WEXFO 2022

Speakers

Aage Storm Borchgrevink

Head of Center for International Justice at The Norwegian Helsinki...

Abetare Krasniqi

Abetare Krasniqi is a specialist in hate crime and has...

Adam Bodnar

is a Polish lawyer, educator, and human rights activist. He...

Agnes Callamard

Agnes Callamard is Secretary General of Amnesty International. Previously, she...

Ali Dorani

Ali Dorani is a cartoonist, SA and human rights activist...

Ande Somby

Sami joik artist and an associate professor at the Faculty...

Anniken Huitfeldt

Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt (b. 1969) is a Norwegian historian and...

Astrid Hoem

Astrid Hoem is the Chair of the Youth organization of...

Barbara Triofini

Barbara Trionfi is Executive Director of the International Press Institute...

Bodour Al Qasimi

President of the International Publishers Association (IPA). A trailblazer in...

Burhan Sönmez

Burhan Sönmez is a Kurdish prize-winning novelist from Turkey living...

Celina Jerman Bright-Taylor

Works as an advisor at Safemuse- Safe Havens for Artists...

Christine Sørensen

Christine Sørensen (b. 1981) is Government Affairs and Public Policy...

Dex Hunter-Torricke

Dex Hunter-Torricke is Vice President of Global Communications & Public...

Dmitry Dubrovsky

Dr. Dmitry Dubrovsky is an expert on human rights in...

Dmitry Muratov

Dmitry Muratov is a journalist, editor, and co-founder of the...

Farzana Elham Kochai

Farzana Kochai (b. 1992) is an Afghan politician. She has...

Fatemah Farag

Veteran journalist, media innovator, and senior executive, Fatemah Farag is...

Guzel Yakhina

Guzel Yakhina is an award-winning Russian author and screenwriter. She...

Helje Solberg

Head of News division at NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting. Chair of...

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is the former Prime Minister of Denmark, a...

ISÁK

ISÁK has been a hype in Sápmi music for a...

Joakim Lie

John Steinmark

Coordinator for the Freedom of Expression Committee in Börsenverein, The...

Jon Peder Egenæs

John Peder Egenæs is Secretary General of Amnesty International in...

Jørgen Frydnes

Jørgen Watne Frydnes (b. 1984) is a Norwegian administrator and...

Juana Regina Pérez Tiño

Regina Pérez is a professional journalist and social communicator. She...

Kadafi Zaman

Kadafi Zaman is a Norwegian journalist and presenter. He is...

Kira Yarmysh

Kira Yarmysh (b. 1989) is educated at the prestigious MGIMO...

Kjersti Løken Stavrum

Kjersti Løken Stavrum is a Norwegian editor and media executive....

Kristenn Einarsson

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

Laila Bokhari

Academic, diplomat and politician. Former deputy minister/state secretary with the...

Line Tholstrup

Lisa Ann Cooper

Lisa Ann Cooper is the founder and CEO of several...

Lise Klaveness

Lise Klaveness is the director of the Norwegian Football Association,...

Margit Ketterle

Maria Ressa

Maria Ressa is one of the two 2021 Nobel Peace...

Marianne Knudsen

Marianne Knudsen is a student and head of the Norwegian...

Mohamed Kharwa

Mohamed Kharwa is an President of the South African Booksellers...

Nancy Herz

Nancy Herz is State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour...

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Oleksandra Vyacheslavivna Matviichuk is a Kyiv-based human rights lawyer and...

Paminder Parbha

Paminder Parbha is a human rights researcher/campaigner with over 25...

Sebastien Lai

Sebastien Lai is the son of Jimmy Lai, who, along...

Stevan Dojcinovic

Svitlana Valko

Svitlana Valko, is a human rights defender, a field monitor,...

Věra Jourová

Věra Jourová is a Czech politician and lawyer. She is...

Victor Pickard

Victor Pickard is the C. Edwin Baker professor of media...

Vivian Haverstadløkken

Vivian works as a freelance producer and has more than...