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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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Ella Jakubowska

London School of Economics and Political Science
MSc Human Rights student
United Kingdom

Current Human Rights Masters student; recent intern at Engi Conflict Management; and former digital innovation and culture manager at global technology company. Interested in the intersection between digital technologies, power and bias/discrimination, in particular how technology may be changing the roles of public and private actors. Would love to speak to anyone that is interested or experienced in any of these issues, or how they relate to women's rights!

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace

9:00am BST

AI Explainability, Explained Adean (Palais) Let's See the Evidence! Algorithmic decisions in real life - where and how are they used? El Jem (Laico)

10:30am BST

Enabling Digital Civic Space: A Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clement Voule Caspian (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) Lightning Talks: Exploring the complex world of artificial intelligence The BeeHive (Palais)

1:00pm BST

The Benevolent Accomplices of Authoritarian Regimes on the Internet Carthage 1 (Laico) AI for Justice: Opportunities and limitations to analyzing today's human rights data troves Cyrene (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Ending Impunity for Online Violence Against Women in Politics Elydhafa (Laico) Outcomes of the 3rd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network and Presentation of the Internet & Jurisdiction Global Status Report Adean (Palais)

3:45pm BST

The Future of Human Rights in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Carthage 1 (Laico) A Warrant for Your DNA: What the Golden State Killer, Police, and Genetic Testing Services Share in Common Oya 1 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Using Machine Learning for Human Rights Carthage 1 (Laico) Biometric Technologies and Data as Tools for the ‘Responsible’ and ‘Proper’ Identification of Terrorists: A human rights inventory El Jem (Laico) Data, Technology, and the Global Gender Gap Carthage 3 (Laico) If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00am BST

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Keeping public sector algorithms accountable Carthage 1 (Laico) Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico)

10:30am BST

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones? Regulation and governance of facial recognition technology Oya 1 (Laico) Imagine an Internet Free From Hate...It’s Easy If You Try: A strategy workshop on combating gender-based hate speech online Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Europe Palais Cafe / Dining Tent Regional Lunch: Global Citizen Laico Buffet Restaurant Digital Identity for Refugees: Special considerations for protection and privacy Adean (Palais)

1:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Eastern Europe/Central Asia Laico Lower Community Village Regional Lunch: North America Laico Buffet Restaurant

2:15pm BST

Artificial Benevolence: Updating informed consent in the age of AI Celtic (Palais) Building Platforms That Open Governments and Their Watchdogs Elyssa (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Enhancing Human Rights Due Diligence with Futures Methodology Carthage 2 (Laico) Ethical AI Career Pathways: Preparing tomorrow’s leaders to innovate ethically Oya 2 (Laico) Combating harassment of women journalists in extremism-ridden online spaces Utique (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Complicit or Neutral? Social media content moderation in conflict areas L'Escale (Laico) Between the Silicon Valley-China Spectrum: Towards a democratic regulation to promote a free and open Internet Amilcar (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)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm BST

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)

9:00am BST

How to Impact the Global Human Rights Agenda: Recommendations from the UN High-level Panel Carthage 1 (Laico) The Tone from the Top: Setting responsible regulation for tech Cyrene (Laico) Hacking Digital Gender Norms Oya 1 (Laico) Landmark: Tracked - Pitfalls and Promises of Digital Identification Systems The BeeHive (Palais)

10:30am BST

It's time for a bill of data rights Oya 1 (Laico) The Ghost in the Machine: Remedy for algorithmic discrimination Limes (Laico) Enhancing Processes and Empowering People: Exploring the potential of new technologies in private remediation of business-related human rights abuse Cyrene (Laico) Striking the Right(s) Balance: ‘Open by default’ vs ‘privacy by design’? Biscay (Palais)

1:00pm BST

Landmark: Voter Beware! - Microtargeting in Political Elections and Campaigns The BeeHive (Palais) The Network of Centers (NoC) Human Libraries: NoC Skills Session Carthage 1 (Laico) Agent Provocateur: The threat of government agents impersonating journalists Celtic (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Tackling Terrorist Use of the Internet: A roadmap to holistic and human rights compliant solutions L'Escale (Laico) Protecting digital communities in democracies from the global reach of authoritarian countries Oya 1 (Laico) Tech Policy, AI and Investment in the GCC: A path to digital development or digital dystopia? Carthage 3 (Laico) Designing a More Inclusive Digital Economy Oya 2 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)