Meet Our Freedom Tech Speakers
Agenda
14:00-14:20
Welcome to the Freedom Tech Track
14:20-14:25
Tracking Internet Shutdowns
14:25-14:35
The Digital Free Speech Crackdown in Uganda
14:35-14:40
Supporting Open Source Human Infrastructure
14:40 - 14:55
The Revolution Will be Social
14:55-15:00
How to Start with Nostr Today
15:00-15:15
How Nostr can Revolutionize Journalism
15:15-15:20
The State of Decentralized Social Media
15:20-15:25
Publish Without Permission Today
15:25-15:35
15:35-15:50
How China Uses Financial Repression in the Cultural Genocide Against Uyghurs
15:50-15:55
Become Unstoppable: Insight into HRF's Bitcoin Webinar
15:55-16:10
Securing Lifelines: The Bitcoin Privacy Imperative
16:10-16:15
How Bitcoin Enables Refugees to Find Safety
16:15-16:20
Building out Africa's Open-Source Ecosystem
16:20-16:25
Using Bitcoin as Day-to-Day Money in Kenya
16:25-16:40
Announcing the Global Bitcoin Adoption Index
16:40-16:45
Financial Privacy and Cross-Input Signature Aggregation
16:45-17:00
The Evolution of Ecash
17:00-17:05
Arkade: An Execution Layer for Bitcoin-Native Applications
17:05-17:10
HRF's CBDC Tracker
17:10-17:15
How Open Source Tech is Helping Venezuela
17:15-17:30
Transforming Energy into Human Potential
17:30-17:35
Announcing the BDF Q2 Grants
Join us for the Freedom Tech track at OFF
On Wednesday, May 28, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) will host the Freedom Tech track at the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum.
Together, we will explore how digital tools are weaponized by authoritarian regimes and how they’re harnessed by human rights defenders operating under dictatorships. From Bitcoin to end-to-end encryption, and from decentralized media like Nostr to privacy tools like more robust VPNs, this program will spotlight the technologies and builders advancing unstoppable, censorship-resistant tools for digital freedom. We’ll also hear from voices across Africa, Latin America, Asia, and beyond, who are using freedom tech to resist control and reclaim their civil liberties.
This is a unique opportunity for activists to connect with world-class technology experts and strengthen their work through technologies that governments cannot shut down.
On May 26-27, HRF will host a Bitcoin 101 for Activists workshop at the Oslo Concert Hall. This hands-on workshop led by Anna Chekhovich and BTC Sessions will teach activists and nonprofit leaders how to use Bitcoin safely and effectively. Participants will learn to set up their own Bitcoin wallets, practice sending and receiving bitcoin transactions, and explore hardware wallets. They will learn to navigate financial repression and operate more securely in high-risk environments. (No prior Bitcoin knowledge and experience required).