Keynote speech
Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of international development
No democracy without a strong civil society
Raymond Johansen, Secretary General, Norwegian People's Aid
The greatest threat to democracy is not autocracy; it's hypocrisy
Iyad El-Baghdadi, Founder and President, Kawaakibi Center
Climate change impacts our rights
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Rights Activist
Progress is possible
Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General, Norad
Can reversed rights be reclaimed? Confronting the downward shift in civic space. CIVICUS report presentation
Lysa John, Secretary General, CIVICUS
Shaken, not deterred: Africans continue to have faith in democratic governance. How can it be sustained, deepened?
Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, Co-founder and Board Chair, Afrobarometer
The declining success-rate of non-violent movements and what to do about it?
Marianne Dahl, Senior Researcher, PRIO
Panel: Backlash of rights – what should be the role of international democracy promoters?
Lysa John, Secretary General, CIVICUS, Raymond Johansen, Secretary General, Norwegian People’s Aid, Marianne Dahl, Senior Researcher, PRIO, Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General, Norad. Moderator: Haakon Gjerløw, Senior Researcher, PRIO.
Let women and girls lead
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAids
Education for positive change, a part of the equation
Joanna Herat, Acting Chief of Section for Health and Education, UNESCO
From Moral Outrage to Action
Ayesha Wolasmal, Independent Consultant
Panel discussion: Navigating the backlash
Winnie Byanyima, Joanna Herat, Mamta Murthi,Vice President for Human Development, World Bank. Moderator: Ayesha Wolasmal
The power and potential of inclusive conservation: The approach of the Global Environment Facility
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Panel discussion: Are communal land rights making a comeback?
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Hindou Ibrahim, Lars Løvold, Special Advisor, Rainforest Foundation Norway. Moderator: Nonette Royo, Executive Director, Tenure Facility
Keynote speech
Mustafa Nayyem, Head of the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine
The future of democracy in Ukraine
Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University
The All-Out War on Truth
Sevgil Musaieva, Chief Editor, Ukrainska Pravda
Reporting during war: Independent press and information warfare in Ukraine
Sevgil Musaieva, Ukrainska Pravda and Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General Norad