Speakers

Abdelmoneim Mahmoud

Program Duty Editor at AlAraby TY

Ahmad Ashour

Investigative Journalist

Ahmed Abdeen

Regional pandemic mentor, Internews

Ahmed El-Shamy

Senior investigative journalist and producer at the BBC

Ahmed Ragab

Producer at DW

Ahmed Soliman

Producer of Sulta5 at DW

Alexander Papachristou

Executive Director, Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice

Alexandra Rydmark

Swedish Ambassador

Ali Ghamlouch

Editor in Chief and Digital manager.

Ali Ibrahim

Managing Editor & Co Founder of Syrian Investigative Reporting For Accountability Journalism (SIRAJ)‏

Ali Srour

Senior Data Scientist and AI Research Developer

Amal Mekki

Editor-in-chief at Innsane

Amel Ghani

Regional Editor at GIJN

Amr Eleraqi

ICFJ Knight Fellow

Andrea Arzaba

Spanish Editor At GIJN

Andrew Feinstein

Executive Director, Shadow World Investigations

Andrew Lehren

Senior editor - NBC News

Andy Rowell

Director Tobacco Tactics, Tobacco Control Research Group, Research partner in the STOP global tobacco industry watchdog

Aubrey Belford

Editor, Eastern Partnership

Aya Mhanna

Clinical Psychologist and Regional program manager- IREX- SAFE

Barbara Joziasse

Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Bashar Deeb

Open-source investigator at Lighthouse Reports

Bayan Tal

Senior Adviser at Jordan Media Institute

Ben Smith

Media Columnist, The New York Times

Benon Herbert Oluka

Africa Editor at GIJN

Bissane El-Cheikh

Executive Editor at ARIJ

Bridget Brind

British Ambassdor

Bridget T Gallagher

Founder & Principal - Gallagher Group LLC

Caroline Jarboe

Development Director - GIJN

Catherine Gicheru

ICFJ Knight Fellow

Charoltte Alfred

Award-winning journalist and editor with nearly a decade of experience managing international news teams

Christopher Mitchell

Editor, TV Documentaries at BBC Arabic

Cosette Maalouf

Regional Deputy manager, IREX

David Kaplan

Executive Director of GIJN

Diana Moukalled

Lebanese journalist

Dima Hmadan

Editor, The Marie Colvin Journalists\' Network

Dina Aboughazaleh

Founder & CEO of Egab

Dirk Kunze

Regional Director - FNF MENA

Dr. Khalid Naser

Trauma Therapist

Dr. Mohamed Sameh

Co-founder and Advisor for International Relations, Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) - Europe

Dr. Nadia Al Sakkaf

Former Information Minister and Editor-in-Chief of the Yemen Times

Dr. Noha Atef

Freelance Journalist

Drew Sulivan

Co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Program (OCCRP)

Dustin Renwick

Senior Program Officer, Storytelling Grants- National Geographic Society

Ela Stapley

Digital Security Adviser - IWMF

Elias Yousef

Acting Director, Security Assistance Policy, Center for International Policy

Elisabet Cantenys

Executive Director, ACOS Alliance

eva constantaras

Data Journalism Advisor Internews

Fabiola Torres

Director of Salud con lupa

Farah Adnan

Freelance journalist and filmmaker

Faris Aqqad

Facebook

Fatema Farag

Welad Elbalad Media Services

Fath Alrhman

Investigative Journalist

Fatima Bahja

Research Coordinator- International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

Ferdi Ozsoy

Program Manager, International Fact-Checking Network @ The Poynter Institute

Gehad Abbas

Investigative Reporter

Ghada Hamrouche

Editor-in-chief at 24H Algérie

Ghassan Shihaby

Journalist and Coach with ARIJ

Hala Kodmani

Journalist at Liberation

Hala Nasreddine

Investigative Journalist at ARIJ

Hanan Zbeis

Investigative Journalist

Haytham Mones

MPP MA at AkhbarMeter

Henrik Grunnet

Media Advisor at IMS

Hoda Osman

Executive Editor at ARIJ

Ides Debruyne

Managing Director - Journalismfund.eu

Jason Reich

Vice President, Corporate Security - The New York Times

Jesper Petersen

Independent investigative media on global issues

Jin Ding

Program Manager, International Women’s Media Foundation

Joey Qi

Chinese Editor at GIJN

Khalid Otaibi

Digital Consultant at ARIJ

Khouloud Al Amery

Editor in chief, Al-Menasa

Kim Ghattas

Board Member of ARIJ

Lara Dihmis

Editor at Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)

Layla Taha

Researcher Outreach Coordinator - Totem

Lim Boyoung

Senior Editor, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Lina Jazrawi

Gender Consultant

Lionel Faull

Chief reporter, Finance Uncovered

Liyan Shuhaiber

Projects Officer at ARIJ

Loïck Berrou

France 24

Luna Safwan

Journalist and trainer, IREX

Madonna Khafaja

MENA lead and media consultant at ICFJ/DWA

Mahacine Mokdad

Freelance TV Reporter/ Producer

Mahdy Charafeddin

Associate Director, AFE

Majdolin Hassan

Arabic Editor, GIJN

Malek Khadhraoui

Executive director of Inkyfada

Margot Williams

research editor for investigations at The Intercept, and previous research editor at ICIJ

Mark Hunter

Co-founder, Story-Based Inquiry Associates

Marthe Rubio

Francophone Editor at GIJN

Maxime Domegni

Regional Editor for Francophone Africa at GIJN

Michael Davis

Director, the Alexia Foundation

Mohamed El Ali

Online Editor at Al Jazeera

Mohamed Hameed

ARIJ Editorial Fellow

Mohammed Ali Zidan

Investigative Journalist

Mohammed Komani

Data Editor & Coach

Mohammed Tareq

investigative Journalist

Mohaned Hashim

Executive Director, Sudan Radio and Television Corporation

Mona Magdy

Senior Manager, Knowledge & Research, Arab Region at Women in news

Munir Al Khatib

Managing Editor

Myra Abdallah

Communications manager, Arab Region - WAN-IFRA

Nada Homsi

Journalist/Producer at National Public Radio & Freelancer

Naji Tamimi

Investigative Producer at Al Jazeera Investigative Unit

Najlaa Aboumerhi

Senior Broadcast Journalist, Presenter AlAraby TV, The Marie Colvin Journalists\' Network

Nawaf ِAltamimi

Assistant Professor - Doha institute for Graduate Studies

Nick Mathiason

Co-Director, Finance Uncovered

Nick waters

Investigator at Bellingcat

Nino Bakradze

Editor, Investigative Journalists\' Team \"iFact\"

Ola N. Ataya

Psychotherapist

Olga Simanovich

Regional Editor at GIJN

Phil Chamberlain

University of Bath

Phil Rees

Director of Investigative Journalism at Al Jazeera

Rabie Barakat

Lecturer in Media Studies

Ramsey Tesdell

Managing Partner of Sowt

Rana Sabbagh

Senior MENA Editor at OCCRP

Raouf Alebshehy

Monitoring Coordinator, University of Bath

Rasha Qandeel

Lead presenter, BBC

Rawan Damen

General Director

Rawan Jayusi

Community Media Expert

Ross Settles

Adjunct Professor at The University of Hong Kong

Rouba El Helou

University Lecturer - Faculty of Law and Political Science at Notre Dame University

Roula Mikhael

Executive Director of Maharat Foundation

Saada Allaw

Legal Agenda

Safa Al Ahmad

Freelance Investigative Journalist and Filmmaker

Safaa Ramahi

Trainer & Coach

Saja Mortada

Investigative Journalist

Sally Fitton

High Risk Specialist -BBC

Samya Ayish

Teaching Fellow, Google

Sara Hoteit

Video Journalist and Media trainer at ICFJ

Sibylle Rizk

Director of Public Policies at Kulluna Irada

Simon Cox

Investigations Editor at BBC Arabic

Sylvain Minot

Totem Project manager, Free Press Unlimited

Syrian Archive

Syrian Archive

Tone Elisabeth Bækkevold Allers

Norwegian Ambassador

Yasmina Al-Gannabi

Audience Development Manager & Trainer- Deutsche Welle

Yasuomi Sawa

Professor, Department of Journalism, Senshu University

Zahera Harb

EJN -- City, University of London

Zied Dabbar

\"Journalist, Executive Board Member- Tunisian Union Of Journalists \"