Partners and Speakers for the 2013 Program

The fellowship aims to facilitate conversations among the many organizations actively working to preserve a free and open internet. The program is an intitiative of the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva working with a group of core partners including digital communications expert John Horniblow; the Geneva based NGO gMedia Center which works to empower media to further civil society goals; and Meridian International Center, a Washington D.C. based NGO promoting international understanding through exchange programs. We are also collaborating with the Internet Society and with Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation for specific events during the program.

gMedia Center

Core Partner for 2013 Program - Gmedia Center is a Geneva based initiative whose overall objective is to empower media to further civil society goals on human rights and democracy.

Meridian International Center

Core Partner 2012-2013 Programs - Meridian creates innovative exchange, education, cultural, and policy programs.

Internet Society

2013 Event Partner - The Mission of the Internet Society is to promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.

CISAC - Stanford University

Event Partner - 2012 & 2013 The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford's hub for researchers tackling some of the world's most pressing issues.

Webster University

Event Partner - 2013 A Non-Profit, American-Accredited University, with campuses in Europe, USA and Asia.

Alec Ross

Speaker - 2013 Program Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of the Secretary of State, tasked with maximizing the potential of technology in service of America’s diplomatic and development goals.

Kathleen Reen

Speaker - 2013 Program Kathleen Reen is the Vice-President for Asia, Environment and New Media Programs with Internews.

Jillian York

Speaker - 2013 Program Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco based organization that defends citizen rights in the digital world.

Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe

Speaker and Host Ambassador Donahoe is the first U.S. Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the lead UN body responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights.

Jon Vidar

Speaker - 2013 Program Founder & CEO at Uncharted Digital; Cofounder & Executive Director of The Tiziano Project

Alison Klayman

Speaker - 2013 Program Filmaker, Director of "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" - Sundance Documentary Fellow and one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film".

Adelina von Fürstenberg

Speaker - 2013 Program: President and Founder of the NGO - Art for the World, Chief Curator of the 4th Biennial of Tessaloniki

Nicolas Seidler

Policy Advisor at the Internet Society, with a focus on the Internet and Human Rights, in particular freedom of expression online.

Farida Vis

Speaker - 2013 Program Research Fellow in the Social Sciences in the Information School at the University of Sheffield and an occasional data journalist.

David Souter

Speaker - 2013 Managing Director, ict Development Associates, Visiting Professor, Communications Management, University of Strathclyde, Visiting Senior Fellow, Media and Communications, LSE

Speakers and Participants in past programs

Rebecca MacKinnon

Speaker 2012 Program - Blogger and co-founder of Global Voices Online, author of "Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom

David Sullivan

Speaker 2012 Program - Policy and Communications Director for the Global Network Initiative (GNI)

Marcia Stepanek

Speaker 2011 Program - Multimedia journalist, new media strategist, author of the forthcoming book, "Swarms: The Rise of the Digital Anti-Establishment."

Ben Scott

Speaker - 2011 Program Senior Advisor to the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation in Washington DC