Speakers 2018 | GEN Summit 2019

The 2018 Speakers

A look back at who took centre stage at the 2018 GEN Summit.

A look back at who took centre stage at the 2018 GEN Summit.

Stephen Adler

Editor-In-Chief
Reuters

Jonathan Albright

Research Director
Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Dan Archer

Founder
Empathetic Media

Beatriz Arias

News & Lifestyle Partnerships Manager
Twitter Spain

Mafalda de Avelar

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Lusa

Rana Ayyub

Investigative journalist and columnist

Peter Bale

Former Launch Editor
WikiTribune

Greg Barber

Director of Digital News Projects
The Washington Post

Anna Bateson

Chief Customer Officer
The Guardian

Paul Batty

Associate
European Climate Foundation

Emily Bell

Director
Tow Center for Digital Journalism

Kourtney Bitterly

Lead
The New York Times Research & Development

Ludovic Blecher

Head of Digital News Innovation Fund - News & Publishers
Google GNI

Marzia Bona

Editor and researcher
European Data Journalism Network

Antoine Bordes

Director of European Lab
Facebook AI Research

Marianne Bouchart

DJA Manager
Founder of HEI-DA

Évangéline de Bourgoing

Chief Content Officer
Global Editors Network

Alexandre Brito

Deputy Director of Information
RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal

Kim Bui

Former Editor-at-large
NowThis News

Mar Cabra

Former Head of Data & Research Unit
ICIJ

Julia Cagé

Professor
IEP de Paris

Elies Campo

Director of Partnerships and Business Development
Telegram Messenger

Catarina Carvalho

Executive Editor-in-Chief
Diário de Notícias

Miguel Castro

Senior Officer
Global Media Partnerships
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Carole Chainon

Madhav Chinnappa

Director of Strategic Relations, News & Publishers
Google

Reginald Chua

Chief Operating Officer
Reuters

Pilita Clark

Associate Editor and Business Columnist
Financial Times

Ariel Conn

Director of Media and Outreach
Future of Life Institute

Cristina Comalrena de Sobregrau

Business Developer
Bulletin.chat

Matt Cooke

Head of Partnership & Training
Google News Lab

Kate Day

Editorial Director, Growth
POLITICO

Christophe Deloire

Secretary General
Reporters without Borders

Mukul Devichand

Executive Editor, Voice
BBC

Esra Dogramaci

Senior Editor for Digital
Deutsche Welle

Cosmin Ene

Founder & CEO
LaterPay

Benedict Evans

Mobile Analyst
Andreessen Horowitz

Fatemah Farag

Founder and Director
Welad Elbalad Media LTD

Julie Foulon

Co-founder
Molengeek

Conrad Fritzsch

Head of New Agency Model
Mercedes-Benz

Pedro Gadanho

Emilio Garcia-Ruiz

Managing Editor
The Washington Post

Stephanie Gibaud

Author and Whistleblower

Lisa Gibbs

Director of News Partnerships
The Associated Press

Dan Gillmor

Professor & Author
Arizona State University

Mar Gonzalez Franco

Researcher
Microsoft

Ilan Greenberg

Publisher and Editorial Director
Coda Media

Rob Greenlee

VP/Head of Partnerships
Voxnest.com

Ferial Haffajee

Editor-at-large
Huffington Post South Africa

Cory Haik

Former Publisher
Mic

Tony Haile

Delphine Halgand-Mishra

Executive Director
The Signals Network

Jon Heaton

Partner Engineering Manager, EMEA
Facebook

Jodie Hopperton

Founder
FORE:media

Zhimin Huang

Founder
DataWorks

Bella Hurrell

Deputy Editor News Visual Journalism
BBC

Kinda Ibrahim

Director of Media Partnerships for the MENA
Twitter

Martin Jönsson

Head of Editorial Development
Dagens Nyheter

Sachin Kamdar

Founder and CEO
Parse.ly

Ritu Kapur

Co-founder and CEO
The Quint

John Keefe

Bot Developer and App Product Manager
Quartz

Matt Kelly

Chief Content Officer
Archant Group

Jeff Kofman

CEO and Founder
Trint

Sasha Koren

Former Editor
Mobile Innovation Lab
Guardian News & Media

Daniela Kraus

Founding Director
fjum

Mark Little

CEO and Co-founder
NevaLabs

Stanislas de Livonnière

Head of Data & Innovation team
Le Parisien

Kjersti Løken Stavrum

CEO
Tinius Trust

Nicolas Magand

Social media and engagement editor
Global Editors Network

Sarah Marshall

Head of Audience Growth
Vogue International
Condé Nast International

Flavia Martins y Miguel

Editor
Portal R7 Minas

Douglas McCabe

CEO
Enders Analysis

Siobhan McHugh

Senior Lecturer, Journalism
University of Wollongon

Brett McKeehan

Online Editor
South China Morning Post

Robert McKenzie

Editor News Labs
BBC

Fernando Medina

Christopher Miles

Strategic Partnerships
CrowdTangle

James Morgan

CrowdTangle Partnerships, EMEA
Facebook

Sharon Moshavi

Senior Vice President
International Center for Journalists

Sonia Narang

Multimedia Journalist
Public Radio International

Chris Muller

Senior Director of Audience Engagement
Taboola

David Neeleman

Stakeholder and Board member
TAP Air Portugal

Shazna Nessa

Deputy Managing Editor, Global Head of Visuals
The Wall Street Journal

Jill Nicholson

Director of Education
Chartbeat

Ana Ormaechea

Founder and CEO
Cuonda

Marc Palahí

Director
European Forest Institute

Lukasz Pawlowski

Senior Program Manager Power BI Engineering
Microsoft

Bertrand Pecquerie

CEO
Global Editors Network

Meghan Plambeck

Director of News
Dataminr

Dianna Pierce Burgess

Co-founder
Press Forward

Ines Pohl

Editor-in-chief
Deutsche Welle

Julie Posetti

Senior Research Fellow
Oxford University

Aroon Purie

Chairman & Editor-in-Chief
India Today Group

Diogo Queiroz de Andrade

Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Publico

Corina Radovanovich

Senior Manager of Media Experiences
Microsoft

Alan Renwick

Director of RADAR
Urbs Media

Adriana Ribas

Head of Content
Bulletin.chat

Gerold Riedmann

CEO
Russmedia Digital

Jim Roberts

Editor-in-Chief
Cheddar

Carlos Rosa

Director
IADE - Universidade Europeia

Ben Rudolph

Director of Media Experiences
Microsoft

Mariana Santos

CEO
Chicas Poderosas

Paul Sargeant

Senior Journalist
News Visual Journalism
BBC

Arno Scharl

Professor and CEO
MODUL University Vienna
webLyzard technology

David Schlesinger

Founder & Managing Director
Tripod Advisors

Thomas Seymat

VR Editor
Euronews

Aaron Sharockman

Executive Director
PolitiFact

Daniel Sieberg

Co-founder
Civil

Patrícia Silveira

Assistant Professor
IADE - Universidade Europeia

Marie-Hélène Smiejan-Wanneroy

Managing Director
Mediapart

Olaf Steenfadt

Project Director
The Journalism Trust Initiative

Paul Steiger

Executive Chairman
ProPublica

Raisa Sufian

Business Director
VaynerMedia

Margaret Sullivan

Media Columnist
The Washington Post

Jacobo Toll-Messia

Jérôme Tomasini

Content Partnerships Manager News & Sports
Twitter France

Anne-Marie Tomchak

UK Editor
Mashable

David Tomchak

Digital Director
Evening Standard

Rina Tsubaki

Communications Manager, Strategic Partnerships
European Forest Institute

Jimmy Wales

Founder
WikiTribune & Wikipedia

Mary Walter-Brown

Founder & CEO
News Revenue Hub

Ed Williams

Nick Wrenn

Head of News Partnerships, EMEA
Facebook

Anita Zielina

Digital Innovation Expert

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