Standards bodies, universities, conferences and public meetings. Each entry names the institution that invited me.https://anivar.net/https://anivar.net/talks/foc-can-the-commons-correct-the-machine/https://anivar.net/talks/foc-can-the-commons-correct-the-machine/Whether commons governance can supply the correction machine learning systems lack.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/gsoc-alumni-camp-india-2026/https://anivar.net/talks/gsoc-alumni-camp-india-2026/Talk · GSoC Alumni Camp India · IndiaSat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/ietf-126-vienna-remote/https://anivar.net/talks/ietf-126-vienna-remote/Individual drafts posted into the 126 cycle; DAWN and related BoF participation from the list.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/dfl-small-ai-safer-ai-2026/https://anivar.net/talks/dfl-small-ai-safer-ai-2026/Workshop · Careful Industries & Digital Futures Lab · GoaWed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/dfl-ai-infrastructures-foresight-2026/https://anivar.net/talks/dfl-ai-infrastructures-foresight-2026/Workshop · Careful Industries & Digital Futures Lab · foresight workshop · GoaThu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2025-11-14-just-ai-awards-2025-high-level-fireside-chat/https://anivar.net/talks/2025-11-14-just-ai-awards-2025-high-level-fireside-chat/Fireside chat at the Just AI Awards 2025 ceremony, 7th Digital Citizen Summit / AI Impact Summit. Chair Jayesh Ranjan; moderator Osama Manzar. Recorded as "AI at a Crossroads: Voices Challenging the Hype".Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/bahubhasha-iiit-oki-2025/https://anivar.net/talks/bahubhasha-iiit-oki-2025/Roundtable moderator, Day 1; panellists Banwang Losu (Wancho Literary Society), Dr. Bhushan Bhave (Vidya Prabodhini), Dr. Meenakshi Munda (Kolhan University) and Runa Bhattacharjee (Wikimedia Foundation).Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/tgp-copyright-vs-right-to-copy/https://anivar.net/talks/tgp-copyright-vs-right-to-copy/Panel · The Goa Project Sessions · debate with Siddharth Bharadwaj · OnlineSun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2025-05-restaurant-technology-show-melbourne/https://anivar.net/talks/2025-05-restaurant-technology-show-melbourne/Appearing for Foodhub. The week ran 18–20 May 2025 at the MCEC, uniting four shows: Foodservice Australia, the Pizza Pasta & Italian Food Show, the Commercial Kitchen Show and the Restaurant Technology Show.Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2024-11-03-hortus-identity-project/https://anivar.net/talks/2024-11-03-hortus-identity-project/Day 3 of the festival (1–3 November 2024). Identity, identification and democracy, around Rahul Bhatia's book.Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2024-09-06-just-ai-awards-2024-future-of-ai/https://anivar.net/talks/2024-09-06-just-ai-awards-2024-future-of-ai/Track 1, Ethical AI-solutions for Social Good (Digital Empowerment Foundation & Emerging Technologies, Government of Telangana). Also served on the awards jury and technical advisory committee. DEF India published the recording as "AI for Social Good: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward".Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2023-09-12-apralo-general-assembly/https://anivar.net/talks/2023-09-12-apralo-general-assembly/The regional At-Large community's face-to-face assembly, 12–13 September 2023, attended as a funded At-Large Structure representative. Third ICANN gathering, after the Hyderabad fellowship and speaking at Abu Dhabi.Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2021-06-10-rightscon-2021-community-lab-on-digital-identity/https://anivar.net/talks/2021-06-10-rightscon-2021-community-lab-on-digital-identity/Community lab proposed by the Rethink Aadhaar group; accepted for the fully online RightsCon 2021.Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2021-03-17-finally-do-we-have-the-personal-data-protection-act/https://anivar.net/talks/2021-03-17-finally-do-we-have-the-personal-data-protection-act/Session aired live 4:00-5:00 PM IST and recorded by ITechLaw.Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2020-05-06-foss-philosophy-community-and-politics/https://anivar.net/talks/2020-05-06-foss-philosophy-community-and-politics/In conversation with Hrishikesh Bhaskaran. Date is the date SMC published the recording.Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2020-03-01-peoples-tribunal-on-aadhaar-related-issues/https://anivar.net/talks/2020-03-01-peoples-tribunal-on-aadhaar-related-issues/Part of the Day 2 planning group for the tribunal held 29 Feb - 1 Mar 2020.Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2020-01-15-harvesting-the-network/https://anivar.net/talks/2020-01-15-harvesting-the-network/An afternoon on WhatsApp and vigilante violence, then this panel with Nayantara Ranganathan and Arvind Narrain, weeks after the bill reached Parliament. He read it as a weaponisation of the privacy judgement that takes away informational self-determination, and argued it had to be read alongside the account aggregator framework; he circulated a marked-up copy of the bill that morning.Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2020-01-indiaos-choosing-the-right-software-license/https://anivar.net/talks/2020-01-indiaos-choosing-the-right-software-license/IndiaOS 2020, the first edition of what became IndiaFOSS. Recording published by FOSS United. Month precision: the conference ran in January 2020 and the recording was posted on 20 February.Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2018-09-25-sflc-in-round-table-on-data-protection/https://anivar.net/talks/2018-09-25-sflc-in-round-table-on-data-protection/Invited as a marquee speaker after confirming participation in the round table.Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-12-neo-brahmi-generation-panel-colombo/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-12-neo-brahmi-generation-panel-colombo/Drafting label generation rules for the nine Neo-Brahmi scripts, in the week ICANN launched the Sinhala Generation Panel in Colombo. The panel is the largest of its kind, with members across Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Singapore and Sri Lanka; the day is not recorded because the announcement places the meeting only within that week.Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-10-28-icann60/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-10-28-icann60/Second appearance at the internet's naming and numbers body, after attending ICANN57 in Hyderabad as a fellow.Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-09-21-aadhaar-data-protection-privacy-rights/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-09-21-aadhaar-data-protection-privacy-rights/Panel · Citizens for Constitutional Governance · Bar Council of Kerala Auditorium, ErnakulamThu, 21 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-09-20-malayalam-computing-malayalam-layouting-in-print-web-mobile/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-09-20-malayalam-computing-malayalam-layouting-in-print-web-mobile/Talk · Kerala Bhasha Institute, 50th anniversary · ThiruvananthapuramWed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-09-19-discussion-on-the-digital-divide/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-09-19-discussion-on-the-digital-divide/Panel · #ICOMM17 · Internet Society, Trivandrum Chapter · Hotel Apollo Dimora, Thampanoor, TrivandrumTue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-07-05-fairness-in-civic-technologies/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-07-05-fairness-in-civic-technologies/Talk · Disrupt Kerala 2017 Summit · Technopark, ThiruvananthapuramWed, 05 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-05-09-revisiting-aadhaar-law-tech-and-beyond/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-05-09-revisiting-aadhaar-law-tech-and-beyond/Convened four months before the Supreme Court recognised privacy as a fundamental right; the summary report was covered in the press.Tue, 09 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-03-10-fairness-in-big-data-ai/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-03-10-fairness-in-big-data-ai/Keynote at NIT Calicut's annual free-software meet, a room I have been invited back to since 2007.Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2017-02-20-information-security-in-indias-digital-payment-systems/https://anivar.net/talks/2017-02-20-information-security-in-indias-digital-payment-systems/Workshop · Observer Research Foundation · cyber security capacity building with law enforcement · BSF Signals Training School, BangaloreMon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-11-03-icann57/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-11-03-icann57/Fellowship · ICANN Fellowship · HyderabadThu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-07-global-justice-in-a-digital-world/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-07-global-justice-in-a-digital-world/One panel — "Globale Gerechtigkeit auch in der digitalen Welt", on the consequences of the smartification of life — carried across five German cities with Lina Ben Mhenni, who blogged the Tunisian revolt, and Yves Ndagano, a former child soldier in the Congo who worked the coltan mines. Dated from the organisers' own listing, which put Hamburg on 6 October.Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-05-digital-rights-movements-global-justice/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-05-digital-rights-movements-global-justice/One panel — "Globale Gerechtigkeit auch in der digitalen Welt", on the consequences of the smartification of life — carried across five German cities with Lina Ben Mhenni, who blogged the Tunisian revolt, and Yves Ndagano, a former child soldier in the Congo who worked the coltan mines.Wed, 05 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-02-indias-struggle-for-net-neutrality-fighting-free-basics/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-02-indias-struggle-for-net-neutrality-fighting-free-basics/Working session at the conference, inside the same German tour.Sun, 02 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-bremen-global-justice-in-a-digital-world/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-10-bremen-global-justice-in-a-digital-world/One panel — "Globale Gerechtigkeit auch in der digitalen Welt", on the consequences of the smartification of life — carried across five German cities with Lina Ben Mhenni, who blogged the Tunisian revolt, and Yves Ndagano, a former child soldier in the Congo who worked the coltan mines. The organisers listed Bremen as 7 or 8 October without settling it, so the day is not recorded here.Sat, 01 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-09-30-inaugural-plenary/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-09-30-inaugural-plenary/Opened the conference, then ran a working session on the Free Basics campaign; a four-city German speaking tour followed.Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-09-29-global-justice-in-a-digital-world/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-09-29-global-justice-in-a-digital-world/One panel — "Globale Gerechtigkeit auch in der digitalen Welt", on the consequences of the smartification of life — carried across five German cities with Lina Ben Mhenni, who blogged the Tunisian revolt, and Yves Ndagano, a former child soldier in the Congo who worked the coltan mines.Thu, 29 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-08-26-mozilla-india-meetup-2016/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-08-26-mozilla-india-meetup-2016/Talk · Mozilla · PuneFri, 26 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-08-19-fuelling-and-defending-a-free-and-open-internet-contribution-pathways-with-mozi/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-08-19-fuelling-and-defending-a-free-and-open-internet-contribution-pathways-with-mozi/Talk · ICEFOSS 16 · FISAT · ErnakulamFri, 19 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2016-03-18-indias-fight-for-net-neutrality-and-an-open-internet/https://anivar.net/talks/2016-03-18-indias-fight-for-net-neutrality-and-an-open-internet/Presented weeks after India's regulator barred differential pricing — the campaign account, given to an Asia-wide free-software audience.Fri, 18 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2015-12-15-fostering-knowledge-societies-with-read-write-access-foss-as-information-infras/https://anivar.net/talks/2015-12-15-fostering-knowledge-societies-with-read-write-access-foss-as-information-infras/A written paper, presented at the standing global congress on intellectual property and the public interest.Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2015-11-06-global-south-perspectives-on-net-neutrality-and-zero-rating/https://anivar.net/talks/2015-11-06-global-south-perspectives-on-net-neutrality-and-zero-rating/Workshop · Mozilla Festival · Ravensbourne, LondonFri, 06 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2015-05-29-swathanthra-malayalam-computing-a-case-study/https://anivar.net/talks/2015-05-29-swathanthra-malayalam-computing-a-case-study/Talk · Consultation on the OSS policy of the Government of India · SFLC.IN, CIS, ICFOSS · New DelhiFri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2015-02-26-indian-language-computing-the-community-perspective/https://anivar.net/talks/2015-02-26-indian-language-computing-the-community-perspective/Talk · UGC national seminar on Malayalam informatics · Christ College, IrinjalakudaThu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2014-12-18-sustaining-community-initiatives-the-smc-experience/https://anivar.net/talks/2014-12-18-sustaining-community-initiatives-the-smc-experience/Talk · Swathanthra 2014 · Fifth International Conference on Free Software and Free Society · TrivandrumThu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2014-12-16-launch-of-the-indic-project/https://anivar.net/talks/2014-12-16-launch-of-the-indic-project/Talk · 13th anniversary of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing · KeralaTue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2014-11-05-malayalam-computing-status-opportunities-and-the-way-forward/https://anivar.net/talks/2014-11-05-malayalam-computing-status-opportunities-and-the-way-forward/Talk · Amma Malayalam · Malayalam Day · Technopark, TrivandrumWed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2014-09-27-contributing-to-indian-language-computing-efforts/https://anivar.net/talks/2014-09-27-contributing-to-indian-language-computing-efforts/Talk · IEEE All-Kerala Students' Congress 2014 · College of Engineering, TrivandrumSat, 27 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2014-03-11-language-computing-initiatives-under-smc/https://anivar.net/talks/2014-03-11-language-computing-initiatives-under-smc/Workshop · Workshop on free mobile platforms · ICFOSS · Technopark, ThiruvananthapuramTue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2013-12-21-malayalam-language-and-wikipedia/https://anivar.net/talks/2013-12-21-malayalam-language-and-wikipedia/Panel · Wiki Sangamotsavam 2013 · AlappuzhaSat, 21 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2013-10-gsoc-mentor-summit/https://anivar.net/talks/2013-10-gsoc-mentor-summit/The annual unconference closing the Google Summer of Code cycle, 280 attendees from 177 mentoring organisations. Travel and visa funded through Software in the Public Interest; SMC's projects ran under the Indic Project.Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2013-08-07-twelve-years-of-malayalam-computing-and-the-way-forward/https://anivar.net/talks/2013-08-07-twelve-years-of-malayalam-computing-and-the-way-forward/Talk · IEEE Kerala Section technical talk · KeralaWed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2013-06-01-indic-scripts-on-mobile-status-and-roadmap/https://anivar.net/talks/2013-06-01-indic-scripts-on-mobile-status-and-roadmap/Talk · FUEL GILT Conference 2013 · Marriott Courtyard, PuneSat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2013-02-08-a-computing-roadmap-for-malayalam-university/https://anivar.net/talks/2013-02-08-a-computing-roadmap-for-malayalam-university/Paper · Malayalam computing stakeholder consultation · Malayalam University and Govt of Kerala · IMG, ThiruvananthapuramFri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2013-02-01-aaron-swartz-memorial-lecture/https://anivar.net/talks/2013-02-01-aaron-swartz-memorial-lecture/Lecture · SAFI College of Science and Technology · CalicutFri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2012-11-15-re-imagining-freedom-movements-in-the-internet-age/https://anivar.net/talks/2012-11-15-re-imagining-freedom-movements-in-the-internet-age/Talk · Difference in Democracy conference · CochinThu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2012-11-01-privacy-in-india-issues-and-challenges/https://anivar.net/talks/2012-11-01-privacy-in-india-issues-and-challenges/Talk · Civil society groups · Friday Club Hall · CochinThu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2012-10-01-privacy-in-india-issues-and-challenges/https://anivar.net/talks/2012-10-01-privacy-in-india-issues-and-challenges/Talk · Civil society groups · Yara Auditorium · CalicutMon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2012-02-01-indias-invisible-censorship/https://anivar.net/talks/2012-02-01-indias-invisible-censorship/Talk · ViBGYOR International Film Festival · South Asia: emerging concerns on civil liberty · KeralaWed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2012-01-01-e-governance-and-privacy-in-india-challenges-and-the-way-forward/https://anivar.net/talks/2012-01-01-e-governance-and-privacy-in-india-challenges-and-the-way-forward/Talk · Gnowledge Lab · Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR · MumbaiSun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2011-08-09-the-indic-computing-scene-and-steps-forward/https://anivar.net/talks/2011-08-09-the-indic-computing-scene-and-steps-forward/Talk · Future directions of free software in Kerala · ICFOSS · Technopark, ThiruvananthapuramTue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2011-02-01-foss-tools-in-disaster-preparedness-sahana-ushahidi-and-openstreetmap/https://anivar.net/talks/2011-02-01-foss-tools-in-disaster-preparedness-sahana-ushahidi-and-openstreetmap/Talk · FOSSMeet@NITC · CalicutTue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2010-08-01-state-surveillance-in-india-from-the-it-act-2008-to-the-blackberry-case/https://anivar.net/talks/2010-08-01-state-surveillance-in-india-from-the-it-act-2008-to-the-blackberry-case/Talk · Say No to UID campaign · public meeting · DelhiSun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2010-01-01-challenges-to-the-knowledge-commons/https://anivar.net/talks/2010-01-01-challenges-to-the-knowledge-commons/Talk · The Civil Society Summit: the state of the republic at 60 · BangaloreFri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2009-09-01-introduction-to-free-knowledge-concept-framework-and-practice/https://anivar.net/talks/2009-09-01-introduction-to-free-knowledge-concept-framework-and-practice/Talk · Software Freedom Day · Swathanthra Malayalam Computing · CalicutTue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2008-11-01-silent-vibrant-and-distributed-a-history-of-the-free-software-movement-in-india/https://anivar.net/talks/2008-11-01-silent-vibrant-and-distributed-a-history-of-the-free-software-movement-in-india/Talk · National Conference on Free Software · IndiaSat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2008-07-01-emerging-concerns-on-icts-for-development/https://anivar.net/talks/2008-07-01-emerging-concerns-on-icts-for-development/Talk · South Asian Peoples' Assembly · Colombo, Sri LankaTue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2008-03-01-open-standards-and-why-they-are-necessary-for-a-democratic-society/https://anivar.net/talks/2008-03-01-open-standards-and-why-they-are-necessary-for-a-democratic-society/Talk · NIT FOSSMeet · CalicutSat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2008-01-15-subverting-peoples-power-and-needs-the-asian-development-bank-in-kerala/https://anivar.net/talks/2008-01-15-subverting-peoples-power-and-needs-the-asian-development-bank-in-kerala/Talk · South Asian workshop on IFIs and debt · Sri LankaTue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2007-02-01-from-seeds-to-software-a-culture-of-copying/https://anivar.net/talks/2007-02-01-from-seeds-to-software-a-culture-of-copying/Talk · NIT FOSSMeet · CalicutThu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://anivar.net/talks/2005-11-01-window-to-freedom/https://anivar.net/talks/2005-11-01-window-to-freedom/Talk · College of Engineering · ThiruvananthapuramTue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT