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All speakers

We welcome the following speakers to the conference.

Abdelrahman (Abdo) Hassan

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

Aik van Eemeren

Innovation Strategist at the City of Amsterdam

Alexander Scholtes

Councillor Amsterdam (ICT en Digitale Stad, D66)

Andy Piper

Head of Communications at Mastodon

Ariane Wimplinger

Assistant at Council for European Public Space

Aymeric Mansoux

Professor of Applied Research at WdKA Research Center, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

Babette Knauer

Head of Communications at University of Groningen Library

Ben Cerveny

Founder and President at Foundation for Public Code

Benedetta Brevini

Professor at University of Sydney | Visiting Professor at New York University

Bert Hubert

Founder PowerDNS | Writer

Björn Staschen

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

Björn Wijers

Freelance Tech Expert

Caroline De Cock

Head of Research at information labs 

Claudio Cesarano

Senior Program Manger (Tech and Democracy) at Civitates - The European Democracy Fund

Daniel Erasmus

Full Member Club of Rome | Head AI Internet Archive Europe | Founder ClimateGPT

Daniel Hantigk

Initiator of Let's euro.vision it! | Content- & Social-Media Manager at E-Control | Mobility-Application Expert | Author 

Danny Lämmerhirt

Future Internet Lab Lead at Waag Futurelab

Elena Rossini

Filmmaker | Photographer | Author of the blog "The Future is Federated"

Elisabeth IJmker

City Council Member for GroenLinks Amsterdam

Emma Ghariani

Head Open Source and Digital Commons Division at the French Interministerial Digital Directorate

Esther Hammelburg

Senior lecturer at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Eva Oosterlaken

Designer and researcher at Futurall | Researcher at Hogeschool van Amsterdam 

Fabienne Simenel

Project lead Online Hate & Big Tech at DeGoedeZaak

Flavia Dzodan

Lector at Rietveld Academie

Geert-Jan Bogaerts

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

Georg Rehm

Researcher at German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) | Deputy Director of DFKI Berlin | Professor at Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Henrik Schönemann

Initiator of Safeguarding Research & Culture | Researcher (Historian) at Humboldt University Berlin

Ian Forrester

Founder of Cubicgarden

James Patton

Solo Indie Developer at Clockwork Bird | Narrative Designer working with Causa Creations

Jantien Borsboom

Director of PublicSpaces

Jeff Ubois

Board Member at InternetArchive.eu

Jo Jara Kroese

Co-founder of Radical Data

Joe Elborn

Executive Director at Evens Foundation

Jorgen Karskens

Project Manager and Project Developer at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Joumana Mourad

IJAD Artistic Director | Choreographer | Dancer | Workshop leader | Speaker

Judith Veenkamp

Head of Programme Life at Waag Futurelab

Julia Vernersson

Co-Managing Director at Hostwriter | Publisher at Unbias the News

Jurjen van den Bergh

Director at DeGoedeZaak

Konrad Bleyer-Simon

Research Associate at the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (European University Institute)

Laura Krabbe

Editorial and Communications at PublicSpaces | Managing Editor Minimal Collective | DJ

Laura op de Beke

Assistant Professor of Interactive Media, Screens, and Interfaces at Utrecht University

Liliana Carrillo

Founder at CollectiveUP

Lot Carlier

Executive Director at Stichting Veronica/V-Ventures

Lucas Evers

Head of Programme Make at Waag Futurelab

Lucie Chateau

Assistant Professor of Screen Media at Utrecht University | Lead of Creative AI at Inclusive AI Lab 

Malou Lintmeijer

Co-director at Stichting Here to Support

Manfred Zielinski

Digital Community Goods Project Manager at Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Manuel Herranz

CEO at Pangeanic

Maria Farrell

Writer and Speaker about Technology and the Future

Marie Kreil

Co-Director at Prototype Fund

Mariette van Huijstee

Research Coordinator at Rathenau Instituut

Marijn van Vliet

Director of the Foundation Digital Infrastructure Netherlands (DINL)

Martijn de Waal

Professor of Civic Interaction Design at the HvA | Scientific Director of the Centre of Expertise Creative Innovation

Matteo Bergamini

CEO at Shout Out UK

Matthias Pfeffer

Director of Council for European Public Space

Michael-Bernhard Zita

Research, Projects & Networks Manager at Council for European Public Space

Michiel Leenaars

Director of Strategy NLnet Foundation

Nikolaus Hutter

Partner and Co-Founder at Relevant Ventures

Nirit Peled

Independent Artist | Filmmaker | Journalist

Ola Bonati

Concept Developer at Waag Futurelab

Paris Marx

Author | Writer | Host of Tech Won't Save Us

Peter Erdelyi

Director at the Center for Sustainable Media

Rayén Jara Mitrovich

Performance Artist | Co-founder of Radical Data

Roel Dobbe

Assistant Professor at TU Delft | Board Member PublicSpaces

Ronald Huizer

Executive Board Member Reading & Digital Lliteracy at KB

Roos Groothuizen

Media Artist

Sabine Roeser

Professor of Ethics at TU Delft

Sander van der Waal

Research Director at Waag Futurelab

Sander Veenhof

AI Programme Maker at VPRO Medialab

Slawek Blich

Managing Director at Display Europe

Sophie Bloemen

Director at Commons Network

Theresa Song Loong

Advisor Technological Innovation at Kennisnet

Valentine Charles

Data Services Director at Europeana Foundation

Vladimir Radinović

President of the Board at Community Media Forum Europe

Wendy Hoenkamp

Marketing & Communications Consultant for various non-profits

Wladimir Mufty

Program manager at Public Values - SURF

Zuzanna Warso

Director of Research at Open Future