This week, we’ll be in Toronto, Canada for the seventh annual RightsCon Summit — one of the world’s leading conferences on human rights in the digital age.
We’ll join business leaders, policymakers, technologists and human rights defenders to tackle some of the most pressing issues at the intersection of human rights and digital technology.
If you’re going to be there, please join us at one of the sessions listed below, and come say hi to one of our team members: Dhanaraj Thakur (@thakurdhanaraj), Renata Avila (@avilarenata) and Teddy Woodhouse (@TeddyWoodhouse).
Not able to join in person? Follow along on Twitter at @webfoundation, @rightscon and #RightsCon.
| Date | Time | Session | Team Member | Location | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15 (0 day) | 14:00 - 18:00 | Contending with the Digital Horizon: What next for social movements | Teddy Woodhouse | 200C | Link |
| May 17 | 9:00 - 10:15 | Trading Up: What Net Neutrality Means for Small Businesses and Trade | Dhanaraj Thakur | 200C | Link |
| May 17 | 10:30 - 11:45 | Digital Access: Bridging the divide or bringing exclusion? | Dhanaraj Thakur | 206D | Link |
| May 17 | 10:30 - 11:45 | Elections and information disorders in Latin America | Renata Avila | 205B | Link |
| May 17 | 13:20 - 14:20 | UNESCO Internet Universality indicators: to shape a free and open Internet that enables rights, empowers individuals and facilitates sustainable development | Dhanaraj Thakur | 201A | Link |
| May 17 | 14:30 - 15:45 | Hacking Civic Innovation: Inclusion Edition | Renata Avila | 201B | Link |
| May 17 | 14:30 - 15:45 | What about the 'invisible' unconnected? Targeting gender digital divides with policies and measures informed by evidence from the Global South | Dhanaraj Thakur | 200C | Link |
| May 17 | 16:00 - 16:25 | Mapping Digital Rights in Central America (and how to fund the work) | Renata Avila | Village Main Stage | Link |
| May 17 | 17:15 - 18:15 | Harnessing Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to Advance Knowledge Societies and Sustainable Development | Dhanaraj Thakur | 201A | Link |
| May 17 | 17:15 - 18:15 | Can Rights Be Enforced by Crypto Protocols? | Renata Avila | 201B | Link |
| May 18 | 10:30 - 11:45 | Biometrics in governance: next big thing or ticking time-bomb | Renata Avila | 205C | Link |
| May 18 | 10:30 - 11:45 | The Widening Digital Divide | Dhanaraj Thakur | 201B | Link |
| May 18 | 12:00 - 13:15 | Can global digital rights survive Europe's Copyright Directive? | Renata Avila | 206D | Link |
| May 18 | 17:15 - 18:15 | Has Social Media Destroyed our Information Diets and Politics? | Renata Avila | 203A | Link |