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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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Jamila Venturini

Derechos Digitales
Executive Director
São Paulo, Brazil
Websitehttps://derechosdigitales.org
Jamila Venturini es co-directora ejecutiva de Derechos Digitales. Su trabajo ha estado relacionado con los impactos de las tecnologías en la libertad de expresión, privacidad y protección de datos, especialmente su interacción con el ejercicio de otros derechos fundamentales. Es periodista por la Universidad de São Paulo y magíster en Ciencias Sociales con Orientación en Educación por FLACSO Argentina. Autora de los libros “Terms of Service & Human Rights: an analysis of online platform contracts” y “Recursos Educacionais Abertos no Brasil”, es también miembro de la Red Latinoamericana de Estudios en Vigilancia, Tecnología y Sociedad (Lavits).
Wednesday, June 12
 

9:00am BST

The big dataset in the sky: challenging geographies of discrimination Carthage 3 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Making Regulatory Waves: A discussion on the need for collaborative spectrum management policy development Oya 2 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Pegasus Spyware Threatens Press Freedom, From Mexico to Saudi Arabia Biscay (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Government Hacking: Corporate Resistance or Assistance? Utique (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Getting a Handle on Facial Recognition Tech Elyssa (Laico)

5:15pm BST

What(went)'sApp at the Brazilian elections? Oya 3 (Laico)
 
Thursday, June 13
 

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Latin America Laico Lower Community Village

2:15pm BST

Crossing the Border in the Cloud: A Latin American perspective on lawful access laws Amilcar (Laico) How to build civil society cross-expertise in response to disinformation Carthage 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

Between the Silicon Valley-China Spectrum: Towards a democratic regulation to promote a free and open Internet Amilcar (Laico)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm BST

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)
 
Friday, June 14
 

9:00am BST

Freedom to Hack: Addressing legal threats to the computer security community Dougga (Laico) Landmark: Tracked - Pitfalls and Promises of Digital Identification Systems The BeeHive (Palais) You're Not Just a Pretty Face: Biometric surveillance has moved beyond face recognition - how do we stop it? Hannibal (Laico) Community Networks: Cooperation, regulation, and action Carthage 3 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Countering hate, preserving free expression Caspian (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Tunis +13¾: From the Tunis Agenda to RightsCon Tunis, it’s been a lifetime of internet governance Caspian (Palais)

1:00pm BST

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

2:15pm BST

Where There Is Burnout There Is No Innovation: Managing stressors for a better physical and mental health Adean (Palais) Widening the Spectrum: How can radio spectrum regulation advance community networks Carthage 2 (Laico)
 

My Moderators Sessions

Thursday, June 13
 

5:15pm BST

Between the Silicon Valley-China Spectrum: Towards a democratic regulation to promote a free and open Internet Amilcar (Laico)