EngageMedia thanks everyone for the overwhelming response to our call for session ideas for DRAPAC24! From over 150 session proposals, the program committee has selected the following sessions for the two-day event on August 18 and 19, 2024:
- “Bytes of Truth” Harnessing Internet Shutdown Measurement Data for Strategic Advocacy
- Shutdown Watch – Online tracker to monitor internet shutdowns in Bangladesh
- Monitoring internet censorship across Asia-Pacific: The iMAP Model
- How Is Social Media Monetization Fueling Disinformation In Asia? And What Can We Do About It?
- Engaging in Standards: CSOs in SDOs
- Identifying and mitigating barriers to civil society participation in technical infrastructure and standards
- The 2024 Tech-Influenced Election, in the Eyes of Youth
- Digibak: Building a Movement of Young Digital Human Rights Defenders
- FACTER: A Sustainable Digital Investigation Tool for Newsrooms
- Building Resilience against Deepfake and Synthetic Media
- SFLC.in’s Free Speech Tracker – Insights on Censorship from India
- Self-hosted radical servers: Collaborative tech solutions for Asia-Pacific human rights defenders
- Multi-stakeholder dialogue on the future of digital rights in ASEAN
- Language as Liberation: Dismantling Barriers through Localization
- Building Bridges – Engaging Women and Youth led Digital Rights Communities across South Asia
- Who’s afraid of government super-apps? Digitalization’s impact on privacy and surveillance risks
- Leveraging Geospatial AI for Climate Action in Asia: an Indigenous Perspective
- ALL THAT FOSS! (Struggles in) Promoting Free Open Source Software to Civil Society Organizations as Digital Security Trainers in Asia
- How Does the Government Use Our Personal Data ? Challenges in FOI, Litigation and Legislation
- Personal Data Protection Concerns around AI Policy Developments
- Digitally Tongue-Tied: How ICT Policies Impacted Online Free Speech in South and Southeast Asia
- Online Harassment Against Youth HRDs: Voices from the Philippines and Thailand
- Empowering Human Rights Defenders: Healing and Reflection in the Digital Era
- Community mobilization through digisec wiki
- Fortifying Frontlines: Cybersecurity Strategies for Human Rights Defenders
- Unpacking Human Rights Due Diligence Across the Tech Stack in Asia-Pacific
- Security audit co-learning for South & Southeast Asia
- Digital rights in Taiwan: What is missing? How could the civil society help?
- TFGBV (Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence): Asia Pacific Region Update
- Prosecuting TF GBV: Unique Challenges in Access to Justice and Legal Documentation of Technology-Facilitated Gender-based Violence (TF-GBV) Cases
- Tackling Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence in Metaverse/VR
- A holistic approach to governing the internet stack
- Satellite Imagery Shows Human Rights Violations in Myanmar
- “There’s no one story to PRIDE”
The program team will reach out to organisers of accepted sessions to finalise meeting spaces and time slots in the event schedule. There will also be co-creation sessions and briefings for session hosts.
Fellowship Results
To ensure the diversity of participants, EngageMedia will be supporting the travel of selected fellows to attend DRAPAC24 in Taiwan.
As of Friday, July 19, selected fellows have been contacted directly by the organising team via email. As fellowship slots are extremely limited, participants hosting or speaking in sessions centered on youth engagement, and those from marginalised groups or first-time speakers at a regional convening, have been given priority.
Attend DRAPAC24
Registrations to attend DRAPAC24 are ongoing until August 9, 2024! To register for the event, follow the instructions below:
- Log in to your DRAPAC24 account or create a new account if you do not have one.
- Complete all required information on the registration form.
The full DRAPAC24 program and other event information will only be accessible when you are logged in to your account.
If you need a visa to enter Taiwan, you can request a letter of invitation that you can use to apply for your visa yourself. Please note that the form to request eVisa application support has already been closed. Read the visa guide for more information.
For any changes in your travel plan, make sure to update your registration or inform the organising team. For any questions or concerns, email [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you in Taipei!