BLISS Speakers

Freedom Advocates

  • Ana Corina Sosa

    VENEZUELAN ACTIVIST FOR FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY

  • Félix Maradiaga

    NICARAGUAN ACTIVIST; PRESIDENT, WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS

  • Masih Alinejad

    FOUNDER, MY STEALTHY FREEDOM

  • Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli

    DIRECTOR OF INTERNACIONAL RELATIONS, MARIA CORINA MACHADO-VENTE VENEZUELA


  • Zarifa Ghafari

    FOUNDER & GENERAL DIRECTOR, APAW ORGANISATION

Academic Leaders

  • Camelia Ilie-Cardoza

    PRESIDENT, INCAE BUSINESS SCHOOL

  • Gabriel Calzada

    RECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE HESPERIDES 

  • Rachel Beatty Riedl

    DIRECTOR, CENTER ON GLOBAL DEMOCRACY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

  • Roberto Salinas León

    DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, UNIVERSITY OF LIBERTY

Intellectuals, Changemakers and Thought Leaders

  • Dr. Álvaro Salas-Castro

    PRESIDENT & CEO, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION; FOUNDER, BLISS SUMMIT


  • Alex Gladstein

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION

  • Alejandro Cacace

    SECRETARY OF DEREGULATION, MINISTRY OF DEREGULATION AND STATE TRANSFORMATION OF ARGENTINA 


  • Andrés Valenciano

    CEO, DEMOCRACIA+

  • Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo

    MEMBER, SPANISH PARLIAMENT

  • Damon Wilson

    PRESIDENT & CEO, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

  • Dr. Dan Siegel

    PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER, MIND YOUR BRAIN

  • Dread

    FOUNDER, FLASH

  • Dionisio Gutierrez

    PRESIDENT, LIBERTY & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

  • Erik Hersman

    CEO, GRIDLESS

  • General H.R. McMaster

    SENIOR FELLOW, HOOVER INSTITUTION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • Javier El-Hage

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION

  • Jack Mallers

    FOUNDER & CEO, STRIKE

  • Max Reynolds

    DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION

  • Nia Demming

    CEO, DEMO LAB FOUNDATION

  • Ninfa Salinas Sada

    CHAIRWOMAN, AZTECA FOUNDATION OF GRUPO SALINAS; FORMER MEXICAN SENATOR

  • Noemi Salas-Boyer

    CHAIRWOMAN, DEMO LAB FOUNDATION

  • Pablo Fernández

    DEVELOPER, NOSTR

  • Sergio Solera

    MANAGING PARTNER, FACIO&CAÑAS

  • Susan H. Mac Cormac

    PARTNER, MORRISON FOERSTER

  • Tim Reynolds

    FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION

Speed Dating for Freedom

  • Anaïse Kanimba

    DIRECTOR, AFRICA BITCOIN INSTITUTE

  • Elena Vives

    NEXT-GENERATION BLISS MAKER

  • Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

    FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, IDEAS

  • Fadi Elsalameen

    PRESIDENT, BIOUS

  • Leopoldo López

    VENEZUELAN ACTIVIST; CO-FOUNDER, WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS

  • Mila Segura

    FREEDOM & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS LEAD, DEMO LAB FOUNDATION