Event Speakers
Peter Pollák, Member of the European Parliament
Anna Júlia Donáth, Member of the European Parliament
Terry Reintke, Member of the European Parliament
Cornelia Ernst, Member of the European Parliament
Klára Dobrev, Member of the European Parliament
Sergey Lagodinsky, Member of the European Parliament
Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Member of the European Parliament
Rasmus Andresen, Member of the European Parliament
Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Member of the European Parliament
Monika Vana, Member of the European Parliament
Thomas Waitz, Member of the European Parliament
Carmen Avram, Member of the European Parliament
Alice Kuhnke, Member of the European Parliament
Erik Marquardt, Member of the European Parliament
Salima Yenbou, Member of the European Parliament
Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality
Birgit Van Hout, Regional Representative for Europe and Head of Brussels Office, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)
Kairat Abdrakhmanov, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Member of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Council of Europe
Katarína Mathernová, Deputy Director-General, Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission (hand over awards) (tbc)
Michela Matuella, Director for Western Balkans, Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
Marta Garcia Fidalgo, Adviser, Roma integration, DG NEAR
Dan Pavel Doghi, Team leader, Non-discrimination and Roma Coordination Unit, DG JUST
Irena Moozova, Director, Directorate Equality and Union Citizenship, DG JUST, European Commission
Lavinia Banu, Policy Officer, European Commission
Ana Gallego Torres, Director-General, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Normunds Popens, Deputy Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO)
Szabolcs Schmidt, Head of Unit, Non-Discrimination and Roma Coordination, Directorate General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Damaris Uzoma, Coordinator of the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI)
Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
Presilia Mpanu-Mpanu on behalf of Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality
Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, video recorded message
Oana Taba, Senior Project Officer, Council of Europe Roma and Travellers Team
Holger Schroeder, HoU Western Balkans Regional Programmes DG NEAR
Denis Durmish, Project Manager, European Union and Council of Europe Joint Project "Inclusive Schools: Making a Difference for Roma Children"
Adriatik Hasantari, Director Roma Active Albania
Abriel Schieffelers, Policy and Membership Development Officer, Eurodiaconia
Anca Nica, Coordinator of the Department for Roma Women and Local Participation, E-Romnja
Tanja Vasic, Minority Initiative
Maria Jose Jimenez, President, Feministas Gitanas por la Diversidad, Spain
Roxana Oprea, monitoring policies expert, E-Romnja
Adriana Iordache, legal expert, Center for Not-for-Profit Law Romania
Michaela Moua, European Commission Anti-Racism Coordinator
Carmen Gheorghe, President, E-Romnja
Mihaela Zatreanu, Leading Expert for the Romani Language Initiative, Barvalipe Academy Member, European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC)
Marija Sulejmanova, Program Manager, Romalitico
Senada Sali, Legal Director at European Roma Right Centre
Mustafa Jakupov, Policy and project coordinator, ERGO network
Katalyn Barsony, Director, Romedia Foundation
Selma Muhic Dizdarevic, Charles University, Faculty of Humanites, Project coordinator at INACH
Julie Pascoet, Senior Advocacy officer, ENAR
Isak Skenderi, Director, Voice of Roma
Marina Csikos, Project Coordinator Phiren Amenca
Tetiana Storozhko, ARCA
Morena Pedriali, Roma youth activist, Italy
Mihail Mishev, Roma youth activist, Bulgaria
Joci Marton, Hungary Mil Duquelas, Puro Arte
Hristo Kyuchukov, Professor of Romani Language, European Institute of Romani Studies, Saint Elizabeth University, Bratislava
Markus End, expert Germany - Chachipen (tbc)
Zuzana Havírová, Director, Roma Advocacy and Research Centre, Slovakia
Marek Hojsík, Policy Officer, Democratic Institute, Central European University, on desegregation conditionality for EU funding
Isabela Mihalache, Senior Policy Officer, ERGO Network
Belén Sánchez-Rubio, Head of International Department, Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), Spain
Michal Miko, RomanoNet, RCM Coordinator Czech Republic
Guillermo Ruiz, Central Council for German Sinti and Roma, RCM Coordinator Germany
Elzbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz, Art Foundation Jaw Dikh, RCM Coordinator Poland
Cerasela Banica, Director, Centre for Advocacy and Human Rights (CADO)
Carolina Fernández, Deputy Executive Director of Advocacy, Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), Spain, on “School segregation of Roma pupils in Spain”
Deyan Kolev, Director, Amalipe, Bulgaria
Petrica Dulgheru, Executive Director REDI
Marilyn Waite, Director Climate Finance Fund EBRD (tbc)
Orhan Usein, Team leader Roma inclusion RCC
Zenebe Uragachi, Senior Advisor, Sustainable & Inclusive Economies, Helvetas
Violeta Naydenova, Senior Policy Advisory, Open Society Foundations
Ferki Demirovski, CEO Beontel, MiCasa
Dritan Neelaj, Program Manager OSF Albania
Asib Zekhir, General Manager REDI Recycling
Natalia Yarkova, Roma entrepreneur Ukraine
Shimano Petermann, Bundesvereinigung der Sinti und Roma, Germany
Daniel Strauss, RomnoKher, Germany
Tomas de Jong, Policy Assistant for the Roma Health Network at EPHA
Daniela E. Miranda, CESPYD and University of Seville
Belén Soto Ponce, University of Seville
Borjan Pavlovski (ESE)
Zoran Bikovski (KHAM Delčevo)
Anna Carbalo FAGIC, Spain - tbc
Allison Hulmes
Ann Margreth Date
Rafael Saavedra Rodriquez, Fundacion Secretariado Gitano
Giulia di Rocco
Fast Forward association, Romania - tbc
Tetiana Storozhko, ARCA association, Ukraine
Gilda Nancy-Horvath, journalist, European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture Member of the Board
Bernard Rorke, European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) on behalf of the Roma Civil Monitor consortium
Olga Vesnianka, media expert, human rights defender, journalist (Romano Radio Chiriklo), Kyiv, Ukraine
Dehran Muratov, journalist, Civil Media, North Macedonia
Delia Marinescu, freelance journalist, Romania
Ana Cristina Pereira, journalist, Jornal “Público”, Portugal
Véronique Leblanc, journalist, La Libre, Belgium
Vasilis Andrianopoulos, journalist, Documento, Greece
Imer Kajtazi, REU Jekhipe
Burhan Osmani, U.R.Y.D.
Barry Fisher, Lawyer
Kenan Emini, Roma Center/ Roma Antidiscrimination Network
Cristóbal Laso Silva, Politirom, ES
Julio Vargas Claveria, Politirom, ES
Aida Zarate Arrondo, Politirom, ES
Luminita Popescu, State Secretary of the National Agency for Equal Opportunities, Romania
Kristina Stenman, Non-Discrimination Ombudsman, Finland
László Ulicska, National Roma Contact Point for Hungary, Jury member of the European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award
Patricia Bezunartea Barrio, National Roma Contact Point (NRCP), Spain
Cristian Pîrvulescu, Member of European Economic and Social Council (to be confirmed)
Gheorghe Tudor, Local Roma Expert, Romania
Suny Franz