<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-48db7647-2630-48ec-4e2e-5d7818dc60cc"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-48db7647-2631-1806-9411-7942c1baddf3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friends,</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap">pologies for cross-posting. </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We wanted to share an important update for </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RightsCon Brussels 2017</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Wednesday March 29- Friday March 31, 2017). We are currently accepting proposals until our deadline on </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">November 25</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 2016, so make sure to act quickly!</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As you know, it's an amazing event that brings together more than a thousand leaders working in technology, human rig<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">hts, </span></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">data protection, and privacy</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. RightsCo</span>n Brussels will be our most impactful event yet, with three full days of programming, exciting satellite events like the Iran Cyber Dialogue, and more than 1000 participants from across sectors. It’s the best opportunity to showcase your work in digital rights, learn new advocacy skills and strategies, and most importantly, develop outcomes, best-practices, and policies that help defend and extend the digital rights of users at risk around the world.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submit a Session by November 25</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can submit your program session proposal on our website’s </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/submission/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">submission form</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and find more information about our session formats, the RightsCon style and our themes on the </span><a href="https://rightscon.org/submissionguide" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">submission guide</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We encourage you to submit a high quality proposal, as competition is steep, and we are developing a fantastic and compelling agenda for participants.</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Attending RightsCon 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://rightscon.org/tickets" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets are on sale now</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in limited Early Registration pricing, so act quick before these discount tickets run out. Pricing will eventually increase to their regular values, so make sure to register sooner rather than later. </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Special rates and discount codes will be provided to session organizers and speakers.</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’d love for you to join us at this important event. If you have any questions about your session proposal or registration, please let us know, either by contacting me or our RightsCon Coordinator at  </span><a href="mailto:conference@accessnow.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">conference@accessnow.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wafa</span></p></span></span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Wafa Ben Hassine<br></b>Policy Analyst<br>Access Now | <a href="http://accessnow.org" target="_blank">accessnow.org</a><br>tel: +216 27 989 128 | @ousfourita<br><br>PGP: 0xC0E89622<br>Fingerprint: D972 BE61 2D3D 8F8F CB71 5FBA 6B59 0BAF C0E8 9622<br><br><i>Subscribe to the <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/#sign-up" target="_blank">Access Express</a>, our weekly newsletter on digital rights.</i></div></div></div></div>
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