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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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Andrea Smith

Resistance Mom Podcast
Host and Producer
Saint Petersburg, Florida

ResistanceMom.com

I am a community organizer, writer and podcaster who works on pro-democracy/resistance in the American South. With 30 years experience working LGBTQ equality and environmental justice, I am focused now on building community for the people fighting for democracy for ourselves and our children.
I want to learn and share with my listeners how to protect ourselves and leverage the power of digital technology as citizens, activists and parents.

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

7:30am BST

Yoga Laico Pool Deck

9:00am BST

Responding to Mass Atrocities in the Digital Age: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Myanmar Hannibal (Laico) When Two Rights Make a Wrong: Finding a way forward when competing rights fail to protect the most vulnerable in our society Elydhafa (Laico) Lightning Talks: Understanding and combating misinformation The BeeHive (Palais) Millimeter Waves, Small Cells, Beamforming, Oh My! Anticipating and addressing human rights impacts in a 5G environment Carthage 2 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Hey, That’s My Vote! The Emerging Science of Digital Election Observation L'Escale (Laico) There's No Party Like a CryptoParty? Oya 3 (Laico) Making Civic Tech Work for Democracy: Lessons from Tunisia, Nigeria, and Taiwan Biscay (Palais) Unlocking the Potential for Digital Technology to Enable Human Rights Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Women’s right to artistic freedom of expression in the digital age Jelsa (Laico) BLACKED OUT: A documentary about the longest internet shutdown ever recorded.." Leptis (Laico)

1:00pm BST

False Resistance Leaders: The People Who Decry Trump While Promoting Authoritarianism L'Escale (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Future Proof: Imagining a tech positive future Hannibal (Laico) Fighting for Human Rights and Democracy in the Digital World: New tools, new actors – How to be more efficient? Village Stage (Laico) Busting Out of the Echo Chamber: an inclusive approach to build diverse online communities and generate constructive conversations between polarized youth Carthage 2 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Tracker versus Trackee: The chasm between individuals’ understanding of online tracking and the real data collection (and processing) power of trackers and what can be done to bridge the divide Oya 2 (Laico) Landmark: The Global State of Surveillance Tech - In Conversation with UN Special Rapporteurs The BeeHive (Palais) Prepare Don't Panic: Strategize a human rights-based response to deepfake technologies, synthetic media, and increasing volumes of visual misinformation Elydhafa (Laico)

5:15pm BST

If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico) What(went)'sApp at the Brazilian elections? Oya 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Feeding Trolls in the Marketplace of Ideas Biscay (Palais) Hope for Resilience: Shifting the narrative, advancing wellbeing Carthage 3 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Imagine an Internet Free From Hate...It’s Easy If You Try: A strategy workshop on combating gender-based hate speech online Adean (Palais) Coffee and Democracy: Let's talk about the EU elections results and what it means for digital rights Jelsa (Laico) Technological fictions and feminist futures Limes (Laico) Lightning Talks: User experience and access in closed societies The BeeHive (Palais) Who said What to Whom? Disinformation and anonymous speech Leptis (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Surveilling Dissent: Online spy mechanisms used by police against protestors L'Escale (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: North America Laico Buffet Restaurant

2:15pm BST

Landmark: The Business of Privacy – How to Profit from Protecting Personal Data The BeeHive (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Election Watch: Addressing information freedom on the internet and the dangerous trend of internet shutdowns Carthage 2 (Laico) Business for Better Cybersecurity: How the private sector can promote economic growth and digital rights Oya 1 (Laico) The fight for digital privacy in the face of authoritarianism and surveillance capitalism Village Stage (Laico) Beyond Bots: Anticipating challenges from future tech and disinformation Oya 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Don't Stand So Close to Me: Curbing harassment in virtual reality and emergent media Adean (Palais) Lightning Talks: Trends in transparent tracking Village Stage (Laico) Values-based Organizations: How can stories help us to create organizational values collectively and make them workable? Caspian (Palais)

10:30am BST

It's time for a bill of data rights Oya 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Tech Demos: New tools and tactics for better digital security Limes (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Landmark: Voter Beware! - Microtargeting in Political Elections and Campaigns The BeeHive (Palais)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)