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RightsCon Continues Summit

Hosted by Access Now

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Access Now's first thematic summit: a 24-hour online event circling the globe, created after the effective cancellation of RightsCon 2026 by the government of Zambia. A single day of fireside chats, debates, strategy sessions, and networking built around resilience, movement building, and multistakeholder action, on a pay-what-you-can basis. Registration opens August 26 and closes September 21, with the platform live from September 7.

AIAI governance, accountability, and rights run through the digital rights agenda here, though the summit's stated frame is resilience and movement building rather than AI specifically.

CFPNo new call for proposals. Sessions are drawn from the accepted RightsCon 2026 program, with organizers able to update their existing proposals.

★ Nick's take

Losing Lusaka was one of the bigger blows to this sector all year, and turning it around into a 24-hour global online summit inside a few months is a serious response rather than a holding pattern. No new call for proposals, so the program comes out of what was already accepted for 2026. If you work anywhere near digital rights, this is the one day the whole community will be in the same place... and it costs you a Tuesday instead of a flight.

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