WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress

Emily Withrow

VP of Product and Head of Subscriber Experiences · The New York Times

Ezra Eeman

AI Expert and Director of Strategy & Innovation, NPO, Netherlands

Fabrice Bakhouche

CEO, Sipa-Ouest-France, France

Fergus Bell

Founder & CEO, Fathm; Executive Director, Syli, UK

Phil Chetwynd

Global News Director · Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Tom Trewinnard

Chief Operating Officer · Co-Founder, Fathm

Adriaan Basson

Editor-in-Chief, News24, South Africa

Adriana Lacy

CEO, Field Nine Group; Founder, Influencer Journalism, USA

Alex Hardiman

Chief Product Officer · The New York Times

Amalie Kestler

Managing Editor in Chief · Politiken

Amrit Mann

Publisher Services Manager, Ozone, UK

Anders Eriksson

Group CEO · Bonnier News

Anders Heering

Managing Director · JP/Politiken Erhvervsmedier

Anders Opdahl

CEO, Amedia, Norway

Andrew Morse

President and Publisher · The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Anna Babinets

Regional Editor - Ukraine, OCCRP; Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Slidstvo.Info, Ukraine

Annelies Jansen

Chief Strategy Officer, ProRata.ai, USA

Anthony Feinstein

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada

Antoine Saglier

Director of Technology and Innovation, 366, France

Bartosz Hojka

President of the Management Board of Agora Group, CEO, Poland

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC

Human Rights Lawyer, UK

Cécile Sourd

CEO, Mediapart, France

Cecilia Campbell

Local Media | Innovate Local Programme Editor · WAN-IFRA Sweden

Christopher Kenis

Publisher, SPILNEWS, Belgium

Clémence Lemaistre

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Les Echos, France

Coralie Vrancken

CEO, Le Soir, Belgium

Danny Spears

COO, Ozone, UK

Danuta Bregula

Managing Director Paid Products, Ringier Axel Springer Polska, Poland

David Walmsley

Editor-in-Chief, Globe and Mail; President World Editors Forum, Canada

Dean Roper

Director of Insights & Editor-in-Chief, WAN-IFRA, Germany

Delano Massey

Managing Editor, Axios Local, USA

Dmitry Shishkin

CEO, Ringier Media International, Switzerland

Dominika Michalak

Head of Institutional Fundraising, OKO.press, Poland

Dominika Wielowieyska

Journalist, Gazeta Wyborcza, TOK FM, Poland

Dr. Ruth Palmer

Associate Professor of Communication & Digital Media · IE University

Emily Bell

Founder and Director · Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School

Etienne Mélou

Long-Form Editor-in-Chief and Producer, Brut, France

Fabian Heckenberger

Managing Editor and Senior Editor for AI, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany

Flavia Barbosa Ferreira

Head of Marketing Retention, Le Monde, France

Fran Beighton

Head of Growth · Daily Maverick

Gabriel Kahn

Publisher & Editor · Crosstown

Gabriel Sands

News & Lifestyle BD Partnerships Lead, Reddit, USA

Gard Steiro

Editor-in-Chief and CEO, VG - Verdens Gang AS, Norway

Gert Ysebaert

CEO · Mediahuis Group

Goli Sheikholeslami

CEO, Politico, USA

Hannah Sarney

Editorial Product Director, Financial Times, UK

Jan Helin

Chief Product Officer, Bonnier News, Sweden

Jane Barrett

Head of Reuters AI Strategy, Reuters, UK

Jennifer Wilton

Editor in Chief · Die Welt

Jens Pettersson

Head of Editorial Development · NTM

Jessica Davis

Vice President, AI Product, USA TODAY Co., USA

John Ridding

CEO · FT Group

Josefine Vännman

General Manager · Amazon ads Nordics

Joseph Oughourlian

Chairman Grupo PRISA, Racing Club de Lens, UK

Juan Señor

President, Innovation Media Consulting Group, UK

Julie Richards

Director of sustainability and operational transformation · The Guardian

Kasper Lindskow

Head of AI · JP/Politikens Media Group

Katerina Sergatskova

Co-founder · Zaborona Media & 2402 Foundation

Katharina Schmidt

Editor in Chief · Wiener Zeitung

Katharine Viner

Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian, UK

Kristen Dudish

VP of Product Design, The New York Times, USA

Ladina Heimgartner

President WAN-IFRA, Head Ringier Media & CEO Ringier Media Switzerland, Switzerland

Lauren Saks

Co-Founder, Local News International, USA

Lech Wałęsa

Nobel Laureate, Former President of Poland, and Icon of Democracy, Poland

Liesbeth Nizet

Head of Future Audiences Monetisation, Mediahuis, Belgium

Lilly Anuk Bosse

Student · International People’s College

Line Gasparini

Managing Director, 366, France

Lisa Irenius

Editor-in-Chief and CEO, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden

Lucky Gunasekara

CEO and Co-founder, Miso.ai, USA

Magda Bandera

Journalist, Writer, and Gender Equity Expert, Spain

Mariah Craddick

Executive Director of Product, The Atlantic, USA

Mariam Mammen Mathew

CEO, Manorama Online, India

Martin Schori

Co-founder Hint Media AB · Sweden

Matthijs van de Peppel

Group B2C Strategy Director, Mediahuis nv, Netherlands

Melissa Fleming

Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications · United Nations

Nayla Tueni

Journalist and Editor-in-Chief, An-Nahar, Lebanon

Nic Dawes

Executive Director, THECITY, USA

Nikita Roy

Founder, Newsroom Robots Lab, USA/Canada

Niklas Jonason

Local Media | Innovate Local Programme Director · WAN-IFRA Sweden

Olalla Novoa Ojea

Director of AI, PRISA Media, Spain

Olga Korolec

Managing Director Onet · Ringier Axel Springer

Pierre Caulliez

Founder, Yoof / Lead, News Creator Exchange, UK

Pierre Schneidermann

Head of Video, Les Echos, France

Pundi S. Sriram

Chief Product Officer & Business Head, STEP from The Hindu Group, India

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Director · Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Remco Steen

Manager Advertising Technology, Yield & Data, Mediahuis Netherlands

Renée Kaplan

Head of Partnerships France, Substack, France

Robert Johansson

Head of specialist · Execute Media

Roman Imielski

First Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland

Sacha Morard

Co-founder · Edgee; Formerly CTO, Le Monde

Sannuta Raghu

Executive Producer and Lead AI Lad, Scroll.in, India

Sham Jaff

Journalist, Germany

Solana Pyne

Video Director, The New York Times, USA

Sophie Gourmelen

President, Ebra Group, France

Tav Klitgaard

CEO · Zetland

Tom Rubin

Chief of Intellectual Property and Content · Open AI