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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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RightsCon is brought to you by Access Now.

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Joseph Naim

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace

9:00am BST

Millimeter Waves, Small Cells, Beamforming, Oh My! Anticipating and addressing human rights impacts in a 5G environment Carthage 2 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Solve My Problem: Indigenous Data Sovereignty El Jem (Laico)

12:00pm BST

BLACKED OUT: A documentary about the longest internet shutdown ever recorded.." Leptis (Laico)

1:00pm BST

North Koreans Need Real Information Village Stage (Laico)

2:15pm BST

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

Lookie Here: The good, the bad, and the ugly of location services Cyrene (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Tumblr, Porn, Sex Work and Queer Lives on a Healthy Internet: What happens when a platform decides to kill communities? L'Escale (Laico) Free Speech Or Hate Speech: Should Online Due Diligence Change? Celtic (Palais) If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00pm BST

Mawjoudin and Access Now Diversity Party Bridge Bar (Laico)

9:00am BST

Granny & the Robots: Sex, violence and care - Why human rights matter Jelsa (Laico)

10:30am BST

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones? Regulation and governance of facial recognition technology Oya 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Balancing Data Protection and Access to Information: Internet RTBF case Utique (Laico) Surveilling Dissent: Online spy mechanisms used by police against protestors L'Escale (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Asia Palais Cafe / Dining Tent

2:15pm BST

How to build civil society cross-expertise in response to disinformation Carthage 1 (Laico) Visual Investigations at the New York Times: Innovations in Truth Telling Adean (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Elections and Public Discourse in Africa: Do social media platforms level the playing field? Oya 3 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Lightning Talks: Fighting censorship, surveillance, and disinformation around the Globe The BeeHive (Palais) Datafied Refuge: Navigating new digital borders for refugees in the city Carthage 1 (Laico)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm BST

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)

9:00am BST

Landmark: Tracked - Pitfalls and Promises of Digital Identification Systems The BeeHive (Palais)

10:30am BST

Solve My Problem: Indigenous Data Sovereignty El Jem (Laico)

12:00pm BST

AI and Privacy: Challenges and ways forward in the Global South Hannibal (Laico)

1:00pm BST

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

2:15pm BST

Addressing Hate Speech Online: Recipes for a rights-based approach Celtic (Palais) Tackling Terrorist Use of the Internet: A roadmap to holistic and human rights compliant solutions L'Escale (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)