IDD SPEAKERS

Meet the high level speakers participating in this year’s conference. This page will be regularly updated with additional speakers as they are confirmed.

Tobi Ayeni

Head of Centre of Expertise, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)

Ambassador Katri Viinikka

Ambassador for Democracy and Rule of Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Fernando Sampedro Marcos

State Secretary for the European Union, Spanish Council of Ministers

Anu Juvonen

EPD Network President & Executive Director of Demo Finland

Tessa Clara Walther

Europe Correspondent at Deutsche Welle

Věra Jourová

Former European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency and Chair of Democracy27

Elfatih siddig Suleiman

Sudanese civil society activist, researcher, and advocate for democracy and human rights

Kátia Cacilda Pereira Lima

Brazilian public policy and democratic participation specialist

Andrei Lutenco

Co-founder and director of the Center for Policies and Reforms

Yves Dejaeghere

Founder and CEO of the Federation for Innovation in Democracy Europe

Ola Myrovych

Head of Lviv Media Forum

Ambassador Luke Feeney

Representative of Ireland to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union on behalf of the Irish Presidency

Kevin Casas-Zamora

Secretary-General at International IDEA

Jose Antonio Moreno Díaz

President of the EESC Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law Group

Chiara Grigolo

Associate Programme Officer (WYDE) at International IDEA

Emmy Otim

Regional Manager East Africa, KIC Sweden

Tosin Ajayi

Executive Director of Women Environment and Youth Development Initiative

Camila Gil

Member of the Youth Peacebuilders Network, the Community Advisory Board on Digital Rights in Colombia, and CIVIX Colombia.

Elene Panchulidze

Head of research at the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)

Gary Klaukka

EPD Network President & Executive Director of Demo Finland

Lisbeth Pilegaard

Chair of Executive Committee of the European Endowment for Democracy

Maria Titizian

Writer, journalist, and editor

Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Europe

Barbara Smith

Vice President for Peace Programs at The Carter Center

Simon Coveney

Co-founder of CaraDem, International Affairs Specialist and Former Senior Member of the Irish Government

Šimon Pánek

Co-founder and Executive Director of People in Need

Valeriu Pașa

Senior Analyst and Chairman at the WatchDog.MD

Jonathan Moskovic

Founder of What about Dem and researcher at the European University Institute (EUI)