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Sunil Abraham has organised, co-organised, or advised a wide range of events on digital rights, privacy, free and open-source software, internet governance and technology policy. This page lists these events chronologically, starting from the earliest available records.

## 2001
- 10–11 July 2001: Use of ICTs for Social Empowerment and Economic Development (Bangalore).
- 27–30 January 2001: Advocacy in the Internet Age: Way Forward for Civil Society from South Asia (Bangalore).

## 2003
- 2–8 November 2003: Workshop for Asian Women Journalists (Bangalore).

## 2005
- 28 January – 5 February 2005: Asia Source I (Bangalore).
- 1–4 September 2005: Free/Open Source Software – Asia Pacific II (Cambodia).
- 14–20 November 2005: World Information City (Bangalore).
- 18 November 2005: Panel discussion on FOSS at the World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis).

## 2006
- 2 May 2006 and 4 May 2006: Regional Policy Dialogue on Open Standards (Bangkok).
- 6–8 June 2006: Asia Commons (Bangkok).

## 2007
- 19–23 April 2007: NGO-in-a-Box Trainings (Lonavala).
- 25–29 April 2007: NGO-in-a-Box Trainings (Srirangapatna).
- 11–12 November 2007: ENRAP Knowledge Sharing Day at the IFAD Annual Performance Review (Bangkok).
- 22–30 January 2007: Asia Source II (Sukabumi, Indonesia).

## 2010
- 27–29 October 2010: Enabling Access to Education through ICT 2010 (New Delhi).
- 6–8 December 2010: Digital Natives with a Cause? Thinkathon (The Hague).

## 2011
- 27–30 September 2011: Internet Governance Forum (UN Office, Nairobi).
- 21 December 2011: Free Speech Online in India under Attack? Panel discussion (CIS).

## 2012
- 3 February 2012: The High Level Privacy Conclave (Paharpur Business Centre, Nehru Place Greens, New Delhi).
- 4 February 2012: All India Privacy Symposium (India International Centre, New Delhi).

## 2013
- 8–14 June 2013: Institute on Internet and Society — I (Golden Palms Resort, Bangalore).

## 2014
- 11–17 February 2014: Institute on Internet and Society — II (Yashada, Pune).
- 21–22 May 2014: Master Class on Patents (CIS, Bangalore).
- 23–24 May 2014: PT Project Workshop (CIS, Bangalore).
- 10 September 2014: Lecture on Statistics and Quantitative Analysis (CIS, Bangalore).
- 18 December 2014: Lecture on Statistics and Quantitative Analysis (CIS, Bangalore).
- 18 December 2014: Presentation on Competition Law and Intellectual Property (CIS, Bangalore).
- 28 June 2014: Privacy and Surveillance Roundtable (co-organised with Cellular Operators Association of India and the Council for Fair Business Practices; IMC Building, Churchgate, Mumbai).
- 19 December 2014: Security and Surveillance: A public discussion on Optimising Security while Safeguarding Human Rights (CIS).

## 2015
- 8 January 2015: Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy (Organised by CIS and Observer Research Foundation; New Delhi).
- 21–23 January 2015: CPDP 2015: Eighth International Conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (Brussels) — CIS as moral supporter.
- 19 March 2015: Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (Organised by US Consulate Chennai, Cyber Security & Privacy Foundation and CIS; Hotel Atria, Palace Road, Bangalore).

## 2016
- 26–27 May 2016: Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges (Organised by Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU and CIS; New Delhi).
- 15 June 2016: Stand Up for Digital Rights (CIS, Bangalore).
- 27 August 2016: UIDAI and Welfare Services: Exclusion and Countermeasures (Institution of Agricultural Technologists; Bangalore).

## 2017
- 7 January 2017: Discussion on Ranking Digital Rights in India (India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi).
- 8 January 2017: Rankathon on Digital Rights (CIS office, New Delhi).

## 2018
- 19 January 2018: Bangalore Meet: Special Session on Digital Identity and Privacy (CIS, Bengaluru). Sunil Abraham gave a talk.

## See also
- [Events Participated by Sunil Abraham](/sunil/events-participated)