On Tuesday July 8, 2025 at 7:30pm-8:30pm EDT (11:30-00:30 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts a meetup ‘Digital Accessibility’s Gap: AI to Bridge Mobile and Web Barriers’. TestParty co-founders Michael Bervell & Jason Tan explore the thorniest challenges in both mobile and web accessibility — and how emerging AI techniques, automation strategies, and platform shifts are changing what’s possible. They’ll share insights from cutting-edge studies on how AI boosts productivity, reduces burnout, and supports non-experts in making meaningful contributions to accessibility.
On Thursday April 3 2025 at 15:00-16:00 UTC, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalitions (DCs) will launch a Global Webinar Series with ‘Global AI Governance for Humanity’s Benefit‘. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every sector and will have a lasting impact on humanity in the times to come. Yet, rapid AI adoption also raises concerns around ethics, privacy, bias, and misuse. The absence of a unified global governance framework risks widening inequalities and exacerbating societal divides. Objectives include fostering dialogue on the potential of AI, Ethical AI governance, Role of Stakeholders, AI and SDGs – GDC, and capacity building for AI.
SPEAKERS Roman Chukov – IGF Secretariat Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio – Dynamic Coalition on Emerging Technologies Maarten Botterman – Dynamic Coalition on IOT Jutta Croll – Dynamic Coalition on Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment Gunjan Sinha – Dynamic Coalition on Gaming 4 Purpose Janice Richardson – IS3C Amali De Silva – Mitchell – Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Digital Health Technologies
Monday 10 March 2025, the North American Regional At-Large Organization (NARALO) presented a roundtable ‘DNS Abuse and AI: Combatting and Enabling Threats‘ at ICANN82 in Seattle. This session aimed to better understand the emerging capabilities of AI in pattern analysis and machine learning to either prevent or promote DNS abuse, in particular approaches to detecting anomalies, leveraging machine learning for system protection, and addressing broader abuse issues that can inform DNS-specific challenges, and the impact that this may have on individual end-users of the internet as it relates to user privacy and overall functioning of the DNS. This video has been lightly edited for clarity.
PANEL Ana Cristina Amoroso da Neves – GAC Portugal /Vice Chair, UN CST / Head, Portugal Internet Governance Office Jeff Bedser – Member, SSAC / CEO, CleanDNS Tim Maurer – Senior Director, Global Cybersecurity Policy, Microsoft
On Wednesday 8 January 2025 at 14:00–15:00 CET (13:00-14:00 UTC) Diplo will present ‘2025 Forecast: AI and Digital Developments‘. Jovan Kurbalija will explore: Geopolitical and geoeconomic trends shaping AI; AI and digital issues on the diplomatic agenda; Transformative use of AI tools in society, business, and diplomacy. Drawing from the key developments of 2024, he will analyse both ongoing trends and new shifts that may define 2025.
SPEAKER Jovan Kurbalija – Executive Director, Diplo
Opening Audace Niyonkuru and Amrita Choudhury, PNAI Facilitators Environmental Sustainability and the Generative AI Value Chain Shamira Ahmed and Mohd Asyraf Zulkifley AI Governance, interoperability and good practices Yik Chan Chin, Chafic Chaya, Sergio Mayo and Amado Espinosa Closing
PNAI Facilitators
On July 5-7 2024 theInternet Society Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group (ISOC AI SIG) organized a 3 Day Artificial Intelligence Workshop at Riphah International University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. The session aimed to provide participants with foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI), covering key concepts, applications, and implications in various industries. Participants were introduced to machine learning algorithms, neural networks, and practical examples of AI implementation. The workshop was 20% theory & 80% practical. Participant learnt how to design smarts robots and machines. The sessions were in Urdu and broadcast live on local tv station NABA news
FACILITATORS Adeel Nayya, ISOC AI SIG Saeed Ahmad, ISOC AI SIG Salman Ullah, ISOC AI SIG
01 Introduction about ISOC & AI SIG 02 Introduction about AI & Robotic 03 Automation 04 Basic Electronics 05 How to draw electrical diagrams 06 Hardware design / PCB design 07 Basic procedure of machine design 08 Arduino 09 Day 2 Workshop highlight 10 Day 3 Workshop highlight
On Friday July 19 2024 the FGV Direito Rio (FGV Law School) hosts a full day conference ‘Digital sovereignty in the G20‘. This event marks the launch of a book on digital sovereignty, illustrating its different facets in a complex and dynamically changing regulatory environment. Particularly, it will discuss the new frontiers of digital sovereignty in the context of AI, the emerging challenges on data sovereignty and economic security, and the concept of digital public infrastructure as a possible harmonizing framework to account for those elements across jurisdictions while providing digital public goods.
PROGRAM (All Times BRT = UTC-3)
9:30 – 11:00 – Constructing Digital Sovereignty Estela Aranha, UN AI Advisory Board Min Jiang, Professor, University of North Carolina Marcelo Malagutti, Secretary of the National Cybersecurity Council Grenfieth Sierra Cadena, Data Protection Superintendent, Colombia Rodrigo Corrêa, Secretary for Data Protection, Rio de Janeiro
Moderator: Luca Belli, Professor and Coordinator CTS-FGV
11:00 – 12:30 – Data Sovereignty: Privacy, Security, Commerce and Development Max Schrems, Founder, NOYB Jonathan Mendoza, Data Protection Secretary, INA Lorrayne Porciuncula, Executive Directress, the Datasphere Thomas Lohninger, Executive Director, Epicenter.Works Ana Paula Vasconcellos, Data Protection Officer, Rio de Janeiro
Moderator: Ana Brian, UN Special Rapporteur for Privacy
14:00 – 15:30 – Digital Sovereignty meets Economic Sovereignty Nikhil Pahwa, Founder Medianama Aifang Ma, Professor, Peking University Manu Misra, Researcher CTS-FGV Marina Lucena Giovannetti, Researcher, CTS-FGV Andres Calderon, Researcher, PUC Chile
Moderator: Nicolo Zingales, Professor, CTS-FGV and Coordinator, FGV’s E-Commerce Research Group
15:30 – 17:00 – Digital Public Infrastructure for Digital Sovereignty Armando Manzueta, Director of Digital Transformation of the Dominican Republic Alexandre Costa, Researcher, CyberBRICS Jai Vipra, Researcher, CyberBRICS Hannah Draper, Human Rights Advisor, Consumers International
Moderator: Ian Brown, Visiting Professor, CTS-FG
17:00 – 17:15 – Conclusions Luca Belli, Professor and Coordinator CTS-FGV
On Saturday 15 June, 2024 at 10:00-17:00 NPT (04:15-11:15 UTC) Digital Media Foundation, along with Open Internet Nepal and the Internet Society Nepal Chapter will host the Nepal National Summit on Artificial Intelligence 2024 at Hotel Himalaya in Kupondole, Lalitpur, with the theme ‘Harnessing the potential of AI: How it impacts Media, Public Service and Governance‘.
01 Inaugural Session
Chief Guest: Hon. Barsha Man Pun, Minister, Ministry of Finance
Keynote speaker: Dr. Bibek Poudel, AI scientist, Stanford University
Chair: Prabesh Subedi, President, Digital Media Foundation
02 The Future of Media: AI Innovations in Global and Local Context Dr. Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa, Canada Shiva Gaule, Chief- Editor, Onlinekhabar.com Pro. Dr. Sudan Jha, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University
Moderator: Umesh Shrestha, founder mysansar.com
03 AI Integration in Nepal’s Public Service: Potential and Pitfalls Kshitiz Rimal, Data Scientist, Next AI Nagesh Badu, e-Governance Specialist at UNDP/GoN Bikram Shrestha, Head of Digital Banking, Sanima Bank Limited
Moderator: Santosh Sigdel, Digital Rights Nepal
04 Governing AI and Emerging Techs: Nepal’s Position and Pathways Hon. Sobita Gautam, Member of the federal parliament of Nepal Rewati Sapkota, Registrar, Office of the Communication Registrar Bagamati Province Dr. Pradip Paudyal, Deputy Director, Nepal Telecom Authority Aakriti Kharel, Digital Media Specialist at UNESCO
Moderator: Ashirwad Tripathy, Vice-chair, Asia Pacific Regional Internet Government Forum
05 Closing Session
Special Guest: Michael Croft, Head of UNESCO Nepal
Guest: Dipesh Bista, CEO, e-governance commission
On Tuesday 21st May 2024 at 15:30 BST (14:30 UTC) the Digital Policy Alliance will host the 3rd Lord Renwick Memorial Lecture. Guest Speaker Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt will address the topic ‘As If Human: the Regulation, Governance, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence‘.
Introduction & Welcome Lord Erroll, Digital Policy Alliance As If Human: the Regulation, Governance, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, FRS FREng FBCS Q&A
Moderator: Derek Wyatt, Digital Policy Alliance Closing Remarks Dr Louise Bennett, Digital Policy Alliance
LIVESTREAM (Open Captions / ASL)
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