Seminar Series: Digital Rules, Human Values

The Global Initiative for Digital Empowerment (GIDE), in collaboration with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), MyData Global, and the Global Solutions Initiative (GSI), is launching Digital Rules, Human Values, a 2025–2026 global seminar series on human-centred digital governance.

This series brings together global leaders and practitioners working to develop digital governance that serves human welfare. It explores practical ways to make digital systems and markets more accountable, inclusive, and aligned with human values.

The seminar series begins on November 20, 2025, and continues on the first and third Thursdays of each month through 2026. Every even-numbered session will feature MyData Awardees.

Sessions begin November 20, 2025 | Online | 1 PM UTC
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Invited speakers include world-leading policymakers, companies and practitioners, rights advocates, regulators, NGOs and multilateral organisations.

The overarching theme is building a digital economy that serves human welfare. Speakers will share practical ideas to make the rules of online markets more responsive to the broad interests of humans, not just businesses and governments.

The series builds on GIDE’s Innovation in the Digital Economy Architecture (IDEA) framework. 

Key themes include:

• Data Governance and individual agency
• Emerging models and regional perspectives
• Global cooperation and geopolitics
• Digital economy and labour governance

Format and timing

• 60–75 minutes per seminar: presentation, discussion, and live Q&A
• Standard session time: 1 PM UTC
• Online, first and third Thursday each month, starting on November 20th 2025
• Occasional additional sessions may be announced

Who should attend
Policy makers, researchers, business leaders, and civil society professionals engaged in the design of fair and accountable digital systems.

Contact: ceo@thegide.org