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2021 Speakers

  • Katerina Sakellaropoulou
    Katerina Sakellaropoulou
    H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic
  • Kyriakos Mitsotakis
    Kyriakos Mitsotakis
    Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
  • Yuval Noah Harari
    Yuval Noah Harari
    Historian and Best-Selling Author
  • Stacey Abrams
    Stacey Abrams
    Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist and Author
  • Eduard Heger
    Eduard Heger
    Prime Minister, Slovakia
  • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
    Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
    Leader, Democratic Belarus
  • Shoshana Zuboff
    Shoshana Zuboff
    Author and Professor Emerita, Harvard Business School
  • Péter Szijjártó
    Péter Szijjártó
    Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
  • Iris Abraham
    Iris Abraham
    Communications & Fundamental Rights Adviser, European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Suica
  • Alberto Alemanno
    Alberto Alemanno
    Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, HEC Paris
  • Jon Alexander
    Jon Alexander
    Co-Founder, New Citizenship Project
  • Kwame Anthony Appiah
    Kwame Anthony Appiah
    Professor of Philosophy and Law, New York University and Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor Emeritus, Princeton
  • Kostas Bakoyannis
    Kostas Bakoyannis
    Mayor of Athens, Hellenic Republic
  • Michael Berkowitz
    Michael Berkowitz*
    Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst
  • Hervé Berville
    Hervé Berville
    Member of Parliament, France
  • Irina Bokova
    Irina Bokova
    Former Director General, UNESCO and Chair of Board of Governors, Democracy & Culture Foundation
  • Irene Braam
    Irene Braam
    Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation (North America)
  • Matt Brittin
    Matt Brittin
    President, EMEA Business and Operations, Google
  • DAVIDE CASALEGGIO
    Davide Casaleggio
    President, Rousseau Association
  • Leonidas Christopoulos
    Leonidas Christopoulos*
    Secretary General of Digital Governance and Simplification of Procedures, Ministry of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic
  • John Chrysoulakis
    John Chrysoulakis
    Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Hellenic Republic
  • Claudia Chwalisz
    Claudia Chwalisz
    Innovative Citizen Participation Lead, O.E.C.D.
  • Aura Cifuentes
    Aura Cifuentes
    Director of Digital Government, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, Colombia
  • Mete Coban
    Mete Coban
    Chief Executive, My Life My Say
  • Rik Daems
    Rik Daems*
    President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  • Christophe Deloire
    Christophe Deloire
    Executive Director, Reporters Without Borders
  • Nikos Dendias
    Nikos Dendias
    Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic
  • Father Patrick Desbois
    Father Patrick Desbois
    Head of Academic Council, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center; Founder and President, Yahad – In Unum
  • Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
    Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
    President, International, The New York Times Company
  • Philippine Dutailly
    Philippine Dutailly
    Youth Fellow, International Youth Think Tank
  • Ibijoke Faborode
    Ibijoke Faborode
    Co-Founder and Executive Director, ElectHER
  • Paul Farmer
    Dr. Paul Farmer
    Co-Founder and Chief Strategist, Partners in Health
  • Bill Posters
    Barnaby Francis (aka Bill Posters)
    Artist-Researcher, Author and Facilitator
  • Philip Glanville
    Philip Glanville
    Mayor of London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
  • Toomas Hendrik Ilves
    Toomas Hendrik Ilves
    Former President, Estonia
  • Anthony Kefalas
    Anthony Kefalas
    Economist and Vice Chairman, Democracy & Culture Foundation
  • Parag Khanna
    Parag Khanna
    Founder and Managing Partner, FutureMap
  • Stephen King
    Stephen King
    C.E.O., Luminate
  • Vicki Kolovou
    Vicki Kolovou*
    Marketing Director, Digital Giraffes
  • Pavel Kounchev
    Pavel Kounchev
    Co-Founder and Chair, Fine Acts
  • Chris J. Lazaris
    Chris J. Lazaris
    Chair, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
  • Nanna-Louise Wildfang Linde
    Nanna-Louise Wildfang Linde*
    Associated General Counsel, Head of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs in Central and Eastern Europe, Microsoft
  • Maria Logotheti
    Maria Logotheti*
    Economist, Minister Counselor ad honorem and Senior Policy Advisor, ELIAMEP
  • Antigone Lyberaki
    Antigone Lyberaki
    General Manager, SolidarityNow
  • Helena Monteiro
    Helena Monteiro
    Project Specialist, Making Cities Resilient 2030, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Dawn Nakagawa
    Dawn Nakagawa
    Executive Vice President, Berggruen Institute
  • Harish Natarajan
    Harish Natarajan
    Chief Content Officer, Polemix
  • Paul Nelson
    Paul Nelson
    Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst
  • Wai Wai Nu
    Wai Wai Nu
    Founder and Executive Director, Women’s Peace Network
  • Alexia Papageorgiou
    Alexia Papageorgiou*
    Co Founder, Teens for Democracy
  • Alexis Papahelas
    Alexis Papahelas
    Editor in Chief, Kathimerini
  • Jason Rhys Parry
    Jason Rhys Parry*
    Research and Development, Sapienship
  • Ulf Pehrsson
    Ulf Pehrsson*
    Head of Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson
  • Kyriakos Pierrakakis
    Kyriakos Pierrakakis
    Minister of State and Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic
  • Angelique Pouponneau
    Angelique Pouponneau
    Environmental Lawyer
  • Marja Ruotanen
    Marja Ruotanen
    Director of Human Dignity and Equality, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  • Ines Saltiel
    Ines Saltiel*
    Co founder, Teens For Democracy
  • Annika Savill
    Annika Savill
    Executive Head, U.N. Democracy Fund, United Nations
  • Natan Sharansky
    Natan Sharansky
    Human Rights Activist and Chair, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center
  • Marietje Schaake
    Marietje Schaake
    International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center and International Policy Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University
  • Ian Sielecki
    Ian Sielecki
    Founder, Polemix
  • Tony Silberfeld
    Tony Silberfeld*
    Director, Trans-Atlantic Relations, Bertelsmann Foundation
  • Annika Silva-Leander
    Annika Silva-Leander
    Head of North American Outreach and Analysis, International IDEA
  • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
    Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos*
    Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Professor of Political Science at the University of Athens (EKPA)
  •  Joseph E. Stiglitz
    Joseph E. Stiglitz
    Economist and Professor, Columbia University
  • Urban Strandberg
    Urban Strandberg
    Co-Founder and Managing Director, International Youth Think Tank
  • Dubravka Šuica
    Dubravka Šuica
    Vice President for Democracy and Demography, European Commission
  • Ashley Tolbert
    Ashley Tolbert
    Security Professional
  • Achilles Tsaltas
    Achilles Tsaltas
    President, Democracy & Culture Foundation
  • Ivan Tse
    Ivan Tse
    Chair and President, Tse Foundation
  • Tsoukalis
    Loukas Tsoukalis
    President, Foundation for European and Foreign Policy
  • Ai Weiwei
    Ai Weiwei
    Artist
  • Fabian Wiek
    Fabian Wiek
    Youth Fellow, International Youth Think Tank
  • Hong Zhou
    Hong Zhou
    China Forum Expert and Academic Member and Chair of Division of International Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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