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All speakers

We welcome the following speakers to the conference.

Bibi van Alphen

Abdelrahman (Abdo) Hassan

Responsible AI Manager at Decathlon | Founder/Creative Technologist at Critical Tech

Alek Tarkowski

Directory of Strategy at Stichting Open Future

Anna Mazgal

Executive Director at Wikimedia Europe

Atze de Vrieze

Journalist at 3voor12

Audrey Tang

Senior Accelerator Fellow at Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI | Cyber Ambassador, Taiwan 

Barbara Kathmann

Ben Werdmuller

Senior Director of Technology at ProPublica

Bert Stavenuiter

Director at BovenJan | Director at Ypsilon

Björn Staschen

Co-Founder Save Social | Author "In der Social Media Falle" | Journalist | Media Scientist

Björn Wijers

Freelance Digital Autonomy Expert

Cas Bool

Director of Framer Framed

Catherine Tait

Expert-in-Residence at New_ Public

Christy Westhovens

Daan Archer

CEO and Co-Founder of Copyright Delta

Daniëlle Arets

Danny Groenewegen

Co-founder at eCommons | Treasurer at Wooncoöperatie De Warren

Danny Lämmerhirt

Future Internet Lab Lead at Waag Futurelab

Diana Krieger

Co Founder & CEO at Soverin

Dion Berlijn

Designer | Electronic Music Producer

Elena Rossini

Writer at The Future is Federated

Eliza Hobo

Researcher Responsible AI at TNO

Eric Smit

Journalist | Co-Founder Follow the Money | Co-Founder The Firewall

Erik Willems

Project Manager Digital Autonomy at Follow the Money NL

Erin Kissane

Co-founder & co-lead at Unbreaking | Proprietor at wreckage/salvage

Esther Hammelburg

Senior lecturer at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | Director of Society 5.0 Festival

Eva Hofman

Editor De Groene Amsterdammer

Evita de Roode

Moderator, Facilitator, Presenter, Cultural Entrepreneur and Teacher

Felix Hlatky

Executive Director at Mastodon

Geert-Jan Bogaerts

Chairman of the PublicSpaces Foundation | Head of I&DM at VPRO

Ginevra Petrozzi

Artist | PhD Candidate TU/e

Harry Verwayen

General Director at Europeana Foundation

Ian Forrester

Founder of Cubicgarden

Ilyaz Nasrullah

Irakli Sabekia

Designer | Artistic Researcher

Jan Jaap Hubeek

Director of Stichting NIVOZ

Jantien Borsboom

Director of PublicSpaces

Jelle van der Ster

Jet de Ranitz

Chair of the Board of Directors at NPO

Johannes Ernst

Founder & co-organizer FediForum | Founder & CEO Dazzle Labs

Julia Janssen

Artist | Researcher | Digital/human rights advocate | Studio Julia Janssen

Kai-Hsiang Wen

Product Designer

Karmijn Steekelenburg

Co-creation Manager at NOLAI

Laura Krabbe

Programme Curator | Writer | Editor

Lauren Challis

Laurens Hof

Writer at Connected Places

Lotje Beek

Policy Advisor Bits of Freedom

Lucas Evers

Principal Researcher Art, Science and Society at Waag Futurelab

Ludo Baauw

Group CEO at Intermax Group (IMG)

Luna Maurer

Mixed media designer and artist | Lecturer | Author

Maarten Brinkerink

Freelance Researcher and Project Coordinator

Mariangela Lavanga

Associate Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Marit de Jong

Researcher at Rathenau Instituut

Marjolein Lanzing

Assistant Professor Philosophy of Technology at University of Amsterdam

Marko Zevnik

Marleen Stikker

Founding Director Waag Futurelab

Martijn de Waal

Lector Civic Interaction Design at the HvA

Masuma Shahid

Mathijn Elhorst

Teamlead Digital Villa at VPRO

Melanie Bartos

Science Communicator at University of Innsbruck

Mercedes Leipoldt

Researcher at Waag Futurelab

Michael Dierck

Lead Product Manager

Michael Foster

Director at The Newsmast Foundation

Mirjam Wijers

Innovation Director at Library Berkel & IJssel

Moktar Nabil

General Director of Stichting 40Worldwide Foundation | Founder of Garage Noord

Nestor Siré

Multi-media Artist

Ola Bonati

Concept Developer at Waag Futurelab

Oskar J. Gstrein

Alliance for Digital Autonomy (ADA) | Associate Prof.

Papertrail

Experimental publishing platform

Pauline Westendorp

Pieter van Boheemen

Expert

Pourya Omidi

Quirine van Eeden

Researcher at Rathenau Institute

Robert Amlung

Senior Innovation Advisor at ZDF German Television

Robin Berjon

Principal at Supramundane Agency

Roel Dobbe

Assistant Professor at TU Delft | Board Member PublicSpaces

Ronald Nijboer

Rose Wang

COO at Bluesky

Rudy Fraser

Founder & CEO at Blacksky Algorithms | Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University

Sander van der Waal

Research Director at Waag Futurelab

Sarah de Heusch

Sebastian Vogelsang

Co-Lead at Eurosky

Shivam Dhawan

CEO at Leren Leren

Siri Beerends

Cultural Sociologist | SETUP Media Lab

Sophie Bloemen

Director Commons Network

Tatenda Tavingeyi

Project Coordinator at An AI Of Our Own

Timo Nieuwenhuis

Podcast Editor & Tech Researcher at Rathenau Instituut

Vera van der Burg

Artist | Researcher

Wilja Jurg

Director Tetem

Wladimir Mufty

Program Manager Digital Sovereignty at SURF