Never rains but it pours. Plenty to get teeth into this week, including multiple UNGA virtual side events, and 24 hours of non-stop RightsCon. See the links for full schedules, and be aware that today is the final day for RightsCon registration! Also, all of HOPE is now archived.

As always, thanks to those of you who have Substack subs! You can Add the calendar to never miss an event.

Upcoming Events

• SEP 21-NOV 10 13:00 UTC - TODAY! - Digital@UNGA 2026 Affiliate Sessions

• SEP 21 15:00 UTC - TODAY! - Navigating Internet Governance and the Return of Geopolitics

• SEP 22-23 13:00 UTC - RightsCon Continues Summit

• SEP 22 15:00 UTC - MENA Q3 All Members Call: From Engagement to Action / مكالمة جميع الأعضاء لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا للربع الثالث: من المشاركة إلى العمل

• SEP 22 19:00 UTC - ISOC Pulse - Internet Frontiers: Navigating Data to Inform Public Discourse

• SEP 23-24 12:00 UTC - African Union Open Stakeholder Consultation on AI Governance and Regulation

• SEP 23 15:00 UTC - From Theory to Reality: The Next Era of Quantum Error Correction

• SEP 23 15:00 UTC - ISOC Venezuela: El Futuro y la Resiliencia de nuestro Internet

• SEP 23-24 16:00 UTC - Future of Speech Online 2026: The Death of Online Anonymity?

• SEP 24 15:00 UTC - The Evolving Role of SSAC in Global Governance and Its Relevance to the ISPCP

• SEP 28 12:30 UTC - Disconnected Justice: The Non-Implementation of Internet Shutdown Judgments

• SEP 29 12:30 UTC - ISOC Global Alumni Event 2026

• SEP 29 17:00 UTC - Sesión Regional: Mapeo del Estado de la Criptografía y el Cifrado en América Latina

• SEP 30 12:00 UTC - ICANN Webinar Series for EMEA: Discovering Parked Domains and the Evolution of their Behaviour

• OCT 06-10 08:00 UTC - Forum sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet - Afrique Centrale (FGI-AC) 2026

• OCT 06-07 13:00 UTC - 13º Foro Colombiano de Gobernanza de Internet

• OCT 13 08:00 UTC - Introduction to Internet Measurements (using RIPE Atlas)

• OCT 14 23:30 UTC - A11yNYC - 17 Years on Wheels, 20 years at Google: Subways, Wheelchairs and Maps - Sasha Blair-Goldensohn

• OCT 15-16 14:00 UTC - MOSAICS Symposium

• OCT 17-22 01:00 UTC - ICANN87 Annual General Meeting

• OCT 21 16:00 UTC - Trust, Safety, and Infrastructure-Aware AI: Building a Secure Internet for the Next Decade

• NOV 02-05 09:00 UTC - 15th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2026)

• NOV 04 13:30 UTC - Canadian Internet Governance Forum / Forum canadien sur la gouvernance de l’Internet (CIGF / FCGI) 2026

Save the Date

• OCT 04-07 - APrIGF 2026 - Kathmandu

• NOV 17-19 - Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) 2026

• DEC 14-18 - Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2026) in Nairobi

Full Recaps

• SEP 09 - Internet Governance Forum USA

• SEP 14 - CTU 2026 4th International ICT Forecast and Preparatory Meeting

Recordings

• SEP 09 - AfIGF - Road to Ghana: Community Engagement Series #1

• AUG 11-16 - Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) 2026

Other Report Summaries

• Growing Up in the Social Media Age

ISOC LIVE Civic Tech

• Your Community By the Numbers: Intro to Census Data @ School of Data