Speakers

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

*Please note that these speakers will participate virtually.

Keynote Speaker

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Founder and Chairman of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Keynote Speaker

Petr Pavel

President, Czech Republic

Defending Global Values

Keynote Speaker

蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen*

President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Global Defense for Taiwan’s Democracy

Keynote Speaker

Kaja Kallas

Prime Minister, Estonia

Ukraine's Path to Victory

Nancy Pelosi*

Speaker Emerita, 52nd Speaker of the US House of Representatives

U.S. Leadership in a Time of Autocratic Resurgence

Keynote Speaker

Liz Truss

Former Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom

Countering China’s Coercion

Keynote Speaker

Volodymyr Zelenskyy*

President of Ukraine

Keynote: Securing Ukraine’s Victory

Bobi Wine*

Political Leader, former Member of Parliament, Singer, and Actor

Standing for Freedom through Music

Oleksandra Matviichuk*

Head, Centre for Civil Liberties, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

Accountability for Russia’s Atrocities

Keynote Speaker

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

National Leader, Belarus

Standing up to Authoritarianism – View from Free Belarus

Condoleezza Rice*

Director, The Hoover Institution

U.S. Leadership in a Time of Autocratic Resurgence

Keynote Speaker

Jens Stoltenberg*

Secretary General, NATO

SecGen to Former SecGen: View from NATO

Keynote Speaker

Leopoldo Lopez

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

Eva Maydell

MEP and President of the European Movement International, Bulgaria

Democracy by Design – How to Ensure Responsible Tech & AI Innovation

Alex C. Karp

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Palantir Technologies Inc.

The Global Tech Race: Is the Free World Still in the Lead?

Masih Alinejad

Iranian Dissident and President, World Liberty Congress

Standing up for Women, Life, Freedom

Ahmad Massoud*

National Resistance Front of Afghanistan

Standing up for Freedom from around the Globe

Alexandra Hunger

Project Lead, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Expert Workshop Lunch: Digital Europe2030 - Democracy by Design

Ali Nazary (Introducer)

Head of Foreign Relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan

Standing up for Freedom from around the Globe

Andriy Yermak

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Security Guarantees for Ukraine – The Kyiv Security Compact

Ben Rhodes (Introducer)*

Senior Advisor, Obama Foundation

Standing up for Freedom from around the Globe

Bonnie Glick (Moderator)

Former Deputy Administrator and COO of the US Agency for International Development

The Global Tech Race: Is the Free World Still in the Lead?

Camilla Banja

Chief Business Development Officer and Partner, Assembly Voting

Assembly Voting Instructions

Carsten Sjoerup

Executive Vice President - Online, CentralNic Group PLC

Dividing Lines between Democracies and Autocracies: The Impact on Business

Chan-jo Jun

Lawyer & Managing Partner, Jun Rechtsanwälte

Expert Workshop Lunch: Digital Europe2030 - Democracy by Design

Christopher Le Mon

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S Department of State

Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Cornelius Adebahr

Political analyst & policy fellow, Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

Expert Workshop Lunch: Digital Europe2030 - Democracy by Design

Daria Zarivna

Adviser, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Accountability for Russia’s Atrocities

Derek Mitchell (Introducer)

President of National Democratic Institute, United States

Standing up for Freedom from Around the Globe

Dovilė Šakalienė

Member of Parliament, Lithuania

Countering China’s Authoritarianism - Parliamentary Perspectives

Dubravka Šuica

Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography

Democracy by Design – How to Ensure Responsible Tech & AI Innovation

Elisenda Ballesté Buxó (Moderator)

Project Coordinator, Global Democracy Coalition

Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Keynote Speaker

Eric Schmidt*

Chairman, Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), frm. CEO & Chairman of Google

Geo-Strategic Tech Competition: Is the U.S. in the Lead?

Eva Decroix

Member, Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Countering China’s Authoritarianism - Parliamentary Perspectives

Giorgi Kvinikadze

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, War Fake News Detector (Georgia)

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Hardy Merriman

President, The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)

Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Helen Zhang (Judge)

Director, International Strategy Forum and Quad, Schmidt Futures and Co-founder, Intrigue Media

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Jack Yao*

Taiwanese Ukraine fighter

From the Frontlines: Taiwanese Ukraine-Fighters

Jameel Jaffer

Executive Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

Should TikTok be Banned?

Jannicke Nilsson

Executive Vice President, Safety, Security & Sustainability, Equinor

Dividing Lines between Democracies and Autocracies: The Impact on Business

Joe Wang (Moderator)

Senior Director for Foreign Policy, Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)

How Tech Boosted Ukraine's Defense

Joern Larsen (Judge)

Founder and CEO, Trifork

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Joey Siu

Hong Kong democracy activist and Asia-Pacific staff, National Democratic Institute

Standing up for Freedom from Around the Globe

Keynote Speaker

Jonas Parello-Plesner (Moderator)

Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Jorge Jraissati

Freedom Advocate and Director for Alumni for Liberty

Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Kay Benesh

Advisor to Women Advocacy Coalition (Myanmar)

Standing up for Freedom from Around the Globe

Kevin Casas-Zamora

Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Kimber Shearer (Introducer)

Executive Vice President, International Republican Institute

Standing up for Women, Life, Freedom

Keynote Speaker

Lars Løkke Rasmussen*

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark

Message from the Danish Foreign Minister

Lu (Tony) Zhi Hao*

Taiwanese Ukraine fighter

From the Frontlines: Taiwanese Ukraine-Fighters

Lucy Akello

Member of Parliament, Uganda

Countering China’s Authoritarianism - Parliamentary Perspectives

Luke de Pulford (Moderator)

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

Countering China’s Authoritarianism - Parliamentary Perspectives

Mantas Adomėnas

Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

Resisting Authoritarian Pressure

Maryam Al-Khawaja

Human rights activist, daughter of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja (Bahrain)

Standing up for Freedom from around the Globe

Melissa Mahtani (Moderator)

Senior Producer/Reporter TV & Digital, CNN

Should TikTok be Banned?

Mia Wagner (Judge)

Co-Founder Nordic Female Founders, Investor, Board member

Naheed Farid

Afghanistan Parliamentarian in-exile, Chairperson of House Standing Committee for Women Affairs

Standing up for Women, Life, Freedom

Nare Hakobyan

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Data for Democracy (Armenia)

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Nataliia Popovych

Civic activist, international communications expert and entrepreneur, chairperson of Ukraine House in Denmark, founder of One Philosophy

Acts of Solidarity through Art - ‘Postcards from Ukraine’ and ‘It’s not Over’

Natalya Chernogub

YC World, Open Data Association, Natalka Park (Ukraine)

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Nathan Law

Democracy activist, frm. Member of Parliament, Hong Kong

Nico Jaspers

CEO, Latana

Democracy Perception Index 2023 Results

Nicole Bibbins Sedaca

Executive Vice President, Freedom House

Peter Søndergaard

Director of Programmes, European Endowment for Democracy

Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Rachel Samrén (Moderator)

Responsible Business and External Affairs Advisor

Dividing Lines between Democracies and Autocracies: The Impact on Business

Raluca Gindea

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, People's Parliament (Moldova)

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Solomiya Borshosh

Executive Director, Ukrainian Institute

Acts of Solidarity through Art - ‘Postcards from Ukraine’ and ‘It’s not Over’

Stine Mølgaard Sørensen (Judge)

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

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Teona Tomashvili

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, Askgov.Ge (Georgia)

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Teresa Hutson

Corporate Vice President of Technology and Corporate Responsibility (TCR), Microsoft

Valeriya Ionan*

Deputy Minister for Eurointegration, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

How Tech Boosted Ukraine's Defense

Veronica Tsepkalo

Chair, Belarus Women's Foundation

Roundtable Lunch: Achieving Collective Democratic Gains in the Buildup to the Third Summit for Democracy

Viktor Nestulia

Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellow, DREAM (Ukraine)

AoD Democracy & Technology Entrepreneur Program

Wolfgang Niedermark

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

Dividing Lines between Democracies and Autocracies: The Impact on Business

Ylli Bajraktari*

President and CEO, Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)

The Global Tech Race: Is the Free World Still in the Lead?

Zhanna Nemtsova

Journalist; Founder, Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom

Standing up for Freedom from around the Globe

Keynote Speaker

Jamil Anderlini (Moderator)

Editor in Chief, POLITICO in Europe

Keynote Speaker

Jeanne Meserve (Host and Moderator)

Moderator, Host of the NatSec Tech Podcast, TCEI Member and Former Anchor and Correspondent for CNN and ABC News

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