WEXFO 2024

Speakers

Aaiún Nin

Aaiún Nin is a non-binary person, born in Angola, writing...

Abeer Abu Ghaith

Abeer Abu Ghaith is not only a social tech entrepreneur...

Adele Matheson Mestad

Adele Matheson Mestad is a Norwegian lawyer. She is the...

Alicja Wiśniewska

Member of the Board in PROM, Student of Law at...

Anders Lindberg

Political editor-in-chief at Aftonbladet since 2018. Started at Aftonbladet in...

Anine Kierulf

Anine Kierulf is an associate professor of constitutional law at...

Arizza Nocum

Arizza is the Co-Founder and President of KRIS, a non-profit...

Arvinn Gadgil

Arvinn Gadgil, Director, UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance Arvinn...

Åsmund Reistad

Åsmund Reistad (b. 1969) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer...

Christo Grozev

Christo Grozev is Executive Director and Chairman of the Bellingcat...

Ege Dündar

A graduate of International Politics at City University, Ege Dündar...

Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen

Ella Marie is a Sámi artist and activist from the...

Espen Aas

Journalist and host on Dagsnytt 18 at NRK (Norwegian Boradcasting...

Even Aleksander Hagen

A community-engaged 35-year-old with one foot in Gudbrandsdalen and the...

Felicia Anthonio

Felicia Anthonio is #KeepItOn Campaign Manager at Access Now, a...

Gérard Biard

Gérard Biard has been writing for Charlie Hebdo since 1992....

Ghawgha

Ghawgha, a musician from Afghanistan, is known for reminding peace...

Hanna Komar

Hanna Komar is a Belarusian poet, translator, writer and researcher....

Hans Olav Sundfør

Hans Olav Sundfør (H) is the mayor of Lillehammer Municipality...

Seyran Ates

Seyran Ateş is a human rights activist, women’s rights activist,...

Irene Khan

Irene Khan is the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion...

Jakob Nielsen

Jakob Nielsen has covered international politics for 25 years as...

Karine Pansa

With nearly thirty years of experience in the publishing industry,...

Khaled Harara

I am Khaled Harara, Palestinian from Gaza, and now residing...

Kimberly Wehle

Kimberly Wehle (pronounced Whale-ee) is an expert in constitutional law...

Knut Nesheim

Knut Kvifte Nesheim is a drummer and composer hailing from...

Kristenn Einarsson

Consultant, managing director of World Expression Forum AS, chair of...

Laila Bokhari

Academic, politician and diplomat. Former State Secretary, Office of the...

Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times-bestselling author known...

Leandro Demori

Leandro Demori is the Executive Editor of The Intercept Brasil,...

Lubna Jaffery

Lubna Jaffery is the Norwegian Minister of Culture and Equality...

Mads Nygaard

Publisher and president of Aschehoug. Twenty years of experience in...

Mariann Schjeide

Library manager at Volda University College, Norway. Attending as member...

Meron Mendel

Meron Mendel was born near Tel Aviv in 1976 and...

Mihael Kovač

Miha Kovač is a professor at the Department of Library...

Nataliia Romanyshyn

Nataliia Romanyshyn is a NLP specialist at Texty.org.ua. Her passion...

Naw Betty Han

Naw Betty Han is a reporter at Frontier and previously...

Noam Shuster Eliassi

Noam is a comedian and activist, she worked her whole...

Olav Brostrup Müller

Olav is Head of Culture in Lillehammer and head of...

Pål Nedregotten

Pål Nedregotten heads technology and product development at the Norwegian...

Peter Schoppert

Peter Schoppert is a publisher and reformed technology entrepreneur who...

Peter Ter Velde

As a televison reporter Peter ter Velde reported from many...

Porter Anderson

Porter Anderson ( @Porter_Anderson ) BA, MA, MFA, is Editor-in-Chief...

Maria Rosario Soraide

Rosario Soraide manages the UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural...

Saba-Nur Cheema

Saba-Nur Cheema, born in Frankfurt in 1987, is the daughter...

Sam Gregory

Sam Gregory is an internationally recognized human rights advocate and...

Sigrid Sollund

Journalist and host on Dagsnytt 18 and other shows at...

Staffan Lindberg

Professor and Director of the V-Dem Institute at University of...

Svenja Hahn

Svenja Hahn was born in Hamburg in 1989 and serves...

Taghi Rahmani

Taghi Rahmani, a veteran independent journalist and staunch free speech...

Tetyana Teren

Tetyana Teren (1986) is a Ukrainian journalist, cultural manager, and...

Tora Åsling

Tora Åsling, is since 2022 Policy Officer at the European...

Veslemøy Østrem

Editor-in-Chief for Altinget Norway. Former Managing News Editor in the...

Vladyslav Troitskyi

Vladyslav Troitskyi (1964) is Ukrainian theatre producer, director, playwriter and...

Yama Wolasmal

Yama Wolasmal is the Middle East correspondent for Norwegian state...

Zubair Junjunia

Zubair Junjunia is an award-winning social entrepreneur dedicated to ensuring...