Anna
Walczak
Anna Walczak
Co-Founder Our Rule of Law Foundation
Our Rule of Law Foundation
Biography
Anna Walczak is Co-Founder of the Our Rule of Law Foundation. It engages youth in tackling the rule of law crisis. The Vote4OurRuleofLaw project educates first-time voters about the European Parliament’s role in upholding the rule of law. It aims at promoting informed first-time voting.
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Digital growth driving change: tech companies’ role
- Ensuring rights-compliant digitalisation
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Tech companies are driving the development and adoption of new technologies. What are they doing to protect people’s rights? This panel will look at initiatives tech companies take to increase transparency, and ensure fair and competitive digital landscapes that protect people’s rights.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
CLOSING PANEL - Reflecting on the Forum’s discussions
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will take stock of the Forum discussions on protecting democracy and civic space, shaping a socially and environmentally sustainable Europe, and ensuring a rights-compliant digital landscape. Panellists will show the role human rights play in shaping our European societies, allowing people to flourish while upholding the values of dignity and equality. The outcome of the human rights tables − guided by the 'citizens' assembly' philosophy − under each thematic strand will feed into the discussion of this panel.
Paul van Tigchelt (video message)
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Alexandria Walden
Global Head of Human Rights
Biography
Alexandria Walden is Global Head of Human Rights at Google. She founded Google’s Human Rights Programme. She is responsible for driving the company-wide human rights strategy, using approaches grounded in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. She coordinates policy and strategy on human rights issues.
Organisation
Business
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Digital growth driving change: tech companies’ role
- Ensuring rights-compliant digitalisation
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Tech companies are driving the development and adoption of new technologies. What are they doing to protect people’s rights? This panel will look at initiatives tech companies take to increase transparency, and ensure fair and competitive digital landscapes that protect people’s rights.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
CLOSING PANEL - Reflecting on the Forum’s discussions
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will take stock of the Forum discussions on protecting democracy and civic space, shaping a socially and environmentally sustainable Europe, and ensuring a rights-compliant digital landscape. Panellists will show the role human rights play in shaping our European societies, allowing people to flourish while upholding the values of dignity and equality. The outcome of the human rights tables − guided by the 'citizens' assembly' philosophy − under each thematic strand will feed into the discussion of this panel.
Paul van Tigchelt (video message)
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
Jolien Walhof
Impact Director
WaterBear Network
Biography
Jolien Walhof leads the impact team at WaterBear - an interactive media company using storytelling to drive collective action for people and planet. ItWe enables people to get informed and involved by connecting stories with non-profits and campaigns they can contribute to.
Country
Speaker session
THEMATIC PANEL
Digital growth driving change: tech companies’ role
- Ensuring rights-compliant digitalisation
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
Tech companies are driving the development and adoption of new technologies. What are they doing to protect people’s rights? This panel will look at initiatives tech companies take to increase transparency, and ensure fair and competitive digital landscapes that protect people’s rights.
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau
CLOSING PANEL - Reflecting on the Forum’s discussions
Forum stage / Festsaal - livestream
This panel will take stock of the Forum discussions on protecting democracy and civic space, shaping a socially and environmentally sustainable Europe, and ensuring a rights-compliant digital landscape. Panellists will show the role human rights play in shaping our European societies, allowing people to flourish while upholding the values of dignity and equality. The outcome of the human rights tables − guided by the 'citizens' assembly' philosophy − under each thematic strand will feed into the discussion of this panel.
Paul van Tigchelt (video message)
Moderator:
Damla Hekimoglu
Journalist and Newsanchor
ARD,Tagesschau