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2015 Speakers

Benjamin Skinner

Founder and Principal, Transparentem

Cathy Russell

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues

Charlie Winter

Senior Researcher, Quilliam Foundation

Cherie Blair

Lawyer and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Christianne Boudreau

Founder, Hayat Canada Family Support

Daniela Colaiacovo

Co- founder and director, Goldlake Group

Duncan Jepson

Founder, Liberty Asia

Emma Bonino

Former Italian Foreign Minister

Emma Webb

Head of EU University Partnerships, Coursera

Evelyn Chumbow

Survivor, advocate and leader, National Survivor Network

Fiona David

Executive Director of Global Research, Walk Free Foundation

Fiona Mahvinga

Founding member, Camfed Association

Giles Bolton

Responsible Sourcing Director, Tesco

Habiba Mohamed

Co-director and Team leader, Centre for Girls’ Education

Hugo Dixon

Columnist and entrepreneur

James Kofi Annan

President, Challenging Heights

Jane Moran

Global Chief Information Officer, Unilever

Jean Baderschneider

CEO, Global Fund to End Slavery

Josephine Kulea

Executive Director, Samburu Girls Foundation

Kathy Calvin

President and Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation

Kendis Paris

Executive director, Truckers against trafficking

Kevin Hyland

OBE: UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Klára Skrivánková

Europe Programme Co-ordinator, Anti-Slavery

Lisa Rende-Taylor

Founder and Director, Issara Institute

Livia Firth

Creative Director, Eco-Age and Founder of the Green Carpet Challenge

Mabel van Oranje

Initiator and Chair, Girls Not Brides

Marco Gonçalves

Senior Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, Nestlé

Marina Novaes

Special Adviser for the Promotion of Decent Work, City of São Paulo

Martina Vandenberg

Founder and President, The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center

Matt Friedman

CEO, The Mekong Club

Raheb Alwany

Syrian doctor and Human Rights defender

Sara Hossain

Barrister, Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Sarah Degnan Kambou

President, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

Shabana Basij-Rasikh

Co-founder and President, SOLA- School of Leadership, Afghanistan

Sherizaan Minwalla

Human Rights lawyer

Van Ngoc Ta

Chief Lawyer, Blue Dragon Children's Foundation

Wade Shen

Program Manager, DARPA

Previous Speakers

Ala'a Shehabi

British-born Bahraini lecturer, writer and activist

Alaa Murabit

Founder, The Voice of Libyan Women

Amira Yahyaoui

Human rights activist and President, Al Bawsala

Anish Kapoor

Artist

Ann Cotton

Founder and President, Camfed International

Anne Gallagher

Independent scholar and legal adviser

Anuradha Koirala

Founder and Executive Director, Maiti Nepal

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Author and Founder of the AHA Foundation

Bennett Freeman

Senior Vice President, Sustainability Research and Policy, Calvert

Bradley Myles

CEO and Director, Polaris Project

Cecilia Flores-Oebanda

Founding President and Executive Director, Visayan Forum Foundation

Christopher White

Program manager, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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Michael Brosowski Founder & CEO, Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation

Christy Turlington Burns

Founder, Every Mother Counts, filmmaker, author, model

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

District Attorney, New York County

David Batstone

President and Co-Founder, Not For Sale; CEO, Dignitá

Deeyah Khan

Documentary film director and human rights activist

Dr. Sima Samar

Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC)

Edna Adan

Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Somaliland; Founder, Edna Adan Univ. Hospital

Eva Kail

Gender expert, Urban Planning Group, City of Vienna

Hazel Thompson

Award-winning photojournalist

Henriette Kolb

Head of the Gender Secretariat, International Finance Corporation

Jamie Drummond

Co-founder and Executive director, ONE

Kailash Satyarthi

Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Chairperson, Global March Against Child Labour

Kalpana Viswanath

Co-founder, Safetipin (India)

Kamran Azim

Chief operating officer, Kashf Foundation

Karen Friedman Agnifilo

Chief Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office

Kevin Bales

Co-founder, Free the Slaves

Laura Bates

Founder, Everyday Sexism Project

Lila Ibrahim

Chief Business Officer, Coursera

Liz Kellison

Deputy director, Financial Services for the Poor, Gates Foundation

Louise Nicholls

Head of Responsible Sourcing, Marks & Spencer

Madeleine Rees

Secretary General, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Manal al-Sharif

Women's rights activist

Marcela Loaiza

Survivor of sex trafficking and founder, La Fundación Marcela Loaiza

Mariane Pearl

Journalist, author and Managing Editor of Chime for Change

Mark Goldring

Chief Executive, OXFAM

Mary Ellen Iskenderian

President and CEO, Women’s World Banking

Melanne Verveer

U.S Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues

Mona Eltahawy

Award-winning columnist

Muhammad Yunus

Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Nancy Northup

President and CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights

Nick Grono

President and CEO, The Freedom Fund

Pascale Dubois

Chief Suspension and Debarment Officer, World Bank

Peter Rabley

Director, Investments, Omidyar Network

Priti Patel

Deputy director and HIV Programme Manager, Southern Africa Litigation Centre

Randy Newcomb

President and CEO, Humanity United

Renato Bignami

Labour Inspector, Programme for the Eradication of Slavery (Brazil)

Rosario Perez

President and Chief Executive Officer, Pro Mujer

Shereen El Feki

Journalist, author and gender expert

Shirin Ebadi

Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Simon Constantine

Head of Ethical Buying, Head Perfumer at Lush

Sir Suma Chakrabarti

President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Theresa May

Secretary of State for the Home Department, UK

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