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Agenda

Resilience

Resilience Lounge: Rest & Recharge

Gayle Karen Young

Freedom Fellowship Leadership Mentor

Dr. Elissa Epel

Director of AME Center, UCSF

Dr. Vanina Waizmann

Freedom Fellowship Mental Health Mentor

Annette Knopp

Co-founder of the Blue Spirit retreat center in Nosara, Costa Rica

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Founder, InsightLA

Dr. Jack Kornfield

Co-Founder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Theater Session I

Theater Session II

Fireside Chat

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

Jenny Wang

Senior Policy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

Seongmin Lee

Director of Korea Desk, Human Rights Foundation

Fireside Chat

Freedom AI 101

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

Anna Chekhovich

Freedom Tech Education Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Ben Perrin

Bitcoin Educator, BTC Sessions

Workshop

Vibe Coding Lounge

Justin Moon

AI Technical Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Resilience

OFF Medical Clinic | OFFICE HOURS

C. Michael Wright

MD

Tabita A. Wright

MD

Workshop

Financial Privacy

Lea Petrasova

Chief Executive Officer, Vexl

Anna

Chief Executive Officer, Hodl Hodl

Panel

Iran: The Next Chapter

Dr. Zohreh Abdollahkhani

Chair, Human Rights For Sport

Gissou Nia

Human Rights Lawyer

Book Signing

Jacob Mchangama: “The Future of Free Speech”

Jacob Mchangama

Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech

Lightning Talks

Ignite Talks

Bertin Bandiangou

Togolese Pro-Democracy Activist

Bol Deng Bol Arok

Executive Director of INTREPID-South Sudan

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

Sulaima Ishaq Elkhalifa Sharif

Sudanese activist, Head of the Combating Violence Against Women Unit, Sudanese Ministry of Social Development

Workshop

Supporting Political Prisoners Through Advocacy and Reintegration

Lilian Tintori

Co-founder, World Liberty Congress Political Prisoners Support Team

Workshop

Dismantling Dictatorship: What Do YOU Think it Takes?

Tina Nabatchi

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

Workshop

Making Freedom Tech Beautiful

Stacie Waleyko

Software Engineer, Bitcoin Dev Project

Mogashni Naidoo

Co-founder, Bitcoin Design Foundation

Workshop

How to Use Nostr: The Social Network YOU Control

Ben Perrin

Bitcoin Educator, BTC Sessions

Workshop

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

Calle

Creator, Cashu, Bitchat, Clawi.ai

Workshop

The Democracy Experiment

Nikola Ilić

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Founder, ChangeLab

Fireside Chat

What Does Justice Look Like for Survivors of Sexual Torture?

Dr. Alice Jill Edwards

UN Special rapporteur on torture

Kate Gibson

International Human Rights Lawyer, Doughty Street Chambers

Sulaima Ishaq Elkhalifa Sharif

Sudanese activist, Head of the Combating Violence Against Women Unit, Sudanese Ministry of Social Development

Panel

Protecting the Lawyers Who Defend Democracy

Sophie de Graaf

Executive Director of Lawyers for Lawyers

Santiago Canton

Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists

Brandon Silver

International Human Rights Lawyer

Roberto González

Chief Advocacy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

Tanele Maseko

Swazi Human Rights Activist and CEO of the Thulani Maseko Foundation

Theater Session I

Theater Session II

Resilience

Resilience Lounge: Rest & Recharge

Gayle Karen Young

Freedom Fellowship Leadership Mentor

Dr. Elissa Epel

Director of AME Center, UCSF

Dr. Vanina Waizmann

Freedom Fellowship Mental Health Mentor

Annette Knopp

Co-founder of the Blue Spirit retreat center in Nosara, Costa Rica

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Founder, InsightLA

Dr. Jack Kornfield

Co-Founder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Freedom Tech

Freedom Tech

Farida Nabourema

Founder, Africa Bitcoin Conference; Genesis Committee, Finney Freedom Prize

Calle

Creator, Cashu, Bitchat, Clawi.ai

Félix Maradiaga

President, World Liberty Congress; Former Nicaraguan opposition leader

Matt Corallo

Bitcoin Open-Source Engineer, Spiral

Justin Moon

AI Technical Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Alex Gladstein

Chief Strategy Officer, Human Rights Foundation

Leopoldo López

Co-founder, World Liberty Congress; Venezuelan Opposition Leader

Sabina Waithira Gitau

Co-founder, Tando

Nick Anthony

Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; CBDC Tracker Fellow, Human Rights Foundation

Leonid Volkov

Head of Political Projects, Anti-Corruption Foundation

Ramez Naam

Author, The Nexus Trilogy; Founder, Planetary VC

Anaïse Kanimba

Director and Founder, Africa Bitcoin Institute

Dr. Álvaro Salas-Castro

President & CEO, The Reynolds Foundation

Gabriel Calzada Álvarez

President of the University of the Hespérides

Abubakar Nur Khalil

Chief Executive Officer, Btrust

Janet Maingi

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Gridless

Fergus Ryan

Senior China Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Rabble

Founder, Verse Communications PBC

Creative Dissent

Musical Performance by Serene

Serene

Concert Pianist and Software Engineer

Workshop

How Meditation Strengthens Resilience

Dr. Elissa Epel

Director of AME Center, UCSF

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Founder, InsightLA

Panel

Ending Modern Slavery in Global Supply Chains

Saunoamaalii Karanina Sumeo

Former Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, New Zealand Human Rights Commission

Mahendra Pandey

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking portfolio at Humanity United

Grace Forrest

Founding Director, Walk Free

Benjamin Skinner

Founder and Principal, Transparentem

Panel

Persecuted for Belief

Rémy Amahirwa

Son of Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett

President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice; Co-Chair, International Religious Freedom Summit

Dr. Matthew Gillett

Chair Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Rushan Abbas

Executive Director, Campaign for Uyghurs

Panel

The Middle East in Turmoil: Geopolitical Wars and the Future of Democratic Governance

Lynn Harfoush

Executive Committee Member of Lebanese National Bloc Party

Mohammad Al Abdallah

Director of Syria Justice and Accountability Center

Gissou Nia

Human Rights Lawyer

Melissa Mahtani

International Journalist, Anchor & Moderator with a focus on Emerging Technology, Human Rights and Equality

Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

Founder of Ideas Beyond Borders & Middle East Uncovered

Resilience

Resilience Lounge: Rest & Recharge

Gayle Karen Young

Freedom Fellowship Leadership Mentor

Dr. Elissa Epel

Director of AME Center, UCSF

Dr. Vanina Waizmann

Freedom Fellowship Mental Health Mentor

Annette Knopp

Co-founder of the Blue Spirit retreat center in Nosara, Costa Rica

Trudy Goodman, PhD

Founder, InsightLA

Dr. Jack Kornfield

Co-Founder, Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Panel

Maduro's Fall and the Future of Authoritarians in Latin America

Fernando Aramayo

Foreign Minister of Bolivia

Pedro Urruchurtu

Director of International Affairs for María Corina Machado

Félix Maradiaga

President, World Liberty Congress; Former Nicaraguan opposition leader

Javier El-Hage

Chief legal and policy officer, Human Rights Foundation

Rosa María Payá

Founder, Cuba Decide; Executive Director, Fundación para la Democracia Panamericana

Panel

Reporting Against Authoritarianism

James Waterhouse

Foreign Correspondent for BBC News

Roxana Saberi

Independent Journalist, Writer, and Storyteller

Oksana Romaniuk

Director of the Institute of Mass Information, Ukraine

Irma Dimitradze

Journalist and Communications Manager, Gazeti Batumelebi

Szabolcs Panyi

Hungarian Investigative Journalist at VSquare.org

Panel

The Future of Philanthropy - Hosted by EverGive

Jamie Fly

CEO, Freedom House

Breza Race

Program Director, Center for Nonviolent Actions and Strategies (CANVAS)

Resilience

OFF Medical Clinic | OFFICE HOURS

C. Michael Wright

MD

Tabita A. Wright

MD

Workshop

Beyond Captivity: Supporting Survivors of Wrongful Detention and Isolation

Dr. Young Hoang

Senior Advisor for Reintegration and Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape (SERE) Psychologist

Panel

Building New Audiences to Implement Freedom in Iran, Lebanon, and Turkey

Husain Maschinetchian

Organizer, translator, advancing civic dialogue and intellectual resistance in Iran

Brad Lips

Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Network

Medeni Sungur

President, Digimar Institute / Kuest Media, Liberal Content Strategist

Panel

How Dictators Use Corruption To Destroy Democracy (and Get Insanely Rich in the Process)

Ishaan Tharoor

Global Affairs Journalist, Former Columnist Washington Post

David Szakonyi

Co-Founder, Anti-Corruption Data Collective; Associate Professor, George Washington University

Vadim Kleiner

Director of Research, Hermitage Capital; Chief Investigator, Magnitsky Justice Campaign

Workshop

Leading Under Pressure: Leadership Lessons for Human Rights CEOs

Nick Grono

CEO, Freedom Fund

Panel

Beautiful Game, Ugly Politics: Is the World Cup Good for Democracy?

Dr. Janie Frampton

Former referee and FIFA instructor

Philippe Auclair

Investigative Reporter, Josimar/The Guardian

Jonathan Wilson

Guardian columnist and author of The Power and the Glory

Karim Zidan

Sports & Dictators Program Lead, Human Rights Foundation

Workshop

Engaging Meta's Oversight Board

Tracy Manners

Director of Global Affairs at Oversight Board of Meta

Workshop

Psychological First Aid for Activists with Dr. Elissa Epel & Annette Knopp

Dr. Elissa Epel

Director of AME Center, UCSF

Annette Knopp

Co-founder of the Blue Spirit retreat center in Nosara, Costa Rica

Panel

Standing up to Rising Autocrats in Georgia, Serbia, and Beyond

Olesya Vartanyan

South Caucasus Conflict Analyst

Nikola Ilić

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Founder, ChangeLab

Creative Dissent

Comedy Show: Stand-Up Stands Up

Blank Peng

Comedian

Ali Sultan

Yemeni-Ethiopian Comedian

Pandji Pragiwaksono

Indonesian Stand-Up Comedian, CEO Comika Company

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