Events

We regularly convene panels and workshops. Our work aims to build meaningful connections between research institutions, policymakers, and affected communities.

Upcoming

UK Digital ID Consultation Roundtable

20 May 2026
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Margie and Keren are attending the Open Data Institute's debate on 'what's next?' for digital ID in the UK.

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Towards a Citizens Track on AI Governance

Graduate Institute, Geneva
23 April 2026
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Emrys hosted a breakfast roundtable to explore how transnational, national and grassroots public engagement can be brought into two-way connection with the evolving global AI Governance architecture.

Digital Public Infrastructure and Europe: Digital Sovereignty, Global Interconnections, and Pathways for Collaborative Action

University Foundation Brussels (Egmontstraat / Rue d'Egmont 11 - 1000 Brussel / Bruxelles, Belgium)
21 April 2026
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Emrys participated in this workshop, presenting on Digital Public Infrastructure, European digital infrastructure particularly the EUDI wallet and global implications. The workshop brought together stakeholders from EU institutions and Member States, national development agencies, and international practitioners for a discussion around digital public infrastructure (DPI) and its relevance for the EU in light of the policy focus on digital sovereignty. Secondarily, the workshop also aimed to advance a shared understanding of specific DPI use cases in the European context.

Statecraft, Sovereignty & Digital Government Symposium

Goldsmiths, University of London
16 April 2026
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Dr Keren Weitzberg contributed to this symposium's panel on Citizens, Users & Citizenship based on our research on European ID management.

The Future of Digital Identification in the UK

London School of Economics
8 December 2025
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This invite-only workshop unites UK government (DSIT) with leading UK civil society and academic researchers to evaluate the proposed national digital identity scheme.

Biodata, Surveillance and Society

University of Oslo
20 November 2025
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Margie is speaking at an event about the implications of biodata - from biometric technologies, synthetic DNA, biobanks and genomic predictions – for the present and future of surveillance and society.

Reimagining Digital Identity: Learning from the South

Goldsmiths University of London
8 November 2025
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Margie and Keren will present their research at a one-day symposium on Digital ID in Global South, refugee and UK contexts.

House of Lords high-level roundtable

UK Parliament, London
7 November 2025
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Dr Margie Cheesman is invited as one of three panellists at the House of Lords meeting on 'Decentralised Digital Identity in the UK: Harnessing Blockchain for Secure and Inclusive Identity Systems'.

Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind, Beyond and Around the Black Box

Queen Mary University of London
6 November 2025
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Keren and Margie will join the editors of the 'Digital Technologies and Migration' special issue for a symposium marking its launch in the Journal of Ethic and Migration Studies.

Digital Futures Institute Unconference

King's College London
14 July 2025
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Dr Margie Cheesman is joining interdisciplinary scholars at King's College London who are gathering around an important question: how can we all live well with technology?

Global Digital Collaboration

Geneva
1 July 2025
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2 July 2025

We are convening two workshops entitled ‘Digital Identity at the Crossroads: Humanitarian and Digital Transformation’, at the Open Wallet Foundation’s 2025 conference on Global Digital Cooperation. We are bringing together leading humanitarian decision makers on key areas of digitalisation, including IFRC, UNHCR and IOM.

OHCHR Expert Workshop

Online
19 June 2025
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We are joining an invite-only workshop organised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on International Borders, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Decision-Making & Human Rights.

Identity Week Europe

Amsterdam
17 June 2025
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18 June 2025

We are attending this major digital identity industry conference, with a panel on cross-border mobility.