BLISS Speakers

Freedom Advocates

  • Ana Corina Sosa

    VENEZUELAN ACTIVIST FOR FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY

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  • Félix Maradiaga

    NICARAGUAN ACTIVIST; PRESIDENT, WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS

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  • Masih Alinejad

    FOUNDER, MY STEALTHY FREEDOM

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  • Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli

    DIRECTOR OF INTERNACIONAL RELATIONS, MARIA CORINA MACHADO-VENTE VENEZUELA


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  • Rosa María Payá

    CUBAN ACTIVIST; ELECTED COMMISSIONER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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  • Zarifa Ghafari

    FOUNDER & GENERAL DIRECTOR, APAW ORGANISATION

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Academic Leaders

  • Camelia Ilie-Cardoza

    PRESIDENT, INCAE BUSINESS SCHOOL

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  • Gabriel Calzada

    RECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE HESPERIDES 

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  • Rachel Beatty Riedl

    DIRECTOR, CENTER ON GLOBAL DEMOCRACY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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  • Roberto Salinas León

    DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, UNIVERSITY OF LIBERTY

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Intellectuals, Changemakers and Thought Leaders

  • Dr. Álvaro Salas-Castro

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


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  • Alex Gladstein

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION

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  • Alejandro Cacace

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


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  • Andrés Valenciano

    CEO, DEMOCRACIA+

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  • Bethany Allen

    HEAD OF CHINA INVESTIGATIONS, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE

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  • Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo

    MEMBER OF THE SPANISH PARLIAMENT

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  • Damon Wilson

    PRESIDENT & CEO, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

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  • Dr. Dan Siegel

    PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER, MIND YOUR BRAIN

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  • Dread

    FOUNDER, FLASH

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  • Erik Hersman

    CEO, GRIDLESS

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  • General H.R. McMaster

    SENIOR FELLOW, HOOVER INSTITUTION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

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  • Javier El-Hage

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION

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  • Jack Mallers

    FOUNDER & CEO, STRIKE

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  • Luis Lacalle Pou

    FORMER PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY (2020–2025)

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  • Max Reynolds

    DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION

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  • Nia Demming

    CEO, DEMO LAB FOUNDATION

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  • Ninfa Salinas Sada

    VICE PRESIDENT, GRUPO SALINAS

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  • Noemi Salas-Boyer

    CHAIRWOMAN, DEMO LAB FOUNDATION

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  • Pablo Fernández

    DEVELOPER, NOSTR

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  • Sergio Solera

    MANAGING PARTNER, FACIO&CAÑAS

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  • Susan H. Mac Cormac

    PARTNER, MORRISON FOERSTER

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  • Tim Reynolds

    FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION

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Speed Dating for Freedom

  • Anaïse Kanimba

    DIRECTOR, AFRICA BITCOIN INSTITUTE

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  • Elena Vives

    NEXT-GENERATION BLISS MAKER

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  • Faisal Saeed Al Mutar

    FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, IDEAS

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  • Fadi Elsalameen

    PRESIDENT, BIOUS

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  • Leopoldo López

    VENEZUELAN ACTIVIST; CO-FOUNDER, WORLD LIBERTY CONGRESS

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  • Mila Segura

    FREEDOM & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS LEAD, DEMO LAB FOUNDATION

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  • Ryan Bombard

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATION OF NOSARA FIREFIGHTERS

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Artists

  • Andrea Kader

    FOUNDER, ANDREA KADER

  • Costa Rica Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Isabel Ríos García Limón

    DJ, QUEEN VICTORIA; FOUNDER & CEO, ISABELRIOS.MX

  • Roger Ross

    DRUMS + VOCALS, WILD BILL & THE BRUISERS

  • Ryan Hartman

    GUITAR + VOCALS, WILD BILL & THE BRUISERS

  • Wild Bill

    BASS + VOCALS, WILD BILL & THE BRUISERS

  • The Saint Cecilia

  • Voodoo the band

Chefs

  • Chloe Reynolds

    CO-FOUNDER, THE REYNOLDS FOUNDATION

  • María Fernanda Gavilán

    CO-FOUNDER, SER RESTAURANT

  • Paulo Valerios

    PARTNER AND CHEF, HUACAS RESTAURANT