Our Speakers at the 2026 conference
We are honored to have the following speakers for this year’s conference!
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Oluwafemi Abe
Regional Coordinator
Giving Africa a New Face (GAaNF)
Nigeria
Remi Afon
Founder
GoLegit Cyber Initiative
United Kingdom
Mehmet Naci Akkøk
CEO
Crafting Tomorrow
Norway
Etali Genesis Akwaji
CEO
SUSTAIN Cameroon
Cameroon
Sarah Andrew
Legal & Campaign Director
Avaaz
United Kingdom
Pratishtha Arora
CEO
Social & Media Matters
Board Member SHIELD
India
Michael Geoffrey Asia
Secretary General
Data Labelers Association
Kenya
Mia Bannister
Founder & Director
Ollie's Echo: Pathways to Prevention Ltd
Australia
Sarah Barnbrook
Founder
Away from Keyboard (AFK) Inc.
Australia
Genevieve Bartuski
Co-Founder
Unicorn Intelligence Tech Partners
Board Member SHIELD
United States
Gloria Boateng Gyamfua
Program Manager & Research Analyst
Ghana Internet Safety Foundation
Ghana
Andrew Breircliffe
Online Harms Consultant
Board Member SHIELD
United Kingdom
Claire Calfo
Associate Therapist, Breathwork Facilitator
Self-employed
United States
Karine Caunes
Executive Director
Centre for AI and Digital Humanism (Digihumanism)
France
John Cavanaugh
Executive Director
Plunk Foundation
Board Member SHIELD
United States
Eric Chamberlin
Founder/Developer
Chamberlin Innovations
France
Lena Chauhan
Co-Founder, GEN:R
Founder, RiseIQ
United Kingdom
Somya Chauhan
Masters Student
Amity Noida
India
Maggie Ciobanu
Founder
YouChooz
Australia
KaLyn Coghill
Community Safety and Support Steward
Blacksky Algorithms
United States
Angeline Corvaglia
Executive Director
SHIELD
Italy
Adrian Cotterell
CEO
Thinking Mode
Australia
Ranith Darmarathne
Chief information security officer
Dialog Finance PLC
Sri Lanka
Joy Emedom
Founder
Mama Cybershield
Ireland
Jason Fernandez
Founder, Social Work AI Technologist
60 Watts of Clarity
United States
Lola Fisher
Co-Director
Gen-Z Aotearoa
New Zealand
Giselle Fuerte
Founder
Being Human With AI
United States
Chiara Gallese
Researcher on EU Data Spaces
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
The Netherlands
Bianca Garibaldi
OSINT and Intelligence Analyst
Ireland
Jesper Graugaard
Father to the Danish Chromebook case
Denmark
Vardon Hamdiu
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Sparkable
Switzerland
Ghowash "Ash" Irshad
Adjunct Faculty and Candidate, PhD Clinical Psychology
Montclair State University, NJ
United States
Jennifer Kaberi
Co-Founder, Kutunga
Founder & CEO, Mtoto News
Kenya
Evelyn Kasina
Chief Executive Officer<brEveminet Communications Solutions Limited
Kenya
Areesha Khan
Masters Student
Amity University, Noida
India
Polina Lulu
Child Experience Researcher and Facilitator
Young & Wonderful
Canada
Caroline Makumbe
Co-Founder
Kutunga
South Africa
Kauna Malgwi
Clinical Psychologist
Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative Africa
Kenya
Sanchita Mandal
Senior Research Fellow
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
India
Paul Matthiews
Head of HASS and Christian Studies
Calvin Christian School, Tasmania
Australia
Emilana Mbelenga
Founder and CEO | Clinical Psychologist
Iyashi Wellness Centre
Kenya
Neil Milton
Founder
The Table Talk Project
Australia
Nana Mgbechikwere Nwachukwu
PhD Researcher
Trinity College Dublin
Sweden
Athena Morgan
Legal-Tech Consultant
Mindful Clicks Africa
Kenya
Chido Musodza
Program Associate: Community Engagement
Localization Lab
Zimbabwe
Wilma Mwangi
Founder
Digital Guardian
United Arab Emirates
Upendo Nawire
Advocate for Child Rights and Involvement of Children
Kenya
Ndung'u Njoroge
Online Safety training and advocate
Eveminet Communications Solutions Limited
Kenya
Saba Oji
Phd and Founder/CEO
HolisticMindAI
Canada
Iryna Okhyrmenko
Product Lead
A Jar of Insights
United Kingdom
Alexandria Onuoha
Educator, Researcher, and Public Scholar
United States
Confidence Osein
Founder
Internet Safe Kids Africa
Board Member SHIELD
Nigeria
Mousmi Panda
Research Associate
Aaprti Institute
India
Sara Portell
Founder and Behavioural Scientist
HCRAI
Portugal
Anil Raghuvanshi
Founder
ChildSafeNet
Nepal
Jay Raj
Independent Social Researcher
India
Rocío Ribelles Zorita
IB Librarian & AI Lead
International School of Turin - IST
Italy
Theresa Ryan-Rouger
Deputy Executive Director elect
SHIELD
Human Rights Lawyer
France
Eli Samuel
President
Safe Telekom
United States
Bill Schmarzo
Data Science and Data Monetization Strategic Advisor
Dean of Big Data
United States
Chris Sciullo
Founder
Wildly x Well
United States
Munur Shah
Founder
Rebel Telekom
United Kingdom
Angelika Sharygina
Founder & CEO
Stealth Startup
Ireland
Kevin Shields
CPO & VP
Crafting Tomorrow
Spain
Arnika Singh
Director of Policy, Programs and Research
Social & Media Matters
United States
Samantha Tenus
Founder & CRO
Digipalz
Canada
Sonia Tiwari
Children's Media Researcher
Kids AI
United States
Krystal Tristan
Founder & CEO
OneHaven
United States
Joy Uchechi Eziashi
Executive Director
TrustedTech Initiative
Nigeria
Cristina van Nood
Chief Clinical Officer
ifeel online
Spain
Steaphen Antony Venansious
Developer & Chief Architect
ChildSafe.dev
India
Tiffany Wycoff
Founder
Generation Remix
Board Member SHIELD
United States