Building on the momentum and insightful conversations from the 2023 Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly, EngageMedia is convening the DRAPAC Series of events that aim to generate and sustain conversations about the challenges and opportunities for the region with regards to human and digital rights in the networked society.
This series will invite DRAPAC23 partners and collaborators to delve deeper into the topics tackled during the Assembly and continue engaging the broader network of changemakers.
Upcoming events:
Human Rights Responsibilities and Challenges for Tech Companies Operating in Authoritarian Countries on May 30, 2025
Previous events:
- Critical Perspectives on AI Adoption and Governance with Dr. Jun-E Tan, Senior Research Associate at Khazanah Research Institute, and Dr. Anindya Chaudhuri, Senior Program Officer at the International Development Research Centre
- Digital Rights in Nepal with Santosh Sigdel, Executive Director of Digital Rights Nepal, and journalist and academic Samik Kharel
- South Korea’s Lessons for Threats to Southeast Asian internet freedom with Kyung Sin “KS” Park, Korea University School of Law professor and director of Open Net Korea
- Feminist Technology with Numun Fund, Channapatna Health Library Collective, and Cybher
- Censorship and Surveillance in Tibet with Lobsang Gyatso Sither, Director of Technology of Tibet Action Institute
- Voices From Exile, The Safety Needs of Myanmar Women Journalists with Exile Hub
- Research on Digital Privacy in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan with Open Culture Foundation
- India’s Data Protection Act with Elonnai Hickok and Sunil Abraham
- Building a Digital Rights Community with Team CommUNITY
- Introduction to Standard Developing Organizations with The IO Foundation
- Key Trends on Social Media Regulation in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh with Archit Lohani, Tavishi Ahluwalia, Helani Galpaya, and Md. Saimum Reza Talukder
- Digital Labor in the Philippines and Asia-Pacific with Kim Cantillas, Nandini Chami, Renso Bajala, and Kian Balmadres
- Pro-democracy Platform Advocacy: Resisting Big Tech-mediated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia with Mai Van Tran, Haymarn Soe Nyunt, and Tuwanont Phattharathanasut
- Cybersecurity with Chinese Characteristics: Digital Governance in the Indo-Pacific and the Taiwanese Alternative with Lulu Kang, Michael Caster and I-Chen Liu
Watch recordings of the sessions on Cinemata, and check out upcoming DRAPAC series sessions on EngageMedia.org/events.
