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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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Tin Geber

Hivos
Social Innovation Specialist

https://tin.fyi/about/

- algorithms, trust, ethics, and choice
- bots, trolls, echo chambers, and outrage tsunamis
- the twin-headed beast of populism and propaganda
- AI is "if" statements, machine learning is statistics, blockchain is a ledger
- the Dunning-Kruger Effect's effects on society

My Friends

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

6:30pm BST

RightsCon Opening Reception Palais des Congrès Terrace

9:00am BST

The big dataset in the sky: challenging geographies of discrimination Carthage 3 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Beyond the Hype: AI innovation and human rights in the telecoms sector Oya 1 (Laico) Seeing through the rubble: using crowdsourcing, data and field work to investigate civilian deaths in Raqqa, Syria Village Stage (Laico) Unlocking the Potential for Digital Technology to Enable Human Rights Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Future-Proofing Human Rights Documentation: Tools for Protecting Endangered Evidence Oya 1 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Are we seriously going to trade away our privacy like cars, rice, or bananas? Carthage 3 (Laico) Data Trust Models in the Digital Era: A public, private and people matter Celtic (Palais) Landmark: Philanthropy in the 21st Century The BeeHive (Palais)

3:45pm BST

"Data Driven" Foreign Aid and "Digital Development" Strategies: Are we disrupting disenfranchisement - or scaling It? L'Escale (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) If you keep suggesting blockchain, I swear to God I will f—ing scream Oya 1 (Laico)

9:00am BST

Technology in Conflict: Assessing platform companies’ human rights responsibility and accountability in high-risk settings El Jem (Laico)

10:30am BST

Rights and Ethics: When technology knows how you feel Hannibal (Laico) Data Trusts: Getting beyond the hype Biscay (Palais) Peacebuilding in the Age of Technology Oya 3 (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Balancing Data Protection and Access to Information: Internet RTBF case Utique (Laico) Digital Identity for Refugees: Special considerations for protection and privacy Adean (Palais)

3:45pm BST

Enhancing Human Rights Due Diligence with Futures Methodology Carthage 2 (Laico) Putting Human-Rights based Cybersecurity Strategies into Practice: A focus on Africa Elydhafa (Laico) Mapping safety and security challenges between human rights defenders and funders Carthage 1 (Laico)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

9:00pm BST

Party in the Penthouse 13th Floor (Laico)

9:00am BST

Connected investigations: Building an adaptive ecosystem for human rights documentation Utique (Laico)

10:30am BST

It's time for a bill of data rights Oya 1 (Laico) Platforms, free speech, and pluralism: Is there a role to play for media authorities? Adean (Palais)

12:00pm BST

AI and Privacy: Challenges and ways forward in the Global South Hannibal (Laico) Building Resilience Through Dynamic Accountability with Your Key Stakeholders Oya 2 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)