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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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Andrew Ford Lyons

Internews
Global Technology Hub Manager
Various

https://internews.org

Internews' Global Technology Hub consists of a diverse team of technologists located around the globe and providing direct support in digital security, online publishing and secure platform hosting, censorship circumvention, and supporting local media and CSOs' organisational capacity across their digital activities.

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Blowing the Whistle – Data leaks and digital dropboxes Village Stage (Laico) Future-Proofing Human Rights Documentation: Tools for Protecting Endangered Evidence Oya 1 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Help We Are Under Attack! A peek into the community of rapid responders Carthage 2 (Laico) Tech Demos: AI for Maps and Chats Elydhafa (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Securing a Line of Connectivity in War-torn Yemen: Shutdowns, blocking, and action Oya 3 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

"Data Driven" Foreign Aid and "Digital Development" Strategies: Are we disrupting disenfranchisement - or scaling It? L'Escale (Laico) 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

Using Machine Learning for Human Rights Carthage 1 (Laico) If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00am BST

One size does NOT fit all: Diverse threat models across North Africa call for more refined digital security training and tools Elyssa (Laico) Reverse-Engineering an RFP: Making Beneficiaries the Boss Dougga (Laico)

10:30am BST

Dynamics of Doing Research in Closed Societies: What we can learn from audience research from online exiled media L'Escale (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Lightning Talks: What technology can('t) solve The BeeHive (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Collective Intelligence Approaches to Expanding Violations Monitoring in Conflict Zones Biscay (Palais) The humanitarian cybersecurity and privacy problem Oya 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Fear, Friction, and Flooding: New models of censorship in the MENA region (the case of Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey) Carthage 3 (Laico) The Imprisonment of Ola Bini: Building solidarity and protecting the community Hannibal (Laico) Combating harassment of women journalists in extremism-ridden online spaces Utique (Laico) Mapping safety and security challenges between human rights defenders and funders Carthage 1 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Media Beyond Borders: Resilient content strategies for reaching audiences in closed societies Celtic (Palais)

9:00am BST

Let's talk about local capacity, how to build, not kill Elydhafa (Laico) Broadcasting Peace During War: Yemeni community radios Oya 2 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Is Russian intelligence that intelligent? How to resist state-sponsored hacking Village Stage (Laico) Surveillance Tech and Oppressive Governments: Exploring cases of abuse and avenues for global cooperation going forward Carthage 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Tech Demos: New tools and tactics for better digital security Limes (Laico) Do Exiled Media Have a future? A quest for building resilience and sustainability! Oya 3 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Fact or fiction – tools for verification Village Stage (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Refraction Networking: Deploying next-generation censorship circumvention Jelsa (Laico) Protecting digital communities in democracies from the global reach of authoritarian countries Oya 1 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)