<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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"> <br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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">Apologies for crossposting.<br></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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">We wanted to share an important update for </span><a href="https://www.rightscon.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);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></p><div style="background-color:transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-clip:border-box;background-origin:padding-box;background-position:right center;background-size:auto auto;margin-left:4px;padding-bottom:2px;display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"> </div><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><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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 rights, </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;background-color:rgb(244,204,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">data protection, and privacy</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. RightsCon 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="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);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></p><div style="background-color:transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-clip:border-box;background-origin:padding-box;background-position:right center;background-size:auto auto;margin-left:4px;padding-bottom:2px;display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"> </div><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" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);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><div style="background-color:transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-clip:border-box;background-origin:padding-box;background-position:right center;background-size:auto auto;margin-left:4px;padding-bottom:2px;display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"> </div><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-m_-3928274641195110217gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-m_-3928274641195110217gmail-kix-line-break"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://rightscon.org/tickets" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);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></p><div style="background-color:transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-clip:border-box;background-origin:padding-box;background-position:right center;background-size:auto auto;margin-left:4px;padding-bottom:2px;display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"> </div><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-m_-3928274641195110217gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-m_-3928274641195110217gmail-kix-line-break"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);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="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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-m_-3928274641195110217gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,</span></p></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt"></span><br></p><div><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">--</span></p></div><p>Best Regards,</p></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Ephraim Percy Kenyanito</span></b><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"></span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>Website: </span></span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px"><a href="https://ephraimkenyanito.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://ephraimkenyanito.com/</a></span><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:arial;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ekenyanito" target="_blank">@ekenyanito</a></span></div></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px"><span style="font-size:10pt">PGP </span></span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Fingerprint: B0FA394AF73DEB7AA1FDC7360CFED26DE6BA8DC1</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d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