Speakers

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.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Founder and Chairman of The Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Andrej Plenković

Prime Minister of Croatia

Marie Bjerre

Minister for European Affairs, The Danish Parliament

David Cameron

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Boris Johnson*

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Nancy Pelosi*

Speaker Emerita of the US House of Representatives

Troels Lund Poulsen

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Denmark

Leopoldo Lopez

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

Michael McGrath

European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection

Admiral Rob Bauer

Former Chair of the Military Committee of NATO

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

India's Former Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology; Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Anna Kwok

Executive Director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC)

Antje Schippmann

Co-founder and Managing Director of the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation

Carine Kanimba

Spokesperson of the World Liberty Congress (WLC)

Chloé Goupille*

Secretary General, Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence

Damon Wilson

President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

Dan D. S. Hermansen

Chief Executive Officer at MyDefence A/S

Eveline Buchatskiy

Founding Managing Partner of D3

George Gogua

Co-founder and Director of Project 64

H.E. Mr. Mihai Popșoi

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Moldova

Henriette H. Thygesen

CEO & President, Terma Group

Hsin-Mei Cheng

Screenwriter and Producer of “Zero Day”

Jacob Mchangama

Founder and Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech

Jamie Fly

Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies and Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute

Jan Cienski (Moderator)

Janet J. Hsieh

Actor, TV Host and Author.

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

Joern Larsen (Judge)

Founder and CEO, Trifork

Jonas Parello-Plesner (Moderator)

Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Kajsa Ollongren

Former Minister of Defence, Netherlands

Kateryna Mykhalko

Director-General, Tech Force in Ukraine Association (UA)

Luke de Pulford (Moderator)

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

Mantas Adomėnas

Secretary General of the Community of Democracies

Manuel Cohen Salerno

Member of the National Assembly of Panama, Co-Chair, Interparliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)

Marietje Schaake

Fellow, Stanford University and Author for ‘The Tech Coup’

Mathias Döpfner

Chair and CEO, Axel Springer Freedom Foundation

Melissa Mahtani (Moderator)

Executive Producer of CBS News Confirmed

Múte Bourup Egede

Minister of Finances and Taxes, former Prime Minister of Greenland

Nanna-Louise Linde

Vice President of European Government Affairs, Microsoft

Nataliia Popovych

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

Nicholas Vinocur (Moderator)

Editor-at-Large, POLITICO Europe

Nico Jaspers

Co-founder and CEO, Latana

Perth Tolle

Founder of Life + Liberty Indexes and sponsor of the Freedom 100 EM ETF (FRDM)

Pierre Collignon (Moderator)

Editor-in-chief at the Danish daily, Berlingske

Richard Taylor

CEO of Lumi Global

Taavi Veskimägi

CEO of Sentris Capital & Founder/Chairman of the Estonian Defence Industry Association

Tamara Cofman Wittes

President of National Democratic Institute (NDI)

Velislava Petrova

Chief Program Officer & Biotechnology Director, Centre for Future Generations (CFG)

Virginia Mahieu

Neurotechnology Director, Centre for Future Generations (CFG)

The Democracy Tech Entrepreneur Fellowship

Making technology work for democracy is one of today's greatest challenges. In response to threats like election interference, disinformation, and surveillance misuse, our fellowship supports tech entrepreneurs developing solutions to protect democratic values. Grounded in innovation and entrepreneurship, the program focuses on collective learning, peer mentoring, and strong network-building among founders.

Adrian Manole

Co-founder and CEO of LexChain

Anna Khachatryan

Founder of Havastie

Danylo Dermenzhy

Founder and CEO of Univera

Mariam Kaulashvili-Southwell

Co-founder of Diatove

Sviatoslav Hnizdovsky

Founder and CEO of OpenMinds

V'yacheslav Shvaydak

Co-founder and CEO of Dropla

The Tech for Democracy Impact Accelerator (TDIA)

The Tech for Democracy Impact Accelerator (TDIA) is the Alliance of Democracies Foundation’s new program supporting European non-profits and social enterprises using advanced tech to tackle democratic challenges. By offering expert guidance, practical tools, and access to a global network, TDIA helps projects create real-world impact. Launched amid growing threats to democratic institutions, the program fosters resilience and drives innovation at the intersection of technology and democracy.