Ivan Bartoš is a Czech politician, civil rights activist, and longtime leader of the Czech Pirate Party. He has served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2017 and was Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization and Minister of Regional Development in the Czech government. Bartoš is known for his commitment to digital rights, transparency, and innovation in public policy.
Mark Reicher is a German YouTuber and political commentator known for his channel @MarkReicher, where he produces videos on international politics, geopolitics, and world affairs. His content blends analysis of global conflicts, economic trends, and strategic developments, and has attracted a substantial audience with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Previously involved with the VisualPolitik DE channel, Reicher’s work aims to make complex geopolitical issues accessible and engaging for a broad online audience.
Babak Tubis is a German politician and member of the federal board (Beisitzer) of the Piratenpartei Deutschland, committed to digital civil liberties, individual freedom, and inclusive participation. With over 16 years of involvement in the party, he focuses on strengthening the Piratenpartei institutionally and advocating for a society that balances personal freedom with social cohesion. In addition to his national work, Tubis has also served as a board member in European-level pirate party structures, underscoring his engagement in transnational digital rights and democratic resilience.
Marie Ishimwe Kresbach is a Rwandan‑born author and survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. She grew up in Rwandan and lost many family members in the violence before escaping to Germany, where she later settled with her family. Kresbach’s life story of survival, faith, and resilience is recounted in her book “Steh auf, mein Kind, und geh!” – a powerful testimony to overcoming trauma and finding freedom and forgiveness after unimaginable hardship.
Olena Tregub is the Secretary General and Executive Director of NAKO (the Independent Defense Anti-Corruption Commission), leading efforts to promote transparency, good governance, and anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine’s defense and security sectors. Under her leadership, NAKO has played a key role in addressing corruption risks, strengthening export controls, and exposing the flow of Western components to Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China. She serves on the Anti-Corruption Council of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, ensuring oversight of wartime defense spending, and coordinates the Public Council on Sanctions under the President’s Office, working to refine Ukraine’s sanctions policies. Additionally, she is a Steering Committee member of B4Ukraine, …
Marcus Welsch studied philosophy, literature, history and directing in Berlin, Toronto and Constance. He works as a documentary film director and journalist, most recently together with Serhij Zhadan on his book “Himmel über Charkiw” (Suhrkamp 2022). His film work focuses on history and the culture of remembrance. He is also involved in OSINT journalism and data analysis. Since 2014, he has been working intensively on Russia’s war in Ukraine, especially on the military and foreign policy background, as well as the discourse in Germany about it. In 2021, he led a series of workshops in Ukraine on journalism and film research techniques in the areas of disinformation, …
From “Active Measures” to AI Infiltrators What classic influence instruments still matter, and what has changed since the Cold War? What can we learn from history? Who are the agents of influence, serving as mouthpieces for Russia and its autocratic allies? Why is it important not to overlook offline influence operations, and how do they impact the online world? With subtitles (no guarantee, the spoken word prevails):
Pat Mächler has a M.Sc. in Computer Science, but occupies themselves with other scientific topics such as epidemiology deep down to Google scholar searches for meta reviews and studies. Partially just out of training, part of simple curiosity. Pat was also active in ramping up the data analytics in the Swiss contact tracing against COVID-19 in Basel-Stadt in 2020 and 2021. Pat has in the past fostered the international cooperation among pirate parties, such as co-founding and actively supporting the international umbrella organizations Pirate Parties International and Pirates Without Borders.
Philippe Burger, aka “Pipo”, is a committed activist for internet freedom and advocates for open, free, and accessible digital spaces. In addition, he is philanthropically engaged in this field http://cyberstammtisch.ch
Dietmar Pichler is a freelance media literacy trainer and disinformation analyst from Vienna, Austria. He is Vice President of the Vienna-based NGO “Vienna Goes Europe” and founder of the initiative “Disinfo Resilience Network”, which aims to connect experts from different fields to analyze, expose and uncover disinformation and propaganda activities. His work focuses on foreign interference by autocratic regimes, in particular the Russian Federation. Since 2011, he has regularly traveled to Ukraine to monitor Russian propaganda targeting Western societies, especially since the annexation of Crimea and the covert invasion of Donbass in 2014. In 2024, he published the policy paper “Disinformation and Foreign Interference: A Challenge for the EU and …
