WEXFO 2026
Speakers
Abdallah Abed Alhaleem
Abdullah Alhaleem is an architect and urban designer working at...
Arizza Nocum
Arizza Nocum is the Co-Founder and President of KRIS, a...
Caitlin Figueiredo
Caitlin Figueiredo is a proud Goan-Australian leader, strategist, and the...
Candice Holdsworth
Candice Holdsworth is a London based writer and broadcaster where...
Carolina Largo
Born and raised in Colombia, Carolina is an international development...
Celina Jerman Bright-Taylor
Celina Jerman Bright-Taylor is CEO at Safemuse – Safe Havens...
Chetan Rastogi
Chetan Rastogi brings many years of experience as a journalist...
Christiane Seehausen
Christiane Seehausen is Senior Advisor and Head of the dialogue...
Dina Ghalibaf
Dina Ghalibaf is a journalist whose identity has been shaped...
Ege Dündar
Ege Dündar worked with PEN International for 8 years, before...
Fatemah Farag
Fatemah Farag is a veteran journalist, media innovator, and senior...
Fatemeh Ekhtesari
Fatemeh Ekhtesari is an Iranian poet, editor, human rights activist...
Freddy Guevara
Freddy Guevara is a democratic leader, researcher, and former Vice...
Gvantsa Jobava
Gvantsa Jobava is the President of the International Publishers Association...
Hanna Ustynova
Hanna Ustynova was born in Kyiv and graduated from the...
Hanne B. Skartveit
Hanne Skartveit is an editor-at-large at VG. She has a...
Hans Olav Sundfør
Hans Olav Sundfør is the mayor of Lillehammer Municipality for...
Iliana Papangeli
Iliana Papangeli is an editor and Managing Director of Solomon,...
Ina Stankovic
Ina Stankovic is student of Scandinavian studies at the University...
Ingrid Sandberg
Ingrid Sandberg is a distinguished lawyer currently practicing at Advokatfirmaet...
Ingrid Vik
Ingrid Vik is an historian of religion with more than...
Ingunn Trosholmen
Ingunn Trosholmen is the CEO of World Expression Forum (WEXFO)....
James Taylor
James Taylor is Director of Communications and Freedom to Publish...
Javier Luque
Javier Luque oversees IPI’s digital media output and leads its...
John Steinmark
John Steinmark is Programme Manager for Frankfurt Calling – Perspectives...
Jon Wessel-Aas
Jon Wessel-Aas is a Norwegian Supreme Court Attorney and a...
Jonas Gahr Støre
Jonas Gahr Støre became Prime Minister on 14 October 2021....
Ketil Magnussen
Ketil Magnussen is the founder and director of Oslo Dokumentarkino...
Khaled Emam
Khaled Emam is an Egyptian human rights lawyer with deep...
Kimberly Wehle
Kimberly Wehle is Professor of Law at the University of...
Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux is a genre-defining documentary presenter, best known for...
Lubna Jaffery
Lubna Jaffery is a Norwegian politician affiliated with the Labour...
Manal Makkieh
Manal Makkieh is seasoned advocate and executive leader with a...
Mari Velsand
Mari Velsand is Director General at the Norwegian Media Authority,...
Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler, the top digital only news site...
Mark Lievisse Adriaanse
Mark Lievisse Adriaanse is a reporter for Dutch daily newspaper...
Megan Phelps-Roper
Megan Phelps-Roper is a writer, host, and producer with Longview...
Memory Mbewe
Memory Noella Mbewe is a child and youth rights advocate,...
Pema Wangmo Lama
Pema Wangmo Lama, a Mugum Indigenous Youth, is an Indigenous...
Prasad Sandbhor
Prasad Sandbhor is a game designer and researcher. He has...
Ramy Essam
Ramy Essam’s background is rooted in political artistry, with a...
Rowena He
Rowena He is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and...
Samuel Rechek
Sam Rechek is Program Coordinator for the Debate Team at...
Scott Griffen
Scott Griffen is the executive director of the International Press...
Sharon Ben-Arie
Sharon Ben Arie is a mother to Tom, and the...
Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg is Professor and Founding Director of the...
Tyler Tone
Tyler Tone is Legislative Analyst, Technology and Free Expression at...
Yuval Shany
Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law...
Zyma Islam
Zyma Islam is an investigative reporter at The Daily Star,...
