Copenhagen Conference on
Information Integrity
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We are pleased to welcome a global line-up of speakers from independent media, civil society, local and global tech companies, governments and policy- and decisionmakers to present and discuss their takes on building and scaling alternative platforms and solutions to counter disinformation and strengthen democratic resilience. 

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Alejandro Mayoral Baños

Executive Director of Access Now

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Andrea Liebman

Senior Analyst at the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency (MPF)

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Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard

Denmark’s Tech Ambassador

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Babette Ngene

Director of the Public Interest Technology team at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

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Bank Vath

Program and Media Associate Lead of Media4Impact-Prosob Initiative, Impact Hub Phnom Penh

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Christine Ravn Lund

Chairwoman of The Danish Youth Council (DUF – Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd)

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Clare Cook

Head of journalism and media viability at IMS (International Media Support)

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Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone

Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone, State Secretary for Development Policy Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

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Emanuele Sapienza

Global Lead for UNDP’s work on promoting an open and inclusive public sphere

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Erica Gerretsen

Director of DG INTPA’s Directorate G, overseeing Human Development, Migration, Governance and Peace

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Esben Q. Harboe

Regional Director for Africa at IMS (International Media Support)

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Esther Mwema

Award-winning artist and digital inequalities expert

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Gaston Wright

Social innovation and digital rights expert

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Guy Berger

Professor emeritus and chair of the IMS board

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Henrik Fredborg Larsen

Director of the UNDP Nordic Office

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James Gomez

Regional Director of the Asia Centre

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Jan Gerlach

Public Policy Director at the Wikimedia Foundation

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Jen Aquino

Manager of operations and strategic partnerships at Probe

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Jesper Højberg

Executive Director of IMS (International Media Support)

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Julie Posetti

Professor of Journalism and Chair of the Centre for Journalism and Democracy at City St George’s, University of London

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Justin Arenstein

Founder and chief strategist at Code for Africa (CfA)

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Ksenia Iliuk

Co-founder of LetsData

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Leah Kimathi

Founder and Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Social Media

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Leo Pekkala

Deputy Director, National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI), Finland Head of Department, Media Education and Audiovisual Media

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Leyla Mohamed

Editor of Radio Ergo at IMS (International Media Support)

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Ľuboš Kukliš

Specialist in media regulation and online governance with the Digital Services Act Enforcement Team at the European Commission

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Lydia Namubiru

Editor-in-chief of The Continent

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Macoy Dubs

Comedian, content creator and actor

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Magnus Ag

Head of Public Interest Tech at IMS (International Media Support)

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Maksym Dvorovyi

Senior Legal Counsel at the Digital Security Lab Ukraine

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Mandeep S. Tiwana

Secretary General of CIVICUS

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Marie Bjerre

Minister for European Affairs, Denmark

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Marie-Louise Koch Wegter

Director for Humanitarian Affairs and Civil Society, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Marija Ćosić

Deputy editor-in-chief of Raskrinkavanje

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Mariya Frey

Journalist and board member of SUSPILNE

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Maxence Melo

Executive Director of JamiiAfrica

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Mette Thygesen

International Director at the Danish Institute for Human Rights

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Michael McGrath

EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection

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Mira Milosevic

Executive Director of the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)

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Nadim Nashif

Founder and Executive Director of 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media.

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Nkem Agunwa

Senior Program Manager for Africa at WITNESS

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Olga Yurkova

Journalist and co-founder of StopFake.org

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Paul McNally

Award-winning journalist, AI Adviser at IMS (International Media Support) and found of Develop Audio

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Paula Miraglia

Founder and CEO of Momentum – Journalism & Tech Task Force and co-founder and publisher of Gama Revista

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Peter Pomerantsev

Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, Agora Institute

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Premesh Chandran

Premesh Chandran, Co-founder, Malaysiakini and Awatar Innovations

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Rishad Patel

Co-founder of Splice Media

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Roman Shutov

Strategic Adviser at International Media Support

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Rufin Zamfir

Senior expert on asymmetric threats

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Sam Gregory

Executive Director of WITNESS

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Samm Farai Monro

Co-founder of Magamba Network

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Shubranshu Choudhary

Journalist and peace activist

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Thomas Hughes

CEO of Appeals Centre Europe

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Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Netcompany

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Vanessa Chong

Programme Manager for the Asia Regional Initiative at IMS (International Media Support)

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Virginia Bolatti

Deputy Director at Fondo de Mujeres del Sur (FMS)

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Wanjiru Nguhi

Lawyer, political commentator and founder of Mwafrika Mwenzangu

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Yan Naung Oak

Founder of Thibi

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