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10:00
Mariana Mas
Technology & Human Rights Policy Expert, Senior Program Manager at Open Society Foundations (online)

10:05
Luis Rivera
Acting Regional Mission Director for USAID

10:10
Marat Bigaliyev
Director of Internews Network Kazakhstan

10:15
Assel Murat
National Programme Officer, OSCE Program Office in Astana

10:20
Victoria Tyuleneva
Director of Freedom House Kazakhstan

10:25
MODERATOR: Igor Brattsev
Expert of MediaNet International Centre for Journalism
Introduction: Overview of main challenges

10:30
Yeldos Nashirali
Chairman of the Information Committee of the Ministry of Information and Social Development (Kazakhstan)
Regulation of Digital Rights in Kazakhstan

10:45
Muhammadi Ibodulloev
Director of Civil Internet Policy Initiative (Tajikistan)
Digital Rights Ranking in Central Asia

11:00
Yelzhan Kabyshev
Ranking Digital Rights Central Asia Fellow, Project Manager Digital Rights Landscape and Internet Freedom (Kazakhstan)
Threats to Digital Rights in Kazakhstan: Internet Shutdown, Online Censorship and Whitelisting of Websites

11:15
Mikhail Klimarev
Director of Internet Defense Society NGO (online)

The Impact of the Internet Shutdown on Human Rights: Examples from Different Countries
11:30-11:50
Q&A

12:10
MODERATOR: Duman Smakov
Chief Editor of factcheck.kz
Introduction: Overview of main challenges

12:15
Nedim Useinow
Article 19 Program Coordinator for Europe and Central Asia (Europe)
Digital Authoritarianism as a Threat to Freedom of Speech

12:25
Zhasulan Umiraliyev
Advisor to the Minister of Information,
Director of the Department of State Media Policy (Kazakhstan)
Compliance of the Legal Framework and Practice with international Principles

12:35
Natalia Temirbaeva
Chief Editor of Kaktus.media (Kyrgyzstan)
Factors Affecting Freedom of Speech in Kyrgyzstan, Draft Law "On Mass Media" of the Kyrgyz Republic

12:45
Saida Sulaymanova
Director of the Modern Journalism Development Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)
Legislative Framework for Regulating freedom of expression on the Internet: Experience of Uzbekistan

12:55
Rustam Mukhamedov
Digital Rights Expert, Expert/Analyst on Turkmenistan, Human Rights Consulting Group PF (HRG) (Turkmenistan)
Features of Regulatory and Practical Regulation of the Internet Sphere in Turkmenistan and Their Compliance with International Principles

13:05-13:30
Discussion. Q&A

14:30
MODERATOR: Snezhana Tsoy
Research and Educational Programs Manager, MediaNet International Journalism Center
Introduction: Overview of main challenges

14:35
Olexandr Horokovsky
Founder of BezBrehni, Factchecker (online) (Ukraine)
How Russian Propaganda Uses Western Media to Legalize Their Narratives

14:50
Serik Beyssembayev
Director of PaperLab Research Center (Kazakhstan)
The Influence of Propaganda and Disinformation on Public Opinion in Kazakhstan

15:05
David Kutidze
Researcher at the Gnomon Wise Research Institute (Georgia)
Importing Russian Propaganda - How its Techniques are Used in the Government of Georgia’s Public Rhetoric

15:20
Asel Sooronbayeva
Chief Editor of Checkit Media (Kyrgyzstan)
Russian and State Propaganda in Kyrgyzstan

15:35
Miranda Patrucic
Chief Editor of OCCRP

15:50-16:10
Q&A

16:25
FACILITATOR: Jamilya Maricheva
ProTenge Founder
Introduction: Overview of main challenges

16:30
Kabdesh Adiletkhan
Head of the Personal Data Protection Department of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry (Kazakhstan)
How to Maintain the Security of Personal Data Taking into Account the Development of AI

16:45
Zlata Ponirovskaya
Head of the Prague Media School (Great Britain)
AI Revolution: How did We Get into It?

17:00
Arman Suleymenov
Founder/CEO, nFactorial School (Kazakhstan)
Glimpses of “Strong” AI: Experiments with GPT4

17:15
Open microphone. Discussion

Dilfuza Mirzahmedova
Chief Editor of Factchecknet.uz

Lola Islamova
Project Manager of Factchecknet.uz (Uzbekistan)