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RightsCon Tunis 2019

Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon 2019, the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.

Together at RightsCon Tunis, our first summit hosted in the Middle East and North Africa, more than 2500 expert practitioners will come together across over 400 sessions to shape, contribute to, and drive forward the global agenda for the future of our human rights.

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Alex Guy

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Digital Officer
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

https://business-humanrights.org/

I'm the Resource Centre's Digital Officer. Talk to me about our digital platform, which empowers everyone to put Human Rights at the centre of business.

My Friends

9:00am BST

Measuring Respect for Human Rights – Using benchmarks to create a race to the top in the ICT sector Celtic (Palais) Tech Demos: Mischief managed – measuring and mapping for human rights Limes (Laico)

10:30am BST

Unlocking the Potential for Digital Technology to Enable Human Rights Adean (Palais)

1:00pm BST

Tech Demos: AI for Maps and Chats Elydhafa (Laico)

2:15pm BST

A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed: Building on the first public statements by business and civil society on business protection of civic freedoms Jelsa (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Using Machine Learning for Human Rights Carthage 1 (Laico) What(went)'sApp at the Brazilian elections? Oya 3 (Laico) Responsible Investing 101: Investor action on human rights in the digital era Village Stage (Laico)

9:00am BST

Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico) How you can start using data analytics to grow your organizations impact and resources...tomorrow! Adean (Palais)

1:00pm BST

A Fireside Chat with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince Oya 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

From Brazil to Africa, fighting for human rights and open infrastructures in the global south Amilcar (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Media Beyond Borders: Resilient content strategies for reaching audiences in closed societies Celtic (Palais) AI 2050: Imagining AI trajectories in the Global South Elydhafa (Laico) Old Crisis, Novel Means: Applying new tools to encourage company action in support of civic freedoms and human rights defenders Limes (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Tech Demos: Getting it rights(respecting) Elydhafa (Laico)