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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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Nada al-Farhan

The SecDev Foundation
Field Team Manger, SalamaTech
Ottawa, ON
Nada al-Farhan is the Field Team Manager at The SecDev Foundation's SalamaTech project, supporting digital safety efforts in Syria. Nada builds and empowers networks of non-profit beneficiaries, particularly supporting women, youth and civil society in the Middle East.

Wednesday, June 12
 

9:00am BST

Building the First Global Perceptions of Gender and Online Violence Leptis (Laico)

10:30am BST

Seeing through the rubble: using crowdsourcing, data and field work to investigate civilian deaths in Raqqa, Syria Village Stage (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Access No_! Voices from conflict zones Celtic (Palais)

2:15pm BST

Securing a Line of Connectivity in War-torn Yemen: Shutdowns, blocking, and action Oya 3 (Laico)
 
Thursday, June 13
 

9:00am BST

The Feminist Digisec Network and the Importance of a Feminist Digital Security Carthage 2 (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

Regional Lunch: MENA Laico Side Restaurant

5:15pm BST

Complicit or Neutral? Social media content moderation in conflict areas L'Escale (Laico)
 
Friday, June 14
 

9:00am BST

You're Not Just a Pretty Face: Biometric surveillance has moved beyond face recognition - how do we stop it? Hannibal (Laico)

10:30am BST

The Ghost in the Machine: Remedy for algorithmic discrimination Limes (Laico) Sanctions, Bank-DeRisking, and the Squeeze on Human Rights: What is to be done? Elydhafa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

The anatomy of tech-related Violence Against Women Cyrene (Laico) Tech Demos: New tools and tactics for better digital security Limes (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Fact-checking Content Made by Users in the Age of Social Media and the Amount of Fake News in It Limes (Laico)