:15
Dialogue
Room 5
Shaping Digital Futures: Capacity Building for Community-Led Digital InitiativesRhizomatica
Date and Time

Tuesday 05 May 2026 –

Friday 08 May 2026

Location

Lusaka, Zambia and Online