Speakers

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Founder and Chairman of The Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Barack Obama

44th President of the United States

Keynote Speaker

Ingrida Šimonytė

Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania

Standing up to Authoritarianism – View from Lithuania

Keynote Speaker

Roberta Metsola

President of the European Parliament

Defending Ukraine - View from Brussels

Volodymyr Zelenskyy*

President of Ukraine

Defending Ukraine: View from Kyiv

Věra Jourová

Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency

Social Media, War and Democratic Values – In Partnership with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Keynote Speaker

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

National Leader, Belarus

Standing up to Putin’s Authoritarianism – View from Free Belarus

Eric Schmidt*

Chairman of the Special Competitive Studies Project, Co-Founder of Schmidt Futures and former CEO of Google

Is the Free World Still Leading on Technology?

Leopoldo Lopez

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

Democracy Activism: Fighting for Change

Keynote Speaker

Brad Smith

President and Vice Chair, Microsoft

Introduction: Media, Truth & Trust in a Digital Age

Anna Herrhausen

Executive Director, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Social Media, War and Democratic Values – In Partnership with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Ben Crawford

CEO, CentralNic

‘Trading with the enemy’? Russia Sanctions and Business Responsibility

Dan Negrea

Senior Director, Freedom and Prosperity Center, Atlantic Council

Freedom and Prosperity Index - In Cooperation with Atlantic Council

Daniel Twining

President of International Republican Institute, United States

Democracy Activism: Fighting for Change

Darya Koltsova

Ukrainian Artist and Author of “Theory of protection”

Tribute to Ukraine – Presentation by Daria Koltsova, Ukrainian Artist

David Aragort

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Fact-ing Database (Venezuela)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Derek Mitchell (Introducer)

President of National Democratic Institute, United States

Democracy Activism: Fighting for Change

Federica Vinci

2020 Obama Foundation Leader (Italy)

Democratic Organizing in the Digital Age - with Obama Foundation Leaders

Freddy Tshiong-Tso Lim

Member of Parliament, Taiwan

Standing up to China’s Authoritarianism – Parliamentary Perspectives

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO of Atlantic Council

Freedom and Prosperity Index - In Cooperation with Atlantic Council

Fri Asanga

Chief Executive Officer, Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation

Freedom and Prosperity Index - In Cooperation with Atlantic Council

Ginny Badanes

General Manager, Democracy Forward, Microsoft

Media, Truth & Trust in a Digital Age- In Cooperation with Microsoft’s “Democracy Forward” Initiative

Giorgi Kakhiani

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Now Repost (Georgia)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Gyde Jensen

Member of the German Parliament

Standing up to China’s Authoritarianism – Parliamentary Perspectives

Irakli Kavtaradze

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Z-Axis (Georgia)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Ivo H. Daalder

President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, host of World Review with Ivo Daalder

Building an Alliance of Democracies - an Economic Article 5 to Counter Authoritarian Coercion

Keynote Speaker

Jeanne Meserve (Host and Moderator)

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

Jeppe Kofod

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark

Tech Message from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Keynote Speaker

Jonas Parello-Plesner (Moderator)

Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Kent Walker

President, Global Affairs, Google

Defending Ukraine - View from Tech

Ketevan Bosikashvili

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Supernova (Georgia)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Kimberley Chen

Taiwan-based, Australian Singer

Voices of Freedom - Standing up to Music Censorship

Lakshmi Sampath Goyal

Chief Executive Officer at Centre for Civil Society

Freedom and Prosperity Index - In Cooperation with Atlantic Council

Leonid Volkov

Former Chief of Staff for Alexei Navalny

Standing Up to Putin’s Authoritarianism – Message from Free Russia

Lisbeth Pilegaard

Chair of Executive Committee, European Endowment for Democracy

Democracy Activism: Fighting for Change

Lucy Akello

Member of the Ugandan Parliament

Standing up to China’s Authoritarianism – Parliamentary Perspectives

Luis Fornez

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Candydato (Venezuela)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Marina Weisband

Digital Expert, Politician and Author

Social Media, War and Democratic Values – In Partnership with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Mark Warner

Member of the United States Senate

US leadership and Making an Alliance of Democracies a Reality

Markus Reinisch

Vice President Public Policy Europe, Middle East and Africa, Meta

Social Media, War and Democratic Values – In Partnership with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Matthew Kroenig

Deputy Director, Scowcroft Center, Atlantic Council

Freedom and Prosperity Index - In Cooperation with Atlantic Council

Michael Chertoff

Co-Chair of the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity (TCEI), Former US Homeland Security Secretary

Social Media, War and Democratic Values – In Partnership with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Mircea Geoană

NATO Deputy Secretary General

Defending Ukraine – View from NATO

Nancy Cooper

Global Editor in Chief, Newsweek

Media, Truth & Trust in a Digital Age- In Cooperation with Microsoft’s “Democracy Forward” Initiative

Natalie Sedletska

Investigative reporter, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Ukrainian Service)

Media, Truth & Trust in a Digital Age- In Cooperation with Microsoft’s “Democracy Forward” Initiative

Nico Jaspers

CEO of Latana

Launch of Democracy Perception Index 2022

Olaf Steenfadt

Director of Journalism Trust Initiative, Reporters Without Borders

Media, Truth & Trust in a Digital Age- In Cooperation with Microsoft’s “Democracy Forward” Initiative

Pierre Collignon

Moderator and Opinions editor, Berlingske

Media, Truth & Trust in a Digital Age- In Cooperation with Microsoft’s “Democracy Forward” Initiative

Rachel Samrén (Moderator)

Responsible Business and External Affairs Advisor

‘Trading with the enemy’? Russia Sanctions and Business Responsibility

Robert Berschinski

Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights, White House National Security Council

Defending and Strengthening Democracy: View from Washington

Sahra-Josephine Hjorth

2022 Obama Foundation Leader (Denmark), Co-founder and CEO at CanopyLab

Democratic Organizing in the Digital Age - with Obama Foundation Leaders

Selvije Mustafi

2022 Obama Foundation Leader (North Macedonia)

Democratic Organizing in the Digital Age - with Obama Foundation Leaders

Sergio Alcocer

President, Mexican Council of Foreign Affairs (COMEXI); former Under Secretary for North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico

Freedom and Prosperity Index - In Cooperation with Atlantic Council

Stine Mølgaard Sørensen (Judge)

Co-founder at Radiobotics, author, business owner & award-winning entrepreneur

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Sujeet Kumar

Member of Parliament, India

Standing up to China’s Authoritarianism – Parliamentary Perspectives

Tamara Tachynska

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Qela App (Ukraine)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Thomas Rohden

Chairman of the Danish China Critical Society

Standing up to China’s Authoritarianism – Parliamentary Perspectives

Tommy Ahlers

Panellist and Former Minister for Higher Education and Science, Former Member of the Danish Parliament, Climate Tech Investor

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Tony Woods

Panellist and Executive Director, Quad Fellowships, Schmidt Futures

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Tudor Iulian Bradatan

2022 Obama Foundation Leader (Romania)

Democratic Organizing in the Digital Age - with Obama Foundation Leaders

Uzra Zeya

Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, U.S. Department of State

Defending and Strengthening Democracy: View from Washington

Volodymyr Tarnay

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Market Research Tool (Ukraine)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

Wolfgang Niedermark

Member of the Executive Board, The Federation of German Industries (BDI)

‘Trading with the enemy’? Russia Sanctions and Business Responsibility

Yevhen Popov

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Politscanner (Ukraine)

The Alliance of Democracies Foundation: Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur program - in partnership with Schmidt Futures

蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen*

President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Taiwan: An Integral Partner of the Global Democratic Alliance

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

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Barack Obama

Ingrida Šimonytė

Roberta Metsola

Volodymyr Zelenskyy*

Věra Jourová

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Eric Schmidt*

Leopoldo Lopez

Brad Smith

Anna Herrhausen

Ben Crawford

Dan Negrea

Daniel Twining

Darya Koltsova

David Aragort

Derek Mitchell (Introducer)

Federica Vinci

Freddy Tshiong-Tso Lim

Frederick Kempe

Fri Asanga

Ginny Badanes

Giorgi Kakhiani

Gyde Jensen

Irakli Kavtaradze

Ivo H. Daalder

Jeanne Meserve (Host and Moderator)

Jeppe Kofod

Jonas Parello-Plesner (Moderator)

Kent Walker

Ketevan Bosikashvili

Kimberley Chen

Lakshmi Sampath Goyal

Leonid Volkov

Lisbeth Pilegaard

Lucy Akello

Luis Fornez

Marina Weisband

Mark Warner

Markus Reinisch

Matthew Kroenig

Michael Chertoff

Mircea Geoană

Nancy Cooper

Natalie Sedletska

Nico Jaspers

Olaf Steenfadt

Pierre Collignon

Rachel Samrén (Moderator)

Robert Berschinski

Sahra-Josephine Hjorth

Selvije Mustafi

Sergio Alcocer

Stine Mølgaard Sørensen (Judge)

Sujeet Kumar

Tamara Tachynska

Thomas Rohden

Tommy Ahlers

Tony Woods

Tudor Iulian Bradatan

Uzra Zeya

Volodymyr Tarnay

Wolfgang Niedermark

Yevhen Popov

蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen*