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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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Liba Beyer

Human Rights Watch
Director Global Campaigns
New York, New York

I lead Human Rights Watch's digital advocacy campaigning and a host of other public engagement initiatives including a persuasion lab to move hearts and minds on human rights values, social media ad buy & ethics R&D for human rights, evaluating impact in communications and audience growth/brand lift.

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace

9:00am BST

Citizens or Users? Building the global resistance against platform monopolies Jelsa (Laico) Big Tech and the Future of Journalism: Reinventing news and information in the age of Google and Facebook Oya 2 (Laico) Creating Shared Global Workflows for Social Media Monitoring Utique (Laico)

10:30am BST

Machine Learning 101 for Human Rights Activists: Everything you wanted to know about machine learning but were afraid to ask Hannibal (Laico) Defense Against the Dark Arts: Meme Campaigns and Propaganda Elydhafa (Laico) From Call to Action: Visions for a Contract for the Web Carthage 2 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Women’s right to artistic freedom of expression in the digital age Jelsa (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Landmark: Philanthropy in the 21st Century The BeeHive (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Engaging Citizens at Scale in Restrictive Environments Village Stage (Laico) From Failure to Hockeystick Growth - Human Centered Design and Lean Start-Up to Scale Social Impact Celtic (Palais)

5:15pm BST

If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico) Media Loves Tech - Digital solutions for viable journalism in Tunisia Adean (Palais)

9:00pm BST

Mawjoudin and Access Now Diversity Party Bridge Bar (Laico)

9:00am BST

Feeding Trolls in the Marketplace of Ideas Biscay (Palais) How you can start using data analytics to grow your organizations impact and resources...tomorrow! Adean (Palais)

10:30am BST

Know Thy Enemy: Narrative framing, storytelling, and tech in the disinformation age Oya 2 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Global Citizen Laico Buffet Restaurant

1:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: North America Laico Buffet Restaurant The Network of Centers (NoC) Human Libraries: Meet NoC Women Carthage 1 (Laico) #KeepItOn Press Briefing: 2018 trends and ongoing challenges in the fight against internet shutdowns Caspian (Palais)

2:15pm BST

It’s the business model, stupid! Targeted advertising and human rights Utique (Laico) Building Platforms That Open Governments and Their Watchdogs Elyssa (Laico) Visual Investigations at the New York Times: Innovations in Truth Telling Adean (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Ethical AI Career Pathways: Preparing tomorrow’s leaders to innovate ethically Oya 2 (Laico) Data-Dialogue-Decisions: Creating alternative civic spaces for youth Oya 1 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Media Beyond Borders: Resilient content strategies for reaching audiences in closed societies Celtic (Palais) Old Crisis, Novel Means: Applying new tools to encourage company action in support of civic freedoms and human rights defenders Limes (Laico) Tech Demos: Changing the Name of the Game – New Ways to Raise Awareness Caspian (Palais) A Private Matter: Chat apps and journalism Carthage 3 (Laico)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm BST

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)

9:00am BST

Where will your values take AI? Co-designing a Moral Labyrinth (and taking one home!) Elyssa (Laico) Testing New Methods for Social Media Monitoring by Civic Groups in Elections Amilcar (Laico) Values-based Organizations: How can stories help us to create organizational values collectively and make them workable? Caspian (Palais) The Dangers of Consuming Content (and other framing mistakes) Jelsa (Laico) Broadcasting Peace During War: Yemeni community radios Oya 2 (Laico) Decolonization of the Web as a Means Towards an Effective Journalism Biscay (Palais)

10:30am BST

“Smart” Cities in the Global South: Should "smart" people trust them? Utique (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) Disinformation and Our Deepest Beliefs: Are more radical measures needed? L'Escale (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Building Resilience Through Dynamic Accountability with Your Key Stakeholders Oya 2 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

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

2:15pm BST

Social Media, Mis/Disinformation, and Human Rights: Messages from Nations' Elections Biscay (Palais)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)