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2025

January 2025

20–24  | World Economic Forum, Davos

30 | Partner2Connect Annual Meeting, ITU, Geneva

Jan-March | Winter Seminar Series, Stanford Cyber Policy Centre

February 2025

4  | 2KNOW Final Conference: From Knowledge to Action – Advancing Strategies to End Online Sexual Violence Against Children 

11  | Safer Internet Day

10-11  | Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, France

11-13  | Deadline for EU consultation for planned extension of derogation to the ePrivacy Directive

12–14  | World Government Summit 2025, Dubai

13–15  | World Global NCD Alliance Forum – 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum, Rwanda

24-27  | Rights Con, Taiwan

March 2025

3-6  | MWC25 Barcelona, Spain

4-6  | 44th Lanzarote Committee, France

8  | International’s Women’s Day

April 2025

1-3  | FORUM INCYBER EUROPE, Lille France

1-4  | SKOLL World Forum, Oxford UK

4-6 | African Children’s Summit, Johannesburg , South Africa

8-10  | Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, Amsterdam

23  | ITU Regional Development Forum Commonwealth of Independent States (RDF-CIS) 2025 , Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic 

27-30  | Web Summit, Rio

May 2025

5-7  | NatCon25, Philadelphia, USA

7-8  | UN 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, Innovation 4 SDGs (STI Forum), New York, USA

13-19  |Mental Health Awareness Week 2025, Global

17  | WTISD 2025

19-21  | IPPPRI, London, UK 

19-25  | 78th WHO World Health Assembly , Geneva

21-23  | CPDP.ai 2025 International Conference

June 2025

2-4  | 5th World Congress on Justice Children “Advancing Child-centred Justice: Preventing and responding to Violence Affecting Children in the Child Justice Systems

16  | Day of the African Child

TBD  | Childlight CSA researcher event

TBD  | Trust and Safety (California) 

11-12  | Global Digital Development Forum

9-13  | WWDC  

17-18 | FORUM INCYBER – USA

17-27  | ITU Council 2025 

23-27 | Internet Governance Forum 2025

24-26  | Child helpline international consultation – Global Voice for Mental Health, Violence Prevention and Response 

30th June-3rd July |4th International Conference on Financing for Development | Financing for Sustainable Development Office

July 2025

1  | Lanzarote Conference Ministers

TBD  | 45th meeting of the Lanzarote Committee

7-11  |World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025 

8-11  | Summit 25 – AI for Good

14-23 | UN High-Level Political Forum 2025

21-23  | 4th Annual TrustCon

22-24  | Smart Africa Summit 

August 2025

September 2025

1-4 | Global Symposium for Regulators 2025 

9-11  | Int Conference on Children Rights, Stellenbosh, South Africa  

9-23  | 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80)  

9-11  | Int Conference on Children Rights, Stellenbosch, South Africa  

9-23  | Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of NCDs 

17-19  | International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference 

25-26 | Stanford Trust & Safety Research Conference

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