Webinar on Human Rights and ICT Standards
On Thursday 6th June 2024 (15:30 – 17:30 CEST) the StandICT.eu 2026 and HSBooster.eu project will discuss amongst experts working on human rights and standards, the issue of how to ensure Human Rights are considered and dealt with when addressing technical specifications in ICT standardisation.
Background
Human Rights are defined by regulators, and compiled in Conventions, Declarations and different legal texts. The topic of the webinar focuses on how we may consider those Human Rights when developing technical specifications in ICT standardisation and viceversa. The motivation behind the webinar is to provide background and increase support among like-minded and other third countries for looking into what is needed to integrate Human rights in ICT standards development process.
Preliminary Agenda
15:30 - Welcome and Introduction, Silvana Muscella, StandICT.eu Project Coordinator
15:35 - Policy perspectives, Emilio Davila Gonzalez, Head of ICT Standardisation Sector, DG CONNECT, European Commission
15:45 - Enhancing the EU Standardisation Strategy, Jochen Friedrich, Member of the ETSI Board, IBM
15:55 - The role of international standardisation bodies in addressing Human Rights concerns in ICT standardisation, Olivier Alais, ITU
16:05 - The intersection of cybersecurity and Human Rights in the context of ICT standardisation, Arnaud Taddei, Broadcom and ITU
16:15 - Member States Perspectives on integrating Human Rights into ICT standardisation efforts, Marek Janovski (Czech Republic), Daphne Goudry (France)
15:35 - Panel discussion moderated by Nicholas Ferguson, HSbooster.eu Project Coordinator “Human Rights and ICT standardisation: examples and best practices across diverse SDOs” with StandICT.eu fellows and HSbooster.eu experts. Invited panellists:
- Viveka Bonde, ISO (StandICT.eu Fellow)
- Christian Grafenhauer, ISO & CEN-CENELEC (StandICT.eu Fellow)
- Shakira Bedoya, ISO (StandICT.eu and Seeblocks Fellow and HSbooster.eu expert)
- Emma Day, Human Rights lawyer, AI ethics specialist, Co-founder of Tech Legality
17:15 - Q&A preliminary recommendations
17:30 - Wrap-Up with main findings