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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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Lizzy Robinson

MAGENTA Consulting
Program Manager
Jordan

https://magentaconsulting.org

I use behavioral economics, psychology, and sociology to better understand why people make the decisions they do, and support them in making decisions that are better for themselves and their communities. I am a Program Manager and head the Afghanistan Portfolio for MAGENTA consulting, a social and behavioral change research and communications firm working across North and West Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Cloudy with a chance of cybernorms? Dougga (Laico)

10:30am BST

Defense Against the Dark Arts: Meme Campaigns and Propaganda Elydhafa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Let's Get Playin': A demo of SMEX's board game on online mobile safety Limes (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Help We Are Under Attack! A peek into the community of rapid responders Carthage 2 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Authoritarianism killed radio stars Biscay (Palais)

3:45pm BST

From Failure to Hockeystick Growth - Human Centered Design and Lean Start-Up to Scale Social Impact Celtic (Palais)

5:15pm BST

Combating Fake News: Exploring approaches for protecting the messenger and the message Caspian (Palais)

9:00am BST

Reverse-Engineering an RFP: Making Beneficiaries the Boss Dougga (Laico)

10:30am BST

Meet the Funders: An OTR Q&A with donors Carthage 1 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Collecting, bridging, and connecting for inclusion Village Stage (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Media Heroes: Safety matters – An interactive online and offline session on safety for Arabic speaking media makers in conflict areas Elydhafa (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Visual Investigations at the New York Times: Innovations in Truth Telling Adean (Palais)

3:45pm BST

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

5:15pm BST

Media Beyond Borders: Resilient content strategies for reaching audiences in closed societies Celtic (Palais) Tech Demos: Changing the Name of the Game – New Ways to Raise Awareness Caspian (Palais)

9:00am BST

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

10:30am BST

Disinformation and Our Deepest Beliefs: Are more radical measures needed? L'Escale (Laico)

12:00pm BST

The anatomy of tech-related Violence Against Women Cyrene (Laico) If I Can't Find It, It's Not the Law: Toward minimum standards for access to human rights law and information Carthage 2 (Laico)

1:00pm BST

Tech Demos: Getting direction with maps Limes (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Tackling Terrorist Use of the Internet: A roadmap to holistic and human rights compliant solutions L'Escale (Laico) Fact-checking Content Made by Users in the Age of Social Media and the Amount of Fake News in It Limes (Laico)