Palestine Digital Activism Forum 2018

Join us in the second edition of the #PalestineDigitalActivismForum2018 Rich discussions, distinguished experiences, workshops to enrich your expertise! Participation needs pre-registration (Registration deadline 10/01/2017)

Organized by: 7amleh - Arab Center for Social Media Advancement (Interpretation is available) 

For registration, fill the form https://goo.gl/forms/MxXqeloW0TcWFkZt1

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9:30                 Arrival & Registration

10:00               Welcoming: 7amleh Board Member - Mustafa Kablawi

10:15 - 11:15   Panel Discussion

1: Protection of Digital Rights in Palestine: The Role of Civil Society

Moderator: Duaa Qreea, Director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations Network (PNGO)

• Omar Shakir - Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Violations of Palestinian (Digital) Rights: Who’s Responsible?
• Samer Sharkawe - General Manager, Supervisor on Human Rights and Gender Units in the Palestinian Ministry of Justice Commitment of the Palestinian Authority to International Conventions on Digital Rights
• Dr. Issam Abdeen - Legal Advisor and Head of Regional and Local Advocacy Unit at Al-Haq Reflections on the Cybercrime Law and its Impact on Palestinian Digital Rights
• Mahmoud Hassan - Lawyer at Addameer Israeli Violations of Palestinian Digital Rights

11:15 - 11:30   Break

11:30 - 12:30 Panel Discussion

2: Global Trends in Digital Rights: From International Perspectives to Palestinian Reality

Moderator: Nadim Nashif, 7amleh director Ethics and Human Rights in Technology: Automated Decision Making (ADM)

• Matthias Spielkamp - Founder and Executive Director of AlgorithmWatch Human Rights Law's Responsibilities in the Light of New Technologies
• Joshua Franco - Researcher/Advisor on Technology and Human Rights at Amnesty International Facebook's Policy of Moderating Content in Conflict Areas
• Aibhinn Kelleher - Facebook Product Policy Manager How to Integrate Digital Rights into Human Rights Mechanisms
• Anriette Esterhuysen - Director of Global Policy and Strategy, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)

12:30 - 13:30 Panel Discussion

3: Digital Activism for a Progressive and Just Palestine: Inspiring and Innovative Use of Digital Tools

Moderator: Remie Abi-Farrage Oxfam

• Dr. Amal Nazzal - Researcher & Lecturer at Birzeit University Digital Ethnography: Research into Digital Activism
• Farah Mustaklem - Representative of Palestine in the Levant Wikimedia User Group Wikipedia and it’s Importance in Palestine Asmaa 
• Saja Elkhaldi - Video Bloggers from Gaza We are the Narratives of Our Story
• Ramzi J. - Cofounder and Director of Visualizing Impact Data Driven Visualization & Journalism
• Derrar Ghanem - Co-Founder at Build Palestine The Strength of the Group Work in the Virtual Sphere: Build Palestine Experience

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30        Workshops

1. "You and Your Digital Privacy" Dalia Othman, Digital Privacy Trainer Social Media Management for Nonprofit Organisations Izzy al-Zaytawi
2. "IMEU Crowdfunding" Derrar Ghanem, Build Palestine
3. "Re-thinking Digital Security: From the Individual to Organisations" Edin Omanovic & Ed Geraghty
4. "Privacy International Filming for Evidence with your Mobile Phone" Raja Althaibani
5. "Witness Understanding and Defending your Media from Content Moderation" Dia Kayyali
6. "Witness Strength in Numbers: Managing Campaigns and Mobilisation for NGOs Angus Wong" - SumOfUs.org
7. "Storytelling and Data Visualization" Ramzi J. - Visualizing Impact

17:00 Summary and Closing the Forum ​

17:30 End

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