(WHDH) –Former U.S. Sen. Al Franken is scheduled to make his first public appearance since leaving Congress amid sexual assault allegations last year.

The former Democratic senator from Minnesota is scheduled to speak at a privacy and cybersecurity forum in Lisbon, Portugal on May 1. Franken resigned from the Senate last December after several women accused him of sexually inappropriate behavior.

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