Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm

Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm is Executive Director of the organisation WITNESS.
Why should you listen

As Executive Director of WITNESS Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm works as a human rights activist to make it possible for people to use video and technology to protect and defend human rights. She envisions a world where anyone can participate in creating human rights change and leads a global network of activists at WITNESS to work alongside marginalized communities to support the safe, effective, and ethical uses of media and technology to fight for equality and justice.

Yvette Alberdingjk-Thijm believes that the truth is a powerful tool to expose wrongs, challenge abusive powers, address injustice, and mobilize for social change.

Speaking events

Listen to Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm speak at the conference

18 Nov2:08 pm - 2:40 pm

Session 1: Making tech work for, not against, democracy and human rights

Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen
Andrew Sushko
Ikenna Azuike
Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm
Eileen Donahoe
Maria Ressa
Sinéad McSweeney
Julie Owono
Věra Jourová
Moderated by Denmark’s Tech Ambassador Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen, key stakeholders from civil society, the tech industry and the EU will discuss and outline the key challenges and opportunities for democracy and human rights in the digital era. The session will discuss questions such as:

How can technology enhance democratic values and practices such as inclusion, transparency and accountability to restore trust in democracy? What are the tools at hand for paving a way forward, and what is the emancipatory potential for tech in present day democracies around the world? How can democratic governments, parliaments, and the people they represent get back in the driver’s seat of technological development?
18 Nov2:08 pm - 2:40 pm

Session 1: Making tech work for, not against, democracy and human rights

Moderated by Denmark’s Tech Ambassador Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen, key stakeholders from civil society, the tech industry and the EU will discuss and outline the key challenges and opportunities for democracy and human rights in the digital era. The session will discuss questions such as:

How can technology enhance democratic values and practices such as inclusion, transparency and accountability to restore trust in democracy? What are the tools at hand for paving a way forward, and what is the emancipatory potential for tech in present day democracies around the world? How can democratic governments, parliaments, and the people they represent get back in the driver’s seat of technological development?
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Speakers
  • Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen is Denmark’s Tech Ambassador.
    Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen
  • Andrew Sushko is a lawyer, an expert in the fields of human rights, public administration and digital transformation.
    Andrew Sushko
  • Journalist Ikenna Azuike is a lawyer, journalist and the host of the Tech for Democracy conference 2021.
    Ikenna Azuike
  • Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm is Executive Director of the organisation WITNESS.
    Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm
  • Eileen Donahoe is working with digital and cyber policies at Stanford University.
    Eileen Donahoe
  • Maria Ressa is co-founder of the Philippine news network Rappler and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2021.
    Maria Ressa
  • Sinéad McSweeney is Vice President of Public Policy and Philanthropy at Twitter Ireland.
    Sinéad McSweeney
  • Julie Owono is the Executive Director of the Content Policy & Society Lab (CPSL) and a fellow of the Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) at Stanford University.
    Julie Owono
  • Věra Jourová is the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency.
    Věra Jourová