We are delighted to have esteemed speakers and democracy defenders to discuss how to strengthen and protect democracy.

Please note that speakers with an asterisk by their name will be joining us virtually. More speakers to be confirmed shortly.

Ursula von der Leyen

EPP Lead Candidate for President of the European Commission

Mette Frederiksen

Prime Minister of Denmark

Charles Michel

President of the European Council

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Founder and Chairman of The Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Nikol Pashinyan

Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu

President of the Republic of Kosovo

H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

President of Ghana

蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen*

President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

賴清德 Lai Ching-te*

Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Hillary Clinton*

Former Secretary of State, U.S.

Mitch McConnell*

Republican Leader of the United States Senate

Sanna Marin

Former Prime Minister of Finland

Sir Richard Branson*

Founder, Virgin Group

Andriy Yermak

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

National Leader, Belarus

Leonid Volkov

Former Chief of Staff for Alexei Navalny

Věra Jourová*

Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency

Bobi Wine*

Political Leader, former Member of Parliament, Singer, Actor and Academy Award Nominee

Troels Lund Poulsen

Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark

Rustem Umerov*

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Masih Alinejad

Iranian Dissident and President, World Liberty Congress

Andrew Dwyer

Lead of the UK Offensive Cyber Working Group

Anne McElvoy (Moderator)

Executive Editor, Politico

Anne Tsai Bennett

Chief of Staff of the National Endowment for Democracy

Annette Kroeber-Riel

Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google in Europe

Audrey Tang*

Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan

Carmen Lau

International Advocacy and Program Associate at the Hong Kong Democracy Council, Leadership Council Member, World Liberty Congress

Cecilia Isabel Requena Zárate

Bolivian activist and Senator, Bancada de Comunidad Ciudadana (CC)

David Lega

Member of the European Parliament

Fadi Elsalameen*

Adjunct Senior Fellow, American Security Project

Ginny Badanes

General Manager, Democracy Forward, Microsoft

Gordon Repinski (Moderator)

Executive Editor, Politico

Hardy Merriman

President, The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)

Jeanne Meserve (Host and Moderator)

Host of the NatSec Tech podcast, TCEI member and former anchor and correspondent for CNN and ABC News

Jerzy Pomianowski

Executive Director of European Endowment for Democracy

Jonas Parello-Plesner (Moderator)

Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Julie Cane

CEO and co-founder of Democracy Investments

Jørn Larsen (Judge)

Founder of Trifork

Kurt Volker

Former United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations

Leopoldo Lopez

National Coordinator of Voluntad Popular for Freedom Activist and Co-founder of the World Liberty Congress

Lidia Pereira

Member of European Parliament, European People’s Party

Luke de Pulford (Moderator)

Executive Director, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)

Lyudmyla Kozlovska

President of the Open Dialogue Foundation

Mark Scott (Moderator)

Chief Technology Correspondent, Politico

Markéta Gregorová

Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

Mathias Döpfner*

CEO of Axel Springer and author of "The Trade Trap-How To Stop Doing Business With Dictators"

Matthew Pottinger

Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States

Michiel Hoogeveen

Member of European Parliament, European Conservatives and Reformists Group

Nanna-Louise Linde

Vice President of European Government Affairs, Microsoft

Nick Cohen (Judge)

Director, International Strategy Forum

Nico Jaspers

Co-founder and CEO, Latana

Nima Tisdall (Judge)

CEO and Partner, Nordic Makers

Peter Erben

Principal Advisor, IFES, and Senior Country Director, Ukraine

Preben Thorö (Presenter)

Chairman for the GOTO Program Committees, Group CTO Trifork

Rana Mansour

Iranian musician and singer

Rasmus Bech Hansen

Founder and CEO of Airfinity

Richard Rikoski

Chief Economist and co-founder of Democracy Investments

Richard Walakira (Moderator)

Program Manager, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Suzanne Lynch (Moderator)

Global Playbook Author, Associate Editor, POLITICO Europe

Uffe Elbæk

Former Minister of Culture, Founder and former party leader of The Alternative

Viktor Nestulia

Head of DREAM Project Office (Ukraine)

Yohanan Plesner*

President of the Israel Democracy Institute

Youth Liberty Congress Delegates

Youth Liberty Congress

Zhanna Kadyrova

Ukrainian Multidisciplinary Artist

Democracy Tech Fellows

As part of the Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Program, the fellows are invited to the Copenhagen Democracy Summit to build strong networks with policy makers, democracy activists and the start-up ecosystem in Denmark. Here they meet with their mentors, visit a few selected partner hubs, and pitch their innovation on the main stage of the summit. As attendees you will be able to vote for the winner of the 2024 People’s Award through the Copenhagen Democracy Summit app !

Ana Toklikishvili

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Vinici - Georgia

Anton Tarasyuk

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Mantis Analytics - Ukraine

Ariadna Dron

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Marmoris - Moldova

Dmytro Bilash

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Osavul - Ukraine

George Gogua

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Gzavnili - Georgia

Mariam Akhalkatsi

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Genderbarometer - Georgia

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