WEXFO 2026

Speakers

Abdallah Abed Alhaleem

Abdullah Alhaleem is an architect and urban designer working at...

Arizza Nocum

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

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...

Chetan Rastogi

Chetan Rastogi brings many years of experience as a journalist...

Ege Dündar

Ege Dündar worked with PEN International for 8 years, before...

Eyerusalem Tesemma

Eyerusalem Tesemma is an Ethiopian journalist, human rights activist, and...

Fatemah Farag

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

Freddy Guevara

Freddy Guevara is a democratic leader, researcher, and former Vice...

Gvantsa Jobava

Gvantsa Jobava is the President of the International Publishers Association...

Hanne B. Skartveit

Hanne Skartveit, editor at large VG. She has a law...

Hans Olav Sundfør

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

Iliana Papangeli

Iliana is an editor and Managing Director of Solomon, an...

Ingrid Sandberg

Ingrid Sandberg is a distinguished lawyer currently practicing at Advokatfirmaet...

Ingrid Vik

Dr. Ingrid Vik is an historian of religion with more...

Ingunn Trosholmen

Ingunn Trosholmen is the CEO of World Expression Forum (WEXFO)....

Javier Luque

 Javier Luque oversees IPI’s digital media output and leads its...

John Steinmark

John Steinmark is Program Manager at Frankfurter Buchmesse. previously, he...

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....

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

Ms. Lubna Jaffery (born 1980) is a Norwegian politician affiliated...

Manal Makkieh

A seasoned advocate and executive leader with a proven track...

Maria Ressa

Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler, the top digital only news site...

Mark Lievisse Adriaanse

Mark Lievisse Adriaanse (1994) is a reporter for Dutch daily...

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 is a serious game designer and researcher. He has...

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...

Yuval Shany

Professor Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International...

Zyma Islam

Zyma Islam is an investigative reporter at The Daily Star,...