2022
The Washington Post, “Washington Post Live: Information Disorder,” January 11, 2022, online (link)
Samir Kassir Foundation, World Press Freedom Day, “Fire-chat: Media in a Metaverse World”, May 3, 2022, online (link)
Aspen Institute, “Digital Surveillance and the Fight for Reproductive Rights”, May 18, 2022, online (link)
2021
World Economic Forum, Global Technology Governance Summit, “Building Trust into Technology,” April 6, 2021, online
Stanford University and Project on Middle East Political Science, Cyberpolitics in the Middle East Workshop, “Government Reshaping of Laws and Norms to Constrain Online Activity,” June 1, 2021, online
Atlantic Council, Digital Forensic Research Laboratory, 360/Open Summit, “Industry Self-Governance,” June 23, 2021, online
American Bar Association, “Current developments in Privacy and Press Freedom in the Middle East,” September 21, 2021, online
World Economic Forum, “Pathways to Digital Justice Whitepaper Launch,” September 29, 2021, online
University of California, Los Angeles, Institute for Technology Law & Policy, “Power and Accountability in Tech,” November 10, 2021, online
Thomson Reuters Trust Conference, “The race for cyber sovereignty,” November 18, 2021, online
2020
Summit of the Two Shores, “Inter-ministerial 5+5 Dialogue on Cohesion in Territorial Planning and Development,” February 17, 2020, Marseille, France
UNICEF, “Artificial Intelligence and Children in Africa,” February 14, 2020, Cape Town, South Africa
Localized, “Careers in Law”, June 15, 2020, online (link)
Beirut Institute, “Millennials Changing the Status Quo,” October 14, 2020, online
2019
Hammamet Conference, “Open Innovation: In-Country Context – laws, policy, and best practice,” November 15, 2019, Hammamet, Tunisia
MED Confederation, IE Med, “The Mediterranean in the era of the fourth industrial revolution: the impact of digitalization on human capital and mobility,” October 14, 2019, Bardo, Tunisia
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Regional Program South Mediterranean, “Mediterranean Women Digital Summit,” September 23, 2019, Tunis, Tunisia (link)
Stanford University, Stanford Internet Observatory, “Balancing Trust and Safety on End-to-End Encrypted Platforms,” September 12, 2019, California, United States (link)
Copenhagen Tech Festival, “Democracy Summit: AI and misinformation and its impact on elections,” September 7, 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark
RightsCon, helped organize the Tunis edition, which hosted RightsCon for the first time in Africa and the Middle East, Tunis, Tunisia (link)
International Telecommunications Union and Stanford University, AI for Good Summit, “Human Dignity and Inclusive Societies in Practice: AI and Human Rights,” May 29, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland (link)
American Austrian Foundation’s annual Milton Wolf Seminar, “Activism and Sites of Resistance Online,” April 25, 2019, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (link)
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, meeting Co-Chair, April 6-7, 2019, Dead Sea, Jordan (link)
UNESCO Mobile Learning Week Workshop, “Artificial Intelligence and Disinformation,” March 5, 2019, Paris, France (link)
Side Event to the 40th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, “The Fundamental Right to Privacy,” March 1, 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
Gulf Centre for Human Rights, 5th Gulf & Neighboring Countries Platform & Training Workshops, “Digital Rights and the Right to Freedom of Assembly and Association,” January 18, 2019, Beirut, Lebanon
2018
Freedom Online Coalition’s Annual Conference, “Enforcement of Laws and Regulations and Human Rights,” November 28, 2018, Berlin, Germany (link)
SMEX’s Arab Digital Rights Summit Bread & Net, “GDPR's impact on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),” November 20, 2018, Beirut, Lebanon
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018, “WS #407 Digital development & Data Protection in the global south: MENA region as an example,” November 12, 2018, Paris, France (link)
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018, “WS #382 The Future of Digital Identity and Human Rights,” November 13, 2018, Paris, France (link)
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018, “OF #29 Freedom Online Coalition Open Forum,” November 14, 2018, Paris, France (link)
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018, “WS #170 Accountability for Human Rights: Mitigate Unfair Bias in AI,” November 13, 2018, Paris, France (link)
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018, “OF #32 OHCHR Session on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age: the Use of Biometric Data,” November 14, 2018, Paris, France (link)
Consultation with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, October 11-12, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
Oral Statement delivered at the 39th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on cybercrime laws in Egypt, September 18, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
IEEE’s annual Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit (WIEILS), Innovation Track, “Data protection and new technologies: what’s the deal?”, August 11, 2018 Tunis, Tunisia (link)
CIVICUS Innovation for Change, moderated a 3-day summit to launch the MENA Hub, July 18-20, 2018, Tunis, Tunisia (link)
Consultation with the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression on artificial intelligence, June 18-19, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
European Commission, delivered a keynote at the official event marking the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), May 25, 2018, Brussels, Belgium (link)
RightsCon, “Fingerprint on the Pulse: Challenging the Lack of Privacy Protections for Biometric Data,” May 16, 2018, Toronto, Canada (link)
RightsCon, “The Global State of Data Protection,” May 17, 2018, Toronto, Canada (link)
RightsCon, “The Fourth Industrial Revolution and civil society: Turning the tide from where we’re heading,” May 17, 2018, Toronto, Canada (link)
RightsCon, “Transparency and Accountability in a Democratic Transition for Better Access to Fundamental Rights: the Tunisian Case,” May 17, 2018, Toronto, Canada (link)
UNCTAD E-Commerce Week, “Digital Identity in a New Era of Data Protection”, April 16, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland (link)
Consultation with the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression on content moderation in the MENA region, March 29, 2018, online (link)
Consultation with the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression on encryption technologies in the MENA region, March 8, 2018, online
Flat6Labs, “How to Influence Policymaking 101,” February 26, 2018, Tunis, Tunisia
International Conference on Data Protection in Africa, “How can Africa Benefit from New Technologies while Mitigating Risks to Individuals’ Privacy?”, February 22, 2018, Marrakech, Morocco (link)
2017
Middle East Institute Annual Conference, “Women’s Rights in Tunisia,” November 15, 2017, Washington, D.C.
Tunisian Internet Governance Forum (IGF), “The Importance of a Multi-Stakeholder Approach in Internet Governance Decision-making,” October 17, 2017, Tunis, Tunisia (link)
Tunisian School of Internet Governance, “Internet Governance Landscape in Tunisia,” October 16, 2017, Tunis, Tunisia
L’Association francophone des autorités de protection des données personnelles (AFAPDP), “Data privacy and biometrics,” September 4, 2017, Tunis, Tunisia (link)
Privacy, Personality & Flows of Information in the MENA region hosted by the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, “Assessing the State of the Right to Privacy in the MENA Region,” May 26, 2017, Tunis, Tunisia
Association des Tunisiens des Grandes Écoles, Mardi d’ATUGE, “The Legal Framework Surrounding Big Data, Privacy in Tunisia,” May 22, 2017, Tunis, Tunisia (link)
Internet of Things (IoT) Forum, “IoT and Privacy: How Do We Protect our Devices?”, April 28, 2017, Tunis, Tunisia
CheckCon, “Digital Rights in the MENA Region: the Interplay between Free Expression, Social Media, and the Law,” April 21, 2017, Beirut, Lebanon (link)
Hackzone Annual Event, Manouba University, “Internet of Things and Privacy,” April 15, 2017, Tunis, Tunisia
Internet Freedom Festival, “Collaborative Security: from Training to Empowerment,” March 10, 2017 Valencia, Spain (link)
Internet Freedom Festival, “Celebrating Gender Campaigns in the Global South,” March 10, 2017 Valencia, Spain (link)
Internet Freedom Festival, “Data Protection Law and its Different Manifestations,” March 7, 2017 Valencia, Spain (link)
Consultation with the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression in the MENA region, February 28, 2017 Beirut, Lebanon
2016
Internet Freedom Festival, “#TrollGate: Taking on Cyber Harassment,” March 10, 2016 Valencia, Spain (link)
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