Events

DEF CON is one of the oldest continuously running hacker conventions around, and also one of the largest.

Join us at DEF CON 33! Come by our booth and check out new Tor merch.

For more info, visit: https://defcon.org/

BornHack is a 7 day outdoor tent camp where hackers, makers and people with an interest in technology or security come together to celebrate technology, socialise, learn and have fun. BornHack 2025 will be the tenth BornHack. It will take place from Wednesday the 16th of July to Wednesday the 23rd of July 2025 at our venue on the Danish island of Funen.

For more info, visit: https://bornhack.dk/bornhack-2025/

The Global Media Forum is an annual gathering of journalists and media experts from around the world. DW has hosted the event in Bonn since 2007. This year's theme is "Breaking barriers and building bridges!"

The Tor Project will host a workshop "Crowdsourcing Censorship Resistance with Snowflake"

For more info, visit: https://gmf-event.com/

Members of the Tor Project will host a workshop entitled "Truth Under Siege: Tools to Counter Digital Censorship"

• Monday, 22 June 2025, 9.00am (local time)
• This will be a hybrdid event, remote participation is possible after registration on the event page.

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was established by the United Nations in 2005 as a forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue concerning public policy issues relating to the internet, involving such stakeholders as governments, the private sector, the technical and academic communities, and members of civil society. Its annual meeting brings together stakeholders from across the globe for about a week each year. The first day is devoted to a high-level meeting between ministerial representatives from various countries and the leaders of global companies.

For more information visit: https://www.intgovforum.org/

The 23rd Gulaschprogrammiernacht (GPN) will take place from the 19th to the 22th of June in Karlsruhe this year.

For more info, visit: https://social.gulas.ch/@gulasch

Isabela Fernandes, Executive Director, the Tor Project will provide a keynote address: "Publicly Funded Infrastructure: Why it Matters More than Ever"

For more info, visit: https://europe.money2020.com/

Internet censorship is an (in)visible threat that is increasingly becoming more pervasive around the world -- often impacting vulnerable communities the most.

How has internet censorship evolved globally over the past decade? How have advocacy and circumvention tool groups monitored and responded to emergent censorship events?

Join this session to learn about global internet censorship trends revealed through a decade of OONI network measurement data, how the global #KeepItOn advocacy campaign fights internet shutdowns, and how Tor Project tools support censorship circumvention efforts.

When? Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 11.00am ET RSVP here: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uVMDGO88RJqIWzvwv0OKkg#/registration

Connect with the largest community of internet infrastructure service providers in the world! Over 8,700 technology leaders will be waiting for you at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany!

Roger Dingledine, Co-Founder of The Tor Project, will deliver a keynote address.

For the full program and speaker list, please visit the event website: https://www.cloudfest.com/agenda

The FOSSASIA Summit is an annual event that has been at the forefront of open technologies for over 15 years, bringing together a global community of developers, innovators, enterprises, and educators. Since its founding in 2009, the summit has evolved into a crucial platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange in the free and open source software (FOSS) ecosystem.

The 2025 edition, set to take place in Bangkok, will be a 3-day hybrid event offering both in-person and online experiences.

Roger Dingledine, Co-Founder of The Tor Project, will speak at the event and host an AMA session.

• Talk: Tor: privacy for everyone
• AMA: Insights from the Tor Project

For the full program and speaker list, please visit the event website: https://eventyay.com/e/4c0e0c27/schedule

RightsCon is the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.

Members of the Tor Project will be in attendance, hosting sessions and workshop. Stop by our booth to say hi!

Tor sessions:

• Jailed and killed based on metadata: what can privacy-enhancing technologies do better?
• Criminalization of Tor in Ola Bini's case? Lessons for digital experts in the Global South
• Control & corruption: The secret scheme of Internet censorship in Turkmenistan
• Measuring and Circumventing Internet Censorship
• "Sudan’s Conflict: The Life-and-Death Impact of Internet Shutdowns"

For more info, visit: https://www.rightscon.org/program/