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March 2020
SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW64)
09-20 March, 2020 – New York, USA
The sixty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women is planned to take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9 to 20 March 2020. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to attend the session.
FREE EUROPEAN MEDIA 2020
12-14 March, 2020 – Gdansk, Poland
The Free European Media Conference 2020, organised by European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and Free European Media, will gather speakers and policy makers from across Europe to address the importance of uncensored, pluralistic media for the development of free democracies in Europe.
INTERNATIONAL SBCC SUMMIT 2020
30 March - 03 April, 2020 – Marrakech, Morocco
The 2020 edition of the International Social and Behavior Change Communication Summit focuses on pressing international challenges and issues such as poverty, gender equality, protecting the planet, and ensuring that all people enjoy health, peace, and prosperity.
April 2020
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM FESTIVAL 2020
01-05 April, 2020 – Perugia, Italy
The 14th edition of the International Journalism Festival will take place from April 1-5, 2020, in Perugia, Italy.
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM CONFERENCE 2020
22-24 April, 2020 – The Hague, The Netherlands
The Kingdom of the Netherlands and UNESCO will host the World Press Freedom Conference next year. The event will take place on April 22, 23, and 24 at the World Forum in The Hague, the international city of peace and justice.
May 2020
EU DISINFOLAB ANNUAL CONFERENCE
5-6 May, 2020 – Brussels, Belgium
After a successful edition earlier this year, the EU DisinfoLab conference is back between 5-6 May 2020 in Brussels. During two days, the conference will explore issues such as the business model behind disinformation, freedom of speech online and digital regulation.
June 2020
RIGHTSCON 2020
09 June - 12 June, 2020 – San Jose, Costa Rica
RightsCon is the world's leading summit on human rights in the digital age, bringing together business leaders, policy makers, general counsels, technologists, advocates, academics, government representatives, and journalists from around the world.
THE EUROPEAN DIALOGUE ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE (EURODIG) 2020
10-12 June, 2020 – Trieste, Italy
The next EuroDIG will take place from 10–12 June, 2020 in Trieste, Italy. It will be hosted by and on the campus of The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The overarching theme for EuroDIG 2020 is “Towards a sustainable governance of the Internet”.
72ND WORLD NEWS MEDIA CONGRESS
17-19 June, 2020 – Zaragoza, Spain
WAN-IFRA's 72nd World News Media Congress will take place in Zaragoza, Spain in summer 2020. Editors and journalists will have a great opportunity to analyse and discuss the News Media industry’s challenges at its current crossroads between content and technology, advertising and readership, cooperation and competitiveness.
July 2020
DW GLOBAL MEDIA FORUM 2020
06-07 July, 2020 – Bonn, Germany
The 2020 edition of The DW Global Media Forum will take place in Bonn, Germany, from July 6-7. The Forum gathers representatives from the fields of journalism, digital media, politics, business, development, academia as well as society and culture to learn, discuss, and find solutions to the issues facing journalism in 2020.
September 2020
IPI WORLD CONGRESS 2020
10-12 September, 2020 – New York City, USA
The International Press Institute (IPI) will celebrate its 70th anniversary at Columbia University. The World Congress is IPI’s flagship event and a top international forum for issues related to media freedom and quality journalism, gathering more than 300 leading media professionals each year.