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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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Sue Anne Teo

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Senior Programme Officer
Lund, Sweden

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

AI Explainability, Explained Adean (Palais) Let's See the Evidence! Algorithmic decisions in real life - where and how are they used? El Jem (Laico) Responding to Mass Atrocities in the Digital Age: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Myanmar Hannibal (Laico) Smart Cities: Their future or yours? Carthage 1 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Beyond the Hype: AI innovation and human rights in the telecoms sector Oya 1 (Laico) Machine Learning 101 for Human Rights Activists: Everything you wanted to know about machine learning but were afraid to ask Hannibal (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Lightning Talks: Exploring the complex world of artificial intelligence The BeeHive (Palais)

1:00pm BST

AI for Justice: Opportunities and limitations to analyzing today's human rights data troves Cyrene (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Internet Regulation - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: A model for regulatory effectiveness Oya 1 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

The Future of Human Rights in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence Carthage 1 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Using Machine Learning for Human Rights Carthage 1 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Do Moderators Dream of Electric Sheep? The potential for AI in regulating online content L'Escale (Laico) With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Keeping public sector algorithms accountable Carthage 1 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones? Regulation and governance of facial recognition technology Oya 1 (Laico) Rights and Ethics: When technology knows how you feel Hannibal (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: Global Citizen Laico Buffet Restaurant

2:15pm BST

Artificial Benevolence: Updating informed consent in the age of AI Celtic (Palais) Before the ship sails on AI governance, let's talk about trade Cyrene (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Enhancing Human Rights Due Diligence with Futures Methodology Carthage 2 (Laico) Ethical AI Career Pathways: Preparing tomorrow’s leaders to innovate ethically Oya 2 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

AI 2050: Imagining AI trajectories in the Global South Elydhafa (Laico)

9:00am BST

Where will your values take AI? Co-designing a Moral Labyrinth (and taking one home!) Elyssa (Laico)

10:30am BST

It's time for a bill of data rights Oya 1 (Laico) The Ghost in the Machine: Remedy for algorithmic discrimination Limes (Laico)

12:00pm BST

AI and Privacy: Challenges and ways forward in the Global South Hannibal (Laico)