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AoIR 2026 Mexico reminder
by AoIR Conference Coordinator 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Hello The deadline for AoIR 2026 is 1 March. Visit https://aoir.org/aoir2026/ for more information. Please submit in English, using the template, available here https:// aoir.org/aoir2026/aoir2026-submission-template/. Submissions are coming in thick and fast, thanks to everyone who has submitted. In imagining your AoIR experience this year, you have the theme of Regeneration(s) https://aoir.org/aoir2026/aoir2026cfp/. AoIR offers great opportunities for proposals from further outside of the box. Consider offering a Fishbowl to discuss a broader topic, or set up a deeper discussion with a Roundtable Session. Get creative and interpret the conference theme in a uniquely engaging Experimental Session, ro go even bigger with a half or full-day Preconference Workshop proposal. Notes _If you are a first-timer looking for examples of panels or papers, you can visit the AoIR SPIR archive here https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/issue/archive. _Confirming 1 May is the deadline for online and in person doctoral colloquiums for PhD students. Kind regards *Ann McLean (she/her)* Conference Coordinator Association of Internet Researchers confcoordinator(a)aoir.org

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(Deadline repost) Special Issue Call for Papers: Contemporary craft work and digital craft economies
by Williams, Ian Granger 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Special Issue Call for Papers: Contemporary craft work and digital craft economies Craft work can no longer be imagined as separate from the digital. More than a decade after Susan Luckman’s formative description of the “aura of analogue” (Luckman, 2013), craft work and craft economies have undergone a great deal of digitization, shifting and blurring the meanings and associations of long-stable and discrete categories. For instance, “artisanal manufacturing” used to be an oxymoron; today it describes a type of manual labour increasingly understood as offering opportunities for authenticity, creativity, and fulfillment. Digital media and craft have never been mutually exclusive, of course, but craft work and artisanal labour have garnered new appreciation for their pre-digital tools and processes, akin to the rearticulated pleasures that now purportedly flow from consuming non-digital media. However, contemporary appreciations of handmade commodities tend to traffic in nostalgia and obscure a more complicated set of lived relationships among craft workers and their tools, many of which not only utilize digital technology but owe much of their resurgence to the affordances of digital platforms. Craft workers sell their wares on digital platforms, tailor instructional videos for streaming services, and source their raw materials from online marketplaces. Established forms of work are always changing in response to technological shifts, and craft is no different. For instance, concepts like “neo craft” (Gandini and Gerosa, 2023; Gandini 2025) account for craft’s embeddedness with global, digital markets while capturing a growing discontent with white collar work. Contemporary craft work is still (too) often imagined as exclusively the realm of the analog, or as an antidote to digital saturation, but contemporary craft economies are increasingly impossible without engagement with digital technology. And digital craft economies feel increasingly unstable as well as inevitable or unavoidable. Digital platforms have become fraught places to sell and source, with platform owners taking a larger share of craft sales. Advanced automation and AI challenge established notions of authenticity within craft. Craft workers increasingly enter the gig economy. Algorithms nudge crafters to make, promote, and sell their wares in specific ways which are amenable to advertising dollars and circulation in the attention economy. The internet is simultaneously fracturing and consolidating craft markets under the purview of fewer, larger, and more powerful players, not only all-encompassing behemoths like Amazon, but also “crafty” platforms like Etsy. In light of these developments, craft feels as if it is on a precipice: how can craft economies survive in these new conditions, and what do craft workers want that survival to look like? This proposal is for an upcoming special issue which has received strong interest from a leading cultural studies journal. We welcome theoretical inquiry, case studies, and research papers which address the complicated and perhaps inextricable relations between craft, analog and digital technology, and the conditions of artisanal culture and digitized commerce. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): * Cultural exchange via craft work online * Practices and beliefs of digital craft communities * Craft and the gig economy * Rentierism and exploitation on digital craft platforms * The role of algorithmic sorting on digital platforms within craft communities * Philosophical inquiry into craft as a salient category in a digitized cultural economy * Changes in access to craft after digitization as a mode of work along lines of gender, race, and sexual orientation * The role of influencers in the broader craft economy * New challenges to craft work from AI and other forms of advanced automation * Craft’s relation to industry and regimes of mass production * The changing role of video in craft instruction after TikTok/Reels Send abstracts (250-500) words to Ian Williams at igwillia(a)live.unc.edu<mailto:igwillia@live.unc.edu> or Michael Palm at mpalm(a)unc.edu<mailto:mpalm@unc.edu> by March 5, 2026. Ian Williams, PhD Adjunct Instructor UNC Department of Communication

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CfA: “A field in formation: What do we mean by ‘critical’ and ‘AI’ in Critical AI Studies?” [EASST2026]
by louisravn.cph＠gmail.com 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Dear all, We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to our open panel “A field in formation: What do we mean by ‘critical’ and ‘AI’ in Critical AI Studies?” at the EASST2026 Conference (AGH University of Krakow, 08-11 September 2026). The growing ubiquity of AI in society is currently being met with the scholarly formation of Critical AI Studies. However, what is the “critical” and the “AI” of Critical AI Studies? This panel invites contributors to explore these questions empirically, theoretically, reflectively and artistically. Please find the detailed panel description here: https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/programme/#18148 In case of interest, we would love to receive your abstract. Please submit your abstract of max. 250 words here (https://easst.net/conference/easst2026/programme/#18148) by 09 March 2026. Decisions will be communicated as quickly as possible. Please feel free to get in touch with Dieuwertje Luitse (d.luitse(a)uva.nl <mailto:d.luitse@uva.nl> ) or Louis Ravn (l.ravn(a)uva.nl <mailto:l.ravn@uva.nl> ) should you have any questions about the panel. We look forward to receiving your abstracts! All the best, Anna Schjøtt Hansen, Dieuwertje Luitse, Louis Ravn, Nanna Bonde Thlystrup, and Tobias Blanke

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RECORDING - APRALO Policy Forum Webinar on Multilingual Domain Names
by Joly MacFie 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20262>VIDEO <https://youtu.be/p60OOUfGg3s> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/apralo-multilingual-1/apralo-multilingual-1.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/151789905/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/apralo-multilingual-1> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20262> On 26 February 2026 the APRALO Policy Forum <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/OOrdBg> hosted ‘Multilingual Domain Names <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/KYDWM>‘, ,the first of the series of 3 webinars to introduce ICANN’s goal for a “Multilingual Internet” and its engagement of relevant stakeholders to deliver this goal. Pitinan Kooarmornpatana <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pitinan/> provided an introduction to Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), and a guided exercise on how to develop Label Generation Rules (LGR) which is a key technical requirement for enabling IDNs PRESENTER Pitinan Kooarmornpatana – IDN Programs Director, ICANN HOST / MODERATOR Gopal Tadepalli -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS): Last Mile for Contributions
by Announce 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

*** Last Mile for Contributions *** 39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2026) June 3-5 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://2026.cbms-conference.org (*** Submission Deadline: March 6 2026 (final and firm!) ***) Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based medical systems, and one of the main conferences in the fields of medical informatics and biomedical informatics. CBMS allows the exchange of ideas and technologies between academic and industrial scientists. The scientific program of IEEE CBMS 2026 will consist of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international program committee, as well as, keynote talks and tutorials given by leading experts in their fields. The CBMS 2026 edition also aims to host high-quality papers about industry and real case applications as well as allow researchers leading international projects to show to the scientific community the main aims, goals, and results of their projects. We solicit submissions on previously unpublished research work. The conference will feature three keynote talks by Professor Metin Akay ("Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Biomarkers for Personalized and Dynamic Pain Assessment"), Professor Dimitrios I. Fotiadis ("From Data Scarcity to Trustworthy AI: The Transformative Role of Synthetic Data in Healthcare"), and Professor Domenico Talia ("Techniques for Exploiting Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare"). CALL FOR PAPERS Example areas include but are not limited to: • Active and Healthy Ageing System • Analytics and solutions in Public Health • Artificial intelligence in healthcare • Big Data Analytics in Healthcare • Bioinformatics • Biomarker Discovery and Drug Design • Biomedical Signal and Image Processing and Machine Vision • Cognitive Computing in Healthcare • Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare (CSCW) • Databases and blockchain in Medicine or Healthcare • Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery in Medicine or Healthcare • Decision Support and Recommendation Systems in Medicine or Healthcare • Digital Twins / Personalized AI Models • e-Health • Ethics in the application of ICT to biomedicine • Explainable AI for Decision Support • Generative AI and Foundational Models for Biomedicine • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Healthcare • Knowledge Representation in Medicine or Healthcare • m-Health • Medical education using ICT • Medical Robotics, Intelligent Medical Devices, and Smart Technologies • Metaverse, Augmented and Intelligent Reality • Multimodality Data Analysis • Network and Telemedicine Systems • Pervasive Computing for Wearables • Privacy and Security in Healthcare • Radiomics and Radiogenomics • Serious Games for Healthcare • Software Systems in Medicine • Technology in Clinical and Healthcare Services Research • Web-Based Delivery of Medical Information Special Tracks CBMS 2026 will also feature a number of special tracks: • Green-Aware Artificial Intelligence for Network and Text Mining in Computational Biology and Medicine https://sites.google.com/unicz.it/greenai-nettext/ Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare https://sites.google.com/view/maih2026/home GEAI4ND — Generalizable & Explainable AI for the Care Continuum of Neurodegenerative Disease http://geai4nd-cbms2026.conf.uoi.gr/ Interoperability and Federated Analytics in Biomedical Data Using OMOP CDM https://bioinformatics-ua.github.io/ieee-cbms-st-IFABD/ Network Medicine https://medal.ctb.upm.es/CBMS26_ST_NM.html Image Processing and Machine Vision for Intelligent Healthcare https://sites.google.com/view/2026-cbms-impvih Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion, Accessibility and Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations https://www.uco.es/kdis/cbms-2026/ Synthetic Healthcare Data Generation and Clinical Decision Support https://is-innovation.eu/CBMS2026/search-workshop.htm Computational Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CIMI) https://sites.google.com/view/cbms/cbms-cimi Management and Quality of Data Lifecycle in Health and Medicine https://raise-suite.eu/management-and-quality-of-data-lifecycle-in-health-a… Prospective authors are expected to submit their contributions to the general track or one of the special tracks if relevant. Please see the submission guidelines for further details. Submission Guidelines Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program Committee members. All accepted papers (Regular, Short, and Posters) will be included in the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of the authors. Type of Submissions Each contribution must be prepared following the IEEE two-column format, whose template is available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates . The authors may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates. CBMS 2026 accepts three types of submissions: • Regular papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 6 pages, but it is possible to extend the paper length up to 8 pages by paying for each extra page. Check fees for more information. • Short papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 4 pages and no less than 3 pages, not being possible to extend the paper length. The duration of the oral presentation of short posters will be less than regular ones. • Posters: The length of the contribution is limited to 2 pages. Poster papers will be included in the proceedings but won’t include oral presentations during the conference. The authors of a poster also need to prepare a real poster to be shown during the conference. For presentation purposes at the conference, the authors must prepare the poster in portrait format. The accepted dimensions are 60 (width) x 80 (length). CALL FOR SHOWCASE / RESEARCH PROJECTS CBMS 2026 will have a special showcase/research projects track session, where we invite (a) scientific papers, (b) demonstrations/posters and (c) research-projects descriptions. Scientific papers: We invite papers (not exceeding 6 pages in length), describing innovative computer-based medical devices or software applications, including practical experiences with such innovations. The papers should be scholarly articles presenting scientific methods, measurements, and experiments. Marketing and sales materials will not be accepted. These papers will be evaluated based on practicality, innovation, scientific rigor, value of the device or application to users, and novelty. They will be published in the proceedings of the conference along with the other papers under this track. Examples of such papers could include but are not limited to: • Computer-based medical devices that have technical/scientific novelty • Computer-based medical applications intended for or recently introduced in the field • Novel uses of traditional equipment in practice • Experience papers based on use and data from the field • Insightful measurement-based analysis of computer-based medical systems from the field • Novel analysis providing new insights from data collected from the field • New and practical data analytics useful in practice • Real deployments of AI solutions in medicine Demonstrations: A demonstration is more appropriate if the value can be better expressed with a demonstration rather than in a full-length paper. The topics for the demonstration papers are the same as the scientific for this track. Please submit a proposal of your demonstration with a limit of two pages. Research projects/initiatives: CBMS aims in this edition to receive submissions about research or innovation projects funded by, mainly, competitive calls to present their project. We foresee to receive submissions which include details about the project goals, consortium and results (expected and any tentative result obtained so far). Only projects funded by competitive calls or with strong potential interest for the community will be considered. International projects organized in a consortium of several countries will have preference. Submissions in this context should be a one/two-pages document with at least the following information: • Project/initiative title • Description • Participant entities • Project goals • Funding agency (when applies) or agencies • Results obtained so far (publications, patents, ...) The contribution must be prepared following the regular paper. The length of the contribution must be between 4 and 6 pages. Submission Guidelines Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program Committee members. All accepted contributions will be included in the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of the authors. CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium for CBMS 2026 will provide an opportunity for PhD students to present their research plans or their preliminary work in an informal and supportive atmosphere. The PhD students will be able to discuss the problems that their PhDs are addressing, any preliminary results, and their future plans. The DC will offer them an opportunity to discuss any problems that they have come up against, and gain valuable advice and constructive feedback from experienced researchers in the field.The Doctoral Consortium will involve presentations by participating PhD students (selected by the Doctoral Consortium chairs) as well as a number of invited talks / tutorials on different related topics in the field. Submissions Doctoral Consortium submissions should focus specifically on a PhD thesis or subsection of a thesis. To apply for participation at CBMS 2026 Doctoral Consortium, please submit a research plan on a topic related to the areas covered in the general call for papers for the conference. Each submission should be in the same format as the main conference papers except it should consist of approximately 3-5 pages describing your research work. In particular: • Title and author • The research problem that your PhD addresses • Your planned approach and methods for solving the problem • How your approach compares to other known approaches • Any preliminary results or expected results • Future plans and directions with specific questions Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management system (see link below). Doctoral Consortium papers/contributions will be included in the IEEE proceedings in a specific “Doctoral Consortium” section. SUBMISSION LINK FOR ALL TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecbms2026 Please choose the track that best fits for your submitted paper. OTHER INFORMATION For more information, please contact ieeecbms2026 AT easychair.org . IMPORTANT DATES (all types of contributions) • Submission Deadline: March 6, 2026 (final and firm, AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2026 • Camera-Ready Due: April 24, 2026 (AoE) ORGANIZATION CBMS SC Chair • Rosa Sicilia, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy General Chairs • Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy • Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Panagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece • Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus • Andreas S. Panayides, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus Publication Chairs • Sameer K. Antani, National Library of Medicine & National Institutes Of Health, USA • Bridget Kana, Karlstad University, Sweden Special Tracks Chairs • Pietro Cinaglia, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy • Christos Loizou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Showcase / Research Projects Chair • Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy Doctoral Consortium Chair • Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA Sponsorship Chair • KC Santosh, University of South Dakota, USA Local Organizing and Finance Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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CFP: NMWP Unconference Deadline EXTENDED to 15 Mar
by Lyle Skains 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

Call for Proposals: 2026 NMWP Unconference<https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/unconference/> 12-13 May 2026 — 100% Virtual (Zoom) Deadline: EXTENDED to 15 March 2026 You are cordially invited to contribute to our third annual New Media Writing Prize Unconference. This two-day creative and critical participant-directed Unconference is hosted by the New Media Writing Prize in partnership with the Electronic Literature Organization<https://eliterature.org/> and the British Library<https://www.bl.uk/>. The Unconference will culminate in the awards evening<https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/4OgsKI_LTjaCtCBH6EBsoQ> for the New Media Writing Prize on 13 May 2026. Please see https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/unconference/ for the full call for proposals and a link to submit your proposal. Unconference Theme: Collaboration --------------------------------- This year’s theme explores the intersections of digital collaboration, inclusivity, and creative innovation. How can we work together across disciplines and geographies to shape the future of digital media? We encourage proposals that address these questions through practical, hands-on activities and engaging discussions. We encourage submissions that align with the collaborative, hands-on spirit of the Unconference. We are particularly interested in proposals for activities that emphasize participation, creativity, and discussion. Examples of activities include: * Live Co-Creation : Collaborative storytelling, netprovs, or group design challenges. * Hack-a-Thon / Write-a-Thon : Thematic challenges that result in co-created outputs. * Peer-Led Clinics : Hands-on sessions using accessible tools like Twine, GitHub, or creative software. * Creative Networking Sessions : Innovative ways to connect participants (e.g., collaboration speed-dating). * Dialogues in Digital Practice : Lightning talks based in a panel’s research or practice followed by facilitated discussion and creative responses. * Thematic Breakouts : Discussions or activities exploring subthemes like accessibility or sustainability. * Quickfire Interludes : Quick creative exercises (e.g., collaborative poems, brainstorming). Researchers could also use these for data collection — try things out on us! * …and anything else you can think of! Please note we’ll be limiting single-presenter presentations to 7 minutes or less. This includes artists’ talks. Proposal submission deadline: EXTENDED to 15 March 2026, Midnight UTC. Please see https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/unconference/ for the full call for proposals and a link to submit your proposal. Submit to the ELO Awards! The 2026 ELO Awards<https://forms.gle/nVBiuDEmueeSg7vRA> are open for your work: creative and scholarly. You can submit here<https://forms.gle/nVBiuDEmueeSg7vRA>, and see more about the awards here<https://eliterature.org/elo-awards>. Submissions close 9 March 2026! ________________________________ BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble webpages. This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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27 February "How the Far Right and Social Media Mobilize Working-Class Emotions" by Rosana Pinheiro-Machado
by Ülker Sözen 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

We kindly invite you to the online lecture: *“How the Far Right and Social Media Mobilize Working-Class Emotions” by Prof. Dr. Rosana Pinheiro-Machado (University College Dublin & DeepLab)* *Date and time: 27 February 2026, Friday 16:00-17:30 CET * You can find more on the lecture and the zoom link here <https://ecpr.eu/news/news/details/905>. You can keep updated and get registered to our online seminar series here <https://ecpr.eu/Events/337>. Warm regards, ECPR Research Network on Digital Authoritarianism Steering Committee ----------------- Abstract Working-class support for reactionary politics is as old as capitalism itself, yet it remains one of the most paradoxical features of modern democracy. Long celebrated as the vanguard of progressive change, significant segments of low-income groups are now aligning with illiberal regimes, authoritarian populists, and far-right movements across the globe. This talk explores why. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic research with workers in Brazil, and more recently in India and the Philippines, it argues that this alignment cannot be explained by economic deprivation, resentment, or cultural backlash alone. Instead, digital technologies emerge as pivotal in reshaping working-class political subjectivities. By introducing the concept of the authoritariat, the talk shows how platform labour, gig work, and the promise of self-employment destabilise democratic bonds while fostering new desires for recognition, autonomy, and self-worth. These dynamics are rooted in long histories of colonial marginality yet amplified in the 21st century by the deregulation of digital labour and the rise of Big Tech. Far from being trapped in nostalgia, reactionary politics derives its strength from projecting an imagined future—one that offers both rage and dreams to those historically excluded. In reframing debates on working-class politics toward the Global South, the talk theorises a new, deeply ambivalent political formation—part authoritarian, part conservative, part libertarian—that is profoundly consequential for the future of democracy. *Rosana Pinheiro-Machado*, an anthropologist, is a Professor of Global Studies at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. She is the Director of the Digital Economy and Extreme Politics Lab (DeepLab) and the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council- funded project Flexible Work, Rigid Politics in Brazil, India, and the Philippines. Her ethnographic research explores the intersection of reactionary politics and precariousness in the emerging economies of the Global South.

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Call for the I Latin American Forum for Intelligence Studies (inteLA)
by André Ramiro 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

Dear AoIR members, We are delighted to share with you the call for the *I Latin American Forum for Intelligence Studies (inteLA)* *Date*: 25-26 March, 2026 *Location:* Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) *Organization:* University of Hamburg (UHH), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), Latin American Network for Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies (Lavits), School of Applied Sciences – Unicamp, and Legiscraft *About:* The Latin American Forum on Intelligence Studies (inteLA) is an initiative created to address a practical gap: the need to establish, in Latin America, a regional hub that continuously brings together emerging and ongoing debates across a broad academic and critical field on intelligence and democracy. As a way of building and advancing capacities for analyzing risks, priorities, and institutional options in the region — avoiding a fragmented and geopolitically isolated scenario — the proposal is to move forward with best practices for formulating proposals grounded in Latin American institutional, technological, and socioeconomic realities. Dialogue with other regions is equally important, both because of the international nature of the subject and through multilateral strategies. inteLA therefore brings together researchers, public officials, and civil society actors to build a regional point of reference: a forum capable of sustaining high-quality research while maintaining close ties with institutional practice. In doing so, inteLA paves the way for Latin American scholarship and perspectives to engage more directly with international debates. Rather than treating the region as a marginal case, the Forum seeks to ensure that its experiences — from democratic transitions to institutional constraints and governance dilemmas — are taken seriously in the way intelligence is studied and understood. The first edition of inteLA is dedicated to the oversight of intelligence in democracy. On the one hand, technological change is rapidly expanding the intrusive capacities of the State. On the other hand, traditional oversight mechanisms remain limited, creating an environment in which serious abuses can flourish and democratic safeguards may gradually erode over time. In this context, institutional, multi-stakeholder, and multilateral dialogues are central to the democratic development of the field. With this concern in mind, inteLA 2026 will bring together participants from academia, the public sector, and civil society to deepen the diagnosis and map out pathways for reform. *Day 1 (morning)* *Keynote speaker:* José Manuel Ugarte (University of Buenos Aires) [*in Spanish]* *First Panel: "Systems of Control, the Rule of Law, and New Technologies" *[*in English]* Prof. Dr. Marion Albers (University of Hamburg) Prof. Dr. Alcides Perón (Unicamp) Dr. Thorsten Wetzling (interface) Anna Cruz (ESINT - Brazilian School of Intelligence) Moderation: André Ramiro (University of Hamburg/Lavits) *Second Panel: "The future of intelligence oversight in Brazil" **[in Portuguese]* Fernanda Melchionna (Brazilian National Congress, PSOL-RS) Waldemar Gonçalves (Brazilian National Data Protection Authority) Dr. Fernanda Vilares (Brazilian Office of the Federal Attorney General) Dr. José Fernando Chuy (Internal Inspector of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency - Abin) Natália Viana (Agência Pública) Moderation: Conrado Klöckner (Legiscraft) *Presentation:* *"The architecture of an efficient oversight system."* White paper about a new Brazilian intelligence external oversight (Conrado Klöckner) *[in Portuguese]* *- Lunch break -* *Working Groups (afternoon) **[in Portuguese]**:* *1 - *Intelligence and Sovereignty *2 - *Limits of Intelligence Activities *3 - *Emerging Technologies and Data Protection *4 - *Institutional Architecture and Oversight *Day 2 (morning) - *[*in English]* *Hybrid Panel: Global Tendencies in Intelligence Oversight: Gaps and Benchmarks* Amir Cahane (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Prof. Dr. Paul McGarr (King's College London) Prof. Dr. José Manuel Ugarte (University of Buenos Aires) Conrado Klöckner (Legiscraft) Moderation: Prof. Dr. Maísa Edwards (King's College London) Free registrations at: https://www.legiscraft.org/event-details/intela-2026 If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send a message. Looking forward to seeing you there! -- *André Ramiro* PhD Candidate in Informational and Public Law at Hamburg University. Stanford University's Digital Civil Society Lab Fellow - Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) (24-25). Fellow Researcher at Weizenbaum Institute - "Technology, Power, and Domination" Research Group (23). Visiting Researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Fellow (22-23). Member of LAVITS - Latin American Network of Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies. Co-Founder and former Director of IP.rec - Law and Technology Research Institute of Recife.

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RECORDING – IGF DC Webinar: Global Discussion on the Future of Digital Health
by Joly MacFie 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20247>VIDEO <https://youtu.be/xb716jTZ1A0> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/igf-dc-digital-health/igf-dc-digital-health.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/151657408/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/igf-dc-digital-health> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20232> On February 23, 2026, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalitions <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/dynamic-coalitions> (DCs) held a webinar with the theme ‘Global Discussion on the Future of Digital Health‘. This global discussion brought together voices from policy, technology, research, and healthcare practice to explor how digital health technologies are reshaping healthcare delivery and transforming the patient experience, and examined opportunities, challenges, and emerging trends in digital health. SPEAKERS Dr. Walter Greenleaf – Research & Innovations Director – Stanford Medical Mixed Reality Center, Stanford University Dr. Elia Lima-Walton, MD, PA– Principal Product Manager, Healthcare Generative AI, Mayo Clinic Sameer Pujari – Lead AI, World Health Organization / Vice Chair, AI 4 Health WHO ITU Focus Group, Digital Health & Innovation HOST / MODERATOR Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta – Chairman, Dynamic Coalition in Digital Health - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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AoIR panel participant on Technology, Violence, and Harm
by Pyo, Jane Yeahin 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

Dear AoIR community, We would like to invite panel participants to our panel around the theme of Technology, Violence, and Harm. We are excited to seek one or two participants who could broaden our perspectives and scope. Our current papers regard the politics of racialized digital violence; algorithmic harm in urban cities; and technology-facilitated continuation of colonial spatial violence. We would particularly welcome scholars with Global Majority perspectives, and we are open to interdisciplinary ideas. Please reach out to express your interest to: ypyo(a)tulane.edu Best, Jane 표예인 Jane Yeahin Pyo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Tulane University https://sites.google.com/view/janeyeahinpyo/home

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