<div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Dear Colleague,</span></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_mudpis1x0" alt="Call for Proposal DRIF27-01.png" style="width:852px;max-width:100%"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify">The Call for session proposals for the 14th edition of the </span><a href="https://drif.paradigmhq.org/" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify" target="_blank">Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF27)</a> is open and you are invited to submit your session. DRIF <span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify">will take place in <b>Lagos, </b>Nigeria from </span><strong style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify">April 13- 15, 2027,</strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify"> under the theme </span><strong style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify">‘Reimagining Agency, Rights and Inclusion in the Digital Age.’</strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify"> The announcement aligns with the<b> </b></span><a href="https://sessionize.com/drif27-sessions" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify" target="_blank"><b><span>call</span> for session <span>proposals</span></b></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify"><b>,</b> inviting digital rights advocates, policymakers, researchers, technologists, civil society organisations, media, academics, innovators and other stakeholders to contribute sessions to the 2027 edition of the forum. </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent">The</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent"><span>Call</span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent">for Session</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent"><span>Proposals</span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent">invites contributors to submit ideas that engage with the theme, in alignment with the following sub-themes: </span></font></div><ul style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px"><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Digital Identity</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Trust and Accountability</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Data Protection and Privacy</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Cyber Governance</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Digital Inclusion and Marginalised Groups</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Digital public infrastructure</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Digital transformation towards SDGs</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Children's Rights Online</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">Information integrity and democracy</font></li></ul><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify">Session </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify"><span>proposals</span></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify"> can be submitted via the </span><a href="https://sessionize.com/drif27-sessions" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;text-align:justify" target="_blank"><span>DRIF</span> portal</a>.  The <b>deadline for submissions is October 18, 2026.</b></font></span><b><br clear="all"></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div class="gmail_default"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