OFF 2026 Agenda​

Resilience

Resilience Lounge: Rest & Recharge

• 8:30-17:30

• Resilience Lounge

Gayle Karen Young

Freedom Fellowship Mentor, Leadership Expert, and Facilitator Specializing in Resilience and Capacity Building for Change-makers

Dr. Elissa Epel

Professor at UC San Francisco; Leading Researcher on Stress, Resilience, and the Biological Impact of Adversity

Dr. Vanina Waizmann

Freedom Fellowship Mental Health Mentor; Founder and Director, Living with Totality

Annette Knopp

Therapist, Meditation Teacher, and Co-Founder of the Blue Spirit Retreat Center in Nosara, Costa Rica

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Clinical Psychologist and Meditation Teacher

Dr. Jack Kornfield

Meditation Teacher, Psychologist, and Leading Voice in the Integration of Mindfulness and Western Psychology

Theater Session I

• 09:30-11:15

• Main Theater

Theater Session II

• 11:45-13:30

• Main Theater

Fireside Chat

Inside the Most Closed Country on Earth: North Korea and The Case for Freedom Tech

• 14:00–14:25

• Freedom Tech Academy (Room 1)

Jenny Wang

Senior Policy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

Seongmin Lee

Director of North Korea Desk, Human Rights Foundation

Fireside Chat

Freedom AI 101

• 14:00-14:30

• AI Lounge (Room 2)

Justin Moon

AI Technical Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Matt Ahlborg

Chief Executive Officer, PayPerQ

Mark Suman

Chief Executive Officer, Maple AI

Workshop

Bitcoin for Nonprofits 101

• 14:30–14:55

• Freedom Tech Academy (Room 1)

Anna Chekhovich

Freedom Tech Education Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Ben Perrin

Bitcoin Educator, BTC Sessions

Workshop

Vibe Coding Lounge

• 14:30–17:00

• AI Lounge (Room 2)

Justin Moon

AI Technical Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Resilience

OFF Medical Clinic | OFFICE HOURS

• 15:00-17:30

• OFF Clinic

C. Michael Wright

MD

Tabita A. Wright

MD

Workshop

Financial Privacy

• 15:00–15:25

• Freedom Tech Academy (Room 1)

Lea Petrasova

Chief Executive Officer, Vexl

Panel

Iran: The Next Chapter

• 15:00-16:00

• Main Theatre

Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay

Human Rights and Democracy Advocate

Zhino Babamiri

Norwegian-Kurdish human rights advocate

Azadeh Afsahi

Human Rights Clinician; Founder, Iran House

Dr. Zohreh Abdollahkhani

Chair, Human Rights For Sport

Gissou Nia

Director of the Strategic Litigation Project, Atlantic Council

Book Signing

Jacob Mchangama: “The Future of Free Speech”

• 15:00-16:00

• Library Lounge

Jacob Mchangama

Founder and Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech

Lightning Talks

Ignite Talks

• 15:00-16:00

• Lille Sal

Saiful Islam

Program Officer at the Human Rights Support Society

Tsela Zoksang

Campaigns Director at Students for a Free Tibet

Zumretay Arkin

Vice President of World Uyghur Congress

Kawsar Yasin

Co-Founder of the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP

Ilia Gantvarg

Program Officer at the Anti-Corruption Foundation

Evgeniia Belkina

Head of Volunteer Service at Viasna Human Rights Center

Alexa Zamora

Nicaraguan Pro-Democracy Activist

David Aragort

Venezuelan Digital Rights Advocate and Technologist

Ana Corina Sosa

Venezuelan Pro-Democracy Activist; Director, Defense & Security, Celonis

Workshop

Supporting Political Prisoners Through Advocacy and Reintegration

• 15:00-16:00

• Workshop 2

Lilian Tintori

Co-founder, World Liberty Congress Political Prisoners Support Team

Workshop

Dismantling Dictatorship: What Do YOU Think it Takes?

• 15:00-17:30

• Workshop 1

Tina Nabatchi

Director, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration, Syracuse University

Workshop

Making Freedom Tech Beautiful

• 15:30–15:55

• Freedom Tech Academy (Room 1)

Stacie Waleyko

Software Engineer, Bitcoin Dev Project

Mogashni Naidoo

Co-founder, Bitcoin Design Foundation

Panel

Iran's Prospects for Change: Challenges and Opportunities

• 16:00-16:15

• Main Theater

Cameron Khansarinia

Chief of Staff to Reza Pahlavi

James Kirchick

Journalist

Workshop

How to Use Nostr: The Social Network YOU Control

• 16:00–16:25

• Freedom Tech Academy (Room 1)

Ben Perrin

Bitcoin Educator, BTC Sessions

Workshop

How to Use Bitchat: Talk with Friends Even When the Internet Is Down

• 16:30-17:00

• Freedom Tech Academy (Room 1)

Calle

Creator, Cashu and Clawi.ai; Bitchat developer

Workshop

The Democracy Experiment

• 16:30-17:30

• Workshop 2

Nikola Ilić

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Founder, ChangeLab

Panel

Is It Ethical To Cooperate With Chinese State Institutions To Secure Incremental Change?

• 16:30-17:30

• Main Theatre

Joanna Chiu

Managing Partner, Nüora Global Advisors

Isaac Stone Fish

CEO, Strategy Risks

John Donvan

Moderator-in-Chief, Open to Debate

Fireside Chat

What Does Justice Look Like for Survivors of Sexual Torture?

• 16:30-17:30

• Library Lounge

Dr. Alice Jill Edwards

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Kate Gibson

Associate, Doughty Street Chambers

Panel

Protecting the Lawyers Who Defend Democracy

• 16:30-17:30

• Lille Sal

Sophie de Graaf

Executive Director, Lawyers for Lawyers

Santiago Canton

Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists

Brandon Silver

Director of Policy and Projects, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

Roberto González

Chief Advocacy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

Tanele Maseko

Swazi Activist and Widow of Thulani Maseko