RightsCon is the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age. We provide a platform for people from around the world – activists, technologists, business leaders, policymakers, journalists, and more – to come together and set the agenda for human rights in the digital age. Every year, the summit supports a program of 400+ sessions across 15+ program tracks, all sourced and selected from an open Call for Proposals.
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Past RightsCon Speakers
RightsCon features prominent speakers from companies, governments, foundations, think tanks, nonprofit organizations, universities, and international institutions. Check out a small selection of experts and leaders who have spoken at our most recent summits.
Kyung-sin Park
Kyung-sin Park
Executive Director, Open Net Korea
Anna Gielewska
Anna Gielewska
Vice-Chairman, Reporters Foundation (Poland)
Urvashi Aneja
Urvashi Aneja
Founder and Executive Director, Digital Futures Lab
Peter Stern
Peter Stern
Director, Content Policy Stakeholder Engagement, Meta
Chérif El Kadhi
Chérif El Kadhi
MENA Policy Analyst, Access Now
Cristin Flynn Goodwin
Cristin Flynn Goodwin
General Manager, Digital Security Unit, Microsoft
Lama Aloraiman
Lama Aloraiman
Co-Founder and Vice President, Ignition Kuwait; Former National Point of Contact for Kuwait, Space G
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
CEO, Watchdog Sri Lanka; Senior Researcher, LIRNEasia
Harry Halpin
Harry Halpin
CEO, Nym Technologies SA
Rua M. Williams
Rua M. Williams
PhD, Assistant Professor in User Experience Design, Purdue University
Agustina Del Campo
Agustina Del Campo
Director, Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Universidad de Pale
Emre Kizilkaya
Emre Kizilkaya
Vice-Chair, International Press Institute (IPI); Chair, IPI National Committee, Turkey; Project Edit
Arda Awais
Arda Awais
Co-Creator, Identity 2.0
Stephen Bonner
Stephen Bonner
Executive Director of Regulatory Futures and Innovation, Information Commissioner's Office, Governme
Antaraa Vasudev
Antaraa Vasudev
Founder, Civis.Vote
Dr. Wilneida Negrón
Dr. Wilneida Negrón
Director of Research and Policy, Coworker.org
Dorothy Mukasa
Dorothy Mukasa
Executive Director, Unwanted Witness
Victoria Heath
Victoria Heath
Member, Space Generation Advisory Council - Space Law and Policy Project Group
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Cecília Olliveira
Cecília Olliveira
Journalist; Executive Director, Instituto Fogo Cruzado
María Paz Canales
María Paz Canales
Global Policy Advisor, Derechos Digitales
Natalie Patrice Tucker
Natalie Patrice Tucker
Senior Accessibility Lead, Spotify
Brittany
Brittany
Organizing Director, Facebook Users Union
Julie Inman-Grant
Julie Inman-Grant
eSafety Commissioner, Government of Australia
Esha Bhandari
Esha Bhandari
Deputy Director, Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, ACLU
Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen
Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen
Danish Tech Ambassador, Government of Denmark
Savena Surana
Savena Surana
Co-Creator, Identity 2.0
Delphine Halgand-Mishra
Delphine Halgand-Mishra
Executive Director, The Signals Network
Bernard Chiira
Bernard Chiira
Director, Innovate Now: Africa’s 1st Assistive Tech Accelerator
Rachita Taneja
Rachita Taneja
Political Cartoonist; Creator, Sanitary Panels
Michael Hull
Michael Hull
President, Psiphon
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter
CEO, New AmericaPast Sponsors Include
