The International e-Society.Mk conference “Freedom and Privacy on the Internet” organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation and the International Institute for Human Rights and Peace from Caen will take place on December 10, 2015 at the “Holiday Inn” hotel in Skopje. This is the 11th consecutive e-Society conference, and the theme of this year’s conference is “Freedom and Privacy on the Internet”.
The conference will cover topics such as human rights – the basics of modern society, freedom of expression, online hate speech and privacy. The conference will also include several workshops.
Agenda
09:00-10:00 Registration and coffee
10:00-10:30 Session 1: Opening
- H. E. Ms Laurence AUER, Ambassador of the Republic of France in Macedonia
- Mr Ljupcho PRENDJOV, Deputy Minister of Local Self-Government of the Republic of Macedonia
- Ms Ana BLAZHESKA, State Secretary for European Affairs
- Mr Jonas BOCHET, Director of the International Institute for Human Rights and Peace
- Mr Bardhyl JASHARI, Executive Director of Metamorphosis, Foundation for Internet and Society
10:30-11:30 Session 2: Human Rights as Basis of Contemporary Society
- Mr Sebastien BOTREAU BONNETERRE, human rights expert, attaché for cooperation in the Embassy of the Republic of France
- Ms Silva PESIC, Human Rights Adviser, Office of the UN Resident Coordinator
- Ms Catherine-Amélie CHASSIN, General Secretary of the International Institute for Human Rights and Peace (ТBC)
- Ms Uranija PIROVSKA, Macedonian Helsinki Committee
Moderator: Mr Filip STOJANOVSKI, Metamorphosis Foundation
11:30-11:40 Coffee break
11:40-12:40 Session 3: Privacy
- Ms Jillian YORK, Electronic Frontier Foundation – EFF and IFEX
- Ms Liljana PECOVA ILIESKA, Directorate for Personal Data Protection
- Mr Andrej PETROVSKI, Share Defense
- Ms Elena STOJANOVSKA, privacy expert
Moderator: Ms Tamara RESAVSKA, Metamorphosis Foundation
12:40-13:40 Session 4: Freedom of Expression
- Mr Mirche ADAMCHEVSKI, Council of Media Ethics in Macedonia
- Mr Tihomir LOZA, SEENPM, South East European Network for Professionalization of Media and IFEX
- Ms Boryana DZAMBAZOVA, Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria
- Mr Dejan GEORGIEVSKI, President of the Media Development Center
Moderator: Mr Vladimir PETRESKI, USAID Media Fact-Checking Service, Metamorphosis Foundation
13:40-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-16:00 Workshops (break-out sessions)
Human rights education – sharing best practices (with simultaneous translation between Macedonian, French, Albanian, and English)
- Mr Jonas BOCHET, International Institute for Human Rights and Peace
- Ms Elena BRMBEVSKA, Macedonian Helsinki Committee
- Ms Liljana PECOVA ILIESKA, Directorate for Personal Data Protection
- Ms Marina Tanaskoska DJEPAROSKA, Friends of Education
- Ms Tamara RESAVSKA, Metamorphosis Foundation
Tools that increase security and privacy online (working language: English)
- Mr Andrej PETROVSKI, Share Defense
- Ms Jovana ANANIEVSKA, IT expert
- Ms Dona DZAMBASKA, Metamorphosis Foundation
Journalistic standards and human rights, incl. combating hate speech (working language: English)
- Mr Tomislav KEZAROVSKI, AJM – Association of Journalists of Macedonia
- Ms Marina DOMAZETOVSKA, Council of Media Ethics in Macedonia
- Mr Tihomir LOZA, SEENPM – South East European Network for Professionalization of Media and IFEX
- Ms Boryana DZAMBAZOVA, Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria
- Mr Vladimir PETRESKI, USAID Media Fact-Checking Service, Metamorphosis Foundation
Human rights and elections + other human rights issues (working language: English)
- Mr Zlatko DIMITRIOSKI, MOST
- Mr Andreja STOJKOVSKI, MCET – Macedonian Center for European Training
- Mr Filip CHEPAROSKI, NDI – National Democratic Institute
- Mr Filip STOJANOVSKI, Metamorphosis Foundation
16:00-17:00 Conclusions and Closing
- Mr Jonas BOCHET, General Secretary of the International Institute for Human Rights and Peace
- Mr Bardhyl JASHARI, Executive Director of Metamorphosis, Foundation for Internet and Society
