Sir Geoff Mulgan, Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London
Geoff Mulgan is a Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy & Social Innovation at University College London. He was CEO of Nesta, the UK's innovation foundation, from 2011-2019. From 1997-2004 Geoff held positions in the UK government, including director of the Government's Strategy Unit and head of policy in the Prime Minister's office. Geoff advises many governments around the world and is the founder/co-founder of many civil society organisations, including Demos, Uprising, the Social Innovation Exchange and Action for Happiness. He has been a reporter on BBC TV and radio and visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Melbourne University, and a senior visiting scholar at Harvard University. He has a PhD in telecommunications. Geoff is the author of The Art of Public Strategy: Mobilising Power and Knowledge for the Common Good, Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World and Social Innovation.

Paulina Fröhlich, Head of the Future of Democracy Programme, Das Progressive Zentrum, Berlin
Paulina Fröhlich is head of the Future of Democracy programme at the Progressive Center in Berlin, where she leads, among other things, innovative efforts to promote dialogue and combat anti-democratic populism in public space. She leads the European Hub for Civic Engagement, a platform that encourages solidarity, provides access to resources, facilitates finding partners and incubate new ideas using civic tech. She was the co-founder and press spokesperson for the Kleiner Fünf Initiative to promote "radical courtesy" tactics in fighting anti-democratic populism. Paulina previously worked at the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Krah AG. She studied geography and Islamic studies at the WWU Münster and the University of Helsinki and received an MSc in Integrated Water Resource Management at the TH Köln and Jordan University.

Bekir Ağırdır, Director of Konda Research & Consultancy
Bekir Ağırdır is the Managing Director and Board Member of KONDA Research and Consultancy based in Istanbul, one of Turkey's leading public opinion surveyors. He is the author of Hikayesini Arayan Gelecek (The Future Searching for its Story) and a regular commentator and analyst for T24 Internet News, GAIN Internet Media and Medyascope. Before his position at KONDA, Bekir was the Director-General of the History Foundation and held senior positions in leading Turkish private sector companies. Bekir serves on numerous boards, including the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), Hrant Dink Foundation, We Stand With You Association, the Democratic Republic Programme, and EYMIR Cultural Foundation. He previously served on the Board of Social Economic and Political Research Foundation of Turkey. He is a graduate of the Economic and Administrative Sciences Faculty at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

Nezih Orhon, Professor of Communication Sciences at Anadolu University in Eskişehir.
Nezih Orhon is a Professor and former Assistant Dean of the Communication Sciences Faculty at Anadolu University in Eskişehir. He currently chairs the university's Cinema and Television Department. Nezih is responsible for implementing two global initiatives in Turkey, including Horizon 2020, a flagship initiative of the European Union to secure Europe's global competitiveness and RAISD, a research programme focusing on reshaping attention and inclusion strategies for displaced people. He produces and hosts the NTV Radio programme Human Relations. Nezih writing and work focus on vulnerable communities in communication, media and film.

Stefania Milan, Principal Investigator of DATACTIVE, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam
Stefania Milan is Assistant Professor of New Media at the University of Amsterdam and Associate Professor in Media Innovation (II) at the University of Oslo. She explores the intersection of digital technology, governance and activism, and is passionate about methodological innovation. Professor Milan leads DATACTIVE, a project that examines the evolution of citizenship and participation through datafication and massive data collection. She is Co-Principal Investigator at the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network. Stefania is the author of Social Movements and Their Technologies: Wiring Social Change, co-author of Media/Society, and co-editor of COVID-19 from the Margins. Pandemic Invisibilities, Policies and Resistance in the Datafied Society. In 2018-20, Stefania directed Algorithms Exposed (ALEX), providing researchers, advocates, policymakers and journalists with reliable and accessible algorithmic auditing methods and data. In 2017, she co-founded the Big Data from the South Research Initiative to investigate the impact of datafication and surveillance on marginalised communities.

Andrea Miller, Founding Member and Director of the Center for Common Ground
Based in Virginia, Andrea Miller is a strategist in the intersection of information technologies, data, politics and elections. She designs and leads mass-scale digital phonebanks, texting programmes and volunteer mobilisation. Andrea is an expert and advocate for voting rights, climate change and the Equal Rights Amendment. As Director of the Center for Common Ground, she led the "Reclainm Our Vote" initiative to combat voter suppression during the 2020 US presidential election. She is a Founding Board Member and Executive Director of People Demanding Action, a Founding President of the National Women's Political Caucus of Virginia, and a Tri-Chair of the Virginia Poor People's Campaign and a member of the Democracy and Governance working group of the Virginia Green New Deal. Andrea led the Progressive Round Table on Capitol Hill, bringing together US Congress members, activists, and non-profit leaders. In 2008 she was the Democratic nominee for the Virginia 4th Congressional district.

Yaşar Adnan Adanalı, Founding Member of Center for Spatial Justice
Yaşar Adanalı is an Istanbul-based working urbanist, researcher, lecturer and civic activist. He is a Co-Founder and Director of the Centre for Spatial Justice (MAD) in Istanbul, advocating for more democratic, equitable and ecological urban and rural spaces through innovative cross-disciplinary innovative work. His prior experiences include fighting for spatial justice at the Red de Coordination Urbano Popular (RED) in the Dominican Republic and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees. Since 2009, he has taught participatory planning and design at the Darmstadt Technical University, Mundus Urbano project. Yaşar's PhD research at Technical University Berlin focuses on spatial democracy and neighbourhood movements in Istanbul.

Erkan Saka, Assistant Professor, Chair of the Media Department at Istanbul Bilgi University
Erkan Saka is a Professor of New Media and Communications and Chair of the Media and Communications Department at Bilgi University. His expertise includes digital journalism, new media cultures and digital anthropology. Since 2004, Erkan has coordinated citizen journalism programmes, produced SosyalKafa (The Social Mind), a YouTube programme on new media culture, and is a Social Information and Community Association founder. He recently published Social Media and Politics in Turkey: A Journey through Citizen Journalism, Political Trolling, and Fake News and Big Data and Gender-Biased Algorithms in the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication. His research interests include political participation, populism and polarisation. Erkan received his bachelors' and masters' degrees in sociology from Bosporus University and his PhD in anthropology from Rice University.

Mehmet Atakan Foça, Founder of Teyit.org
Mehmet Atakan Foça is the founder of Teyit.org, Turkey's leading platform for verifying online news and information based in Ankara. He is also a founder of Factory, a business development programme in which participants from various disciplines find innovative and sustainable solutions to address misinformation. Mehmet Atakan has worked as a journalist since 2009. He led the Turkish translation of the Verification Handbook. Mehmet is the recipient of Transparency International's Media Special Incentive Award and is an Ashoka Fellow. Mehmet is a graduate of the Political Science Faculty at Ankara University.

Berivan Eliş, Co-founder, Impact Hub Candidate
Berivan Eliş is a Founder of the TED University Centre for Social Innovation (IstasyonTEDU) in Ankara, where she leads social enterprise development, partnership-building and policy dialogue programmes. She has a cross-sectoral background in social development, focusing on youth, accessibility, gender, and human security issues. Berivan's previous experience includes positions at the EU Delegation to Turkey, Bilkent University, United Nations Development Programme, and Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG). She is currently working to establish Impact Hub Ankara.

Handan Uslu, Founder and Director, Women's Rights Digital Data Platform,
Handan Uslu is a Founder and Director of the Women's Rights Digital Data Platform based in Istanbul that works to increase access to rights-based information for women in search engine algorithms. From 2017 to 2019, Handan held positions at Google Ireland, where she developed gender-sensitive AI algorithms, local development projects, non-violent content and user security. She founded KUGlobalAid to encourage young people to create a social impact beyond volunteering within the university environment in sustainability and economic development. Handan is a graduate of the Mechanical Engineering and Economy Faculties at Koç University in Istanbul.

Emre Erdoğan, Prof. Dr, Director of Turkuaz Lab, Istanbul Bilgi University
Emre Erdogan is a Professor and Chair of the International Relations Department at Istanbul Bilgi University. In 2020, Emre established TurkuazLab at Bilgi University to raise awareness about polarisation and its harm to Turkish society. Emre leads a team that equips Turkish civil society, academia, media, and political parties with strategies and tools for mitigating polarisation and advancing human rights, social harmony, and respect to others. His research interests include political participation, foreign policy and public opinion, populism, children and youth. Emre received his PhD in Political Science from Bosporus University in Istanbul.

• Steve Lambert, Co-Founder, Center for Artistic Activism
Lambert is the co-founder and co-director of the Center for Artistic Activism, a research and training institute that helps activists become more creative and artists become more effective. As an artist, Steve's work has been shown nationally and internationally, from art galleries to Times Square to protest marches to four documentary films and over two dozen books. His work is collected by museums and the US Library of Congress. Lambert has presented research findings at the United Nations on advertising's impact on cultural rights and published books on popular understandings of capitalism. During the last five years, Steve worked on numerous campaigns advocating for the rights of sex workers and safe consumption spaces for people drug addictions. In addition, he has with Treatment Action Group fight over-pricing of HEP-C pharmaceutical treatments.

Dawn Laguens, Expert-in-Residence, IDEO, and Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Global
Dawn Laguens is an Expert In Residence at IDEO, the world's foremost human-centred design and innovation firm. She also serves as the Interim Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global, an organisation that delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide. Dawn works globally with partners, leaders and creators to prototype and scale powerful organisations and technology. She is a co-founder of the Billion Girls Co-Lab, a girl driven global platform to strengthen health and economic outcomes for women and girls. She is the Executive Producer of Across the Line, an award-winning virtual reality experience, debuted at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and an award-winning writer and director.

OluTimehin Adegbeye, Founder, Nigerian Young Feminist Movement
OluTimehin Adegbeye is a prominent figure among Nigerian and African feminists of her generation. Through her website, blog, Twitter, journalism, public speaking and online activism, she combines her experiences as a single mother in a male-dominated Nigerian society with gender theory and social struggles. Adegbeye's 2017 TEDGlobal Talk, "Who Belongs in a City?" was selected among the year's ten most notable talks. She is an alumna of the Chimamanda Adichie's Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop in Lagos, the FEMRITE workshop in Uganda, and the BRITDOC Queer Impact Producers Lab. OluTimehin is a frequent speaker at global conferences like the AWID Forum, the Urban 20 Summit, Oslo Urban Arena, Women Deliver Conference and the Up Close and Liveable Festival. She received the 2019 Gerald Kraak Prize for her nonfiction piece Mothers and Men. OluTimehin Adegbeye writes about politics, gender and other social issues on ThisIsAfrica, Africa Is A Country, BellaNaija, and other publications, and is a stringer for the Norwegian magazine Bistandsaktuelt.

Sarphan Uzunoğlu, Coordinator, NewsLabTurkey
As the Research Hub Coordinator and Editor-in-Chief of NewsLabTurkey in Istanbul, Sarphan Uzunoğlu works to educate, inform, and raise individual and corporate actors' standards in Turkey's journalism industry. He is also a part-time lecturer at Kadir Has University and Bilgi University. Sarphan served as an Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism at the Department of Communication Arts and as Online Security Director for the Institute of Media Research and Training at the Lebanese American University. Before LAU, he worked as an Associate Professor at the Language and Culture Department of UiT Arctic University in Norway. Sarphan is a regular contributor to several media organisations in Turkey. Before his academic career, he worked at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as a political communication advisor and an editor at Agora Publishing.

Emily Hutchinson, Programme Manager of New Tactics in Human Rights at the Center for Victims of Torture
Emily Hutchinson is Programme Manager of the New Tactics in Human Rights Program at the Center for Victims of Torture based in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is responsible for strategic planning, development and management. She has worked with governments and civil society organisations on a wide range of human rights, transitional justice, and post-conflict governance issues. Emily is an attorney with experience working in the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans. Emily previously served as Counsel at the Public International Law and Policy Group and Regional Programme Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Businesswomen's Network. Emily holds a JD magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, an MA in Middle East Studies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and a BA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.

Suzanne Hoff, Coordinator of La Strada International
Suzanne Hoff is the International Coordinator of La Strada International in Amsterdam. This non-governmental platform works to prevent trafficking in human beings, protect trafficked and exploited persons' rights, and ensure their access to justice. She manages a broad range of tasks, including strategy planning, lobbying and advocacy. Suzanne represents the Platform to international bodies. Before La Strada International, she worked for Caritas Netherlands, the Dutch Centre for International Cooperation and the Dutch Refugee Council. Suzanne served in the Amsterdam Mayor's office and the Amsterdam Municipality's International Relations Department. Most of her work has focused on human rights and the situation in Central and Eastern Europe. Suzanne has Master's Degrees in Eastern European Studies and Broadcast Journalism.

Ahu Özyurt, Editor-in-chief, WomanTV.com.tr
Ahu Özyurt is the Morning Show anchor at TV100 and is the Editor-in-Chief of Womantv.com.tr, a newly launched digital news outlet on women's issues. She worked as an anchor at CNN Turk, NTV, CNBC, and as a weekly columnist at Hürriyet Daily News. Ahu served as Washington Correspondent for CNN Turk and Milliyet Newspaper between 2007 – 2009. As a journalist, she specialises in international affairs, defence, energy and financial news. She is the author of Obama: A Perfect Storm and Night Vision.

Begüm İntepeler, Founding Member of Pi Gençlik
Begüm İnterpeler founded Pi Youth Association in 2014 with other founding members to support and enhance capacities and equal opportunities for young people in Turkey. She serves on the Steering Committee of the European Union Sivil Düşün Programme. Begüm took part in the establishment of the İzmir City Council Youth Assembly. She has served as legal representative and coordinator of many EU-funded projects. Begüm leads trainings and workshops to increase local youth organisations' institutional capacities, strengthen their rights-based perspective and raise awareness of gender equality. Begüm is the founder of Abkare Consulting company, a communication and event management.