2025 Conference Speakers
Meet the brilliant minds behind the first annual Shield Global Online Safety Conference, which took place on February 19-20, 2025! Our speakers are leading researchers, practitioners, and advocates who are making a real difference in online safety.
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Our Speakers at the 2025 conference
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Tara Steele
Director
The Safe AI for Children Alliance
United Kingdom
Andrew Briercliffe
Child Safety Online Consulting
United Kingdom
Emmanuel Adinkrah
President & CISO
Ghana Internet Safety Foundation
Ghana
Sonia Kgomo
Facebook content moderator
South Africa
Charlotte Hooper
Head of Operations
The Cyber Helpline
United States / United Kingdom
Demilade Adeniran
Trainee Solicitor
Ireland
Angeline Corvaglia
Founder
Data Girl and Friends
Italy
Heidi Saas
Data Privacy and Technology Attorney
United States
Theresa Ryan-Rouger
Human Rights Lawyer
France
Rocío Ribelles Zorita
IB Librarian. AI Lead
International School of Turin
Italy
Edith Utete
Co-Founder
Digital Wellness Africa
Zimbabwe
KáLyn Coghill
Scholar, Activist, and Professor
KáLyn Coghill LLC.
United States
Nakshathra Suresh
Co-Founder
eiris
Australia
Trisha Srivastava
Chair Mason
Women Data Protection Foundation
India
Megan Garcia
Mother, Activist, Lawyer
United States
Susanna Gibson
Founder
MyOwn Image
United States
Will Rivera
Managing Director
MyOwn Image
United States
Oluwafemi Abe
Research and Programme Consultant
Women Consortium of Nigeria
Nigeria
Shane Britten
Founder/CEO
Social Protect
Australia
Joan Kinyua
President
Data Labelers Association
Kenya
Mophat Okinyi
Founder and CEO
Techworker Community Africa
Kenya
Sonia Tiwari
Children's Media Researcher
Everyone.AI
United States
Ephantus Ndungu
Vice President
Data Labelers Association
Kenya
Lindsay Gross
Vice President
Duke Tech for Change
United States
Tiffany Wycoff
Founder
Generation Remix
United States
Sahaj Vaidya
AI Policy Researcher
CivicDataLabs
India
Sue Atkins
Sue Atkins The Parenting Expert
United Kingdom
Calvin Odera
Digital Wellness Advocate
Digital Health And Education Network
Kenya
Allie Howe
Cybersecurity Consultant
secVendors
United States
Lisa LeVasseur
Executive Director
Internet Safety Labs
United States
Houda Chihi
Senior Researcher
InnovCOM
Tunesie
Norma Buster
Chief of Staff
C.A. Goldberg, PLLC
United States
James 'Mojez' Oyange
Organizer
African Content Moderators
Kenya
Kings Korodi
Co-Founder and Senior Researcher
Techworker Community Africa
Kenya
Kauna Malgwi
Union Organizer
UCI Global Union
Kenya
Andrew Liddell
Principle
Edtech Law Center
United States
Alexandria C. Onuoha
PhD Candidate and Developmental Scientist
Suffolk University
United States
Omolara Akerele
Program Director
Olundara Foundation
Canada
Evelyn Kasina
Founder & CEO
Eveminet Communication Solutions Limited
Kenya
Confidence Osein
Digital Citizenship and Cyber Safety Tech Educator, Founder
Internet Safe Kids Africa
Nigeria
Deanna Larsen
Anti-Human Trafficking Advocate
FATE: Fighting Against Trafficking and Exploitation
United States
Genevieve Bartuski
Founder & Clinical Forensic Psychologist
Bartuski Privacy Consulting
United States
Josh Eckstein
Director and Founder
Know Trafficking Today
United States
Michelle Levesley
Tech and digital literacy trainer
Risu
United Kingdom
Tinuade Oguntuyi
GM Technical ICSL & Founder
Tinuadeniyi Tech Foundation
Nigeria
Rebecca Taylor
Threat Intelligence Knowledge Manager & Human Intelligence Researcher
Secureworks, a SOPHOS Company
United Kingdom
Ibukun Bankole
Founder & Digital Literacy Advocate
Josephine Enrichment Network
Nigeria
Diego Cortes
Miami-Dade College
United States
Aamani Sharma
Penn State University
United States
Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell
Founder & CEO
Cultural Inquiry
Switzerland
Erich Mische
Chief Executive Officer
SAVE - Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
United States
John Cavanaugh
Executive Director
Plunk Foundation
United States
Rachael Olaitan Aborishade
Data Privacy Analyst
The Plunk Foundation
Netherlands
Sanchita Mandal
Senior Research Scholar
Tata Institute of Technology
India