BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Access Now - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.accessnow.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Access Now REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Lagos BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:WAT DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260216T000000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260220T235959 DTSTAMP:20260618T185736 CREATED:20260211T122325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260216T115322Z UID:10000109-1771200000-1771631999@www.accessnow.org SUMMARY:Access Now at India AI Impact Summit 2026 DESCRIPTION:Bharat Mandapam \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe India AI Impact Summit 2026 is a high-profile international event involving heads of state and government\, ministers\, senior government officials\, international delegations\, industry leaders\, media\, and general delegates. Building on the momentum of previous multilateral initiatives\, including the Bletchley Park\, Seoul\, Paris\, and Kigali Summits\, the AI Impact Summit is envisaged to mark a shift from aspirations to impact\, demonstrating how AI can deliver tangible outcomes for people\, planet\, and progress. \n\n\n\nBelow are some of the events Access Now will be joining at the India AI Impact Summit: \n\n\n\n\n\n19 February\n\n\n\n\n\nFireside chat and high-level reception\n\n\n\n7:30 pm onwards\, Indian Standard Time | Fountain Lawn\, India International Centre Main Building  \n\n\n\nAccess Now\, along with Aapti Institute and AI Now\, is hosting an evening that steps away from the formal summit agenda and into a sharp\, thoughtful\, and candid exchange about where AI is headed and what is being left unsaid in official rooms. The centerpiece is a fireside chat bringing together three exceptional voices: \n\n\n\n\nBrando Benifei\, Member of the European Parliament and a key architect of the EU AI Act;\n\n\n\nKaren Hao\, the award-winning journalist and author of “Empire of AI\,” whose reporting has deeply shaped our understanding of power and technology; and \n\n\n\nSeema Chishti\, Editor of The Wire\, known for her incisive political analysis and journalism. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTogether\, they will reflect on AI\, governance\, and power in a provocative conversation designed to cut through the usual rhetoric and get to the real tensions shaping our digital future. Following the discussion\, we will host an informal networking reception from 9:00 PM onwards. We know schedules are packed\, so please feel free to join for the full discussion or simply stop by for the reception. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20 February\n\n\n\n\n\nThe AI-Cyber Nexus: A Strategic Dialogue on Global Security\, Trust\, and Governance\n\n\n\n3:30 pm–4:25 pm\, Indian Standard Time | Chanakya Auditorium\, Sushma Swaraj Bhawan \n\n\n\nAccess Now and Global Partners Digital are co-organising this session at the India AI Impact Summit to move the conversation beyond hype and headlines toward real policy\, real risks\, and real choices. Rather than treating AI and cybersecurity as separate worlds\, this discussion brings them together\, asking what it actually means to build AI that is secure\, trustworthy\, and rights-respecting in practice. \n\n\n\nThis session aims to propose a technically grounded conversation on the cybersecurity implications of large language models and agentic AI. Using the confidentiality-integrity-availability (CIA) framework\, it will explore how advanced AI tools impact privacy\, encryption\, information integrity\, and resilience of critical services. Instead of abstract warnings\, panelists will draw on concrete experience from cybersecurity and AI governance to identify what governments\, companies\, and civil society should do\, and what they should avoid. \n\n\n\nThe panel will open by remarks from Access Now’s Executive Director\, Alejandro Mayoral Banos\, and will be moderated by Nirmal John\, Senior Editor at Economic Times. Panelists include Access Now’s Global Cybersecurity Lead\, Raman Jit Singh Chima; Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard\, Tech Ambassador\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark; Maria Paz Canales\, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Global Partners Digital; Udbhav Tiwari\, Vice President\, Strategy and Global Affairs at Signal; and Nikolas Schmidt Policy Analyst\, Division of AI and Emerging Tech at OECD. \n\n\n\nNote: This session is a part of the official agenda for the AI Impact Summit and requires registration with the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.RSVP for Access Now at Indian AI Impact Summit 2026Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Organisation / Affiliation(Required)Designation(Required)Which of the following event(s) are you interested in attending?(Required)\n \n The Fireside chat and high level reception (19th Feb – 7:30 PM onwards)\n \n \n The AI-Cyber Nexus: A Strategic Dialogue on Global Security\, Trust\, and Governance (20th Feb – 3:30 to 4:30 PM)\n \n \n Both URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/access-now-at-indian-ai-impact-summit-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.accessnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Indian-AI-Impact-Summit-2026.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20260421T130000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20260421T143000 DTSTAMP:20260618T185736 CREATED:20260420T071937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T112307Z UID:10000111-1776776400-1776781800@www.accessnow.org SUMMARY:Advancing Rights-Centered reporting on Nigeria's Cybercrimes Act DESCRIPTION:Since Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act was passed in 2015\, more than two dozen journalists\, human rights defenders and whistleblowers have been targeted by authorities\, using overbroad prohibitions on “cyberstalking” to punish critical online speech and silence opposition voices.  \n\n\n\nAlongside Human Rights Journalists Network\, Socio Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP)\, and Avocats Sans Frontiers Nigeria (E-Rights Nigeria Project)\, Access Now will be hosting a webinar on 21 April at 1:00 PM GMT+1 where we will unpack the human rights implications of Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act and discuss with journalists and human rights organizations\, rights based framing for reporting accurately\, responsibly\, and critically on cybercrime-related cases and ongoing reform efforts by civil society. \n\n\n\nThe speakers are:  \n\n\n\nModerator: Kehinde Adegboyega\, Executive Director\, Human Rights Journalists Network \n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\n\nNaro Omo-Osagie\, Africa Policy Manager\, Access Now\n\n\n\nAngela Uwandu Uzoma-Uwuchukwu\, Head of Office\, Avocats Sans Frontieres Nigeria (Convener E-Rights Nigeria Project)\n\n\n\nOlúwádàre A. Kóláwolé\, Deputy Director\, Socio Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\nJOIN THE WEBINAR URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/advancing-rights-centered-reporting-on-nigerias-cybercrimes-act/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.accessnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Advancing-Rights-Centered-reporting-on-Nigerias-Cybercrimes-Act.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T100000 DTSTAMP:20260618T185736 CREATED:20260506T092234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T172454Z UID:10000110-1779181200-1779184800@www.accessnow.org SUMMARY:Digital security in war and conflict: challenges for civil society and tools for resilience DESCRIPTION:register here\n\n\n\n\n\nActors engaged in humanitarian protection and human rights now recognize digital- related harms as a component of war and conflicts. Humanitarian organizations\, as well as other actors that intervene and support\, like private companies and civil society\, are reorienting their work to support individuals and communities to stay safe online in the context of armed conflict and humanitarian crises. \n\n\n\n\nAs part of the Digital Security Helpline’s efforts to address this complex challenge\, we will host a webinar that focuses on the specific threats and challenges for civil society. The webinar will take place on May 19\, 2026\, at 9:00 am EST (15:00 pm CEST\, 21:00 pm Philippines and Western Indonesia). \n\n\n\nThis event is part of “Safe and strong”: a webinar series on digital security\, an initiative of the Digital Security Helpline to bring together civil society\, private sector partners\, and other support organizations\, to discuss how to increase resilience in the digital age. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is available here. \n\n\n\n\n\n“SAFE AND STRONG”: A WEBINAR SERIES ON DIGITAL SECURITY\n\n\n\nis an initiative of the Digital Security Helpline to bring together civil society\, private sector partners\, and other support organizations\, to discuss how to increase resilience in the digital age. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\nMahsa Alimardani is the Associate Director of the Technology Threats & Opportunities program at WITNESS. She has over a decade of experience working at the intersection of digital rights\, freedom of expression\, and emerging technologies\, leading research and advocacy on digital repression and contributing to the design and development of technologies that serve the most vulnerable. \n\n\n\nJocelyn Woolbright serves as a Program Manager on Cloudflare’s Public Policy team\, where she oversees initiatives to protect human rights defenders\, journalism organizations\, and state and local governments online. Her work includes conducting digital security training and providing threat briefings to civil society groups on emerging cyberattacks that target vulnerable populations worldwide. \n\n\n\nMia Marzotto is the Digital Rights Advocacy Lead at Oxfam. She is part of the project management unit of a multi-year multi-country program\, connecting community-level action\, policy influence\, and corporate accountability on digital rights. Her past roles include working with The Signals Network on whistleblower protection and with Translators without Borders on humanitarian and development policy influencing. Mia holds an MA in International Affairs from The New School and an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex. \n\n\n\nLuis Barrueto is the Administrative and Communications Coordinator at Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline\, where he provides across-the-board project support to the team offering 24/7 digital security assistance. His previous background in the Americas includes as founder of an LGBTQ+ activist organization in Guatemala and as a strategic communications and advocacy advisor to human rights organizations in Central America\, Mexico\, and Colombia. \n\n\n\nGiulio Coppi (moderator) is the Senior Humanitarian Officer at Access Now. He has over 15 years of international experience across the humanitarian\, human rights\, and academic sectors. He has worked with NRC\, ICRC\, OCHA\, and OHCHR\, among others\, and has experience responding to crisis contexts in several countries. At Access Now\, Giulio is responsible for monitoring and advising on digital rights in the context of conflict and disaster; advancing protection from digital harm through international humanitarian law norms\, customs\, and principles; and promoting ethical approaches to the design and delivery of technological systems by private companies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPREVIOUS SESSIONS\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\nSpear-phishing (March)\n\n\n\n\n[March 10\, 2026] Spear phishing: how to stay safe and prevent advanced attacks against civil society \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebekah Brown\, Citizen Lab\n\n\n\nJustin Albrecht\, Lookout. \n\n\n\nMykola Kostynyan\, Resident.NGO\n\n\n\nMarilou Maala and Mohammed Al-Maskati (moderator)\, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\nDigital security in war and conflict (May)\n\n\n\n\n[May 19\, 2026] Digital security in war and conflict: challenges for civil society and tools for resilience \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJocelyn Woolbright\, Program Manager on Cloudflare’s Public Policy team \n\n\n\nMia Marzotto\, Digital Rights Advocacy Lead at Oxfam\n\n\n\nLuis Barrueto\, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline\n\n\n\nGiulio Coppi\, Senior Humanitarian Officer at Access Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by: URL:https://www.accessnow.org/event/digital-security-webinars/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.accessnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Safe-Strong-Helpline-Webinars-Header.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR