2024 Speakers
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie
One of The Most Celebrated Authors of Our Time
Masih Alinejad
Masih Alinejad
Iranian Journalist and Women’s Rights Activist
Audrey Tang
Audrey Tang(2016-2024)
Taiwan’s First Digital Minister
Nathan Law
Nathan Law
Hong Kong Democracy Activist
David French
David French
Columnist, The New York Times
Suzanne Nossel
Suzanne Nossel
President and CEO, Freedom Forum
Nadine Strossen
Nadine Strossen
New York Law School Professor Emerita and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Musa Al-Gharbi
Musa Al-Gharbi
Assistant Professor of Journalism, Communication and (by courtesy) Sociology, Stony Brook University
Rana Ayyub
Rana Ayyub
Columnist, The Washington Post
James Bennet
James Bennet
Senior Editor and Lexington Columnist, The Economist
Daniel Diermeier
Daniel Diermeier
Founder and Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech
Jacob Mchangama
Jacob Mchangama
Founder and Executive Director, The Future of Free Speech
Sarah McLaughlin
Sarah McLaughlin
Senior Scholar, Global Expression, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Freddie Sayers
Freddie Sayers
Editor-in-Chief and CEO, UnHerd
John M. Seigenthaler
John M. Seigenthaler
Partner, Finn Partners and former NBC anchor
Renee DiResta
Renee DiResta
Associate Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
Founder, Ideas Beyond Borders; social entrepreneur in Middle East development.
Samar Ali
Samar Ali
Research Professor of Political Science and Law and Co-Chair, Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy
Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte
Ramiro Álvarez Ugarte
Deputy Director, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión (CELE)
Joan Barata
Joan Barata
Senior Legal Fellow, The Future of Free Speech
Matt Brassard
Matt Brassard
Head of Growth, Ground News
Anupam Chander
Anupam Chander
Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology, Georgetown Law
Neil Chilson
Neil Chilson
Head of A.I. Policy, The Abundance Institute
Mishi Choudhary
Mishi Choudhary
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Virtu
Rodrigo Dianamti
Rodrigo Dianamti
President & Founder, Un Mundo Sin Mordaza
Inaya Folarin Iman
Inaya Folarin Iman
Journalist and Executive Director, Equiano Project
Sayash Kapoor
Sayash Kapoor
Laurance S. Rockefeller Graduate Prize Fellow & Ph.D. Candidate, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University
Ritu Kapur
Ritu Kapur
CEO and Co-Founder, The Quint
Amna Khalid
Amna Khalid
Associate Professor in the Department of History, Carleton College
Kosseff
Kosseff
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Future of Free Speech
Billion Lee
Billion Lee
Co-Founder and Director, Cofacts
Chidi Odinkalu
Chidi Odinkalu
Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law, Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Szabolcs Pany
Szabolcs Pany
Investigative Editor, Central European Investigations, VSquare
David Plazas
David Plazas
Opinion and Engagement Director, The Tennessean
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation
Guilherme Döring Cunha
Guilherme Döring Cunha
Pereira President, Gazeta do Povo
Francesca Procaccini
Francesca Procaccini
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Law School
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Acadia University
Freddie Sayers
Freddie Sayers
Editor-in-Chief & CEO, UnHerd
John M. Siegenthaler
John M. Siegenthaler
Partner at Finn Partners and former NBC anchor