Meziane ABANEJournalist and activist, Founder of Avant-Garde AlgérieAlgeria
Austin AIGBESenior Program Officer, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD)Nigeria
Tanja AITAMURTOAssistant ProfessorFinland
Gulnara AKHUNDOVAHead of Department for Global Response, International Media Support
Titus ALEXANDERAuthor, Honorary Fellow, Crick Centre & Founder of Democracy MattersUnited Kingdom
ANTÓNIOCartoonistPortugal
Manuel ARRIAGAProfessor, New York University
Dr S. ARULCHELVANAssociate Professor Anna UniversityIndia
Katrin BANNACHProject Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Thailand and MyanmarGermany
Jean-Paul BASTINMember of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of EuropeBelgium
Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONIDeputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Anna BELKINAJournalist, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Head of Communications, Marketing and Strategic Development, RTRussian Federation
Elodie BETH-SEOSenior Project Officer, Section of Global Citizenship and Peace Education, UNESCO
Sidharth BHATIAJournalist and writerIndia
Frédéric BIERRYPresident of the Department of Bas-RhinFrance
Krzysztof BOBINSKIPresident of Unia&Polska, a pro-European think-tank, Polish Society of JournalistsPoland
Marie BOHNERProject Manager for First Draft
Caterina BOLOGNESESecretary to the Gender Equality Commission, Head of the Gender Equality Division, Council of Europe
Laura BONONCINIPublic Policy Director, Southern Europe, Facebook
Marie-Hélène BOULANGERHead of Unit, Union Citizenship Rights and Free Movement, DG Justice, European Commission
Derek BOWLERHead of Social Newsgathering, EBUSwitzerland
Andrea CAIROLAProgramme Specialist, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO
Corina CĂLUGĂRUAmbassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the Council of EuropeRepublic of Moldova
Tommaso CANETTAJournalist and fact-checkerItaly
Matthew CARUANA GALIZIAInvestigative journalistMalta
CHAPPATTECartoonistSwitzerland
Donna CHUThe Chinese Univesity of Hong KongChina
Raphaël COMTEMember of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeSwitzerland
Georges CONTOGEORGISAcademic, political scientist, politicianGreece
Marc COOLSMember of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of EuropeBelgium
Patrick COSTELLOHead of Division, Democracy and Electoral Observation, EEAS
Dr. Alessandro CURIONIIBM Fellow, vice president of Europe and Africa and Director, IBM Research - Zurich
Nighat DADLawyer, founder of the Digital Rights FoundationPakistan
Harley DAVISVice-President, Lab and Decision Management, IBM France
Andrew DAWSONThematic Spokesperson on Promoting Public Ethics and Preventing Corruption at the Local and Regional Levels of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of EuropeUnited Kingdom
Christophe DELOIRESecretary general of Reporters Without Borders
Harlem DESIROSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Roman DOBROKHOTOVEditor-in-chief, The InsiderRussian Federation
Pierre-François DOCQUIRHead of Media Freedom at Article 19United Kingdom
Adelina DRAGOMIRProject Manager of the Young Digital Leaders initiativeRomania
Pimrapaat DUSADEEISARIYAKULProgramme Manager, The Friedrich Naumann FoundationThailand
Diana DUTSYKMedia expert and Executive Director of CSO “Ukrainian Media and Communications Institute”Ukraine
Rut EINARSDÓTTIRMember of the Advisory Council on Youth to the Council of EuropeIceland
Adrià RODRÍGUEZ-PÉREZPublic Policy Researcher at Scytl Secure Electronic VotingSpain
Andrea ROMEOTrainee at the Political Section of the European Union Delegation to the Council of Europe
Sophie ROSENZWEIGJournalist, Arte
Karen ROSSProfessor of Gender and Media at Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom
Victor ROTARIJunior Project Officer, Office of the Directorate General of Programmes, Council of Europe
Charlotte ROUSSEAUStudent, Sciences Po StrasbourgFrance
Daniel RZASAEditor-in-Chief, 300Gospdarka, former Teaching Fellow at Google News Lab
Snežana SAMARDŽIĆ-MARKOVIĆDirector General of Democracy, Council of Europe
Leonardo SANNAPhD Fellow, University of Modena and Reggio EmiliaItaly
Selin SAYEK BÖKEMember of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of EuropeTurkey
Elsa SCHALCKVice President, Youth Delegation, Territorial Orientation and Democracy, Région Grand-EstFrance
Stefan SCHENNACHMember of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeAustria
Thomas SCHNEIDERVice-Director, Federal Office of Communications, and Chair CDMSISwitzerland
Stefan J. SCHUSTEREDEREducator, L2C Trainer, Expert for the Council of Europe
Beatrice SIMONCINIYoung Press Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of San MarinoSan Marino
Marko SKORICAssociate Professor at City University of Hong KongHong Kong / Serbia
Andrej SLAPNIČARAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the Council of EuropeSlovenia
Olaf STEENFADTJournalism Trust Initiative, Reporters Without BordersGermany
Alexandre STUTZMANNSenior Adviser and Team Leader for Social, Human Rights, Humanitarian and Cultural Issues, Office of the President, United Nations General Assembly
Jun TAKAODirector General, General Bureau for Europe, Japan Broadcasting CorporationJapan
Andranik TANGIANProfessor of ECON Institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany
Diane TARDYStudent, Sciences Po StrasbourgFrance
Ann TELNAESCartoonistUSA
Jacques TRENTESAUXPublication director for MediacitésFrance
Barbara TRIONFIExecutive Director, International Press Institute (IPI)
Francesca UNSWORTHDirector of the News and Current Affairs, BBCUnited Kingdom
Sander VAN DER LINDENUniversity Lecturer in Social Psychology, Cambridge UniversityUnited Kingdom
Sam VAN DER STAAKHead of the Regional Europe Programme and Europe Office, IDEA
Vladimir VASAKReporter, Arte
Alexei VENEDIKTOVEditor-in-chief of the Echo of MoscowRussian Federation
Nuria VILLANOVACoordination and mainstreaming of communication campaigns, OECD
Richard WIKEDirector of global attitudes research, Pew Research Centre
Hnin WINT NAINGProgramme Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for FreedomMyanmar
Dancho YAKIMOVProject Assistant, Education Policy Division, Directorate of Democratic Participation Council of Europe
Shirley YAMJournalist, Vice Chair of Hong Kong Journalists AssociationHong Kong, China
Steven YOUNGBLOODDirector, Center for Global Peace JournalismUSA
Olga YURKOVAMedia expert and co-founder of NGO “StopFake"Ukraine