LMF2026
Iryna Zaporozhets
PhD Researcher and Member of the NGO Civilians in Captivity
Iryna Zaporozhets is a PhD researcher and a member of the NGO Civilians in Captivity. Following the abduction of her father by Russian forces during the occupation of the Kharkiv region, she turned to advocacy, championing the rights and release of unlawfully detained Ukrainian civilians.
Her work is centered on raising international awareness and highlighting the profound human impact of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions.
Ірина Запорожець/ Iryna Zaporozhets, zaporozhets.i.o@gmail.com, Data Manager NGO Civilians in Captivity, Україна, м. Балаклія (Харківська обл.)
Other speakers
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Alexandre Prezanti
Legal Advisor on Investigations and Case Building at the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine
Alona Sadovska
Deputy Head of the Division for the Coordination of State Information Policy on Corruption Prevention at the NACP
Amb. Jeff Y. J. Liu
Representative and Head of Office Taipei Representative Office in Poland (since Dec. 28, 2024)
Anastasiia Loza
External Communications Manager at the Ukrainian Human Rights Organization Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR)
Anastasiia Marushevska
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the PR Army NGO and Consulting, and Contributing Editor at Ukraїner International
Angelina Kariakina
Co-Founder of the Public Interest Journalism Lab and Editor and Author of The Reckoning Project Films
Christian-Zsolt Varga
German-Hungarian Freelance Journalist Covering Ukraine, Hungary, and Eastern Europe
Christophoros Politis
Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine
Dmytro Zolotukhin
Founder of the Institute of Post-Information Society and Expert in Strategic Communications and Information Security
Fiona Greenland
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia
Photo credit - Diana Delyurman
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Marian Kushnir
War Correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Creator of the Documentary Give Me Back My Name
Mariya Frey
Senior Executive at Ukrainian Public Media Suspilne Ukraine
Photo credit - Anastasiya Mantach
Meenal Thakur
Solutions Journalism Practitioner, Trainer, and Program Lead at Transitions – a Prague-Based Media Development Organization
Mykhailo Tkach
Investigative Journalist, and Head of the Investigations Department at Ukrainska Pravda
Oksana Kopiichuk
Legal Advisor at Transparency International Ukraine and Project Coordinator for “High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) decided”
Olesya Yaremchuk
Researcher and Writer Specializing in Intercultural Dialogue Within Borderland Regions
Po-Jui Huang
Associate Researcher and Former Policy Analyst at the Taiwan Association for Strategic Simulation (TASS)
Solvita Denisa-Liepniece
Head of the Strategic Communication and Coordination Department at the State Chancellery of Latvia and Assistant Professor at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in Valmiera
Tamar Kintsurashvili
Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgia
Tetiana Berezhna
Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture of Ukraine
Valya Polishchuk, “Women in Media”
