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.

Yves Dejaeghere

Founder and CEO of the Federation for Innovation in Democracy Europe

Chiara Adamo

Acting Director Human Development, Migration, Governance and Peace, European Commission

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

Anu Juvonen

EPD Network President & Executive Director of Demo Finland

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

Kátia Cacilda Pereira Lima

Brazilian public policy and democratic participation specialist

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)