Philppe (Pipo) Burger
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
Speakers
Dietmar Pichler
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 …
Stephen Douglas
Stephen Douglas is a Cultural Archaeologist whose nom de guerre is Decoding Trolls. Stephen worked as an OSCE diplomat monitoring Russia’s violations of its Minsk ceasefire obligations in eastern Ukraine between 2015 and 2022. During a spell working a bridge (2015-2018) connecting Russia-occupied Luhansk and the rest of Ukraine, Stephen discovered Russia was using Disinfolklore (stories that affect our emotions in negatively manipulative ways) to transform the identities of those subjected to this hyper-modern form of cognitive warfare / War Magic. In February 2023, Stephen started writing publicly about his discovery of Disinfolklore. At Disinfolklore.net, Stephen publishes regularly on how to combat Russian, MAGA, and other forms of subtle brainwashing …
L0la L33tz
L0la L33tz is an independent journalist. Her work appears in Bitcoin Magazine, Coindesk, and Forbes. L0la L33tz does not actually exist. You can reach her at the end of surveillance capitalism, PoBox 77, C72B 398B 7C04 8F04.
Dr. Ronen Eidelman
Dr. Ronen Eidelman Dr. Ronen Eidelman is an artist, designer, and researcher from Jerusalem. His research focuses on surveillance, technology and society, public spaces, digital culture, contemporary art, and the relationship between them. As the founder and director of the Institute for Positive Technology, an independent activist research institute, Ronen critically examines the role and applications of surveillance and digital technology in society. He is also the co-founder and chief editor of Erev Rav, a media platform focusing on art and culture. With a rich background in publishing and editing various periodicals, magazines, and political and artistic books, Ronen actively bridges culture, technology, and politics. He holds …
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Gallwitz
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Gallwitz Professor of computer science and media – pattern recognition, computer vision, speech recognition, deep learning, robotics.
Alexander Kohler
Alexander Kohler is responsible for foreign and security policy at the Pirate Party Germany. Organizing the yearly Pirate Security Conference in Munich. Doing Research on Hybrid warfare, especially Information warfare. He works on resilience issues and is a cybersecurity consultant.
Grit Friedrich
Grit Friedrich (GDR civil rights activist) is born 1969 in the GDR. She studied philosophy. Since 1987, active member of the resistance in the GDR and the fall of communism, dealing with propaganda, subversion and infiltration of society. Involved in democratic processes in the student movement of the 1990s, elected representative of the first Coordinating Council of Student Councils, Co-initiator of the round table from below. Activist of the NAFO.
Sara“Beau” Hjalmarsson
Sara “Beau” Hjalmarsson is a polymath, entrepreneur and martial artist with a degree in counterterrorism security and intelligence from Edith Co- wan University in Perth, West Australia.During the COVID pandemic, Sara worked as an anti-money-laundering professional at financial institutions in Sweden and Malta. More recently, Sara has been writing a book about violence and practical self-defense.
Dr. Ronen Eidelman
Dr. Ronen Eidelman is an artist, designer, and researcher from Jerusalem. His research focuses on surveillance, technology and society, public spaces, digital culture, contemporary art, and the relationship between them. As the founder and director of the Institute for Positive Technology, an independent activist research institute, Ronen critically examines the role and applications of surveillance and digital technology in society. He is also the co-founder and chief editor of Erev Rav, a media platform focusing on art and culture. With a rich background in publishing and editing various periodicals, magazines, and political and artistic books, Ronen actively bridges culture, technology, and politics. He holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Architecture and …