Speakers and moderators

Prabhat Agarwal

Head of Unit “Digital Services and Platforms,” DG CONNECT, European Commission

David Agranovich

Director, Global Threat Disruption, Meta

Nika Aleksejeva

Lead Researcher, DFRLab

Lina al-Hathloul

Head of Monitoring and Communications, ALQST

Jochai Ben-Avie

Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Connect Humanity

Rob Berschinski

Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights, National Security Council, US Government

Hon. Antony Blinken

Secretary of State, United States Department of State

Baiba Braže

Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO Public Diplomacy Division

Leah Bray

Acting Coordinator at Global Engagement Center, United States Department of State

Graham Brookie

Senior Director, DFRLab

Emerson Brooking

Resident Senior Fellow, DFRLab

Julia Brothers

Senior Advisor, National Democratic Institute

Daniel Castaño

Founding Partner, Mokzy

Tracy Chou

Founder and CEO, Block Party

Vukosava Crnjanski

Director, Center for Research, Transparency, and Accountability

Nighat Dad

Executive Director, Digital Rights Foundation

Ingrid Dickinson

Graduate Student, Georgetown University

Kat Duffy

Nonresident Senior Fellow, DFRLab

Lizza Dwoskin

Sillicon Valley Correspondent, The Washington Post

Catalina Escobar

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, MAKAIA

Marwa Fatafta

MENA Policy and Advocacy Manager, Access Now

David Frautschy

Senior Director, European Government and Regulatory Affairs, Internet Society

Hon. Mark Gitenstein

Ambassador of the United States to the European Union, US Mission to the EU

Nathaniel Gleicher

Head of Security Policy, Meta

Charlotte Godart

Investigator & Director of the Global Authentication Project, Bellingcat

Gerard de Graaf

Director for Digital Transformation, DG CONNECT, European Commission

Scott Hale

Director of Research, Meedan

Helena Mølgaard Hansen

Deputy Tech Ambassador, Office of Denmark’s Tech Ambassador

Katie Harbath

Founder and CEO, Anchor Change

Brittan Heller

Nonresident Fellow, DFRLab

Rose Jackson

Director, Democracy + Tech Initiative, DFRLab

Malavika Jayaram

Executive Director, Digital Asia Hub

Carine Kanimba

Daughter of Hotel Rwanda Hero, Paul Rusesabagina

Dragana Kaurin

Executive Director and Founder, Localization Lab

Usama Khilji

Executive Director, Bolo Bhi

Kate Klonick

Professor, St. John’s University School of Law

Chung Ching Kwong

Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)

Katherine Lo

Content Moderation Lead, Meedan (US)

Caio Vieira Machado

Executive Director, Instituto Vero

Jacqueline Malaret

Assistant Director, DFRLab

Laís Martins

Reporter, Persephone Miel Fellow, Núcleo Jornalismo, Pulitzer Prize Center

Cathy Mulligan

European Research Area Chair, University of Lisbon

Donncha O Cearbhaill

Acting Head of Security Lab, Amnesty International

Alex González Ormerod

Latin America Editor, Rest of World

Roman Osadchuk

Research Associate, DFRLab

Szabolcs Panyi

Investigative Journalist, Direkt36

Miranda Patrucic

Deputy Editor in Chief, Regional and Central Asia, OCCRP

Maria Ressa

CEO and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rappler

Anis Samaali

Senior Program Manager, National Democratic Institute

Nanjira Sambuli

Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Jānis Sārts

Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

Khushbu Shah

Editorial Director, Rest of World

Alice Stollmeyer

Founder & Executive Director, Defend Democracy

Audrey Tang

Digital Minister of Taiwan, Government of Taiwan

Kenton Thibaut

Resident China Fellow, DFRLab

Amalia Toledo

Lead Public Policy Specialist, Wikimedia Foundation

Liubov Tsybulska

Founder, Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security, Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

Kimberly Voll

Co-Founder, Fair Play Alliance

Alicia Wanless

Director, Partnership for Countering Influence Operations, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ellen Weintraub

Commissioner, United States Federal Election Commission

Moira Whelan

Director, Democracy and Technology, National Democratic Institute

Min Hsuan Wu (aka “Ttcat”)

Co-Founder and CEO, Doublethink Lab

Alex Zerden

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Energy, Economics, and Security Program, Center for New American Security

More to be announced!

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The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) has operationalized the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.

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