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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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Rania Tabbel

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Improving Cooperation to Advance Human Rights Online Amilcar (Laico)

10:30am BST

Unlocking the Potential for Digital Technology to Enable Human Rights Adean (Palais)

1:00pm BST

North Koreans Need Real Information Village Stage (Laico)

2:15pm BST

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

3:45pm BST

International Protocol for Open Source Investigations Amilcar (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)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)

7:30am BST

Yoga Laico Pool Deck

9:00am BST

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Keeping public sector algorithms accountable Carthage 1 (Laico) Lightning Talks: What's in a name? Tracking terror and digital threats The BeeHive (Palais)

10:30am BST

Rights and Ethics: When technology knows how you feel Hannibal (Laico) Defending Encryption: Lessons from the Australian frontline Village Stage (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Latin America Laico Lower Community Village

1:00pm BST

Intersection of technology, internet, and sexuality across gender and minority rights in Uganda Leptis (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Solving the problem of vicarious trauma in open source investigations Hannibal (Laico) It Always Feels like Somebody's Watching You: The impact of U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance on journalists Village Stage (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Europe's Whistleblower Directive: Building an international consensus around public interest disclosure Cyrene (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Between the Silicon Valley-China Spectrum: Towards a democratic regulation to promote a free and open Internet Amilcar (Laico) Old Crisis, Novel Means: Applying new tools to encourage company action in support of civic freedoms and human rights defenders Limes (Laico)

7:30am BST

Yoga Laico Pool Deck

9:00am BST

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

10:30am BST

Is Russian intelligence that intelligent? How to resist state-sponsored hacking Village Stage (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Antitrust, consumer protection, and the digital economy Elyssa (Laico) Tech Demos: New tools and tactics for better digital security Limes (Laico)

1:00pm BST

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

2:15pm BST

SWOTing the Christchuch Call Carthage 1 (Laico) Social Media, Mis/Disinformation, and Human Rights: Messages from Nations' Elections Biscay (Palais)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)