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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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Zied Touzani

Dataperformers
Head of AI partnerships
Montréal and Tunis

https://dataperformers.com

Zied Touzani is the head of AI partnerships for Dataperformers, a Montreal based applied AI Company. He is a graduate in computer science and political science. With his professional experience in the ICT, financial and non-governmental organizations, Mr. Touzani has developed a cross-sectional knowledge of the issues and technological solutions that AI can solve. He is particularly attentive to the developments of the AI in an ethical framework. He was a United Nations Alliance Of Civilizations (UNAOC) fellow in 2018.

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

AI Explainability, Explained Adean (Palais)

10:30am BST

Global State of Data Protection Carthage 3 (Laico) Hey, That’s My Vote! The Emerging Science of Digital Election Observation L'Escale (Laico)

12:00pm BST

RightsCon Info Session: Where to start? Oya 2 (Laico) 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

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)

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) What(went)'sApp at the Brazilian elections? Oya 3 (Laico)

9:00am BST

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Keeping public sector algorithms accountable Carthage 1 (Laico)

10:30am BST

Data Trusts: Getting beyond the hype Biscay (Palais)

12:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: MENA Laico Side Restaurant

1:00pm BST

Regional Lunch: North America 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) Landmark: The Business of Privacy – How to Profit from Protecting Personal Data The BeeHive (Palais) Building Platforms That Open Governments and Their Watchdogs Elyssa (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Ethical AI Career Pathways: Preparing tomorrow’s leaders to innovate ethically Oya 2 (Laico)

7:00pm BST

Official RightsCon Party Laico Pool Deck

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)

2:15pm BST

Tech Policy, AI and Investment in the GCC: A path to digital development or digital dystopia? Carthage 3 (Laico)

4:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Closing Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)