Speakers
Short bios from the speakers can be found here
9 December 2020
10.00 - 12-00 CET - Public Thematic Panel: Artificial Intelligence
Moderator: Ben Wagner - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, TU Delft
Speakers:
- Andrea Renda - Senior Research Fellow at CEPs, member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence
- Dafna Feinholz- UNESCO- Chief of Bioethics and Ethics of Science and Technology
- Sarah Chander - Senior Policy Adviser, European Digital Rights
- Vidushi Marda – Senior Programme Officer, Article 19
- Juha Heikkila - European Commission, Head of Unit Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
12.00 - 13.30 CET - Interactive expert session (Closed session): Artificial Intelligence (I)
Moderator: Sarah Chander - Senior Policy Adviser, European Digital Rights
Speaker:
- Paul Nemitz - Adviser, European Commission, Directorate General for Justice and Consumers
- Griff Ferris – Legal and Policy Officer, Fair Trials
- Chenai Chair – Digital Policy Officer, World Wide Web Foundation
12.00 - 13.30 CET - Interactive expert session (Closed session): Private sector (I)
Moderator: Javier Martín Cerracin – Policy Officer – Human Rights, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Speakers:
- Christen Dobson - Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
- Paul Roeland - Clean Clothes Campaign
- Jacqueline Geis – Chief Executive Officer, Videre
- Gbenga Sesan – Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative
- Jason Pielemeier – Policy Director, Global Network Initiative
14.00 - 16.30 CET - Plenary Opening session
Video Message:
- Josep Borrell- High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission
- Jutta Urpilainen - Commissioner for International partnerships, European Commission
High level panel (14.00 – 14.30)
Speakers:
- Michelle Bachelet - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Eamon Gilmore - EU Special Representative for Human Rights
- Alice Mogwe - FIDH President (International Federation for Human Rights)
Setting the scene (14.30 – 16.20)
Moderator: Jennifer Baker
Speakers:
- Heidi Hautala – Vice-President of European Parliament
- Giuseppe Abbamonte - Giuseppe Abbamonte - Director for Media Policy, European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
- Michael O'Flaherty – Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- Marie Arena – Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights
- Sharon Hom- Executive Director at Human Rights in China
- Eliska Pirkova - Europe Policy Analyst, Access Now
16.30 - 18.00 CET - Interactive expert session (Closed session): Privacy and Surveillance (I)
Speakers:
- Raphael Warolin – Policy Officer, European External Action Service (EEAS)
- Christine Mardirossian – Project Manager, European Commission, Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development
16.00 - 18.00 CET - Interactive expert session: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (I)
Moderator: Adrian Shahbaz - Director for Technology and Democracy, Freedom House
Speakers:
- Felicia Anthonio – #Campaigner and #KeepItOn Lead at Access Now
- Bahar Saba – MENA Programme Officer, Article 19
- Olivier Luyckx – Head of Unit Security, Nuclear Safety, European Commission, Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development
- Guy Berger – Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO
10 December 2020
09.00 - 10.30 CET - Interactive expert session: Privacy and Surveillance (II)
Moderator: Ilia Siatitsa - Privacy International
Speakers:
- Paulina Guttierez - Law and Policy Prorgamme, Article 19
- Djordje Krivokapić - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Organisational Sciences, University of Belgrade
- Dominika Bychawska - Siniarska – Human Rights lawyer
09.00 - 10.30 CET - Interactive expert session (Closed session): Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (II)
Moderator: Elizabeta Kitanovic – Conference of European Churches
Opening remarks: Nathan Law - Pro-Democracy Activist
Speakers:
- Roman Pratasevich – Journalist, Democracy activist
- Mohamad Najem - SMEX
- Alain Amrah Horutanga - Blogger, co-founder of YAGA
10.30 - 12.30 CET - Public Thematic Panel: Technology, Business and Human Rights
Moderator: Guus Houttuin – Senior Adviser on Trade Issues, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Speakers:
- Mark Hodge - B-Tech Project
- Anna Herold – Head of Unit for Audiovisual and Media Services Policy, European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
- Iverna McGowan - Director of Europe Office, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Stephen Turner - Director EU Public Policy, Twitter
- Cornelia Kutterer - Microsoft´s Senior Director for EU Rule of Law & Responsible Tech
Alexey Kozliuk - Program director of Mass Communications Foundation
12.30 - 14.30 CET - Public Thematic Panel: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms in the Digital Sphere
Moderator: Lutz Guellner- Head of the Division on Strategic Communications, European External Action Service
Speakers:
- Patrick Penninckx - Head of Information Society Department, Council of Europe
- Maria Ressa – CEO and President of Rappler
- Aura Salla - Public Policy Director, Head of EU Affairs at Facebook
- Ritwajit Das – International Dalit Solidarity Network
- Jürgen Heissel - Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
14.30 - 16.30 CET - Public Thematic Panel: Privacy and Surveillance
Moderator: Barbora Bukovska - Article 19
Speakers:
- Danna Ingleton - Co-Director, Amnesty Tech
- Griselda Triana – Mexican journalist and human rights defenders
- David Kaye- law professor University of California- Former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin - UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
- Irina Orssich - Team Leader, Technologies and Systems for Digitising Industry, European Commission, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT)
16.30 - 18.00 CET - Interactive expert session: Artificial Intelligence (II)
Moderator: Amba Kak - Director of Global Policy & Prorgams,
Speakers:
- Oliver Unger - Legal Officer, German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
- Philip Dawson – Fellow on Technology and Human Rights, The Carr Center for Human Rights
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Renata Avila - Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms
16.30 - 18.00 CET - Interactive expert session: Private sector (II)
Moderator: Guus Houttuin – EEAS Senior Adviser on Trade Issues, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Speakers:
- Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen - Denmark Tech Ambassador
- Tyler Gillard - Responsible Business Conduct Unit, OECD
- Camille Le Pors - Corporate Human Rights Benchmark / World Benchmarking Alliance
- Théo Jaekel – Ericsson
- Penelope Faulkner - Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR)
18.00 - 19.00 CET - Closing
Moderator: Jennifer Baker
- Barbora Bukovska - Article 19
- Sarah Chander - Senior Policy Adviser, European Digital Rights
- Iverna McGowan - Director, Europe Office, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Adrian Shahbaz - Director for Technology and Democracy, Freedom House
Closing speeches
- Luisa Ragher - Head of Human Rights Division, European External Action Service
- Chiara Adamo – Head of Unit Gender Equality, Human Rights and Democratic Governance, European Commission, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development
- Sylvain Mossou - EuroMed Rights