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