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Postponed: Invitation Workshop on Indigenous Communities & Digital Media
by Spellerberg, Jonathan 13 Oct '25

13 Oct '25

*Workshop was postponed to December 3rd. You can still sign up!* Time: December 3rd, 2025 at 8pm (CET) - 3pm (Buenos Aires) - 2pm (Ottawa) - 11am (Vancouver) Location: Online Registration: https://forms.gle/ux8RFWQvYg6J9PV7A Deadline for registration: *October 19th* With this call, we invite practitioners, academics, and activists who work from and alongside Indigenous communities on digital media, most broadly conceived, to join us for an online workshop to share ideas, insights, and challenges with one another. We are non-Indigenous academics working alongside Quechua and Inuit communities in Argentina and Canada. It is our intention to create a space for forming reciprocal relationships across projects and locations. We would like to bring together people from diverse backgrounds to discuss shared concerns and interests in this field, join our forces, and raise awareness of each others’ work, positions, experiences, and uncertainties. We believe that the concerns and practices of Indigenous peoples are not well represented in current discussions about the politics of digitization, although these standpoints are needed to understand its role in how people relate to each other and the world. While big tech fastens its grip on more and more areas of everyday life, and “data colonialism” (Mejias and Couldry 2024) and a push toward extractive AI technologies seems to be the sign of the times, this development is arguably not a new experience for many Indigenous peoples around the world who have been dealing with similar corporate colonialist strategies for centuries. Galloway (2012) argues that computers are “ethical machines” that make certain ideologies of objectification, individualization, calculability, and compartmentalization the very basis of everyday economic, social, and political processes. At the same time, Indigenous actors are at the forefront pushing for sovereignty over data and infrastructure to contend with extractivism that encroaches upon both data and land. In this situation, how are these multi-layered digital logics understood by Indigenous actors? How do they engage with digital technologies in the face of their colonizing tendencies? And how do Indigenous peoples leverage them to pursue their own cultural, economic, and political priorities? In this workshop, we aim to create a space for collective reflection rather than privileging formal presentations. To that end, we are organizing an online meeting structured in two parts. In the first part, participants are invited to select an image as a starting point for a brief (10-minute) story related to their research, experiences, and/or concerns on the topic. This initial segment is intended to set the tone for the encounter and help identify shared issues. In the second part, we will revisit the questions that emerged, engaging in a collective discussion to exchange perspectives, articulate challenges, offer advice, and develop ideas collaboratively. The goal is to establish a set of common concerns that can serve as a basis for further work. If you are interested in participating, please submit a short (e.g. 300 words) description of your intended story/presentation, a short biography, and a brief description of the themes and questions you would like to discuss with others (if any) before October 19th through this form: https://forms.gle/ux8RFWQvYg6J9PV7A We are inviting anyone who would like to be in conversation about themes surrounding Indigenous communities and digital media, including: - Everyday realities and challenges of digital media in Indigenous communities - Indigenous governance of media infrastructures - Indigenous media-making practices - Land relations and digital media - Digital media in the context of Indigenous media histories - Indigenous and tech temporalities - Online sociality in Indigenous communities - Arts, crafts, and culture in digital spaces - Colonial tendencies of digital technologies in Indigenous communities - Digital media and self-determination/sovereignty - Indigenous online activism - Digital media and Indigenous well-being - Digital sovereignty and infrastructures Organizers: Jonathan Spellerberg - University of Groningen j.spellerberg(a)rug.nl <j.spellerberg(a)rug.nl> Martina Di Tullio - University of Buenos Aires ditulliomartina(a)gmail.com -- Jonathan Spellerberg *(he/him)* PhD candidate Digital Arctic Media University of Groningen Arctic Centre A-weg 30 9718 CW Groningen The Netherlands E: j.spellerberg(a)rug.nl M: +49 1578 8247829 http://www.rug.nl/staff/j.spellerberg <https://www.rug.nl/research/arctisch-centrum/onderwijs/minor/?lang=en>

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Call for Papers: Gender and Sexuality Research in Times of Crisis
by Kathryn Higgins 13 Oct '25

13 Oct '25

Call for Papers: Gender and Sexuality Research in Times of Crisis Symposium @ Birkbeck, University of London Friday, 13 February 2026 The CHASE Gender and Sexuality Research Network (CHASE GSRN) is happy to announce its inaugural symposium, Gender and Sexuality Research in Times of Crisis. This symposium aims to showcase the work of early career researchers, and facilitate connections and collaborations between scholars working on gender and sexuality, broadly defined, across the arts, humanities and social sciences. CHASE GSRN is a new interdisciplinary network established to support early career gender and sexuality scholars at a time when our work is under incredible pressure, both financial and political. Gender and Sexuality Research in Times of Crisis will create spaces of dialogue and opportunities for community-building between ECRs and established scholars in the field, who will be invited to participate as interlocutors. We invite abstracts from postgraduate research students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars working across feminist theory, gender studies, queer and trans studies and related disciplines. In particular, we invite papers that work with these literatures and frameworks as they intersect with: * Far-right politics and movements * Race and racial capitalism * Migration, diaspora, and border regimes * Disability activism and ableism * Neoimperialism, militarism, and authoritarianism * Popular feminism and misogyny * Transphobia and trans exclusionary movements * Inclusion politics and DEI * Feminist and/or queer political economy * Queer poetics * Bodily autonomy and reproductive justice * Community and care in times of crisis * Queer media * Queer digital cultures * Local and transnational solidarities * Protest and resistance * Queer and feminist utopias * LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing * Gendered and sexual harm and violence * Censorship, misinformation, disinformation, and post-truth politics * Research methodologies, ethics, and obstacles To submit, please send an abstract (max. 300 words) and a short bio (max. 100 words) to chase.gsrn(a)gmail.com<mailto:chase.gsrn@gmail.com> by 1 December 2025. Decisions will be shared by 15 December 2025. A limited number of travel bursaries are available for non-CHASE funded students based outside of London. About CHASE Gender and Sexuality Research Network Struggles over the rights and freedoms of women, queer and transgender people are increasingly at the centre of the political zeitgeist, yet academic research that equips us to understand and navigate these struggles is increasingly politicised and systemically threatened. CHASE GSRN is a peer-to-peer support infrastructure for scholars engaged in gender and sexuality research, with a particular emphasis on building capacity across institutions and uplifting postgraduate researchers (PGRs) who are working in a national context of decreased prioritisation and institutional support for producing robust knowledge about non-normative sexualities and genders, and the inequalities attendant to those identities. The CHASE Network recognises that political assaults on non-normative sexualities and genders are increasing alongside pressures on scholars working in so-called ‘controversial areas’. This is particularly important for gender and sexuality studies, which not only includes many researchers working on contentious topics and with marginalised communities, but also involves a high number of scholars who are women, queer, and impacted by sexual and gendered violence. The Network is grounded in a fundamental commitment to the importance of nurturing inclusive and solidaristic communities for marginalised and minoritised scholars who are often (as is the case for LGBTQ+ scholars) facing threats to their basic rights and freedoms alongside fighting for their scholarship. Our ethos is grounded in a feminist ethics of care and a commitment to nourishing inclusive, and (where possible) intergenerational, formations of queer community. The co-directors of CHASE GSRN are Professor Tanya Serisier (Birkbeck), Dr Zeena Feldman (King’s College London) and Dr Kat Higgins (Goldsmiths).

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Three new roles at the ANU HASS Digital Research Hub
by James Smithies 13 Oct '25

13 Oct '25

Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. We're advertising three pivotal new roles tailored to help our new HASS Digital Research Hub build capability at the Australian National University, and nationally in partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The research fellow roles would suit candidates interested in developing academic and/or research software engineering careers in the humanities and social sciences. The successful applicants will work with me and our community of scholars to define a digital strategy that will work now and into the future. The ARDC RSE-CEP RSE role will support the Research Software Engineering Capacity Enhancement Project (RSE-CEP), a co-investment partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) through the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons (DOI: 10.3565/x5f6-mw53). The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). Position descriptions are available below my signature. Best wishes, James Smithies Professor of Digital Humanities Director HASS Digital Research Hub The Australian National University The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates, and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples of the Canberra region and to all First Nations peoples on whose traditional lands we meet and work. Research Fellow (Values-based Digital HASS) https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/research-fellow-values-based-digital-hass-canb… Research Fellow (Computational Methods) https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/research-fellow-computational-methods-canberra… RSE-CEP Research Software Engineer https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/research-software-engineer-canberra-act-act-au…

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Announcing the *Critical Commons Research Network*
by Zach McDowell 12 Oct '25

12 Oct '25

Hello AoIR, It is my pleasure to announce a new project, the *Critical Commons Research Network* (CCRN). This project is funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Research grant to help us gather researchers who examine the digital commons and its connections from infrastructural, political-economic, policy, and other critical approaches. This network aims to examine the role, importance, and impact of different aspects and areas of the digital commons and to foster relationships and mentorships for researchers in this area. I know many of y'all on this list align with this type of research, and it is our hope that this can help connect us together in ways that can elevate each other's work. We are establishing an annotated digital library, a mentorship program, collaborative online (and offline) spaces, symposia and workshops, and an upcoming CFP for an edited collection <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GBVDWi5EI35cn-S0z9UStxjGwf_davgyek8VHoF…> (click for sneak preview, to be announced officially soon). We are establishing some scholarships for graduate students who work in the area as well. You can find out more and join the network at https://criticalcommonsresearch.net/ *If you are at AoIR this week, find me at one of the "Birds of a Feather" meetups:* Friday, 17 October, afternoon break, 15:30 - 16:00 Saturday, 18 October, lunch, 12:30 - 13:30 live long and prosper, Zach -------------------- Zachary J. McDowell, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Communication University of Illinois Chicago www.zachmcdowell.com Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality - Read online or on Kindle for free <https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003094081/wikipedia…>

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The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Second Combo Call for Workshop Papers
by Announce 12 Oct '25

12 Oct '25

*** Second Combo Call for Workshop Papers *** The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026) 17 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> SANER 2026 will feature the following workshops. Please visit the workshops' websites and/or contact their organisers for more details. SQA4AI – Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence https://sqa4ai-ws.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> Greenvolve – The Green Software Evolution Workshop https://greenvolve.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> Fairness 2026 – 2nd International Workshop on Fairness in Software Systems https://fairnessworkshop.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> F-TRANSFER – Facilitating Continuous Education and Training Through AI in SE https://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~avescan/f-transfer-2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> IWBOSE 2026 – Ninth International Workshop on Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering https://www.agile-group.org/iwbose2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> VST 2026 – 9th Workshop on Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests https://vstworkshop.github.io/vst2026/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> MSR4P&S 2026 – 4th International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories Applications for Privacy and Security https://msr4ps.github.io<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> SUBMISSION LINK https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=YWlyLWwJCQlhaXItbEBs…> IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submission: 12 December, 2025 • Paper Submission: 18 December, 2025 • Notification: January 14, 2026 • Camera-Ready: 20 January, 2026 All dates are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chair • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organizing Chair • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chairs • Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil • Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy

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WEBCAST 11-14 OCT – 2025 Asia-Pacific Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF)
by Joly MacFie 12 Oct '25

12 Oct '25

[image: ISOC.LIVE] <https://isoc.live/19750>*YOUTUBE PLAYLIST <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0BWwBA9kNFfIzcCFN7bfK5so8rBZuqhj> * | *PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19750>* On *Saturday-Tuesday 11-14 October 2025* the *Asia-Pacific Internet Governance Forum <https://ap.rigf.asia/>* (APrIGF) is being convened as a virtual event. APrIGF serves as a platform for discussion, exchange and collaboration at a regional level, and also where possible to aggregate national IGF discussions, ultimately advance the Internet governance development in the Asia Pacific region. Remote participation is available via Zoom, The event will be simulcast by ISOC>LIVE. PROGRAM <https://ap.rigf.asia/2025-program-schedule/> (All times UTC)Day 0 – October 11, 202504:00–06:00 APrIGF Day 0 Capacity Building for Fellows and Newcomers | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/GH88DT8rqQg> *Swaran Ravendra* *Ashirwad Tripathy* Breakout Group Facilitators: *Dr. Ghimire* (Sustainability) *Adrian Wan* (Resilience) *Syed Kazi* (Access & Inclusion) *Maureen Hilyard* (Security & Trust) *Cheryl* (Innovation & Emerging Tech) 07:00–07:10 Introduction of Asia Pacific yIGF | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/qye7rdxUsFE>07:10–07:30 Idea Wall | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/-s5YpQkXr3g>07:30–08:15 Designing Equal Futures: Youth, AI, and the Path to Digital Inclusion | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/IXPOMRTABHc> *Athena Tong* – Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo & Researcher and Program Lead, China Strategic Risks Institute *Karlina Octaviany* – AI Advisor for the “Fair Forward – Artificial Intelligence for All ” at GIZ *Muhammad Asad Ul Rehman* – Cybersecurity Consultant *Surabhi Srivastava* – Media Innovation Director, RNW Media *Aristheo Lacuna* – Co-chair, National Association of Social Enterprise Educators and Administrators *Rex Wallen Tan* – General Manager, Princeton Assessments and Training, Inc. Moderators: *Bea Guevarra* – Head of Program Development, NetMission.Asia *Rupam Barui* – Asia Pacific yIGF 2025 Organizing Committee Member Breakout Group Facilitators: *Ankita Rathi* *Nawal Munir* *Dean Mark M. Molde* *Bea Guevarra* *Rupam Barui* 08:15–09:15 APAC Youth Leaders Dialogue – Co-Creating Safe Digital Future Through Intergenerational Action | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/X1uHobamIxA> *Dikchya Raut* – Advocacy Lead in Internet Safety Programme, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts *Amisha Mittal* – Research Analyst, Pranava Institute Moderator: *Jenna Fung* – Head Coordinator, Asia Pacific Youth IGF 09:25–10:25 APAC Youth WSIS+20 Statement: Live Discussion & Editing | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/jdvcSNSSsaQ> https://netmission.asia/2025/07/28/have-a-say-in-wsis20-apac-youth-in-actio… 10:25–11:25 IGF 2025 Youth Track Workshop III – Age Verification and Social Media Regulation | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/xkKEsq7RFuE> *Sølve Kuraas Karlsen* – Leder Tenk, Skoleavdelingen til Faktisk.no *Samik Kharel* – Independent Journalist Moderators: *Herman Johansen* – UN IGF Secretariat *Bea Guevarra* – Asia Pacific yIGF Local Hub (Manila) *Jenna Fung* – Asia Pacific yIGF 2025 Breakout Group Facilitators: *Nawal Munir* – Asia Pacific yIGF Local Hub (Islamabad) *Dean Mark Molde* – Asia Pacific yIGF Local Hub (Manila) *Sanjina Kshetri* – Nepal YIGF *Ankita Rathi* – Asia Pacific yIGF 11:25–12:25 Panel – Power, Platforms, and Participation: Reclaiming Our Digital Selves | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/NEGbrV0oQGU> *Andy Piper* – Head of Communications, Mastodon *Archit Lohani* – AI Safety, Online Harms & Platform Governance Researcher *Dmitry Kuznetsov* – Researcher at Critical Infrastructure Lab & NetMission Advisory Board member *Dr. Nur Adlin Hanisah Shahul Ikram* – PhD in Data Privacy Moderator: *Nawal Munir* – Strategic Content & Research Manager, NetMission.Asia 12:25–12:45 Way Forward and Preview | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/kUyKFxqJ4l4>Day 1 – October 12, 202504:00–05:30 APrIGF 2025 Opening Ceremony | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/JhYuEn24K1s?feature=share>* *Dr. Bhoj Raj Ghimire* – Co-Convenor, Program Committee, APrIGF (Emcee) *Edmon Chung* – APrIGF Secretariat (Opening Remarks) *Amrita Choudhury* – Chair, Multistakeholder Steering Group (MSG) of APrIGF (Welcome) *Sally Wentworth* – President & CEO, Internet Society (Keynote) *Babu Ram Aryal* – Chair, Host Steering Committee (Remarks) Opening Plenary – Platform Governance in Asia Pacific *Maria Tessa* – IGF Leadersip Panel (video) *Sumana Shrestha* – Former Minister of Education, Science & Technology, Nepal *Ferdous Mottakin* – Head, Government Affairs and Public Policy for South Asia, TikTok *Jaco Du Toit* – Head of Nepal Office, UNESCO *Shita Laksmi* – Consultant / Southeast Asia Representative, Diplo *Wathshlah Naidu* – Executive Director, CIJ Malaysia Moderator: *Yasmine Bhattarai* – Head of Information Security Unit, Ncell 05:45–06:45 AI4Justice: Bridging the Access Gap or Deepening the Digital Divide in the Asia-Pacific? | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/2ZHELz_gq6I?feature=share>* *Justice Nahakul Subedi* – Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal *Gayatri Raman* – Managing Director, LexisNexis South East Asia *Prateek Sibal* – Programme Specialist, UNESCO HQ *Prof. D.A Patel* – Dean, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, Mumbai Moderator: *Amit Upreti* – Joint Registrar, Supreme Court of Nepal 05:45–06:45 Disasters, Data, and Digital Rights | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/ZLTyEKZAsck?feature=share>* *Prem Awasthi* – Planning Officer, United Nations (Nepal) *Thein Myint Khine* – Founder and CEO, Myanmar Internet Exchange (MMIX) (Myanmar) *Dr. Amreesh Phokeer* – Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society (Mauritius) *Hon. Sumana Shrestha* – Member of Parliament, Nepal Parliament (Nepal) Moderator: *Yug Desai* – Doctoral Candidate, South Asian University (India) Facilitator: *Pavel Farhan* – Internet Governance Officer, The IO Foundation (Thailand) 07:15–08:15 Multistakeholderism and meaningful participation in DPI Governance: What should it actually look like? | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/HUTlRoCQWvw?feature=share>* *Disha Verma* – Program Manager, Asia Pacific, Tech Global Institute (India) *Mila T. Samdub* – Coalition Member, HR4ID (India) 07:15–07:45 Rethinking Universal Service Funds in South Asia: Challenges, Impact, and the Road Ahead | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/tciHLqMlPQY?feature=share>* *Dr. Mahesh Uppal* – Director, ComFirst Pvt Ltd (India) Moderator: *Omar Ansari* – Digital Leap – South Asia Project Lead, APNIC Foundation (Australia) 08:00–08:20 Social AI, Youth and Digital Vulnerability: A call for multi-stakeholder action in the APAC | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/ddSPKVt8o5w?feature=share>* *Sriya Sridhar* – Research Fellow, The Pranava Institute (India) 08:30–09:30 “Which Animal Are You?” Take a Quiz, Learn More | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/0uZSReINvlQ?feature=share>* *Monika* – Executive Director, Body & Data (Nepal) *Nuva Rai* – Sr. Program Officer, Body & Data (Nepal) 08:30–09:30 Not Just Participants: Youth as Co-Governors of the Internet | *YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/WZwmQJFZXrk?feature=share>* *Amrita Choudhury* – Director, CCAOI (India) *Bea Guevarra* – Head of Program Development, NetMission.Asia (Philippines) Moderator: *Ashirwad Tripathy* – Co-Founder & Executive Director, Educating Nepal (Nepal) Facilitator: *Socheata Sokhachan* – Head of Community Engagement, NetMission.Asia (Cambodia) 09:45–11:00 WSIS+20 High-Level Main Session and WSIS+20 Town Hall | YOUTUBE <https://youtube.com/live/C5Kk18WC63U?feature=share> *Plenary Roundtable:* H. 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Suela Janina – Co-facilitator of WSIS+20, Representative of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations H.E Ekitela Lokaale – Co-facilitator of WSIS+20, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations *Sally Wentworth* – President & CEO, Internet Society & Internet Society Foundation *William Lee* – Assistant Director, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, Australia *Anita Gurumurthy* – Executive Director, IT For Change Moderators: *Alban Kwan* – Co-Chair, APrIGF 2025 Drafting Committee *Syed Kazi* – Co-Chair, APrIGF 2025 Drafting Committee *Yien Chyn Tan* – Co-Chair, APrIGF 2025 Drafting Committee WSIS+20 Town Hall Session Moderators: *Alban Kwan* – Co-Chair, APrIGF 2025 Drafting Committee *Syed Kazi* – Co-Chair, APrIGF 2025 Drafting Committee *Yien Chyn Tan* – Co-Chair, APrIGF 2025 Drafting Committee Day 2 – October 13, 202503:15–04:15 Nothing About Us Without Us: Advancing Inclusive Digital Governance for Persons with Disabilities in Asia-Pacific *Rahma Utami* – Founder & Knowledge/Accessibility Director, Suarise (Indonesia) *T B Dinesh* – Community Media Activist & Technologist, Janastu (India) *Dr. Birendra Raj Pokhrel* – Disability Rights Leader, Abilis Nepal Network (Nepal) *Dr. Baburam Bhattarai* – Former Prime Minister, Government of Nepal (Nepal) *Dr. Ashim Khadka* – Assistant Professor, Nepal College of Information Technology (Nepal) *Sarita Lamichhane* – Accessibility Advocate (Nepal) Moderator: *Krishna Maharjan* – Secretary General, Disability Empowerment Society Nepal (Nepal) Facilitator: *Roji Maharjan* – Member, Disability Empowerment Society Nepal (Nepal) 03:15–04:15 Regulating AI Beyond the Hype: Evidence, Equity, and Policy Priorities for the Asia-Pacific *Aadhesh Khadka* – Joint Secretary, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of Nepal (Nepal) *Aishwarya Salvi* – AI Policy Advisor, FAIR Forward – Artificial Intelligence for All, GIZ (India) *Sunil Abraham* – Public Policy Director, Data Economy & Emerging Tech, Meta India (India) *Shita Laksmi* – Digital Government Consultant (Indonesia) Moderator: *Shradhanjali Sarma* – Legal and Policy Consultant, CCAOI (India) Facilitator: *Swati Shinde* – Consultant, CCAOI (India) 04:30–05:00 Local Bots, Global Norms: Discussing content moderation and chatbots in the APAC region *Aliya Bhatia* – Senior Policy Analyst, Centre for Democracy and Technology (USA) Moderator: *Torsha Sarkar* – Project Manager, Centre for Communication Governance (India) 04:30–05:30 Internet Governance at a Crossroads: Asia-Pacific Priorities for WSIS+20 and Beyond *Joyce Chen* – Senior Advisor for Strategic Engagement, APNIC *Veronica Deutrom* – Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australian Government *Angela Wibawa* – Government and IGO Engagement Director, APAC, ICANN *Adrian Wan* – Senior Manager, Policy & Advocacy, Internet Society Moderator: *Amrita Choudhury* – Director, CCAOI 05:15–05:35 Digital Dilemmas in Just Transitions: Lessons from India’s Coal Heartland *Maitri Singh* – Senior Officer & Researcher (Just Transition), Digital Empowerment Foundation (India) *Rishi Kishore* – Fellow (Energy Transition & Climate Policy), Swaniti Global (India) Moderator: *Deeksha Pande* – Associate Fellow, Swaniti Global (India) 05:45–06:45 Smart, Safe, Strong: Youth Innovations for Online Child Protection *Down To Zero Alliance Indonesia* (Indonesia) *Gazipur Bangladesh Youth Group* (Bangladesh) *Youth Voices for Change Philippines* (Philippines) *Thailand CRC Youth Voice for Change Coalition* (Thailand) Moderator: *Maxenne Anne Delos Reyes* – SUFASEC Youth Facilitator, Plan International Pilipinas (Philippines) Facilitator: *Itsaraporn Daoram* – Regional Coordinator for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, ECPAT International (Thailand) 05:45–06:45 Prioritising Digital Gender Inclusion in Asia: From Token Mentions to Transformative Action *Amrita Choudhury* – Director, CCAOI (India) *Bea Guevarra* – Head of Program Development, NetMission.Asia (Philippines) Moderator: *Ashirwad Tripathy* – Co-Founder & Executive Director, Educating Nepal (Nepal) Facilitator: *Socheata Sokhachan* – Head of Community Engagement, NetMission.Asia (Cambodia) 07:15–07:35 Powering Sustainable Connectivity: curveIQ’s Low-Cost Solution for Remote Telecom Sites *Matthew J* – Managing Director, Distant Curve (Australia) 07:15–08:15 AI as Public Good: Analysing the interplay of Private Investments, Public Infrastructure and Public Accountability *Suruchi Kumari* – Research and Communication Consultant, Digital Empowerment Foundation (India) Moderator: *Megha Garg* – Communication and Marketing Manager(India) Facilitator: *Varun Ramdas* – Senior Manager (India) 07:45–08:15 Experience of Co-designing Digital Justice and Inclusion Initiatives with Communities in Bangladesh *Umme Humayra* – Programme Officer, Oxfam in Bangladesh (Bangladesh) Moderator: *Nafisa Tasnim Khan* – Senior Programme Officer, Oxfam in Bangladesh (Bangladesh) Facilitator: *Tausif Uddin Ahmed* – Senior Software Developer, Oxfam in Bangladesh (Bangladesh) 08:30–09:30 Bridging the Digital Divide: Youth Access to Knowledge, Policy, and Power *Muh Rifai Sahida* – Founder, Garis Hitam Indonesia & Turun Tangan Mamuju (Indonesia) *Minh Trung Doan* – Research Coordinator, Basic Income Earth Network; Student, Eötvös Loránd University 08:30–09:30 Inclusive Digital Policies in Asia-Pacific *Aadesh Khadka* – Joint Secretary & Head of ICT Division, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Nepal) *Sriganesh Lokanathan* – Digital Transformation Specialist, UNDP (Sri Lanka) *Parinita Upadhyay* – Head, ITU Area Office & Innovation Center, New Delhi (India) *Waqas Hassan* – Regional Lead for Asia, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (Pakistan) *Tatevik Grigoryan* – Associate Programme Specialist, UNESCO (Armenia) Moderator: *Nirjana Sharma* – Programme Officer, UNESCO (Nepal) Facilitator: *Maaly Hazaz* – South Asia Regional Advisor, UNESCO (Jordan) 09:45–11:00 APrIGF Town Hall SessionDay 3 – October 14, 202504:00–05:00 Beyond Connection: Fostering Digital Literacy and Accessibility for All Ages and Abilities *Mohammad Shabbir Awan* – Executive Chief, Path Finder Solutions (Private) Limited (Pakistan) *Gunela Astbrink* – Member, UN IGF MAG (Australia) *Satish Babu* – Co-Founder, InApp (India) *Prof. Dr. Bal Krishna Bala* – Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Kathmandu University (Nepal) Moderator: *Susmeera Aryal* – Executive Director, Women’s Group for Disability Rights (Nepal) Facilitator: *Aakriti Gautam* – Policy Associate, Internet Governance Institute (Nepal) 04:00–05:00 From Oversight to Overlooked: Ethics in AI Governance *Jocellin Lee* – Founder, AI Safety Lab (South Korea) *Dr. Musab Alrawi* – Director, ICESCO Chair for AI Ethics, University of Technology and Applied Sciences (Oman) *Supriya Kulkarni* – Founder, The Ethics Company (Indonesia) *Muhammad Umair Ali* – Digital Consultant/Project Manager, ADDO AI (Pvt) Ltd (Pakistan) Moderator: *Tayyaba Iftikhar* – Assistant Director, Pakistan Telecom Authority (Pakistan) Facilitator: *Harisa Shahid* – Information Security Engineer, Strategic Systems International (Pvt) Ltd (Pakistan) 05:15–06:15 APrIGF 2025 Fellowship Presentation05:15–06:15 Building Rights-Centric Digital Infrastructure: A Collaborative Workshop on the Data-Centric Digital Rights (DCDR) Framework *Jean F. Queralt* — Founder & CEO, The IO Foundation (Malaysia) *Svetlana Zens* — Program Manager, Engage Tech for Internet Freedoms, ASIA *Sadichchha Silwal* — Program Officer, Digital Rights Nepal (Nepal) *Adrian Wan* — Senior Manager, Policy & Advocacy, Internet Society (Singapore) *Prapasiri Suttisom* — Digital Rights Project Coordinator, EngageMedia (Thailand) Moderator: *Pavel Farhan* — Internet Governance Officer, The IO Foundation (Thailand) Facilitator: *Yug Desai* — Doctoral Candidate, South Asia University (India) 06:30–07:00 A Garden of Connectivity: Visualizing the Internet Connectivity Landscape *Ezmieralda Melissa* — Associate Lecturer Specialist, Binus University (Indonesia) *Brandon Chong Kian Hua* — Student, University of Technology Sarawak (Malaysia) Moderator: *Tariq Zaman* — Professor, University of Technology Sarawak (Malaysia) Facilitator: *Ram Naresh Kumar* — Assistant Professor, Food and Agri Business School (FABS), Sagar Group of Institutes (India) 06:30–07:30 Empowering Data for All: Unlocking Trust and Transparency using Open Data Editor Moderator: *Nikesh Balami* — Co-founder & CEO, Open Knowledge Nepal (Nepal) Facilitator: *James Shrestha* — Chief Operating Officer, Open Knowledge Nepal (Nepal) 07:15–07:30 The Growing Threat of Personal Liability in Platform Regulation: A Necessary Measure or Overreach? *Angela Thomas* — Counsel, SFLC.in (India) 09:00–10:15 APrIGF – Town Hall10:30–12:15 APrIGF – Closing Plenary *Roundtable: Bridging the Digital Divide: Strategies for Inclusive and Sustainable Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific Region* *Binay Bohra* – Managing Director, Vianet Communications *Dr. Devesh Tyagi* – Chief Executive Officer, NIXI *Marie Lisa M. Dacanay* – President, Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) *Sarai F. Tevita* – Information and Communication Technology Director, National University of Samoa *Toshiaki Tateishi* – Vice Chairman, Japan Internet Providers Association Moderator: *Suman Basnet* – Regional Director, AMARC-Asia Pacific *Closing Ceremony* *Babu Ram Aryal* – Chair, Host Steering Committee *Edmon Chung*– APrIGF Secretariat *Closing Keynote Speech*: TBC *Bea Guevarra* – Co-chair of Asia Pacific yIGF 2025 *Ashirwad Tripathy* – Vice-Chair, APrIGF Multistakeholder Steering Group (MSG) O*fficial Appointment for the next Chair & Vice-Chair* (2026-2028) -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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ICA26 Panelists Needed: Disability & Inequalities in Communication
by E. S. Gray 12 Oct '25

12 Oct '25

Dear scholars! I am organising a panel for ICA26, and would like to invite interested panelists. Please see details below if you would be interested. *Panel: Addressing Inequalities in Inter-Ability Communication: Explorations of Practice, Performance, and Presentation* *Topic Description: *This panel will explore how disabled individuals, scholars, performers, and artists center their narratives through communication that incorporates or conveys their perceptions, navigation of the world, or sense of reality. The common social scripts for communication require communicators to be matched within "norms" of ability and access. This expectation creates pressure to conform with conventions of delivery that effectively marginalize any expression that does not fit the culturally sanctioned scripts, whether due to necessity (e.g., bodily or neurological limitations) or comfort (e.g., what feels natural within a particular body). This panel explores what happens when that pressure to conform is relaxed, and disabled individuals find or create space to freely to express themselves according to what they can do very well, their lived and embodied experiences, and what feels natural for their bodies or minds. *Looking for panelists who feel their work intersects with this topic including:* research, practice, presentation, art, humor, or performance --- *About me: *My Name is Emmanuel-Sathya Gray. My interdisciplinary work in communication and community psychology currently focuses on what performers and artists teach us about breaking patterns of deference to dominant narratives, and bringing our realities from the margins to the center stage. I have published on activism, climate justice, and resilience, and am working on a book chapter (under review) and paper (in progress) related to the disruptive use of humor by disabled comedians on social media. --- If you are interested in joining me on this adventure to make this panel happen, please reach me at grayea(a)mail.uc.edu and send me some information about the work you'd like to discuss. Looking forward to corresponding with folks!

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More on the Anthropic deal for academic authors
by Janet Salmons 11 Oct '25

11 Oct '25

Thanks, danah for mentioning the deal with Anthropic to (minimally) compensate authors whose books were pirated. First, before you start eyeing a new yacht, keep in mind that the promised $3K per book settlement is split between authors and publishers. They are recommending a 50/50 split but that will be up to the publisher. I'm trying to find out what academic publishers plan to do and will share that information if/when I get it. Also, the fact that they ripped off your books is not enough: the "list" represents a narrow time frame. In my case, 6 books are in the database of stolen books but only one was taken during the time period covered by the settlement. The process is a little different for authors of textbooks, monographs, or books published by university presses. FYI educational/textbook and university press/academic authors represent almost half of the close to 500,000 works infringed in the class! The Textbook and Academic Authors Association collaborated with the Authors Guild to make sure our special issues were addressed. TAA's Kim Pawlak was in the hearing room and is actively involved in getting correct information to all of us. She asked me to share this on my Substack newsletter: Info for Educational and University Press Authors Filing Claims in Bartz v. Anthropic The Textbook & Academic Authors Association provides trustworthy guidance https://janetsalmons.substack.com/p/info-for-educational-and-university By the way, it is a good time to join TAA and/or the Authors Guild! On other topics, this month my newsletter is focused on qualitative diary and narrative methods (https://janetsalmons.substack.com/p/narratives-and-diaries-in-online) The newsletter is free (with a paid subscription for those who want more resources and interactivity.) I'm also open to featuring your publications or events, message me off list. Take care, Janet Free-Range Scholar and Creative Boulder, Colorado USA janet(a)salmons.blog "When the Field is Online" free newsletter about qualitative research and writing in a connected world: http://tinyurl.com/qualnews

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Pro-anorexia content on Usenet
by default friend 11 Oct '25

11 Oct '25

Hi — I'm doing research on pro-anorexia content on Usenet and the early Internet more generally. Has anyone here written on this? KD Sent via Superhuman ( https://sprh.mn/?vip=defaultefriend@gmail.com )

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Book authors: See if you deserve money
by danah boyd 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

The Anthropic settlement was annnounced. The company has to pay authors a total of 1.5 BILLION dollars. This will be distributed to impacted authors who file claims. If you’ve written a book, I strongly recommend that you look up whether or not you’re impacted. Go here: https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/ and click on “Works List Lookup.” If you’re impacted, file a claim. You could get $3K/book. I know a lot of you on this list are impacted… danah

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