Join one of the events that are being planned around the world in the lead up to Global Encryption Day on the 21st October.
If you’re organizing an event for Global Encryption Day, let us know.
13:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Virtual
Watch the Global Encryption Day Virtual Press Conference
On 21 October, Edward Snowden and members and supporters of the Global Encryption Coalition answered questions from journalists from all over the world – watch the recording!
Time zone -11 to -3 UTC
The Americas
Time zone -2 to +4 UTC
Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Time zone +5 to +8 UTC
Asia
Time zone +8 to +12 UTC
Australia and the Pacific
Americas
Time zone -11 to -3 UTC
18:00 UTC, 21 September, 2021
Dominican Republic
Hybrid Workshop on Encryption: Techniques, Tools and DIY
Internet Society – Dominican Republic Chapter
16:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
United States
The Importance of Encryption for the LGBTQ+ Community
LGBT Tech
21:00 UTC 21 October 2021
Brazil
Repositório de Materiais Sobre Criptografia
Instituto Beta. Internet & Democracia – IBIDEM
16:00 UTC 21 October 2021
Brazil
The importance of Encryption for Activists and Civil Society
Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade (IRIS)
20:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Brazil
Economia digital: criptografia como ferramenta de inovação
Instituto Liberdade Digital
15:00 UTC, 19 October 2021
Puerto Rico
Remote Work: Easy Ways To Keep You and Your Workplace Safe Online
ISOC PUERTO RICO CHAPTER
14:00 UTC 15 October 2021
Guatemala
Working From Home: Seven easy ways to keep you and your workplace safe online
Internet Society – Guatemala Chapter
20:00 UTC 19th October 2021
Venezuela
Encryption for journalists and human rights defenders: How to communicate security
ISOC – Venezuelan Chapter
13:45 UTC 5th October 2021
Brazil
Encryption and its Role in Society
ISOC Brazil and SBC (Brazilian Computer Society)
17:00 UTC 7th October
Online
Threats to Encryption – A Dialogue Among Brazil and Portugal
ISOC Brazil and ISOC Portugal
14:00 UTC 13th November 2021
Ecuador
#MakeTheSwitch, panel conversatorio sobre Importancia y riesgos actuales del Cifrado en Ecuador y el Mundo
Internet Society Ecuador
23:00 UTC 15th September 2021
Ecuador
Hablemos de Cifrado
Internet Society Ecuador
15:00 16th October 2021
Colombia
Acceso a servicios digitales de forma segura
ISOC Capitulo Colombia
22:00 UTC 19th October 2021
Colombia
Nuestros Hogares, nuestra nueva realidad digital
ISOC Capitulo Colombia
11:00 UTC 14th October 2021
Nicaragua
What is encryption? Types and examples
ISOC Nicaragua
Conferencia: Importancia de la protección de datos personales y empresariales.
ISOC Nicaragua
10:00 UTC 21st October 2021
Brazil
Translating Daily Encryption into Human Rights
Instituto de Pesquisa em Direito e Tecnologia do Recife – IP.rec
14:00 UTC 15 October 2021
El Salvador
E: Cifrado, implementación y lo que todos debemos saber
Capitulo ISOC El Salvador / SVNET / CONEXION El Salvador
15:00 UTC 15 October 2021
Guatemala
Virtual Schooling: 11 Ways to Keep Your Child Safe Online
Internet Society – Guatemala Chapter
17:00 UTC 20th October 2021
Colombia
Mejores prácticas para el uso disruptivo del Blockchain en el sistema financiero no tradicional: visión anti-fraude
ISOC Capitulo de Colombia
13:00 UTC 19th October 2021
Venezuela
Encryption Tools and Techniques for the Ordinary Citizen
ISOC, Venezuelan Chapter
18:00 UTC 20 October 2021
Panama
Encryption, a Personal Matter
Internet Society Panama Chapter
21:00 UTC, 14 October, 2021
Honduras
El Cifrado y la responsabilidad de proveedores de Servicios Web
ISOC Capítulo Honduras
23:00 UTC, 19 October, 2021
Mexico
Día Mundial del Cifrado ISOC.MX
ISOC México
23:00 UTC, 15 October, 2021
Perú
Cifrado de Extremo a Extremo Consecuencias de Las Malas Prácticas en la Educación
ISOC Perú
20:00 UTC, 13 October, 2021
Perú
El Cifrado y la Prevención de Delitos Informáticos
ISOC Perú
16:00 UTC, 21 October, 2021
USA
The Future of the Internet & Encryption
The @ Company
22:00 UTC, 14 October, 2021
Brazil
Criptografia e Segurança Digital LGBTI+
Internet Society Brazil Chapter
14:00 UTC, 21 October,2021
USA
Beyond End-to-End Encryption
NUTS Technologies INC
17:00 21st October 2021
Online
LET’S TALK ABOUT ENCRYPTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
AC LAC (Alliance for Encryption in Latin America and the Caribbean)
14:00 UTC, 27 October 2021
Canada
Take PGP Encryption to the Cloud
Echoworx
17:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Global
We’re members of the Global Encryption Coalition and we are fighting attempts from governments to undermine or ban the use of strong encryption – Ask Me Anything (AMA)
Global Encryption Coalition
20:00 UTC 21st October 2021
Haiti
Former le public en général sur le cryptage
Tout le monde
Europe, Africa and Middle East
Time zone -2 to +4 UTC
05:00 – 08:00 UTC
Uganda
Grassroots Literacy on Encryption for Alternative Internet Governance Advocacy
Youth Forum for Social Justice
07:00 – 10:00 UTC, 21 October, 2021
Kenya
Kenyans: Make the Switch on Global Encryption Day
Kijiji Yeetu
13.00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Luxembourg
From IoT to Quantum, why encryption will matter
Encryption Europe
14.00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Luxembourg
Encryption, a key instrument towards Europe’s digital autonomy
Encryption Europe
15:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Luxembourg
Encryption interference with Law Enforcement: any chance of a meaningful dialog?
Encryption Europe
18:00 UT, 29 September 2021
Virtual
Data encryption for LGBTQ+ communities (Spanish and English)
ISOC
15:00 UTC, 19 October 2021
Yemen
Global Encryption Day 2021
ISOC-Yemen Chapter
14:30 UTC, 21 October 2021
Togo
La Journée du Chiffrement de bout en bout
Glidji Tech Entrepreneur
0:00 12th October 2021
Senegal
Option sécurité pour tous
TeranGam
8:00 UTC 21st October 2021
Rwanda
Global Encryption Day
G.S ST TITE BUTERERI and Rwanda Chapter
12:30 UTC, 21 October, 2021
Liberia
Grassroots Literacy on Encryption for Civil Society Actors in Liberia
West Africa ICT Action Network
13:00 21st October 2021
Nigeria
Addressing The Role of Encryption in the Digital Space
Ikigai Innovation Initiative
13:00, 23rd October 2021
Nigeria
Global Encryption Day Kano
ISOC Nigeria / Bulangu Production
17:00 UTC, 19 October 2021
Zimbabwe
Encryption Lab Demonstration to Secure Network Transmission and Data
ISOC Zimbabwe Chapter
17:00 UTC, 18 October 2021
Zimbabwe
The Law and Practice of Encryption
ISOC Zimbabwe Chapter
13:30 UTC, 21 October 2021
Ghana
Encrypt to Keep Your Data Safe
WisTech IT Centre
14:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Spain
How encryption influences our daily life: its importance and why should we defend it
Fundación Cibervoluntarios
11:11 UTC, 21 October 2021
Tanzania
Youth Workshop on Encryption
ISOC Tanzania Chapter
10:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Nigeria
Media and Internet security: How best to safeguard journalists from hacking by using encryption.
Africa Media and Information Technology Initiative (AfriMITI)
10:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Somalia
Encrypt and Stay Safe online!
ISOC Somali Chapter
10:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Kenya
Global Encryption Day Celebrations
Internet Society Kenya Chapter
16:00 UTC, 22 October 2021
Belgium
Make the Switch for Privacy
Internet Society Belgium Chapter
09:00 UTC, 12 November 2021
Côte d'ivoire
L'impact du cryptage dans la numerisation des entreprises
REBELLES INTELLIGENTS
14:00 UTC, 18 October 2021
Virtual
#Push4Encryption: Twitter conversation with the APC network (session 2)
Association for Progressive Communications
1:00 21st October 2021
Portugal
Painel segurança, encriptação e privacidade: riscos e desafios para o cidadão
AP2SI – Associação Portuguesa para a Promoção da Segurança da Informação
8:45 26th October 2021
Namibia
Navigation Encryption and making the Switch
Internet Society Namibia Chapter
7:00 21st October 2021
Kenya
A Strong Encryption for a Secure World
Internet Society Kenya Chapter
10:00 21st October 2021
Liberia
Do Your Part. Encryption Matters
ISOC Liberia
8:00 21st October 2021
Uganda
Encryption Awareness training for Civil Society Organization and government leaders
Encrypt Uganda
06:00 21st October 2021
Uganda
Global Encryption Training Webinar for Human Rights Defenders and Public Officers.
Internet Society Uganda Chapter
Asia
Time zone +5 to +8 UTC
05:00 UTC, 18 September 2021
India
Encryption Secures us Over the Internet
Internet Society – India Hyderabad Chapter
04:00 UTC, 23 October 2021
Japan
Surveillance Society and Cryptography – in Japanese
JCA-NET
10:00 UTC, 21 October 2021
Japan
Considering the Importance of Cryptography from the International Human Rights Movements- in Japanese
JCA-NET
12:30 UTC 20th October 2021
India
Privacy V. Security, A flawed Perspective
SFLC India
12:30 UTC 19th October 2021
India
Decrypting the Encryption Debate – “Is the Right to Encrypt, a part of Right to Privacy”
SFLC India
18:30 UTC 21st October 2021
Sri Lanka
Implementing End to End Encryption and Awareness of the profile breaches and it’s impact on organizations
ISOC Sri Lanka
12:30 UTC, 21 October 2021
India
Catch Them Early, Prime Them Young
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
10:00 26th October 2021
Japan
Introduction to Cryptography for Civil and Social Movements (1)
JCA-NET
6 UTC 30th October 2021
Japan
Introduction to Cryptography for Civil and Social Movements (2)
JCA-NET
Australia and Pacific
Time zone +8 to +12 UTC
Events coming soon!
12:00 UTC, 18 October, 2021
Virtual
#Push4Encryption: Twitter conversation with the APC network (session 1)