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7-8
Oct
2026

#Disinfo2026 (Vilnius) -- See you there??

#Disinfo2026 is EU DisinfoLab's annual conference, which brings the counter-disinformation community together in Vilnius, Lithuania. The theme is "from analysing disinformation to confronting it". The programme is built around practical responses, including solutions, disruption strategies, deterrence and litigation. It has five tracks: #infospaces, #enforcement, #investigation, #solutions and #AI. They cover platform accountability, DSA enforcement, the financial infrastructure behind disinformation, and AI's role in both manipulation and investigation.

7.
Oct
2026
4 pm UTC

Protopian Prize - Online Winners Showcase! 🎉🎉 (online)

A virtual showcase celebrating the inaugural winners of the Protopian Prize Fiction Contest, featuring live readings from winning stories and conversations between writers and judges about protopian futures—achievable, optimistic futures characterized by continuous, incremental progress.

7.
Oct
2026
6 pm UTC

Power and Resistance in the Age of Tech Oligarchy (online)

Authors of 'Muskism' and 'Against Tech Oligarchy' discuss the structural forces shaping tech and state power, and lessons from the tech worker movement, moderated by Data & Society's Labor Futures director Aiha Nguyen.

8.
Oct
2026

Apply: Neurodata governance: evidence from innovators for public policy

Join us online on 8 October for the launch of a new paper that identifies priorities for a human-centred, innovation-friendly approach to neurodata governance.

8-10
Oct
2026

Digital Commons: Infrastructures, Design, & the Ethics of Autonomy (Athens)

An international conference exploring how digital infrastructures shape contemporary life and how communities, researchers, and technologists imagine and build alternatives, approaching digital commons as ongoing practices of autonomy, equitable access, and collective care.

8.
Oct
2026
7 am UTC

A11Y Administration Workshop – Shaping digital accessibility together (Berlin)

CityLAB Berlin's A11Y Administration Workshop brings together public administration staff and accessibility experts for keynote talks, a fishbowl discussion, and a hands-on workshop on shaping digital accessibility in public services.

9.
Oct
2026

Apply: Analytics Lead – Data, Measurement & Impact at Karya

Location: Remote (Bengaluru, India) Job

9.
Oct
2026

Apply: AI Specialist, Global Institute at Teach For All

Location: Remote (Global) Job

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