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

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Hassen Gharbi

ENSI-University La Manouba
Assistant Professor
Manouba, Tunisia
Websitehttps://linkedin.com/in/hassen-gharbi-03a08b22/
I am an Assistant-Professor in Computer Sciences at ENSI, University of Manouba Tunisia. I was a Fulbright visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA in 2014-15 and a Postdoctoral Associate Researcher at Northeastern University, Boston, USA in 2015-16.
I am also an elected member at the Municipality Council of Manouba city Tunisia and the Head of the Participatory Democracy and Open Gov commission.
I am interested on Blockchain technology and AI applied to Industry 4.0, Participatory Democracy, E-governance, and Civic engagement.
Wednesday, June 12
 

3:45pm BST

The Future of Human Rights in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Carthage 1 (Laico) International Protocol for Open Source Investigations Amilcar (Laico) Votek: e-Governance solution for participatory democracy Leptis (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Multistakeholder Models of Content Moderation: A global perspective Carthage 2 (Laico) 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) Combating Fake News: Exploring approaches for protecting the messenger and the message Caspian (Palais)
 
Thursday, June 13
 

9:00am BST

Do Moderators Dream of Electric Sheep? The potential for AI in regulating online content L'Escale (Laico)

10:30am BST

Data Trusts: Getting beyond the hype Biscay (Palais) Who said What to Whom? Disinformation and anonymous speech Leptis (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Defending Democracy from Foreign Interference in a Digital Age Caspian (Palais) Digital Identity for Refugees: Special considerations for protection and privacy Adean (Palais) Surveilling Dissent: Online spy mechanisms used by police against protestors L'Escale (Laico)

2:15pm BST

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

3:45pm BST

Harnessing Technology for the Public Good: Improving local government performance and accountability through new technologies El Jem (Laico)

5:15pm BST

AI 2050: Imagining AI trajectories in the Global South Elydhafa (Laico) How Small Countries Survive: A human rights dilemma with respect to asymmetrical disinformation war Jelsa (Laico)
 
Friday, June 14
 

9:00am BST

An Innovative Equation for Improved Local Governance: Behavioral sciences + digital tools = new meaningful civic spaces Leptis (Laico)