The 3rd Summit for Democracy (S4D) South Korea 2024
March 18 @ 8:00 am – March 20 @ 6:00 pm South Korea/Seoul
Since its inception in 2021, the Summit for Democracy has provided a forum for the U.S. government and others to showcase their foreign policy initiatives in the face of rising authoritarianism and “organize collective action to address emerging challenges to democracy.” The 3rd Summit for Democracy will be hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea, under the overarching theme of “Democracy for Future Generations.”
The summit will be hosted from March 18-20, 2024, with the following agenda:
- Day 1: Ministerial-level meeting and expert roundtable
- Day 2: Discussions and workshops led by domestic and foreign civil society
- Day 3: Virtual summit
Below are the events Access Now will be co-organizing or participating in at the 3rd Summit for Democracy.
Access Now does not participate in these summits uncritically. All governments must do more to protect and promote human rights and democratic processes, online and offline. As we wrote during last year’s summit, “civil society is under attack, under pressure, and underfunded” and governments must “invest in and champion civil society, including digital civil society, as a voice that speaks truth to power.” We look forward to opening space at this summit for honest, critical discussions and directing resources toward efforts led by people and communities at risk.
Day 1, March 18, 2024
Access Now will be participating in the U.S. Government’s high-level side event, “Galvanizing Multistakeholder Action to Combat the Misuse of Commercial Spyware,” from 5:45 pm to 6:45pm KST at the Hotel Shilla in Seoul, Republic of Korea, to mark one-year of release of the Joint statement on efforts to counter the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware.
Day 2, March 19, 2024
Ensuring AI governance and democratic governance go hand-in-hand
11:30 am -12:30 pm KST (Session no. 47) | Room 301
Organizer: Access Now, Microsoft, and National Information Society Agency (NIA) of Republic of Korea
Speakers:
- YUN Chang-Hee(Ph.D.), Director of the AI Policy Research Team, AI Policy Division, National Information Society Agency.
- Amy Larsen, Director, Microsoft’s Democracy Forward team
- Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia Policy Policy Director and Senior International Counsel, Access Now
The impact of online disinformation and actions to strengthen information integrity
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm KST | Room 315
Organizer: Global Democracy Coalition
Speakers:
- Elaine Ford, Founding Director, Democracia Digital
- Danielle Piatkiewicz, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Alliance of Democracies Foundation
- Peter Micek, General Counsel, Access Now
Access for democracy: Preventing internet shutdowns and strengthening democracy
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm KST (Session no. 39) | Room 304
Organizer: Access Now and Internews
Speakers:
- Kanbar Hossein-Bor, Deputy High Commissioner for the U.K., British High Commission in Bangladesh
- Carly Ramsey, Director, Head of Asia Pacific, Japan and China Public Policy, Cloudflare
- Artur Papyan, Director, Media Diversity Initiative – Armenia
- Miraj Chowdhury, Managing Director, Digitally Right – Bangladesh
- Moderated by Brittany Piovesan, Chief of Party – Greater Internet Freedom, Internews
You can also catch our RightsCon booth on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm local time, to learn more about RightsCon South Korea (February 2025)! Speak to our team to discover how you can engage at the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.
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