BIRN Internet Freedom Meet

Belgrade, June 26-29, 2023

Hotel Hilton, Kralja Milana 35
Belgrade, Serbia

AGENDA

June 26
12:00 Registration
12:00-12:15 Opening Remarks & Welcome Miloš Ćirić, Digital Rights Program Manager, BIRN HUB
12:30-13:00 Digital Rights and Digital Activism: Towards Empowered Future Caroline Sinders, Convocation Design + Research
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:30 Round discussion: Enhancing Internet Freedom Through Digital Rights Activism  Caroline Sinders, Convocation Design + Research (moderator)

Rima Sghaier, TeamCOMMUNITY @ ARTICLE 19

Amar Karađuz, Zašto ne

Bojan Perkov, SHARE

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Workshop: Engaging in Digital Rights Activism  Rima Sghaier, TeamCOMMUNITY @ ARTICLE 19
19:00 Dinner

 

June 27
10:00-10:30 Addressing and Combating Online-to-Offline Violence Carlos Guerra, Internews
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Round Discussion: Preventing the Violence: 

Online Extremism and Offline Consequences

Carlos Guerra, Internews (moderator)

Hristina Piskulidis, ASTRA

Katarina Golubović, YUCOM

12:30-13:30 Lunch break
14:00-15:30 Workshop: Digital Safety in a Remote Work/School Era Carlos Guerra, Internews
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Workshop: Addressing Cyberbullying and Online Harassment in Investigative Journalism Anđela Milivojević, Investigative Reporter
19:00 Dinner

 

June 28
10:00-10:30 The Transparency and Accountability of the Balkan Telecommunication Companies Dragana Zarkovic Obradovic, BIRN Serbia, Country Director
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30

Round Discussion: Personal Data and Rights:

Ranking Regional Telcos on Privacy and Freedom of Expression

Dragana Zarkovic Obradovic, BIRN Serbia, Country Director (moderator)

Leandro Uccifferi, Ranking Digital Rights

Bojan Stojkovski, Journalist

Tanja Maksić, BIRN Serbia

Ana Toskić-Cvetinović, Partners Serbia

12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:00 Workshop: BIRN Investigates: “Free” Roaming in the Balkans Ivana Jeremić, Balkan Insight
13:30-15:00

CLOSED
SESSION

On Accountability: BIRN and RDR Report’s Findings & Areas for Improvement  Participants: Telcos’ representatives & Researchers
15:00-16:00 Coffee Break
19:00 Dinner

 

June 29
10:00-10:30 AI Ethics and Regulatory Measures: Current Attempts at Achieving the Responsible Use of AI Ljubiša Bojić, Digital Society Lab, IFDT
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 AI Accountability: From ChatGPT to the EU AI Act Ljubiša Bojić (moderator), Digital Society Lab, IFDT

Deniz Wagner, OSCE

Predrag Tadić, University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering Signals and Systems

Branka Anđelković, Public Policy Research Center

12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:30 Workshop: How to advocate for responsible AI/AGI strategies? Deniz Wagner, OSCE
19:00 Dinner