At the Global Voices Summit 2024, our community of writers, translators, human rights advocates and technologists from around the globe will come together along with our partners organizations and others to discuss digital media, knowledge, and activism.
In interactive sessions, panels and debates, we will delve into complex issues like free expression, language diversity and the conditions that either help or hinder them. We will examine threats such as transnational repression and digital authoritarianism, explore open knowledge initiatives in a fragmenting internet, and hear from the Third Pole about lessons learned in media making, political activism and environmental justice.
Since 2006, Global Voices Summits have brought together innovative and inspiring digital activist and citizen media networks from around the world. Past Summits in London, New Delhi, Budapest, Santiago de Chile, Nairobi, Cebu City, and Colombo and Taipei, have strengthened community ties, sparked new friendships, and served as a rich breeding ground for new ideas and collaborations across borders.
From the Global Voices Summit 2017 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo by Jer Clarke. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Meeting face to face
Global Voices Summits combine a public conference focused on key issues impacting citizen media and the global internet, with a closed, working meeting for the Global Voices community. The internal meeting provides an opportunity for contributors to Global Voices—who live all over the world—to meet face to face and discuss core issues relating to our mission, practice and impact.
Location
For each Summit, we seek a location that is of strategic importance for citizen media. We also consider the country’s press freedom record and ease of access for visitors of different nationalities. Nepal is home to a dynamic and diverse media landscape, which has managed to grow in the context of a fraught transition to democracy. The rest of the world has much to learn from the opportunities and challenges that Nepal's many online communities have experienced.
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Even if you can't join us…
We know many people will not be able to join us in Nepal, so we'll be making many of the Summit sessions available online through webcasts, blog posts and live tweeting. Follow this website for updates about the Global Voices Summit 2024 as well as on X, Instagram, Facebook and Mastodon.
