Agenda

The Council of Tech and Social Cohesion's Global Expo 2026 — May 20
"From Harm Mitigation to Intentional Design"

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First segment

Broadcasting from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

4:00 ET
Bishkek 14:00
Brussels 10:00
Nairobi 11:00

Welcome: How the Council on Tech and Social Cohesion advances healthy tech design through policy, practice and product

Lena Slachmuijlder (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)
Samara Papieva (Search for Common Ground, Central Asia)

4:15 ET
Bishkek 14:15
Brussels 10:15
Nairobi 11:15

How regulation is shaping tech design

Niamh Hanafin (Coimisiún na Meán)
Marie-Eve Nadeau (5Rights)
Moderated by: Lena Slachmuijlder (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)

4:45 ET
Bishkek 14:45
Brussels 10:45
Nairobi 11:45

Tackling Digital Harms: how African civil society groups are advancing change

Caleb Gichuhi (Build Up)
Megan Grazier (Build Up)
Hussam Abualfatah (Build Up)

5:15 ET
Bishkek 15:15
Brussels 11:15
Nairobi 12:15

Making Sense at Scale: how deliberative tech is reshaping participation

Christine Odera (Youth, Peace Security Coalition, Kenya)
Mridul Upadhyay (Youth, Peace, Security Advocate, South Asia)
Victoria Stanski (Common Good AI)
Moderated by: Samara Papieva (Search for Common Ground)

6:00 ET
Bishkek 16:00
Brussels 12:00
Nairobi 13:00

BREAK

6:15 ET
Bishkek 16:10
Brussels 12:15
Nairobi 13:15

When polarization pays: fixing the incentives behind social media

Carlos Hernández-Echevarría (Fundación Maldita)
Victorie Rio (What to Fix)
Moderated by: Lena Slachmuijlder (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)

6:45 ET
Bishkek 16:45
Brussels 12:45
Nairobi 13:45

Building Trust through Tech: Central Asia experiences of digitalization and inclusion

A panel of government and civil society representatives, names TBD
Moderated by: Samara Papieva (Search for Common Ground)

7:55 ET
Bishkek 17:55
Brussels 13:45
Nairobi 14:45

Closing

Samara Papieva (Search for Common Ground, Central Asia)

Second segment

Broadcasting from Washington, D.C.

10:00 ET
Pacifc Time 7:00
Brussels 16:00
Nairobi 17:00

Welcome: How the Council on Tech and Social Cohesion advances healthy tech design through policy, practice and product

Kristin Hansen (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)
Ravi Iyer (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)
Nick Zuroski (Alliance for Peacebuilding)

10:10 ET
Pacific Time 7:10
Brussels 16:10
Nairobi 17:10

Evolutions in Tech Design: a Fireside chat with Jigsaw

Beth Goldberg (Jigsaw)
Moderated by: Kristin Hansen (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)

10:30 ET
Pacific Time 7:30
Brussels 16:30
Nairobi 17:30

Tackling TFGBV by design: how policy, product and practice intersects

Katya Vogt (IREX)
Asha Allen (Center for Democracy & Technology, Europe)
Gabe Freeman (Technologist, Integrity Institute)
Moderated by: Nick Zuroski (Alliance for Peacebuilding)

11:15 ET
Pacific Time 8:15
Brussels 17:15
Nairobi 18:15

Bringing the social back to social media: design choices of emerging platforms

Christos Floros (monnett)
Bach Bui (Roundabout, New_Public)
Vardon Hamdiu (Sparkable)
Moderated by: Lena Slachmuijlder (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)

12:00 ET
Pacific Time 9:00
Brussels 18:00
Nairobi 19:00

BREAK

12:30 ET
Pacific Time 9:30
Brussels 18:30
Nairobi 19:30

Design can be a liability: what next after the US court cases?

Tiffany Gillis Brown (Tech Justice Law Center)
Camille Carlton (Center for Humane Technology)
Moderated by: Ravi Iyer (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)

13:00 ET
Pacific Time 10:00
Brussels 19:00
Nairobi 20:00

When algorithms change, what changes?

Jonathan Stray (Center for Human-compatible AI, UC, Berkeley)
Leif Sigerson (technologist)
Moderated by: Ravi Iyer (Council on Tech and Social Cohesion)

13:30 ET
Pacific Time 10:30
Brussels 19:30
Nairobi 20:30

When prosocial design hits the gaming ecosystem

David Grüning
Julia Kamin (Prosocial Design Network)

14:00 ET
Pacific Time 11:00
Brussels 20:00
Nairobi 21:00

When AI helps the mediators: Lightning Talk

Tyler Thomson (Expeditionary.ai)

14:15 ET
Pacific Time 11:15
Brussels 20:15
Nairobi 21:15

Tech for listening & sense-making: Spotlight on The Forum

Kristin Hansen (Civic Health Project)

14:55 ET
Pacific Time 11:55
Brussels 20:55
Nairobi 21:55

Closing

Nick Zuroski (Alliance for Peacebuilding)