Events

The annual Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) brings together privacy experts from around the world to present and discuss recent advances and new perspectives on research in privacy technologies. PETS/PoPETs is the premier venue for novel applied and/or theoretical research into the design, analysis, experimentation, or fielding of privacy-enhancing technologies.

More info: https://petsymposium.org/

We are inviting nominations for the 2024 Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies! Please nominate your favorite privacy papers published in the past two years (self-nominations are allowed). The deadline for submissions is May 10th.

Please visit the award website for information about the award, submission rules, and past winners: https://petsymposium.org/award/cfn.php

HOPE XV will be the fifteenth Hackers On Planet Earth event.

During April, 10% of all ticket sales go to the EFF! This event promises to be memorable. It is open to all hackers, makers, tinkerers, experimenters, artists, educators and anyone else with an interest in exploring and improving the world we live in and sharing knowledge with others. HOPE is an all-ages event with multiple simultaneous sessions and many other things to do throughout the weekend.

Submissions are now open: https://hope.net/cfp.html

The world’s most important bitcoin voices converge in Prague. This event is aimed at Bitcoiners from all around the world who are familiar with the topics and are looking for deeper insights and to meet like-minded people as well as people wanting to learn more about bitcoin. The goal is to talk about the most important topics, help bitcoin adoption and bring the community together and giving rise to new connections and ideas.

More information: https://www.btcprague.com/

7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media launched the first Palestine Digital Activism Forum in 2017, and since then it has become one of 7amleh’s annual events. The PDAF aims to:

• Provide a platform to discuss the challenges that Palestinians face the Palestinian civil society to protect Palestinian digital rights and digital activists working on the Palestinian cause in a positive and constructive manner.
• Provide a space for exchanging social media experiences and expertise in order to develop social media activism inside and outside Palestine and to develop strategies to address the serious challenges and threats faced by digital activists.
• Link the work of local organizations and movements with international counterparts to exchange experiences and to find solutions to the dilemmas they face and ways to cooperate and coordinate actions.

Members of the Tor Project will speak at this event.

• June 4th, 11:30-12:30 UTC: "Regulation & Legislation: Reigning in AI for Human Rights"

Details and registration: https://pdaf.net

ETHPrague is an event focused on the future of Ethereum and potential concepts or applications that don't yet exist.

We want to tackle challenges that could arise in the next decade because we believe Ethereum will play a major role in solving economic, social, and environmental problems. The future is in your hands, anon! You decide whether we end up living in a dark, authoritarian dystopia or a bright, solarpunk utopia.

https://ethprague.com/

The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) is an important platform where conversations on digital policy in Africa are shaped, policy directions debated and partnerships forged for action.

This year's theme is Fostering Rights and Inclusion in the Digital Age. Learn more here: https://drif.paradigmhq.org/

DRIF offers a forum where discussions on digital rights, inclusion, and policy are shaped, policy trajectories are discussed, and partnerships are forged for action.

Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.

Visit their website: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/

Biggest free tech conference in Portugal: It's an annual conference that takes place at the Alameda Campus of Técnico Lisboa, in the capital city of Portugal, Lisbon.

Roger Dingledine, Tor Project Co-Founder, will give a keynote. http://www.sinfo.org/

FOSSASIA Summit 2024 will take place from Monday 8th April to Wednesday 10 April in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. With over a decade of fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, the FOSSASIA Summit has become a platform for developers, enthusiasts, and industry leaders. This year, we expect to welcome a diverse community of 3,000 attendees from across the globe, providing a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and explore the latest advancements in open source.

Roger Dingledine, Co-Founder of The Tor Project, will speak at the event.

For the full program and speaker list, please visit: https://summit.fossasia.org

The Australian Cyber Conference - Canberra will provide business leaders with insights and best practices taught by the industry’s top experts through keynotes, panel sessions and live demonstrations – in person.

Roger Dingledine, Co-Founder of The Tor Project, will join a policy panel session and deliver a keynote address:

• Policy Panel Session: "Technology can be inherently political. Is a balance between innovation and policies achievable?", March 26th
• Meet-and-greet with Tor tshirt give-away: March 27th 12:55-13:55
• Keynote: March 27th, https://canberra2024.cyberconference.com.au/sessions/keynote-with-roger-dingledine

For the full program and speaker list, please visit: https://canberra2024.cyberconference.com.au/speakers