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Artificial Intelligence
Discrimination in an automated society: contributions from Latin America Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Feminist AI: regional snapshots and systems change Panel
Host: <A+> Alliance | [email protected] | Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC) | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA) | Chulalongkorn University
African women in AI governance Community Lab
Host: Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Queering AI: a queer theory for Artificial Intelligence Community Lab
Host: Queer in AI
AI/ADM systems in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region public sector: what can go(went) wrong regarding citizens rights? Panel
Host: Moje Państwo Foundation
AI in digital health: would it confront the foundations of the Brazilian universal health system? Lightning Talk
Host: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz)
Enhancing capacity in the Global South to lead global debates on AI governance Workshop
Host: Data for Development Global Research Hub (D4D.net) | Research ICT Africa | UNESCO
Justice and decentralization: fighting for a future of many internets Panel
Host: Fight for the Future
Algorithmic greenlining: the case for race aware algorithms Workshop
Host: The Greenlining Institute
This machine is black: hyper (in)visibility of blackness Lightning Talk
Host: Identity 2.0
The almighty smiter: secret civil algorithms and the vulnerable who pay the price Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Launch: driving corporate action towards responsible and ethical Artificial Intelligence Panel
Host: World Benchmarking Alliance | Fidelity International (FIL) | Boston Common Asset Management | AARP
Regulating AI in Africa: considerations for the present and future AI ecosystem Workshop
Host: University of Strathmore, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT)
Is AI holding up a broken mirror? South West Asian/North African (SWANA) and the fragmentation of AI ambitions Panel
Host: Independent
A roadmap for civil society participation in AI standard-setting Workshop
Host: Independent
Unbridled AI powered systems in governance: experiences, insights and shared confusions Community Lab
Host: Independent
Globalpolicy.AI: promoting the development and implementation of trustworthy AI Panel
Host: EUEuropean Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
How to urgently engage civil society to fight the harms of AI Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Can equality and efficiency coexist? Integrating fairness in non-regulated commercial algorithms Community Lab
Host: Amsterdam Data Collective
Power to the people: participatory data stewardship in practice Community Lab
Host: Ada Lovelace Institute
Assessing bias in deep learning artifacts without technical skills Workshop
Host: Fundación Via Libre | Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
The digitization of social welfare: a systematic threat to human rights Lightning Talk
Host: Amnesty International (Amnesty Tech)
Beyond the blackbox: tackling AI’s ethics problem through explainability Community Lab
Host: The xplAIner Collective
Don’t forget machines are also physical: the material impacts of AI on sustainable development Community Lab
Host: Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN)
From data to AI: digital transformation competency framework for the public sector Private Meeting
Host: UNESCO | Open Knowledge Foundation
Introducing the African Observatory on Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AORAI) website Community Lab
Host: Research ICT Africa | OpenUp| Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) | International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Regulating AI: is it possible effectively? And how? Panel
Host: Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI)
Algorithmic impact assessments
Host: Data & Society
Expansion of human rights disclosure requirements for AI vendors Workshop
Host: Access Now
Acting local: the responsible use and design of Artificial Intelligence governance at the subnational level Lightning Talk
Host: New York University, The Governance Lab (The GovLab)
An ethical and equitable AI tech future is possible Lightning Talk
Host: Women in AI Ethics
Public privates: how to find love without losing your heart or your identity Lightning Talk
Host: Public Privates
AI and human rights Private Meeting
Host: Google
Business, Labor, and Trade
Who’s responsible here?! Mapping relationships and responsibility across the digital technology ecosystem Community Lab
Host: Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) | Global Network Initiative | BSR
If Pegasus can hack Jeff Bezos’s phone, is there anywhere to hide? Community Lab
Host: The Ethical Technologists Society
The Digital Markets Act’s (DMA) “tropicalization”: bringing up the debate on digital platform regulations for Latin America Panel
Host: Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (IDEC)
Audits, assessments, reviews…oh my! Workshopping emerging accountability and transparency mechanisms for tech companies Community Lab
Host: Mnemonic
A discussion with Meta on building meaningful transparency reporting Community Lab
Host: Meta
Protecting defenders online by changing the law: human rights due diligence for social media companies Community Lab
Host: Front Line Defenders | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) | Access Now | ProtectDefenders.eu
How can human rights defenders use beneficial ownership information to hold corporations to account? Community Lab
Host: Open Ownership
The visible hand: lessons from investor action on human rights Workshop
Host: Ranking Digital Rights | Investor Alliance for Human Rights (IAHR)
Leveraging tech for people’s rights Workshop
Host: Oxfam International | International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) | Project on Organization, Development, Education and Research (PODER)
Uyghur forced labor checker: behind the scenes Tech Demo
Host: Human Rights Foundation (HRF)
Should i stay or should I go? A human rights led approach Panel
Host: Article One Advisors
What next for worker rights: lessons from the data frontier Community Lab
Host: International Labour Organization (ILO) | IT for Change | The WhyNot Lab
Creating digital responsibility in the tech sector: challenges and opportunities of the right to repair Panel
Host: European Parliament, Greens/EFA
Mirror, mirror: tech and human rights due diligence guidance at the United Nations Community Lab
Host: United Nations, Executive Office of the Secretary-General | Access Now | United Nations Office of the Envoy on Technology | United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | European Union | Government of South Korea
Creating rights-respecting tech companies: private capital in the driver’s seat Private Meeting
Host: BSR | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) | Empower | VentureESG
Transparency reporting in 2022 Workshop
Host: National Democratic Institute (NDI) | Facebook Oversight Board | New America, Open Technology Institute (OTI)
Holding corporations accountable through the shareholder resolution process Workshop
Host: Tibet Action Institute
Human rights due diligence in the context of export controls Workshop
Host: Cisco
Investing in digital rights in Asian tech? A conversation with investors, advocates, and startups Panel
Host: Access Now
Strategies to organise platform workers: reflections from the ground Panel
Host: Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India
Not your usual suspects: identifying the broad risk of surveillance tech in your investment portfolio Community Lab
Host: Heartland Initiative | Access Now | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC)
Beyond content moderation: ensuring transparency measures address global challenges Community Lab
Host: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) | Global Platform Governance Network
Environmental, Social, and Governance and Business and Human Rights: opportunities and challenges for the digital rights movement Lightning Talk
Host: Verizon
Cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies, and democratic implications Panel
Host: Atlantic Council, Digital Forensic Research Lab
Overcoming barriers to decent work through social innovation: the Natakallam story Panel
Host: NaTakallam
The 6th RightsCon General Counsels Meeting Private Meeting
Host: Access Now
Civil Society Resistance and Resilience
Building a global digital authoritarianism index Workshop
Host: Concordia University, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS)
Movements shaping digital policies Panel
Host: One More Percent | Solidarity Uganda | Social Justice Centres of East Africa
Cybersecurity in the Mekong region Panel
Host: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)| Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
European digital rights (EDRi) social hour
Host: European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Defending digital rights in Central Asia Panel
Host: ARTICLE 19
Earth defenders toolkit: a collaborative space for earth defender communities and their allies Community Lab
Host: Digital Democracy (DD)
Digital colonial structures of civil society Community Lab
Host: Indigenous Friends Association | Technology Helps | Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU | East-West Management Institute, Open Development Initiative (ODI) | Philab
Climate justice and the knowledge commons: opportunities and challenges for the digital rights space Panel
Host: Open Environmental Data Project | Appropedia | Open Climate
Fake news, censorship, and encryption Panel
Host: Human Rights Foundation (HRF)
Building a digital rights initiative in the Caribbean
Host: Wikimedia Foundation (Caribbean) | JAAKLAC initiative | AfroCrowd | Access Now
Building resources for digital rights advocacy and research: exploring the digital constitutionalism database Community Lab
Host: Digital Constitutionalism Network (DCN) | Georgia Institute of Technology
Using the power of technology to resist the war on drugs Panel
Host: International Drug Policy Consortium
Who writes the rules? Centreing the excluded majority in tech policy Panel
Host: alaàṣẹ – Black feminist internet lab | Digital Action
Cyber attack and psychological impact on dissidents Lightning Talk
Host: Red Line for Gulf
Mapping the climate of fear: building a community-based model to document artistic self-censorship Community Lab
Host: PEN America, Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
Tactical mapping: a digital tool to advance human rights Tech Demo
Host: Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), New Tactics in Human Rights Program
Strengthening collaborations to defend democracy in the digital age
Host: National Democratic Institute (NDI) | Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) | Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) | Open Internet for Democracy Initiative
Digital attacks and surveillance in contexts of democratic backsliding Panel
Host: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Encrypted cyber space for serving and linking community members for csos in China Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Activating online networks for sustainable democracy: using the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) Inclusive Digital Advocacy Toolkit Community Lab
Host: International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
The Cascade Effect of Building Women Leaders Community Lab
Host: Change.org Foundation
Video for change: how to use film storytelling in creating social impact? Workshop
Host: EngageMedia
Futuristic practices of abortion care: diverse, dignified, digital spaces for informed and accompanied abortions Panel
Host: International Network for the Reduction of Abortion Discrimination and Stigma (inroads)
Africa social hour
Host: Access Now
Are users the secret weapon to fix social media platforms? Panel
Host: Facebook Users Union
Tech for democracy: Progress and prospects for the year of action Panel
Host: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Pham Doan Trang’s Vietnam Lightning Talk
Host: Access Now
#moroccotech: how rural women are leading community organizing through digital interfaces in Morocco Lightning Talk
Host: Douar Tech
Digital protest from the Global South: from cartographies to networks of resistance Workshop
Host: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) | Fundación Karisma | ARTICLE 19 (Mexico and Central America) | Testigo en Línea Chile
Digital vigilantism dilemma: a counter-instrument against digital autocracies or a challenge to legal regulation Panel
Host: Access Now
Out of the spreadsheet, into the street: liberating data to build community Lightning Talk
Host: Social Justice Centres Working Group | Data4Change
Thailand: digital authoritarianism rising Panel
Host: ARTICLE 19 | Access Now
Organizing a global rights advocacy campaign: lessons from global language advocacy day 2022 Lightning Talk
Host: Global Coalition for Language Rights
Asia Pacific civil society digital rights forum
Host: Access Now
Organizing to resist: impact of shrinking civic space on feminist organizing online Private Meeting
Host: Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
Fresh, feminist voices are leading pakistan’s women rights movements and changing the narrative Lightning Talk
Host: Media Matters for Democracy
Tunisia post-July 25: shaky ground for rights Panel
Host: Independent
GIF data a chance Workshop
Host: Data4Change
Encryption advocacy surgery: tools and strategies for success Workshop
Host: Internet Society (ISOC) | AccessNow | Institute for Research on Internet & Society (IRIS)
Interlinking a digital safety net for rural communities Community Lab
Host: Access Now
Can digital film festivals fight against digital exclusion? Reflections from the Quibdo Africa Film festival Panel
Host: New York University, Tisch School of the Arts | Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Quibdo Film Festival
Defending digital rights from the margins
Host: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) | Internews
Digital repression and civic space: emerging new voices Panel
Host: Data Privacy Brasil Research Association | Conectas Human Rights
Foreign agent law as a tool of repression: from Eastern Europe to Latin America Panel
Host: Access Now
Turning digital rights litigation into a story to tell Workshop
Host: Access Now
The internet in critical moments of transition: Tunisia, Sudan, and beyond Panel
Host: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
Cyborgfeminista Community Lab
Host: Tecnología y Comunidad (TEDIC)
Unpacking the State of Digital Safety and Internet Freedom in the Asia-Pacific Panel
Host: EngageMedia | Oxen Privacy Tech Foundation (OPTF)
Content Governance
Free the content creator: copyright imbalances in the culture digital economy. Panel
Host: Datysoc | Fundación Vía Libre| Freemuse
Shame on you: the dangers of health stigma and how online spaces exacerbate it Lightning Talk
Host: Meedan
Getting it right: tackling misinformation with authenticity and provenance infrastructure that works for all Community Lab
Host: WITNESS
Why disinformation matters: the real-world impact on human rights defenders Panel
Host: The Syria Campaign (TSC)
Democratizing algorithms for news in fragile democracies Panel
Host: International Press Institute (IPI)
In the sights of the algorithm: censorship through content moderation in Venezuela Lightning Talk
Host: Instituto Prensa y Sociedad Venezuela (IPYS) Venezuela | RedesAyuda
Empowering community content moderation Panel
Host: GitHub
Tracking exposed: a tool for TiTtok algorithmic audits and shadow-ban detection Tech Demo
Host: Tracking Exposed
Protection or paranoia? content moderation and its impact on fundamental rights in Africa. Panel
Host: Paradigm Initiative
Trending in Africa: Twitter’s trends feature empowers bad-faith actors across Africa Panel
Host: Digital Africa Research Lab
Challenging tech gatekeepers and information asymmetries: what’s ahead for rights-based digital SRH content Private Meeting
Host: Women on Web | Women First Digital
Do early-stage startups have policy rules? a workshop for startups and the Santa Clara Principles Workshop
Host: Patio
Apple censorship: what and how many apps have disappeared from Apple’s app store? Tech Demo
Host: GreatFire.org
Combating misinformation in Libya: methodologies and challenges involved Panel
Host: Annir
Content moderation: to keep or to delete? Is never a simple question Community Lab
Host: Digital Rights Explored | Media and Information Literacy Expert Network (MILEN) | Deutsche Welle Akademie
Regulation for the few or many? Panel
Host: TikTok
Misinformation challenges and solutions: how the veterans community works together for a better union Community Lab
Host: We The Veterans
Would you take the case? Become the Oversight Board Community Lab
Host: Facebook Oversight Board
Censorship of the facial difference community Lightning Talk
Host: Face Equality International
Just Joking! Deepfakes, Satire, and the Politics of Synthetic Media Panel
Host: WITNESS | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Open Documentary Lab
Easy but dangerous: why focusing on the public health misinformation that makes headlines will fail Workshop
Host: Meedan
Platform content moderation in the Arab world Panel
Host: SMEX
Does anyone care? The deteriorating situation for Iranian content on Instagram Panel
Host: ARTICLE19
A collaborative approach to content moderation: what can be learned from 7amleh and Meta’s relationship Panel
Host: 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
Content moderation has a language problem Community Lab
Host: Mnemonic
Big tech companies’ censorships on sexual expressions Panel
Host: Open Net Korea
Making content moderation work for women human rights defenders Private Meeting
Host: DanChurchAid | Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Content moderation in the Global South: a rock and hard place Panel
Host: Digital Rights Foundation
YouChoose.ai: break free from YouTube’s algorithm monopoly with adversarial interoperability Tech Demo
Host: Youchoose.AI
Dismantling online power structures and reclaiming the power to moderate our content online Panel
Host: Justitia | Future of Free Speech Project
Inclusivity and expertise in content policy development: identifying the ‘stakeholder’ in stakeholder engagement Panel
Host: Meta
Cross-border disinformation: impacts and ways to tackle Panel
Host: Meedan
RadiTube: a search engine to identify and counter radical YouTube communities Tech Demo
Host: Human Rights First
Fighting disinformation in Persian Wikipedia: the good, the bad, the AI Tech Demo
Host: Wikimedia Foundation
Using Wikipedia to advance human rights and democracy, using constructive conflict to create quality articles Workshop
Host: Wikimedia Foundation (Argentina)
SAIFE: Spotlight on AI and Freedom of Expression? What’s next for policymakers? Community Lab
Host: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Moderate when it’s needed, not when it’s profitable: planting guideposts for content moderation equity Workshop
Host: Ranking Digital Rights
No “right” approach, but many effective ones: moderation approaches for online information about political processes Workshop
Host: Wikimedia Foundation | Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE) | Wikimedia Foundation (Chile)
From genocide to crimes against humanity: Facebook in Ethiopia and Myanmar Panel
Host: Next Billion Network
The Digital Services Act: what comes next for the European Union and the rest of the world? Community Lab
Host: Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
The road to a content governance (co)regulation in Latin America Private Meeting
Host: The Inter-American Dialogue
May the force be with you: MENA civil society organization network building to combat information manipulation
Host: Access Now | National Democratic Institute (NDI) | Democracy Reporting International (DRI) | Konrad Adenauer Stiftung | Porticus
Multistakeholder collaboration on terrorism and violent extremist content (TVEC) content governance: how can working together work? Community Lab
Host: Christchurch Call Advisory Network
Onlybans: fighting puritan censorship online Community Lab
Host: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Moving beyond prevalence: measuring human rights abuses on major platforms Community Lab
Host: University of California, Berkeley, Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | Meta | Google | Twitter
Going beyond content moderation to tackle disinformation Community Lab
Host: Office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
Social media platform accountability: LGBTQ edition Lightning Talk
Host: GLAAD
Rights-friendly content regulation in Asia-Pacific (APAC) Panel
Host: Google
Data Protection
Harnessing data protection to encourage inclusive development: a study of Africa’s female smallholder farmers Community Lab
Host: University of Ottawa, Open African Innovation Research Group
data privacy and protection bill: key messages for advocacy and awareness Lightning Talk
Host: Koneta Hub
What about online payment architecture and Big Techs? data protection and competition Panel
Host: Derechos Digitales | Coding Rights
The state of personal data protection in Africa: a comparative approach Community Lab
Host: Independent
Privacy and data protection: their roots and links to other human rights Lightning Talk
Host: Global Privacy Assembly
What can my health data do for me? Unpacking the value of our health data Community Lab
Host: Western University
Getting with the program: reviewing African data protection frameworks and where we’re headed Panel
Host: Access Now | ARTICLE 19
Iran human rights barometer: visualising data using tableau Tech Demo
Host: United for Iran
Are states documenting attacks on human rights defenders? Analysing data from 2020 and 2021 Lightning Talk
Host: International Land Coalition | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) | World Resources Institute
Who defends your data LATAM and Spain? rating ISPs’ privacy practices to push for change Community Lab
Host: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Discovering and deploying digital public goods as tools for human rights Community Lab
Host: Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub
Power to the people: the fight for privacy on the web Panel
Host: The Tor Project
The Indigenous Navigator: monitoring Indigenous peoples rights around the globe Lightning Talk
Host: The Indigenous Navigator | Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) | International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
Using wise principles to build movements for indigenous data sovereignty in Asia Community Lab
Host: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) | East-West Management Institute, Open Development Initiative (ODI)
Putting the “good” in health data as a public good Panel
Host: Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Get up, stand up: building new data rights regimes in the greater Caribbean Panel
Host: Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda
Is it true that large datasets are necessary for AI? Lightning Talk
Host: Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)
Building on quicksand: Global North and South data inequality and the development of AI Panel
Host: Nordic Centre for Internet and Society | Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India | Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro (ITS Rio)
The experience of the first transfeminist dataton in Latin America Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Analyzing gender based violence data Workshop
Host: DataGénero
Where my data at? Developing resistance and resilience to data processing for feminists communities Workshop
Host: Independent
Opening up data to drive gender pay equity in the care economy Panel
Host: Open Data Charter | Buenos Aires City Government | Datalat
The future of empowering data stewardship Workshop
Host: Open Data Institute
From bodies of data to “databodies”: protecting our boundaries in a digital age Lightning Talk
Host: The Engine Room
Data collection vs. trust: another data privacy paradox Lightning Talk
Host: Lex Dincamica
Small consumers, big business: the problem of commercial exploitation of children online Workshop
Host: Data Privacy Brasil Research Association | Alana Institute
Unveiling how porn platforms abuse personal data with Tracking Exposed and GDPR Panel
Host: Tracking Exposed
Do the data privacy laws in the Arabic-speaking region actually work? Panel
Host: SMEX
Exploring consent in a world of dark patterns Panel
Host: Consumer Reports
Understanding the challenges data protection regulators face: a global struggle towards implementation, independence and enforcement Panel
Host: Internews
Health check: current trends digital healthcare and where it’s headed Panel
Host: Amnesty International
Opening the data of money: digital cash as digital sovereignty Lightning Talk
Host: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | Polylateral Association
Are best practices applicable to your project? Contextualising the Turing Way for the global community Community Lab
Host: The Turing Way | The Alan Turing Institute
How can the Global South protect itself From unchecked AI ethics and data protection? Panel
Host: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) | The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) | ASEAN Regional Coalition to #StopDigitalDictatorship
Digital Security for Communities
Digital security advanced threats from the frontlines: regional and local context and capacity Panel
Host: Internews | Digital Security Lab Ukraine | Co-Creation Hub Nigeria (CcHUB) | Derechos Digitales | EngageMedia
Digital security help desk: how it can save your a*s Panel
Host: Security Matters
Building bridges: digital security strategies for women and people of marginalized genders Workshop
Host: Point of View
Creation of values-based information management practices: learnings and failures Community Lab
Host: FRIDA – The Young Feminist Fund
Leafcutter: aggregated, threat analysis platform for digital security communities Community Lab
Host: Center for Digital Resilience
SOS: strengthening individualized support for online abuse Community Lab
Host: PEN America | Coalition Against Online Violence (CAOV) | Vita Activa | Access Now | Hollaback
Cybersecurity and data protection in schools and educational institutions Panel
Host: Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Upgrading cyber capacity building: beyond the recipient-donor trap Panel
Host: Chatham House
Tools in the toolbox: resources on how to keep yourself and your organization secure online Community Lab
Host: Cloudflare
Looking for traces of Pegasus on an iPhone with the mobile verification toolkit Tech Demo
Host: Amnesty International
Starting your digital security journey: understanding common cyber attacks and how to protect yourself online Workshop
Host: Yubico
Resilience laboratory: empathic practices for the digital body’s wellness Workshop
Host: Vita Activa
Real outreach for rapid response Private Meeting
Host: Greenhost | Digital Society of Africa (DSA)
How to include digital security in temporary relocation programs oriented at human rights defenders? Panel
Host: Digital Defenders Partnership | Calala Women Fund
Holistic approach to safety Panel
Host: Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)
Tool for the systematization of experiences in digital skill-building accompaniments Workshop
Host: Sursiendo
Strategic investing: coordinating funding efforts for open source privacy and security tools Private Meeting
Host: Internews
Easing security evaluation note taking, report generation and follow up: RAWRR, a multi-platform tool Tech Demo
Host: Conexo
Clouded or grounded? Which data management model better meets the needs of civil society organizations? Community Lab
Host: SecDev Foundation
Human rights documentation security challenges and solutions: let’s work on a comprehensive approach Workshop
Host: HURIDOCS
Bounty everything? Hackers, precarious labor and algorithmic accountability Panel
Host: Data & Society
Encrypted apps that leave no one behind Panel
Host: Global Focus
Confidential computing: the next frontier for data protection Tech Demo
Host: Enarx Project | Linux Foundation, Confidential Computing Consortium
From COVID-19 crisis to cyber pandemics: solutions to the rising of digital attacks in Africa Lightning Talk
Host: Digital Security Group
Level up: digital resilience amidst growing digital rights attacks in Africa Workshop
Host: Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Overstressed, overworked, and underpaid: the state of digital security helpers in Eastern Europe and Eurasia Panel
Host: Media Diversity Institute (MDI) Armenia
A culture of digital safety: helping small ngos/groups in MENA to sustainably improve their cybersecurity Community Lab
Host: SecDev Foundations
Protect clientele, data, and ourselves from hackers and haters Lightning Talk
Host: Rainbow Faith and Freedom
What’s next for LevelUp, a community-owned platform for global digital safety training resources? Community Lab
Host: Internews
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) you can touch: train better using this physical asymmetric lock Tech Demo
Host: Venezuela Inteligente
Creating effective organisational security policies for free using SOAP Tech Demo
Host: Independent
Protecting your privacy and earning rewards: using the Nym decentralised mixnet and running a node Tech Demo
Host: Nym Technologies
APT20 in an Asian civil society organization: incident response, analysis and best-practices Lightning Talk
Host: Open Culture Foundation (OCF) | Civil Society Cyber Shield (CSCS)
Futures, Fictions, and Frontiers
Digital technologies and artistic expression in East Africa: reflections from R.O.O.M Project Panel
Host: Hivos | Pollicy
Promoting better sharing of cultural heritage: a CC agenda for copyright reform Lightning Talk
Host: Creative Commons
Spoken word poetry as a tool for creative activism Workshop
Host: Word Smash Poetry Movement
Our rights in our hands: reimagining the future of rights in a digital age Workshop
Host: Barabar Design
Hopepunk and human rights: speculative fiction to imagine positive futures Panel
Host: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Language and Technology Lab
The Glass Room: creative, inclusive and pandemic-proof Community Lab
Host: Tactical Tech | The Glass Room
Ways out: finding freedom through science fiction Panel
Host: PEN America
Final frontier: is the universal declaration of human rights applicable in outer space? Community Lab
Host: University Canterbury Christ Church
When you can’t see your city (online): why you don’t want a country without Freedom of Panorama (FOP) Lightning Talk
Host: Wikimedia Foundation (Indonesia)
Tell me a story about the future: a fiction workshop to re-imagine tech Workshop
Host: Access Now
Day zero narratives: 2042: disruption and power dynamics Workshop
Host: Independent | Futures Space
Storytelling, art and digital imaginaries to expand our advocacy horizons
Host: Internews | IFEX
The power of art in mobilizing social movements Panel
Host: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)
Global Cyber Norms
The way we see cyber Panel
Host: Access Now | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
looks are deceiving: a new international cybercrime treaty Community Lab
Host: Microsoft
Cyber incident tracer #humanitarian: documenting cyberattacks on the humanitarian sector Tech Demo
Host: CyberPeace Institute
From tracking cyber incidents to tracking the harm they cause: building a cyberpeace watch Community Lab
Host: CyberPeace Institute
Shooting the messenger: the crackdown on encrypted messaging apps and the threat to news ecosystems Community Lab
Host: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
End-to-end encryption for messaging apps: important for whom, how and what’s its future? Panel
Host: University of Texas at Austin, Propaganda Lab
A door without locks: realities of encryption in action for young people Panel
Host: Youth Internet Governance Forum
incorporating gender perspectives into cybersecurity: co-creating a toolkit for policymakers Community Lab
Host: Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Information warfare: the French doctrine on influence cyber operations Panel
Host: French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Encryption saves lives: stories from the frontline with secure connect from Tutanota Lightning Talk
Host: Tutanota | Global Encryption Coalition
Lost under the carpet, modelling threats in Africa landscape Lightning Talk
Host: Co-Creation Hub Nigeria (CcHUB) | iHUB
Keep It Secure: Understanding the risks posed by the EU’s chat control plans Lightning Talk
Host: European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Brain trust strategy session on un cybercrime process Community Lab
Host: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | Access Now | Human Rights Watch
Surveillance isn’t safety: international policy trends in online safety Panel
Host: Digital Rights Watch
Back door not required! how encryption policy cripples digital rights in Africa Panel
Host: Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Global norms, local impacts: multi-stakeholder perspectives on the Budapest Convention and Second Protocol in Latin America Panel
Host: Derechos Digitales | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
In service of convergence: building a multidisciplinary community of cybernorms practitioners Community Lab
Host: Internet Governance Forum, Best Practice Forum on Cybersecurity
Let’s save encryption!
Host: Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee
Developing a democratic vision of digital society to combat the rise of digital authoritarianism Panel
Host: Stanford University, Global Digital Policy Incubator
Governance of end-to-end encrypted messengers: a human rights approach from Latin America Community Lab
Host: Law and Technology Research Institute of Recife (IP.rec)
Cyber Programme of Action (PoA): a new UN path for cyber stability Panel
Host: French Ministry of Foreign affairs
Cyber red lines Private Meeting
Host: Access Now
On an uneven keel: surveillance and right to privacy in India Workshop
Host: Access Now | The Dialogue
Governance and Elections
Open data for development right: how United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and GitHub built a digital nation dashboard Tech Demo
Host: GitHub | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Blockchain certificates: a tool for building anti-corruption systems with human rights, gender and feminist perspective. Community Lab
Host: Mexiro A.C | International Republican Institute (IRI)
Political buyout: how to detect and circumvent ’dark money’ in campaign finance Panel
Host: International Republican Institute (IRI)
Tech4Rights: intertwining the links between technology and human rights from an Inter-American perspective Panel
Host: Office of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Developing a tool to support national human rights institutions become digital rights watchdogs Community Lab
Host: Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR)
Sunlight in digital technology: tackling human rights and corruption risks in technology investments Panel
Host: Africa Freedom of Information Centre | Hivos | Tecnología y Comunidad (TEDIC)
Discover the tools that help source and manage Freedom of Information (FOI) data for impactful investigations and campaigns Tech Demo
Host: mySociety
IVerify: the power of coordination: national actors work together to mitigate threats to information integrity Community Lab
Host: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Boleta Transversal: who am i voting for? Tech Demo
Host: Transversal Think Tank
Impact of poor implementation of access to information legislation on human rights and governance Lightning Talk
Host: Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU)
Pacific governance: buenaventura, a territory full of opportunities Lightning Talk
Host: Movilizatorio | Fundación Corona
Throwing the internet into reverse? Panel
Host: ICANN | Global Partners Digital (GPD)
Cutting edge developments in human rights education Community Lab
Host: The Advocates for Human Rights
Learning from the engagement of human rights organizations and social movements in the internet governance Workshop
Host: ARTICLE 19 (Brazil and South America)
Rights over bytes: developing policy for a rights-based digital future Panel
Host: Liberal International
Why am i seeing this ad? Global perspectives on regulating online political campaigning Panel
Host: European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)
Building the international observatory on information and democracy Community Lab
Host: Forum on Information and Democracy
Disinformation trends in monitoring elections Panel
Host: Maharat Foundation
Unleash your un advocacy superpowers with uproar tools! Tech Demo
Host: Small Media Foundation
Putin’s electronic electoral meddling: which other unstable democracies will Russian voting interference engulf? Panel
Host: Independent
Promoting access of information, transparency within an anticorruption agency in Côte d’Ivoire: opportunities and pitfalls Community Lab
Host: International Republican Institute (IRI)
Virtual roundtable on digital human rights Private Meeting
Host: United Nations Office of the Envoy on Technology
Have your say: providing inputs for the global digital compact Community Lab
Host: United Nations Office of the Envoy on Technology | United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
South African local government elections: the past, present and future Tech Demo
Host: OpenUp
Digital Services Act Human Rights Alliance: private meeting on the alliance’s future strategy and work Private Meeting
Host: Access Now | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
The metaverse: just another gaming platform, or a game changer for elections? Panel
Host: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Datasets to combat corruption: the case to open up data for greater transparency Tech Demo
Host: Open Data Charter
Using access to information to promote transparency and accountability in electoral processes in Africa Panel
Host: Africa Freedom of Information Centre | Gambia Press Union (GPU)
When policymakers push back in defence of digital rights: lessons from Asia Pacific democracies Panel
Host: Access Now
How lawmakers in Southeast Asia can safeguard human rights while addressing online disinformation during elections Panel
Host: Wikimedia Foundation
The right to listen: where music meets democracy Community Lab
Host: Re-State Foundation
From protest to dialogue: encouraging citizen participation in lawmaking Lightning Talk
Host: Civis.Vote
Are “human rights” linked to ’good governance’? Bahrain and elections scheduled for December 2022 Lightning Talk
Host: Salam for Democracy and Human Rights
Multistakeholder input for the open ended working group Community Lab
Host: Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Netherlands
Human Rights-Centered Design
Path independent: forging new models of tech infrastructure through community participation Workshop
Host: Cornell University, Citizens and Technology Lab (CAT) | SITU Research
The web we want: taking action to stop deceptive designs and promote trusted design patterns Panel
Host: World Wide Web Foundation
Dismantling deceptive design: prototype testing and policy design workshop for developing trusted design patterns Community Lab
Host: Access Now | Simply Secure | World Wide Web Foundation | 3 x 3 Design | Tech Hive Advisory
Girls innovating technology to advance gender equality Panel
Host: Plan International
Laundry day: community informed alternatives to access washing Community Lab
Host: University of Cambridge, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy
Designing digital tools that work for young people’s health and rights Panel
Host: STOPAIDS | Restless Development | Young Experts: Tech 4 Health (YET4H) | Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) | Y+ Global | Digital Health and Rights Advisory Group | The Lancet & Financial Times Commission
Will behave for code: how ethical software licensing can combat human rights abuses by corporations Lightning Talk
Host: Corporate Accountability Lab | Organization for Ethical Source (OES)
Decolonizing co-design: Global South perspectives Panel
Host: Innovation for Change (I4C) Network
The design did it, not me: exposing persuasive User Experience (UX) design and gaining back agency Community Lab
Host: Tactical Tech | The Pranava Institute
Challenges and opportunities in planning an accessible digital communication campaign Lightning Talk
Host: Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC)
What’s your gender? A workshop on inclusive gender measurement and information architecture Workshop
Host: RIWI
People or impact? No need for a Hobson’s choice in civic tech design methodology Community Lab
Host: OpenUp
Design meet-up discussion: how “doing design” is colonial within humanitarian and human rights work Community Lab
Host: Simply Secure | Newcastle University | Northumbria University
Meet Co/Act: a do it yourself (DYI) approach to Human-centered design (HCD) Lightning Talk
Host: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Traditional knowledge(s) as ethical design principles for digital technology Lightning Talk
Host: Indigenous Friends Association
Situating safety: understanding how design impacts security Community Lab
Host: Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) | National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Building a better tomorrow: technology tools rooted in Indigenous values Panel
Host: Digital Democracy (DD) | Native Land Digital
Inclusive naming: from policy to practice Lightning Talk
Host: Cisco
The impact of new technologies on the persons with disabilities in South Korea Panel
Host: Human Asia
Nudging naughty or nice? Designing behavioral interventions for human rights actions Workshop
Host: Asia Foundation
Accessibility for teams in a hurry: creating inclusive content Lightning Talk
Host: ThinkShout
Users in residence: how platforms are deepening user research with activists Community Lab
Host: Google
Age assurance approaches for children’s data Panel
Host: Government of the United Kingdom, Information Commissioner's Office
A technologist code of ethics: influencing industry culture to advance digital democracy Panel
Host: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Sender unknown: exploring dark patterns in encrypted messaging Workshop
Host: Tech Policy Press
A User Experience (UX) clinic: how to improve digital tools with human rights-centered design principles
Host: Simply Secure | Internews | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | Access Now
Internet Access, Education, and Inclusion
Sexuality and censorship: safe digital spaces for young people in the MENA region Panel
Host: RNW Media | Oxfam International (Novib)
A right to internet access in education: building sustainable futures for learners Lightning Talk
Host: Centre for Human Rights (CFHR)
Should web content monetization be allowed for Indigenous languages? Lightning Talk
Host: O Foundation (OFDN)
Addressing inequity and injustice: challenges and possibilities for teaching and learning online in diverse contexts Panel
Host: The Open University (OU)
Exercise (y)our rights: a community-based approach to digital rights awareness and skills-building
Host: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
How COVID-19 exposed inequality in citizens access to public health information in Ghana Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
The infodemic and artistic expressions Lightning Talk
Host: Policy | Health Studio East Africa | Paint the Change Global
Digital technology to enhance language and literacy skills for Indigenous peoples Panel
Host: Indigenous Television, Nepal
Eje’ipajiraa tijitaalü Wayuu nethwork Wayúu digital Tech Demo
Host: El Centro de Internet y Sociedad (ISUR) | Fundación Karisma
Discussions, capacity building and reliable data on access to connect the unconnected in Haiti Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Help up improve Ally: a multilingual safe abortion chatbot Community Lab
Host: Women First Digital
Counting the cost of digital gender exclusion: data and perspectives from the Global South Panel
Host: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
How protecting digital rights can help low resource languages in the MENA region flourish Panel
Host: Global Voices (Rising Voices)
South to South approach to strengthen sustainability of community networks Community Lab
Host: ARTICLE 19
The double face of digital health: research in Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam Panel
Host: Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) | Kenyan Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN) | The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Digital Health and Rights Project | University of Oslo
Connecting abortion seekers and providers worldwide: leveraging encryption, Google Maps and customer service software Tech Demo
Host: safe2choose.org
Freedom Online Coalition open forum Panel
Host: Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) | Government of Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Strategies for fostering inclusive intergenerational digital spaces Lightning Talk
Host: Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network (ODLAN)
Seen and heard: inclusive communications access during COVID-19 and beyond Panel
Host: Ability Central
Internet access as a human right: lessons from Malaysia Lightning Talk
Host: International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL)
Respecting rights in interconnected tech ecosystems: lessons from 5G human rights impact assessments Panel
Host: Verizon
Empowering or endangering minorities? Facebook, language, and identity in Myanmar Lightning Talk
Host: Access Now
#WikiforHumanRights: Creating and Editing Human Rights Content on Wikipedia Workshop
Host: Wikimedia Foundation
Let’s talk refugees’ digital rights: what works? Digital literacy and internet access for refugees by refugees Tech Demo
Host: Rural Aid Foundation
Make space for human rights Panel
Host: Access Now
The danger of neglecting “non-lucrative” languages Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
So, you want to build a community network? Financing mechanisms for community-owned internet infrastructure Panel
Host: Connect Humanity
What is “network usage fee”? A grand plan to “charge” the internet Panel
Host: Open Net Korea
Internet Shutdowns and Disruptions
Tracing the stars in the internet blackout: measuring network disruption with RIPE Atlas Workshop
Host: RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
Putting the internet back together again Panel
Host: Freedom House | Global Partners Digital (GPD)
Advocacy Assembly’s shutdown academy: preparing activists to navigate internet disruptions for elections and civil unrest Lightning Talk
Host: Advocacy Assembly | Small Media Foundation
Art and activism in the context of internet control and states of emergency Panel
Host: PEN America, Artists at Risk Connection (ARC)
Cutting the gag: online and offline tactics to fight internet censorship Community Lab
Host: Instituto Prensa y Sociedad Venezuela (IPYS) Venezuela | RedesAyuda
Internet shutdowns during elections and crisis in Central Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Chad Lightning Talk
Host: Paradigm Initiative | Greater Internet Freedom Partners
The state of digital rights in Iran: the threats ahead Panel
Host: Miaan Group | Filterwatch
Rise of authoritarianism and the role of Big Tech Panel
Host: Digital Rights Kashmir
Exploring internet censorship with the censored planet dashboard Tech Demo
Host: University of Michigan, Censored Planet | Google (Jigsaw)
Gendering the blackouts: for women in the Global South, internet shutdowns are life threatening Panel
Host: Media Matters for Democracy
Measuring internet censorship in Southeast Asia: internet monitoring action project Community Lab
Host: Sinar Project | Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
Revising our working definition of shutdowns Community Lab
Host: Access Now
Disconnecting from cyberstability: how internet shutdowns in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Uganda undermine cyberstability Panel
Host: Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA)
Mobilizing to pushback against internet shutdowns: can businesses and companies assist? Private Meeting
Host: Access Now
What if states, activists and companies joined efforts to combat shutdowns? presenting the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Task Force on Internet Shutdowns (TFIS) Community Lab
Host: U.S. State Department | Access Now | Global Network Initiative (GNI)
School exams: why the internet needs to stay on and available Panel
Host: Internet Society (ISOC) | SMEX
Building capacity to document and circumvent internet shutdowns Workshop
Host: Top10VPN | Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in)
How can governments better respond to politically motivated internet shutdowns and restrictions in partner countries? Workshop
Host: Government of the United Kingdom, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCO)
A Light in the Dark: Learning About Internet Shutdown and #KeepItOn Campaign
Host: Access Now | CIVICUS | Forum-Asia | Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
Myanmar: internet freedom a year into the military coup Panel
Host: Myanmar Internet Project | Internews| Access Now
Exploring NetDAN: an open-source tool that assists the blind during network disruptions Tech Demo
Host: Unwanted Witness | Internews
Internet shutdowns vs inclusion: why do internet outages disadvantage people with disabilities the most? Panel
Host: Access Now
Myanmar coup in digital age: how to strengthen people’s digital resistance under military’s intensified oppressions Private Meeting
Host: Access Now
Crash course on internet blocking Workshop
Host: VE sin Filtro
Participatory research for advocacy: collaboratively building “prepare and prevent” internet shutdown national response networks Community Lab
Host: Internews
Inequity in access to internet content due to server-side blocking and embargo sanctions Panel
Host: University of Michigan, Censored Planet
Rubber Meets the Road: Can The Decentralized Web Empower Unheard Voices? Workshop
Host: Filecoin Foundation
Shout: enduring tools for circumventing internet shutdowns Community Lab
Host: Gisa Group
Using state machinery to fight shutdowns Lightning Talk
Host: Software Freedom Law Center, India (SFLC.in)
Learnings on tackling internet shutdowns in the MENA regions Workshop
Host: WITNESS
Distributed provision of service: using outline to share access to the free and open internet Community Lab
Host: Google (Jigsaw)
Investigation, Documentation and the Media
OCCRP Aleph: the tool that turns data into leads for follow-the-money investigations Tech Demo
Host: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
Open data, investigative journalism covering the “drug war” and accountability Workshop
Host: Independent
After/lives: rethinking moment of death content on social media platforms Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Promote human rights and civic freedoms for citizens journalists in the land sector Workshop
Host: Kenya Land Alliance (KLA)
Investigative journalism around the world: a global tour of the best stories Panel
Host: Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
Fact-checking: an effective tool to train future investigative reporters Lightning Talk
Host: Oštro
Using tech tools to document environmental crimes: activists’ and lawyers’ perspectives Panel
Host: eyeWitness to Atrocities
Databases as memory objects: perspectives and practices in Asia Panel
Host: HURIDOCS
Introducing the OSR4Rights tools hub Tech Demo
Host: OSR4Rights | Swansea University | University of Manchester | Heriot-Watt University | HM Software
Frenemies: reinventing the Big Tech vs journalism dynamic Community Lab
Host: University of California, Los Angeles, Institute for Technology, Law, and Policy
Media investigation and documentation of human rights abuses in Nigeria using technology Panel
Host: Human Rights Journalists Network, Nigeria
Preparedness is power: speaking out as a tech worker Panel
Host: Whistleblower International Network (WIN) | The Signals Network
Preparedness is power: social hour with tech whistleblowers Private Meeting
Host: The Signals Network | Whistleblower International Network (WIN)
Investing in facts: how the business community can support a healthy info-sphere Panel
Host: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS)
Information management system for high reliability organizations (HROs) working on violations documentation: new solutions Tech Demo
Host: Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)
Tweets in indictments: criminalization of social media against journalists Panel
Host: Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA)
How is open source data keeping the world updated on Yemen? Panel
Host: Yemeni Archive
Needle in the haystack: making media archives accessible to human rights researchers Tech Demo
Host: Mnemonic
Human eyes: building a volunteer network for machine learning Workshop
Host: Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) | Invisible Institute
Calling on documenters, investigators, and lawyers: let’s talk “solidarity” across the digital evidence labor pipeline Community Lab
Host: Mnemonic | WITNESS
The ethics of crowdsourcing with volunteers in open source investigations Community Lab
Host: Bellingcat | Mnemonic | Research Center for the Americas at UC Santa Cruz
Tella and Uwazi: joining forces to improve security, functionality and reliability of human rights information Tech Demo
Host: Horizontal | HURIDOCS
5 years of documenting attacks on the US press: trends, impact and applications Lightning Talk
Host: Freedom of the Press Foundation | U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Money matters: questioning the future of Southeast Asian journalism Lightning Talk
Host: New Naratif
Iarij: the 1st whistleblower platform in the Arab region Lightning Talk
Host: Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)
Filling in the gaps: activist-led approaches to accessible documentation methods Community Lab
Host: HURIDOCS | WITNESS | Tella
What COVID-19 misinformation can teach us about covering the climate crisis Lightning Talk
Host: Meedan
Setting up a secure whistleblowing project based on globaleaks Tech Demo
Host: GlobaLeaks
Save – share, archive, verify, encrypt: a participatory demo: secure preservation for evidentiary media Tech Demo
Host: OpenArchive
Exiled media in Europe: how to survive and reach audiences? Panel
Host: Human Rights Centre ZMINA
Pegasus’ reach: the impact on journalists’ inner circles and press freedom Panel
Host: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
An OCR tool developed by Human Rights First to uncover truths about the 1968-1998 Troubles Tech Demo
Host: Human Rights First
How the decentralized web can empower journalists and support free speech Tech Demo
Host: Filecoin Foundation | Freedom of the Press Foundation
Using decentralized storage as the building blocks for content verification and distribution on smartphones Tech Demo
Host: Guardian Project
Justice and Jurisdiction
Is public interest litigation the remedy, before or after the fact? Panel
Host: ARTICLE 19 (Eastern Africa)
How much of your data can be used in criminal investigations? Conversation on electronic evidence Panel
Host: Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) | Cross-Border Data Forum | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | Government of Canada | Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network
The right to be forgotten: how can strategic litigation protect access to information and expression? Panel
Host: Media Defence
UN treaty body litigation to advance digital rights Panel
Host: International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) | University of California, Irvine, International Justice Clinic
Taking algorithms to court: empowering communities to enact legal accountability Workshop
Host: Accountability Case Labs
Calling time on lawfare: designing a European anti-Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) curriculum Community Lab
Host: Blueprint for Free Speech
How many ways can you actionize accountability? Workshop
Host: DT Institute
Can human rights bind platforms? German courts say yes, what about other legal systems? Panel
Host: Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF)
Legal eagles: supporting digital rights activists through the law
Host: Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) | Access Now
Filling the legal blanks: access to justice for LGBTQIA+ in online gender-based violence laws Community Lab
Host: IT for Change | InternetLab
E-justice: digital transformation to close the justice gap Lightning Talk
Host: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Strategic litigation on AI and human rights Community Lab
Host: UNESCO
Filing lawsuits just 1-click away! Developing a platform for collective action Tech Demo
Host: R3D: Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales
Who ya gonna chat? Tisya Hustisya! Accessing justice in the Philippines through an online chatbot Tech Demo
Host: Asia Foundation
Suing Big Brother: strategic litigation outcomes against surveillance laws Panel
Host: Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) | Digital Rights Litigators Network (DRLN) | Just Futures Law
Lessons for the free press: a case study from a legal defence clinic for journalists Lightning Talk
Host: Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
Do they even care about us? Delivering justice for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse Lightning Talk
Host: King's College London
Facilitating access to international justice with technology: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) applications generator Tech Demo
Host: OVD-Info | Memorial Human Rights Center
Online Hate and Violence
Disinformation and dangerous speech: a view from the front lines Panel
Host: EU DisinfoLab | Dangerous Speech Project
Technology isn’t enough: social co-responsibility by digital means to protect women journalists Tech Demo
Host: ARTICLE 19 (Mexico and Central America) | Guardian Project
Online-caste hate speech: challenges and opportunities for mitigation Panel
Host: Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India | Data & Society
Terrorist use of the internet: creating a digital-rights safeguarding response to terrorist operated websites Private Meeting
Host: Tech Against Terrorism
Crowd-sourced hate estimation system for Taiwanese online political discussions Lightning Talk
Host: Digital Society and Security Lab (DIGI-SSL), National Chung Cheng University | Information Operations Research Group (IORG)
Taking a case against Facebook from the world’s largest refugee camp Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Online gender-based violence during COVID-19: looking at Central America Panel
Host: Centro LATAM Digital | IPANDETEC
Big Tech’s muzzle on muslims: from censorship to drones, tech’s islamophobia problem Panel
Host: Action Center on Race & the Economy | LittleSis | MPower Change | Stand With Kashmir
Let her play: gender-based violence in video games Panel
Host: Independent
Technology, safety and children’s rights: advocating to keep children and young people safe online Panel
Host: Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children
Cross-platform tools for countering terrorism: technical approaches and human rights concerns Tech Demo
Host: Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) | BSR
Otherization through disinformation: online hate speech and the Baháʼís in Iran Panel
Host: Baha'i International Community's United Nations Office
The missing link: psychosocial support and technology-facilitated violence in the MENA region Community Lab
Host: SecDev Foundation
Trolling, threats and “online auction”: women in India ask for online safety Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Is social media unsafe for LGBTIQ users? Lightning Talk
Host: Lifeline Youth Empowerment Center
Detoxing democracy with SAMbot: using machine learning to measure Canada’s online political conversation Lightning Talk
Host: The Samara Centre for Democracy | Areto Labs
Orbits: designing intersectional, survivor-centred and trauma-informed interventions to technology-facilitated gender-based violence Workshop
Host: Chayn | End Cyber Abuse
Bloom: a digital platform for remote trauma-support Tech Demo
Host: Chayn
The haunted hunt: the impact of cyber injustice on Thailand’s youth movement Panel
Host: Independent
Paid to trend: an interrogation of the harm anti-gender groups are causing in East Africa Panel
Host: Strategic Issues and Research Council (SIRC)
What is Online Gender-Based Violence (OGBV) for you? Understanding diverse online gendered violence for responsible algorithmic approaches Community Lab
Host: Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India | Tattle Civic Tech
Global perspectives on the threats and harms of gendered disinformation targeting women in public life Panel
Host: Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) | #ShePersisted
Our social network: gathering intersectional and regional perspectives for journalists’ safety online Community Lab
Host: ARTICLE 19 | Simply Secure | Vita Activa | International Women's Media Foundation (IWFM)
Political violence against women in the digital era: impacts on the 2022 Brazilian elections Panel
Host: Instituto Liberdade Digital
How do we safeguard teen experiences online? Learn directly from teens and Discord! Workshop
Host: Discord
Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: the challenges posed by teleworking with regard to gender violence Lightning Talk
Host: Acoso.Online
Can we ban revisionism? Regulating holocaust and genocide denial content Panel
Host: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
Protecting women human rights defenders from online violence: are social media platforms falling short? Panel
Host: FEMENA
Launch of effective guidelines on hate speech, social media and minorities Community Lab
Host: Office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues | Access Now
Forms of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) and survivors’ experiences Lightning Talk
Host: McAllister Olivarius | #NotYourPorn
Marriage: from the right to hate in social media Lightning Talk
Host: Usuarios Digitales | Acción Igualitaria
How can we achieve gender equality in freedom of expression online and offline? Community Lab
Host: Office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
Keeping your reputation safe when under attack Workshop
Host: APCO Worldwide
The network of markets of non-consensual disclosure of intimate images in Honduras Panel
Host: Laboratorio Ciudadano Honduras | Observatorio Político de Mujeres
Non-consensual intimate image sharing, and women’s freedom of expression in digital space in Bangladesh Lightning Talk
Host: Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
Pushing back against oppressive frameworks to promote lgbtq+ rights: what social media platforms can do Private Meeting
Host: Access Now
Organizational Capacity and Resources
Feminist approach in resourcing digital rights Panel
Host: Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
Helping funders to better support communities regarding digital care Workshop
Host: Independent
Open source: improving digital security for criminalised communities Lightning Talk
Host: Red Umbrella Fund | MamaCash
Who’s funding this? analyzing a decade of non-profit mission statements and who funds them Workshop
Host: Independent
The digital rights check: avoiding unintended harms in digital for development projects Community Lab
Host: Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Building digitally resilient social justice organizations post COVID-19 Workshop
Host: Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
Extending the philanthropic supply chain: inclusive access to technology updates from working group Panel
Host: TechSoup | Access Now | Tides Foundation
Knowledge exchange for funders: how can we better support civil society groups in this space? Private Meeting
Host: Mercator Foundation | European AI Fund
Rallying philanthropy to achieve digital equity for all Private Meeting
Host: Connect Humanity
Peers-to-peers! Co-development facilitation, strategies, and methodologies Workshop
Host: Tactical Tech
How do NGOs ensure a strong, supportive organization culture for teams? Let’s share it out! Workshop
Host: Access Now | People Team
Digital rights and environmental justice: mapping existing connections and opportunities for the future Community Lab
Host: The Engine Room
Best practices for digital rights fellowships Workshop
Host: Global Network Initiative (GNI)
More money, more problems! Panel
Host: Internews
Show me the money: where’s the sustainable funding for public interest technology? Panel
Host: National Democratic Institute (NDI) | New America, Digital Impact and Governance Initiative (DIGI)
Who defends the defenders? Human rights worker wellbeing as collateral damage in attacks on rights Lightning Talk
Host: Asia Foundation | DAKILA
Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Action
Death by data: how AI chooses who to kill Lightning Talk
Host: Reprieve UK
Holding militaries to account for civilian harm: the use of open data Panel
Host: Airwars
How do we convince states to stop using explosive weapons in urban areas? Workshop
Host: Airwars
Preventing privacy harm and distress in humanitarian contexts: rights-based responsible data Workshop
Host: Oxfam International
Not just another PDF: open source field guides for humanitarian data protection Community Lab
Host: Mercy Corps
Humanitarianism and solidarity in the digital age Panel
Host: Monash University, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Humanitarian data sharing in marginalized areas: the double registration phenomenon in North Eastern Kenya Panel
Host: Haki na Sheria Initiative (HSI)
How do you measure peace? Understanding the data behind the Global Peace Index Lightning Talk
Host: Institute for Economics and Peace
Bringing drones home: human rights approaches to domestic deployment of drones in law enforcement Panel
Host: Office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Addressing the weaponization of social media: analysis, design, and localization Workshop
Host: Mercy Corps
Digital apartheid and social media algorithms on humanitarian crisis Panel
Host: Digital Rights Foundation
Civil society perspectives on technology in conflict Private Meeting
Host: JustPeace Labs
Privacy and Surveillance
Well, that escalated quickly! Metaverse governance lessons from video games Panel
Host: Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Breaking the digital baton: counter-power in the age of high-tech policing Panel
Host: No Tech For Tyrants
Cyber mercenaries on the loose! What we can do to stop them Community Lab
Host: Microsoft
How dare they peep into my life? How government-endorsed edtech violated children’s rights during COVID-19 Lightning Talk
Host: Human Rights Watch
Reclaiming and building worker power in an age of workplace surveillance Panel
Host: Coworker.org
Imagining digital ID systems rooted in justice Community Lab
Host: The Engine Room| A People's Guide to Tech
The influence of global networks and the World Bank on digital ID systems and human rights Panel
Host: New York University, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Center (CHRGJ), Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project
Human-centric approach to digital transformation: challenges and recommendations on digital ID from Estonia and Ukraine Panel
Host: American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) | Ukrainian Media Development Institute
Building consumer safety in the metaverse Panel
Host: Consumers International
Project panoptic: mapping the proliferation of facial recognition in India Lightning Talk
Host: Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
Partners in surveillance: a global view of state-business surveillance partnerships, and how to seek accountability Panel
Host: Privacy International
What’s next for spyware regulation? Private Meeting
Host: Amnesty International
Behind the scenes: investigating digital profiteers Lightning Talk
Host: Open Secrets
Tech for COVID: what do we know about its deployment by local governments in Colombia? Lightning Talk
Host: Karisma foundation | El Centro de Internet y Sociedad (ISUR)
#we’rewatchig: fostering transparency and accountability on the use of surveillance technology in the Americas Panel
Host: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Drama down under! What the heck is happening in Australian tech policy? Lightning Talk
Host: Digital Rights Watch | Electronic Frontiers Australia
#whyid strategy session
Host: Access Now
Banning facial recognition in public security: a Brazilian civil society mobilization Community Lab
Host: ARTICLE 19 (Brazil and South America) | Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN)
Pushback on National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) in Kenya: the government must do more to protect human rights Private Meeting
Host: Access Now
We are being watched everywhere: MENA strategies to push back against digital surveillance Panel
Host: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) | Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA) | Front Line Defenders
Every breath you take, every move you make: neurotechnology, extended reality (XR) , and the metaverse of surveillance Panel
Host: Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Redefine convenience: the fight against mandatory national digital identity scheme Lightning Talk
Host: Taiwan Association for Human Rights
The Pegasus project: a global scandal one year on Panel
Host: Amnesty International
Impossible to be lost: the age of facial recognition in Ukraine Lightning Talk
Host: Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law
Privacy challenges for Latin America: surveillance, techno-colonialism and regulatory gaps Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Children’s rights in the metaverse Panel
Host: XR Safety Initiative (XRSI)
Nerfing surveillance: advocating for real privacy in virtual worlds Community Lab
Host: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | Access Now
Surveillance and the city: mapping cameras with facial recognition capabilities in New York City Community Lab
Host: Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.)
Inside the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) surveillance machine: your face is being tracked. Find out where Tech Demo
Host: Amnesty International
Mythbusting digital IDs Lightning Talk
Host: Rethink Aadhaar
The rise and fall of technosolutionism? Contact tracing apps in Europe Lightning Talk
Host: Civil Liberties Union for Europe
On an uneven keel: surveillance and right to privacy in India Workshop
Host: Access Now | The Dialogue
Israeli surveillance, disinformation, and the criminalization of palestinian civil society Panel
Host: Defense for Children International Palestine | Human Rights Watch
Regulating surveillance: where do we go from here? Workshop
Host: International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Smart cities or surveillance cities? Untangling urban intelligence Panel
Host: Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Center for Technology and Society (CTS) | University of Virginia, School of Data Science
Can tech beat Corona? Technologies of hope explores the companies trying Community Lab
Host: Tactical Tech
Spyware for sale: launch of the MENA surveillance database Community Lab
Host: Access Now | Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) | MENA Coalition to Combat Digital Surveillance
Commercial spyware, data brokers, and more: an overview of surveillance technology markets Lightning Talk
Host: Independent
Civil society speaks: informing the export control and human rights initiative Private Meeting
Host: Access Now | Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Can you trust your doorbell? Industry, consumers, and hackers on improving Internet of Things security Community Lab
Host: Microsoft | I Am The Cavalry
Pathologies of power: human rights problems with digital identity deployment Lightning Talk
Host: Anglican Church
Approaches to criminal intelligence Lightning Talk
Host: El Centro de Internet y Sociedad (ISUR) | Fundación Vía Libre
Human rights and the metaverse: we’re already behind the curve Panel
Host: Article One | Meta
RightsCon 2022 Speakers
Every year, RightsCon brings together 1000+ speakers from a range of sectors and around the world. Check out a small selection of business leaders, technologists, government representatives, activists set to join us for RightsCon (June 6-10, 2022).

Savena Surana
Savena Surana
Co-Creator, Identity 2.0
Teki Akuetteh
Teki Akuetteh
Founder and Executive Director, Africa Digital Rights Hub; ICT Lawyer; Data Protection Consultant
Karen Smit
Karen Smit
Principal Specialist: Specific Needs, Vodacom South Africa
Aye Min Thant
Aye Min Thant
Features Editor, Frontier Myanmar
Ayoade Ibrahim
Ayoade Ibrahim
Founder and President, National Union of Professional App-based Transport Workers; Founding Member a
Anna Gielewska
Anna Gielewska
Vice-Chairman, Reporters Foundation (Poland)
Urvashi Aneja
Urvashi Aneja
Founder and Executive Director, Digital Futures Lab
Peter Stern
Peter Stern
Director, Content Policy Stakeholder Engagement, Meta
Sophie Zhang
Sophie Zhang
Whistleblower
Lama Aloraiman
Lama Aloraiman
Co-Founder and Vice President, Ignition Kuwait; Former National Point of Contact for Kuwait, Space G
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
CEO, Watchdog Sri Lanka; Senior Researcher, LIRNEasia
Harry Halpin
Harry Halpin
CEO, Nym Technologies SA
Rua M. Williams
Rua M. Williams
PhD, Assistant Professor in User Experience Design, Purdue University
Micaela Mantegna
Micaela Mantegna
Abogamer; Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Arda Awais
Arda Awais
Co-Creator, Identity 2.0
Stephen Bonner
Stephen Bonner
Executive Director of Regulatory Futures and Innovation, Information Commissioner's Office, Governme
Antaraa Vasudev
Antaraa Vasudev
Founder, Civis.Vote
Angela Hession
Angela Hession
Global VP of Trust and Safety, Twitch
Lydia X. Z. Brown
Lydia X. Z. Brown
Policy Counsel, Privacy & Data Project, Center for Democracy & Technology
Dr. Wilneida Negrón
Dr. Wilneida Negrón
Director of Research and Policy, Coworker.org
Dorothy Mukasa
Dorothy Mukasa
Executive Director, Unwanted Witness
Victoria Heath
Victoria Heath
Member, Space Generation Advisory Council - Space Law and Policy Project Group
Itika Sharma Punit
Itika Sharma Punit
South Asia Editor, Rest of World
Cecília Olliveira
Cecília Olliveira
Journalist; Executive Director, Instituto Fogo Cruzado
Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul
Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul
Thai Pro-Democracy Activist; Leader, United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration
María Paz Canales
María Paz Canales
Global Policy Advisor, Derechos Digitales
DJ Switch
DJ Switch
Nigerian DJ; #EndSARS Movement Activist
Julie Inman-Grant
Julie Inman-Grant
eSafety Commissioner, Government of Australia
Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Delphine Halgand-Mishra
Delphine Halgand-Mishra
Executive Director, The Signals Network
Bernard Chiira
Bernard Chiira
Director, Innovate Now: Africa’s 1st Assistive Tech Accelerator
Rachita Taneja
Rachita Taneja
Political Cartoonist; Creator, Sanitary Panels
Michael Hull
Michael Hull
President, Psiphon
Chung Ching Kwong
Chung Ching Kwong
Hong Kong Digital Rights Activist; Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on
Abby May
Abby May
Investigator, Open Secrets
Timo Harakka
Timo Harakka
Minister of Transport and Communications, Government of Finland
Pedro Vaca Villareal
Pedro Vaca Villareal
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, United Nations
Zen Mathe
Zen Mathe
Investigator, Open Secrets
Chawki Gaddes
Chawki Gaddes
President of the Tunisian National Authority for Protection of Personal Data (INPDP), Government of
Kyung-sin Park
Kyung-sin Park
Executive Director, Open Net Korea
Deborah N. Archer
Deborah N. Archer
President, ACLU; Professor of Clinical Law, NYU School of Law
Sara Matthieu
Sara Matthieu
Member of the European Parliament
Jane Chung
Jane Chung
Labor Organizer, The Worker Agency
Carol Ndosi
Carol Ndosi
Director, Women at Web Tanzania
Sophie in ‘t Veld
Sophie in ‘t Veld
Member of the European Parliament
Emre Kizilkaya
Emre Kizilkaya
Vice-Chair, International Press Institute (IPI); Chair, IPI National Committee, Turkey; Project Edit
Mona Shtaya
Mona Shtaya
Advocacy Advisor, 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
Nick Allardice
Nick Allardice
CEO, Change.org
Bojana Bellamy
Bojana Bellamy
President, Center for Information Policy Leadership
Manal al-Sharif
Manal al-Sharif
Human Rights Activist; Cybersecurity Expert; Founder, The Ethical Technologists Society; Host, Tech4
Maulie Dass
Maulie Dass
Senior Director, Cisco Innovation Labs, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Charlotte Godart
Charlotte Godart
Investigator & Global Authentication Project Lead, Bellingcat
Pang Khee Teik
Pang Khee Teik
Malaysian Activist; Co-Founder, Seksualiti Merdeka
Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning
Security and Hardware Optimization Advisor, Nymtech
Helena Leurent
Helena Leurent
Director General, Consumers International
Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen
Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen
Danish Tech Ambassador, Government of Denmark
Brittany
Brittany
Organizing Director, Facebook Users Union
Agnès Callamard
Agnès Callamard
Secretary General, Amnesty International
Eyal Weizman
Eyal Weizman
Founder and Director, Forensic Architecture; Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, U
Fadi Salem
Fadi Salem
Director of Policy Research, Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government
Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet
High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
Nadim Nashif
Nadim Nashif
Executive Director, 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
National Leader of Belarus, Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Dr. Joy Buolamwini
Dr. Joy Buolamwini
Founder, Algorithmic Justice League
Thomas Volmer
Thomas Volmer
Director, Head of Global Content Delivery Policy, Netflix
Camille François
Camille François
Global Director for Trust & Safety, Niantic; Lecturer, Columbia University SIPA
Julie Owono
Julie Owono
Executive Director, Content Policy & Society Lab, Stanford University; Executive Director, Internet
Peggy Hicks
Peggy Hicks
Director, Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division, UN Human Rights
Emilar Gandhi
Emilar Gandhi
Global Head of Inclusivity, Policy Development, Meta
Jac sm Kee
Jac sm Kee
Co-Founder and Cartographer, Numun Fund
Henri Verdier
Henri Verdier
Ambassador for Digital Affairs, Government of France
Berhan Taye
Berhan Taye
Senior Advisor, Internews
Dia Kayyali
Dia Kayyali
Associate Director for Advocacy, Mnemonic
Rumman Chowdhury
Rumman Chowdhury
Director of META (ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability), Twitter
Jason Pielemeier
Jason Pielemeier
Executive Director, Global Network InitiativeKeep up to date with the RightsCon Rundown
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