Bread&Net 2025: Call for Proposals Opens Soon!
Organized annually by SMEX, Bread&Net is more than just a gathering; it’s a movement. Rooted in the spirit of open exchange, community resilience, and strategic collaboration, Bread&Net fosters a safe, diverse, and dynamic environment for activists, technologists, researchers, policymakers, and all advocates of digital rights.
This year, we’re back in person in Beirut this October, after a two-year break. As technology increasingly shapes the way we live, connect, and resist, Bread&Net 2025 aims to expand the digital rights community by tackling not only online human rights issues but also their intersections with economic and cultural rights across West Asia and North Africa.
We invite you to be part of this crucial moment. Very soon, you will be able to submit a session proposal and help shape the conversation. Whether you're a journalist, lawyer, developer, scholar, judge, or an independent voice, your contribution matters in building an adaptable, impactful, and inclusive digital rights ecosystem.
Before the call for proposals opens, we invite you to go through this year's themes/tracks under which you can submit your proposals!
About SMEX
SMEX is a non-profit that advocates for and advances human rights in digital spaces across West Asia and North Africa through research, campaigns, and advocacy. We encourage users to engage with digital technology, media, and social networks responsibly and critically.