Trust Conference 2026 speakers
Speaker spotlight
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
European Commission
Naina Subberwal Batra
Chief Executive Officer
AVPN
Joseph Liow
Dean and Wang Gungwu Professor in East Asian Affairs
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
James Clayton
Tech Editor
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Speakers
Andreas Accardo
Head of Institutional Cooperation and EU Charter Unit
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Daron Acemoglu
Institute Professor, Department of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alejandro Álvarez von Gustedt
Vice President, Europe
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Enrique Anarte Lazo
Multimedia Editor, Openly
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Adrian Arena
Director, International Human Rights Programme
Oak Foundation
Justin Arenstein
Chief Executive
Code for Africa
Agather Atuhaire
Executive Director
Agora Center for Research
Ginny Badanes
General Manager, Tech for Society
Microsoft
Kathryn Beck
Head of Legal, TrustLaw
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Natalia Belikova
Head of International Cooperation
Press Club Belarus
Brando Benifei
Member
European Parliament
Mel Bunce
Director of the Centre for Journalism and Democracy
City St George's, University of London
Carole Cadwalladr
Investigative journalist
The Nerve
Paolo Cesarini
Chair of EDMO Executive Board
European Digital Media Observatory/ European University Institute
Will Church
Director, Media Freedom Programme
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Carlos Dada
Editor in Chief - Director
El Faro
Lyse Doucet
Chief International Correspondent
BBC
Katie Fowler
Director, Responsible Business
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Christian Fraser
Broadcaster, Writer, Host
BBC News
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
International Human Rights Lawyer
The Office of Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
Alessandra Galloni
Editor in Chief
Reuters
Arzu Geybulla
Co-Executive Director
Access Now
Nicholas Glicher
Chief Operating Officer
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Sruthi Gottipati
Founder and CEO
Spot On
Michelle Harrison
Global President
Verian Group
Melanie Hui
CEO
Luminate
Mariana Mazzucato (CBE)
Professor in Economics of Innovation and Public Value, and author of The Common Good Economy
University College London (UCL)
Isabelle Montague-Johnstone
Head of Philanthropy
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
Lea Hellmueller
Associate Dean (Research and Innovation), Department of Journalism
City St George’s, University of London
Carolina Henriquez-Schmitz
Director, Access to Law
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Nick Hope
Managing Director, Crisis & Risk EMEA
Edelman
Amahle-Imvelo Jaxa
Entrepreneur, Social Commentator & Youth Advocate
Jaxx of All Trade
Věra Jourová
Former Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency
Democracy 27
Heba Kandil
Head of Media Initiatives
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Ephantus Kanyugi
Vice President and Programs Lead
Data Labelers Association
Anjali Kapoor
Director, AI, Innovation + Growth
BBC
Mikey Kay
Co Host - BBC News' The Security Brief
BBC News
Katy Knight
President & Executive Director
Siegel Family Endowment
Irene Jay Liu
Director of AI
Emerging Technology & Regulation at the International Fund for Public Interest Media
Sarah Mathews
Group Head of Responsible AI
The Adecco Group
Paul McNally
Founding Director
Develop AI
David Miliband
President, CEO and Co-Chair
The International Rescue Committee/The Atlas of Impunity Advisory Council
Harry Misiko
Acting Editor-in-Chief, Content Strategy
Nation Media Group
Delphine Moralis
CEO
Philea
Angela Mudukuti
Human Rights Lawyer and Founding Director
E Double A
Nadim Nashif
Executive Director
7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
Gina Neff
Professor & Director
Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy, University of Cambridge
Nic Newman
Senior Research Associate
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Professor
University of Copenhagen
Marina Nord
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
Atanas Politov
Director of Positive Impact
Dentons
Jerzy Pomianowski
Executive Director
European Endowment for Democracy
Helena Puig Larrauri
Co-founder & Strategy Lead
Build Up
Maria Ressa
Co-founder and CEO
Rappler
Laurent Richard
Journalist and CEO
Forbidden Stories
Lauren Saks
Executive Editor
Local News International
Damini Satija
Director
Amnesty Tech
Marietje Schaake
Non-resident fellow at Stanford, Author of The Tech Coup
Stanford University
Vivian Schiller
CEO
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Io Schmid
Head of task Force for Global Challenges
European Commission
Thomas Schneider
Ambassador and Co-Director International Relations
Federal Office of Communication, OFCOM Switzerland
Divya Sharma
Senior Officer - Global Mental Health Action Network
United for Global Mental Health
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Journalist/Filmmaker
Nick Slater
Senior Project Manager
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Erika Staël von Holstein
Chief Executive
Re-Imagine Europa
Mark Surman
President
Mozilla
Mariam Tadros
Director, Programmes
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Anna Thomas
Founding Director
Institute for the Future of Work
Rebecca Vincent
Deputy Director
The Citizens
David Walmsley
Editor-in-Chief
The Globe and Mail
Can Yeginsu
Barrister, Deputy Chair
High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom
Antonio Zappulla, OMRI
CEO
Thomson Reuters Foundation