Copenhagen
Democracy
Summit
2026

Date

May 12

Venue

Royal Danish Playhouse

Building an Alliance of Democracies in a New World (dis)Order

Our Initiatives

The Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellowship

Democracy Tech

The Democracy Perception Index

DPI

Speakers at the Summit

Our Summit unites political, business and media leaders, democracy activists and advocates to bring fresh ideas to stem the tide of authoritarian advance and put democracy back on the front foot. More speakers to be confirmed shortly.

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

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Founder and Chairman of The Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Jens-Frederik Nielsen

Prime Minister of Greenland

John Bolton

26th United States National Security Advisor

Yoshua Bengio

Prof at Université de Montréal and President of LawZero

Chrystia Freeland

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Finance of Canada

Gundbert Scherf

co-CEO and co-Founder of Helsing

John Caudwell

British Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Taro Kono (Virtual)

Former Foreign, Defense and Digital Minister of Japan

Bobi Wine

Ugandan Activist, Politician and Singer

Carolina Barrero

President and Executive Director of Ciudadanía y Libertad

Sharon L. Davies

President and CEO of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation

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Supporters

Supporters of the Alliance of Democracies play a vital role in enabling us to run effective initiatives and to host a Summit of high quality, that ensures an open debate about important aspects of a democratic future. We would like to thank all our supporters of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit for their contribution. If you are interested in supporting the Summit, please contact us here.

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