<div><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" dir="auto">Dear Colleague,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" dir="auto"><div><img src="cid:ii_1a170e47e56d184328b1" style="max-width: 100%;"></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" dir="auto"><a href="https://paradigmhq.org/" style="text-align:justify" target="_blank">Paradigm Initiative</a> <font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#000000">extended the </font><a href="https://sessionize.com/drif27-sessions" target="_blank">Call for Session Proposals</a> for the 14th Edition of the <a href="https://drif.paradigmhq.org/" target="_blank">Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF27)</a> to October 30, 2026. The event </font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="text-align:justify">will be held in <b>Lagos, Nigeria</b></font><span style="text-align:justify;font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif">,</span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="text-align:justify"> between <b>April 13- 15, 2027</b>, under the theme ‘Reimagining Agency, Rights and Inclusion in the Digital Age.’  PIN invites digital rights advocates, policymakers, researchers, technologists, civil society organisations, media, academics, innovators, and other stakeholders to submit sessions for the 2027 edition of the forum through the <a href="https://sessionize.com/drif27-sessions" target="_blank">DRIF portal</a>.  </font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:inherit"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">Contributors are welcome </span><span style="background-color:transparent">to </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">submit ideas that align </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">with</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"> the theme and the following sub-themes.</span></font></div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Digital Identity</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Trust and Accountability</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Data Protection and Privacy</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Cyber Governance</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Digital Inclusion and Marginalised Groups</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Digital public infrastructure</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Digital transformation towards SDGs</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Children's Rights Online</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Information integrity and democracy</font></li></ul></span><div class="gmail_default" dir="auto"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"> The event</span><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:justify"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify">will be hosted by <a href="https://paradigmhq.org/" target="_blank">Paradigm Initiative</a> and partners.</span></font></div></div></div><br clear="all"></div><div dir="auto">Best Regards</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent;border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(68,68,68);width:400px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 0px 6px;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(23,147,206);width:259px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,154,71);font-weight:bold">Bridgette Ndlovu </span><span style="color:rgb(135,135,135);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br>Partnerships and Engagements Officer </span></span></td><td style="padding:0px 0px 6px;width:141px;text-align:right"><a href="https://paradigmhq.org/" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Logo" height="36" src="https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Paradigm-Initiative-Logo-Main-scaled.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:auto;height:36px"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;width:400px;border-top:1px solid rgb(40,154,71)"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(44,44,44);width:400px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(251,174,23)">Paradigm Initiative</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(44,44,44);width:400px"><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(44,44,44);width:400px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(251,174,23)">e: <a href="mailto:bridgette.ndlovu@paradigmhq.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">bridgette.ndlovu@paradigmhq.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;width:400px"> </td></tr><tr><td width="200" style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(23,147,206);width:200px;height:15px"><span style="display:inline-block;height:15px;font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.paradigmhq.org/" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(40,154,71)">www.paradigmhq.org</span></a></span></td><td width="200" style="padding:0px;width:200px;text-align:right"><span style="display:inline-block;height:15px">   <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParadigmHQ" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="Facebook icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/fb.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://ng.linkedin.com/company/paradigmhq" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="LinkedIn icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/ln.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://x.com/ParadigmHQ" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="Twitter icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/tt.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ParadigmHQ" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="Youtube icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/yt.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ParadigmHQ" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="Instagram icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/it.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a>   <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@paradigmhq" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img alt="tiktok icon" border="0" width="15" height="15" src="https://imgmsgen.com/img/all-inclusive/tk.png" style="border:0px;vertical-align:middle;height:15px;width:15px"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;width:400px"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:4px 0px 0px;width:400px"><a href="https://www.londa.africa/" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);background-color:transparent" target="_blank"><img src="https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Londa-25-Signature-1.gif" width="420" height="84"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;width:400px"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="400" style="padding:0px;font-size:8pt;color:rgb(135,135,135);width:400px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0)">The content of this email is confidential and intended only for the recipient specified in this message. It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any third party without the written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur in the future.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>
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