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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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Stephen Steim

New Media Advocacy Project
Executive Director
Greater New York City Area

NMAP works with human rights defenders and civil society organizations to create documentaries, animations, and emerging media that strengthen human rights advocacy and legal empowerment around the world. Let's talk about using media in your work, strategic framing, emerging media's role in human rights, and comedy podcasts (that last one is personal). We're doing a lot of work on extractives globally, defamation campaigns against HRDs in the former Soviet Union, transitional justice in Guatemala, and anti death penalty work in Pakistan.

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5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

Smart Cities: Their future or yours? Carthage 1 (Laico) Lightning Talks: Understanding and combating misinformation The BeeHive (Palais)

10:30am BST

Change the Terms: Approaches for addressing a new era of hate online Carthage 1 (Laico) 2018 Human Rights Heroes Awards The BeeHive (Palais) Defense Against the Dark Arts: Meme Campaigns and Propaganda Elydhafa (Laico)

12:00pm BST

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

1:00pm BST

False Resistance Leaders: The People Who Decry Trump While Promoting Authoritarianism L'Escale (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Future Proof: Imagining a tech positive future Hannibal (Laico) Landmark: Philanthropy in the 21st Century The BeeHive (Palais)

3:45pm BST

A Warrant for Your DNA: What the Golden State Killer, Police, and Genetic Testing Services Share in Common Oya 1 (Laico) Prepare Don't Panic: Strategize a human rights-based response to deepfake technologies, synthetic media, and increasing volumes of visual misinformation Elydhafa (Laico)

6:45pm BST

RightsCon Movie Night Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Delegated Repression: How do the Russian state forces private actors to censor and to surveil? Oya 1 (Laico) How you can start using data analytics to grow your organizations impact and resources...tomorrow! Adean (Palais) Reverse-Engineering an RFP: Making Beneficiaries the Boss Dougga (Laico)

10:30am BST

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

1:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Eastern Europe/Central Asia Laico Lower Community Village

2:15pm BST

It’s the business model, stupid! Targeted advertising and human rights Utique (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)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm BST

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)

9:00am BST

Values-based Organizations: How can stories help us to create organizational values collectively and make them workable? Caspian (Palais) Let's talk about local capacity, how to build, not kill Elydhafa (Laico)

10:30am BST

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

1:00pm BST

Emojis and human rights Carthage 3 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)