After much anticipation and deliberation, the 2026 Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly (DRAPAC26) programme is now live on our official website.
DRAPAC26 takes place in Manila on June 8 to 10, 2026, co-hosted by the Foundation for Media Alternatives, DAKILA – Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, and EngageMedia.
From over 450 activity proposals, the three-day event will comprise a combination of about 60 sessions, exhibits, and more activities that reflect this year’s theme of “Resilient Digital Futures: Co-creating Collective Resources Across Movements”. DRAPAC26 also channels the spirit of bayanihan – traditionally depicted with farmers together carrying houses to safer ground – to navigate shifting dynamics, by co-creating, co-developing, and co-owning the common resources and infrastructure the digital rights movement needs to thrive.
The DRAPAC26 programme includes (but is not limited to) sessions on surveillance and spyware accountability, AI governance, platform power, disinformation, internet shutdowns, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence. The agenda also goes deeper into building and expanding the infrastructure needed for human rights defenders to sustain our work: funding resilience, collective archiving, digital security peer learning, and feminist approaches to technology design.
Register now and join us in advancing digital rights in the Asia-Pacific: https://drap.ac/26/attendees/