Keynote Speakers
Invited Speaker 1: Mikki Kendall
Talk Title: The Gamification of Hate
Mikki Kendall has written for The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Time, Ebony, Essence, and other online and print markets. Born and raised in Chicago, her books Hood Feminism and Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight For their Rights will be published by Penguin Random House in 2019. Having experienced online harassment, she has worked on projects related to abusive online cultures for nearly a decade.
Invited Speaker 2: Maryant Fernández Pérez
Talk Title: The Damaging Effect of Privatised Law Enforcement in Tackling Illegal Content
Maryant Fernández Pérez is a Senior Policy Advisor at European Digital Rights (EDRi) and a lawyer admitted to the Madrid Bar association. She leads EDRi’s work on surveillance and law enforcement, freedom of expression and intermediary liability, net neutrality, digital trade, transparency, internet governance and international engagement. Maryant is the author of several publications and has been a speaker at multiple conferences in Europe and around the world.