📢 Call for Submissions: ILPF’s 2026 Tech Policy Digital Symposium
Submit your work by January 15!
The Foundry is inviting early- and mid-career professionals to submit 700-word blogs for ILPF’s 2026 Digital Symposium on Tech Policy. We’re looking for short, op-ed style pieces that make a clear, well-argued point on a current issue in internet law or technology policy. Foundry Fellows and Editorial & Content Committee fellows receive priority consideration.
What selected authors get:
● Editorial feedback on drafts
● A live op-ed writing workshop with an expert
● Publication on the ILPF Medium, Substack, and website
● Post-publication features in our newsletter, including author interviews and episodes on Tech Policy Grind Podcast.
What to submit:
● An op-ed (up to 700 words) advancing one focused argument on a tech policy issue
● Your draft should include hyperlinks for sources; no footnotes
● An author bio and affiliations (up to 60 words)
● Everything should be submitted in one Word document
Themes:
We welcome work on current and emerging issues in internet law and policy, including, but not limited to:
- AI Energy and Data Centers
- AI Governance (EU AI Act implementation, general purpose ai models obligations, regulating AI
- Generated content, AI state legislation in the US, high risk AI systems)
- AI in Health Care
- AI Antitrust and Compute Power Concentration
- Child Safety Online and Chatbots
What we expect:
Relevance to live tech or internet policy debates, a genuinely original take, a tight thesis up top, clean accessible prose, and credible sourcing. Aim for practical insight and clear policy implications. Submissions must reflect the author’s own analysis; the use of AI tools is only allowed for research but all information must be fact-checked.
Please note undisclosed AI-generated text or plagiarism can lead to
disqualification of the piece.
Format: Up to 700 words; Word document; short informative title (ideally ≤10
words); strong opening that frames the stakes; 2–3 brief sections or
subheads; hyperlinks for sources; author bio (up to 60 words); use of
images/figures/tables is optional and must be referenced/credited where
necessary.
How to submit:
Submit this form by January 15, 2026. Questions may also be sent to the Events Committee at [email protected].