World Press Freedom Day Participants

# Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 1 Mr Sameh Abdallah Morsy Al-Ahram Managing Editor Egypt Egypt Fellow 2 Ms Rukiya Abdul Aziz Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Afghanistan Participant 3 Mr Diego Abreu Correio Braziliense Brazil Brazil Participant 4 Ms Lubna Abuturkey Al-hureia Radio Palestine Palestinan Territory Fellow 5 Ms Mariclaire Acosta Freedom House- Director Mexico Mexico Speaker 6 Mr Asdrúbal Aguiar Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Chairman, Legal Committee Venezuela Venezuela Speaker 7 Mr Francisco Aguilar Urbina Universidad para la Paz Legal Representative Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 8 Mr Shahzad Ahmad Bytes for All, Pakistan Country Director Pakistan Pakistan Speaker 9 Mr Saleh Al Shawi Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) Qatar Qatar Partner 10 Mr Abdeljalil Alami Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) Head of the Executive Committee Qatar Morocco Partner 11 Mr Luis Rolando Alarcón Llontop Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) Monitor Free Expression Peru Fellow 12 Mr Silvio Albuquerque Supreme Court of Brazil Executive Officer Brazil Brazil Participant 13 Mr Owais Alam Ali Pakistan Pakistan Fellow 14 Mr Yosman Eduardo Alvarado Guardado Casa del Joven Voluntario Nicaragua Nicaragua Participant 15 Mr Henrique Crivelli Alvarez Office private Brazil Brazil Participant 16 Mr Jose Miguel Alvarez Ibarguengoitia UNESCO Mexico Mexico Organizer 17 Mr Armando Álvarez Reina Embajada de México Mexico Mexico Participant 18 Mr Rosental Alves University of Texas at Austin Professor USA Brazil Speaker 19 Ms Nada Alwadi Bahrain Press Association Bahrain Bahrain Participant 20 Mr Joseph Perzo Anago MEDIAFRIC Benin Benin Participant 21 Ms Iris Andino Registro Nacional de las Personas Honduras Honduras Participant 22 Mr José Roberto Anselmo Office private Brazil Brazil Participant 23 Mr Sergio Araiza Mexico Mexico Fellow 24 Mr Juan José Arce Vargas Sindicato Nacional de Periodistas de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 25 Mr Pablo Arcuri Internews USA USA Partner 26 Mr Diego Arguedas Ortiz Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 27 Ms Namees Arnous Bokra News Egypt Egypt Fellow 28 Mr Nargiz Asadova Echo of Moscow Editor-in-Chief Russia Russia Fellow 29 Mr Luc Athayde Inter-American Commission on Human Rights USA Brazil Participant 30 Ms Jennifer Avila Radio Progreso Honduras Honduras Youth Newsroom 31 Ms Mae Azango Journalist Liberia Liberia Fellow 32 Mr Potkin Azarmehr Impact Computers Blogger United Kingdom United Kingdom Speaker 33 Mr Jonathan Baker UNESCO SJO Costa Rica USA Organizer 34 Ms Marianela Balbi IPYS Venezuela Executive Director Venezuela Venezuela Participant 35 Mr Martin Antonio Balza Embassy of in Ambassador Colombia Argentina Participant 36 Mr Joaquim Barbosa Supreme Court of Brazil Chief Justice Brazil Brazil Speaker 37 Mr Rafael Barceló Durazo Embajada de México Costa Rica Mexico Participant 38 Ms Mariam Barrantes Ramírez COMEXP Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 39 Mr Antonio Barrenechea BigWebNoise Trainer Costa Rica Costa Rica Partner 40 Ms Alana Barton International Women's Media Foundation Program Manager USA USA Speaker 41 Mr Juliano Basile Valor Economico Brazil Brazil Participant 42 Mr Emerson Samuel Batista Soares TV GLOBO Brazil Brazil Participant 43 Mr Héctor Longino Becerra Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre) Executive Director Honduras Honduras Fellow 44 Ms Isabel Beeg Embassy of Albania in San José Costa Rica Albania Participant 45 Mr Felipe Benaduce Seligman Folha de S. Paulo Brazil Brazil Participant # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 46 Mr José Luis Benitez Asociación de Periodistas de El Salvador President El Salvador El Salvador Speaker 47 Mr Guy Berger UNESCO Director, FEM France South Africa Organizer 48 Mr Eduardo Bertoni CELE, University of Palermo School of Law Director Argentina Argentina Speaker 49 Ms Florencia Bianco Google Argentina Communications and Public Policy Manager Argentina Argentina Partner 50 Mr Gustaf Björksten Access Technology Director Tunisia Partner 51 Ms Rubi Blancas UNODC National Programme Officer Mexico Mexico Speaker 52 Mr Federico Blanco Gamboa Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 53 Ms Irina Bokova UNESCO Director-General France Bulgaria Organizer 54 Ms Claudia Bomtempo TV GLOBO Brazil Brazil Participant 55 Mr Javier Bonilla Saus Universidad ORT-Uruguay Chair of Political Science Uruguay Uruguay Speaker 56 Mr Bob Boorstin Google Director of Public Policy & Government Relations USA USA Partner 57 Mr Laura Angelina Borbolla Moreno Office of the Mexican Attorney General Mexico Mexico Participant 58 Ms Catalina Botero Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression USA Colombia Speaker 59 Mr Peter Bourgelais Access Tech Fellow USA USA Partner 60 Mr João Brant Intervozes Brazil Participant 61 Ms Yovania Antonia Briones Carrillo Movimiento Juvenil Nicaragüita Nicaragua Nicaragua Participant 62 Mr Max Brown University of Oregon USA USA Youth Newsroom 63 Mr Marcelo Brusa Agence France-Presse Editor for Latin America Costa Rica France Press 64 Ms Barbora Bukovska ARTICLE 19 Senior Director for Law and Policy United Kingdom Czech Republic Partner 65 Mr Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul Boishakhi Television Editor in Chief & CEO Bangladesh Bangladesh Jury 66 Ms Ana María Busquets de Cano Fundación Guillermo Cano Isaza President Colombia Spain Partner 67 Ms Xinia Bustamente PAHO/WHO Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 68 Ms Agnes Callamard ARTICLE 19 Executive Director United Kingdom France Partner 69 Mr Javier Calvo Echandi Creatives Associates Honduras Convive Progra Honduras Costa Rica Participant 70 Ms Mahamadou Camara Mali Mali Fellow 71 Mr Cristian Cambronero BigWebNoise.com Costa Rica Costa Rica Partner 72 Ms Natalia Campillo Summus Estrategia Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 73 Mr Guilherme Canela UNESCO Office in Montevideo ACI for MERCOSUR Uruguay Brazil Organizer 74 Ms Marisol Cano Busquets Fundación Guillermo Cano Isaza Director Spain Spain Partner 75 Ms Elisabet Cantenys Rory Peck Trust Head of Programmes United Kingdom Spanish Participant 76 Ms Maria-Cristina Capelo Google Public Policy for Mexico… Mexico Partner 77 Ms Carolina Carazo University of Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 78 Ms Angélica Tatiana Cárcamo ARPAS El Salvador El Salvador Youth Newsroom 79 Ms Fabiola Carrion Access Policy Counsel USA USA Speaker 80 Ms Paola Castro Colegio de Periodistas Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 81 Mr Lesly Xiomara Castro Fuentes Radio Progreso Honduras Honduras Youth Newsroom 82 Mr Alvaro Centeno Morales Youth Newsroom Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 83 Mr Joshua Cespedes Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 84 Mr Francisco Chacón Ministry of Communications of Costa Rica Minister Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 85 Mr Márcio Osmar Chaer Consultor Juridico Director Brazil Brazil Speaker 86 Mr Moez Chakchouk Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) Chairman and CEO Tunisia Tunisia Speaker 87 Ms Oisika Chakrabarti UN Women Senior Communications Officer USA USA Speaker 88 Ms Katherine Chang Panama Youth Newsroom 89 Ms Tanya Chapuisat UNICEF Representative Central African Republic Switzerland Participant 90 Mr Fernando Checa Montúfar Ciespal Director-General Ecuador Ecuador Participant 91 Ms Sofía Chinchilla Cerdas Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 92 Mr David Ching University of Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 93 Mr Stewart Chisholm Open Society Foundations (OSF) Senior Program Manager United Kingdom USA Partner 94 Ms Silvia Chocarro UNESCO USA Spain Organizer 95 Mr Hong Jo Chun Embassy of South Korea in Costa Rica Ambassador Costa Rica South Korea Participant 96 Ms Patricia Colchero Aragonés Mexican Secretariat of Public Security Mexico Mexico Participant 97 Mr Luis Coni Supreme Court of Brazil Brazil Brazil Participant 98 Ms Mildret Corrales UNESCO Office in San José Assistant Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 99 Mr Ricardo Corredor Cure FNPI Executive Director Colombia Colombia Speaker 100 Ms Sylvie Coudray UNESCO Chief, Section for Freedom of Section France France Organizer 101 Mr Alex Covington U.S. Department of State Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy and Labor USA USA Participant 102 Ms Sofía María Cruz Miranda Universidad San Judas Tadeo Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 103 Mr Alfredo Cubas Barahona Radio Costa Rica / Radio Noticias Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 104 Mr Alejandro Delgado Faith Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión (IPLEX) President Costa Rica Costa Rica Speaker 105 Ms María José Delgado Loría Student Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 106 Ms Oksana Denysova Ukrayinska Pravda Ukraine Ukraine Fellow 107 Mr Frank DePonte IEEE USA USA Participant 108 Mr Diego Cornejo AEDEP Central America Ecuador Participant 109 Ms Maria do Rosario Nunes Secretary for Human Rights of Brazil Brazil Brazil Speaker 110 Ms Lina Ejeilat 7iber.com Editor-in-Chief Jordan Jordan Fellow 111 Ms Habiba El Mejri-Cheikh African Union Commission Director of Information and Communication Ethiopia Tunisia Speaker 112 Mr Mohamed ElBanna AlAkhbar daily, Akhbar ElYoum Egypt Egypt Participant 113 Ms Lucía Escobar El Periódico Contributor Guatemala Guatemala Fellow 114 Ms Teresita Escotto-Quesada UNESCO Costa Rica Mexico Organizer 115 Mr Martin Etchevers Clarín Communication Director Argentina Argentina Speaker 116 Ms Irene Fariña PhilanTropics Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 117 Ms Nushabe Fatullayeva Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Correspondent Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Fellow 118 Mr Anthony Feinstein University of Professor Canada Canada Speaker 119 Mr Josep-Maria Figueres Artigues Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Professor of Journalism Spain Spain Participant 120 Mr Carlos Fonseca Freelancer Nicaragua Nicaragua Speaker 121 Mr Thirzia Karina Galeas Núñez Comité por la Libre Expresión (C-Libre) Honduras Honduras Participant 122 Mr Oleg Galyautdinov Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Fellow 123 Ms Melanie Garbanzo Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 124 Mr Gaston Garcia Big Web Noise Costa Rica Costa Rica Partner 125 Mr Emanuel García University of Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 126 Ms Mariana Ángela García Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Mexico Youth Newsroom 127 Ms Dulce María García de Altuve ALER President Ecuador Venezuela Participant 128 Mr Juan José García Ochoa Government of the Mexican Federal District Secretary Mexico Mexico Participant 129 Mr Gary Garriott Internews USA USA Partner 130 Mr Amit Gautam Jagaran Media Center Treasurer Nepal Nepal Participant 131 Mr Dario Gómez DNI-Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 132 Mr Ricardo Gonzalez ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America Programme Officer Mexico Mexico Speaker 133 Ms Digna González Universidad Creativa Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 134 Ms Patricia González Colegio de Periodistas de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Speaker 135 Mr Armando González Rodicio Grupo Nación Corporate Director of Opinion Costa Rica Costa Rica Speaker 136 Ms Michelle Goris University of Oregon USA USA Youth Newsroom 137 Mr Jorge Grandi UNESCO Montevideo Uruguay Organizer 138 Ms Shiva Guanle Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Nepal Nepal Fellow 139 Mr Francisco Guevara Internews Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 140 Ms Gypsy Guillen Kaiser Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Advocacy and Communications Director USA USA Partner 141 Ms Frida Gustafsson Sweden Delegation to UNESCO France Sweden Participant 142 Mr Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez SUTEL Chairman Costa Rica Costa Rica Partner 143 Mr Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Contreras Mexican Secretariat of the Interior Mexico Mexico Participant 144 Mr Gustavo Piedra Guzman CANARA President of CANARA Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 145 Ms Diane Hakizimana African Public Radio Burundi Burundi Fellow 146 Mr Michael Hammer U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs USA USA Speaker 147 Mr Oday Hatem Mahdi Iraq Iraq Fellow 148 Mr Javier Hernandez OHCHR Mexico Office Representative Mexico Speaker 149 Ms Gabriela Hernandez Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 150 Ms Ivannia Herrera Universidad Creativa Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 151 Mr Mauricio Herrera Ulloa Semanario University Director Costa Rica Speaker 152 Ms Mónica Hidalgo Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 153 Pilar Ho ASOCARTE Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 154 Ms Julia Hoffman Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Germany Participant 155 Mr William Horsley Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) International Director United Kingdom Speaker 156 Mr Luis Angel Huerta ONG Bolivia Participant 157 Ms Kirsty Hughes Index on Censorship CEO United Kingdom United Kingdom Participant 158 Mr José Rodolfo Ibarra Bogarín Colegio de Periodistas de Costa Rica President Costa Rica Costa Rica Speaker 159 Mr Mohamed Ibrahim Isak National Union of Somali Journalists Secretary General Somalia Somalia Fellow 160 Ms Lucía Iglesias UNESCO Press Officer France Organizer 161 Ms Yuli Ismartono Tempo Indonesia Indonesida Jury 162 Ms Amaya Izquierdo Internews Costa Rica Spanish Participant 163 Ms Shumaila Jabeen Pakistan Pakistan Fellow 164 Ms Phyza Jameel UNESCO National Programme Officer Pakistan Pakistan Organizer 165 Mr Mark Jardina Internews USA USA Partner 166 Ms Oktavía Jónsdóttir IREX Iceland Iceland Partner 167 Ms Rosebell Kagumire Blogger Uganda Uganda Fellow 168 Ms Tamara Kaleyeva Adil Soz President Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Fellow 169 Mr Jānis Kārkliņš UNESCO ADG for Communication and Information France Latvia Organizer 170 Ms Rachael Kay IFEX Manager Canada Canada Participant 171 Mr Sudarshan Khatiwada Radio Bihani 97.6 MHz Station Manager Nepal Nepal Participant 172 Mr Raj Shiva Koirala Nepal Nepal Fellow 173 Ms Maïrieme Konté UNESCO Office in San José Intern Costa Rica France Organizer 174 Mr Dane Koruga Jefferson Institute Project Manager USA USA Partner 175 Ms Olga Kravtsova Journalism Advancement and Support Center Founder and Director Russia Russia Fellow 176 Mr Alexandre Kruel Jobim Grupo RBS Vice-President for Legal Government Relations Brazil Brazil Speaker 177 Mr Kaarmanbek Kuluev Yntymark Public Regional TV and Radio Company General Director Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyz Republic Fellow 178 Mr Frank La Rue UN OHCHR Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and Guatemala Guatemala Speaker 179 Ms Kateryna Laba opinion Ukraine Ukraine Fellow 180 Mr Martin Landi International Media Support (IMS) Director of Conflict and Rapid Response Unit Denmark Argentina Partner 181 Mr Edison Lanza Uruguay Participant 182 Ms Megan Larson-Koné U.S. Mission to UNESCO France USA Participant 183 Mr Peter Laufer University of Oregon Professor of Journalism USA USA Youth Newsroom 184 Mr Edward Layne National Communications Network Incorporated Guyana Guyana Participant 185 Ms Libby Leher University for Peace Costa Rica Israel Youth Newsroom 186 Mr Jorge Andrés Leitón Valverde Universidad San Judas Tadeo Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 187 Mr Patrick Leusch DW Akademie Head International Cooperation a.i. Germany Belgium Partner 188 Mr Ming-Kuok Lim UNESCO Assistant Programme Specialist France Malaysia Organizer 189 Ms Gwen Lister Namibia Media Trust Chairperson Namibia Namibian Speaker 190 Ms Karen Llach UNESCO SJO Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 191 Ms Olga Lucia Lozano Garnica Colombia Colombia Fellow 192 Mr Rodrigo Madrigal Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 193 Ms Enaam Haroon Mahmoud Ismaiel Almawada Association Sudan Sudan Fellow 194 Mr Juan Ramón Mairena Aguilar Colegio de Periodistas de Honduras President Honduras Honduras Speaker 195 Mr Fernando Marr Marello MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES DEL URUGUAY Costa Rica Uruguay Participant 196 Ms Montserrat Martell UNESCO Costa Rica Andorra Organizer 197 Mr Jean-Paul Marthoz Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Director of Europe Belgium Belgium Speaker 198 Mr Ricardo Martinez UNESCO San Jose Office Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 199 Ms Gabriela Martínez University of Oregon Assistant Professor USA USA Youth Newsroom 200 Ms Karen Aracely Martinez Sosa Red Jivenil San Rafael Obrajuelo Central America El Salvador Participant 201 Mr Crispin Maslog AIJC Senior Consultant Philippines Philippines Fellow 202 Mr Godfrey Mayengo The Daily Monitor Uganda Uganda Uganda Participant 203 Mr Francisco Mayorga ASODEL Nicaragua Nicaragua Youth Newsroom 204 Mr Smári McCarthy International Modern Media Institute Iceland Iceland Speaker 205 Ms María José Medellín Cano Fundación Guillermo Cano Isaza Colombia Spain Participant 206 Ms Yunuhuen Rangel Medina CIMAC Coordinator Mexico Mexico Fellow 207 Ms Cinthia Membreno Semanario Confidencial Nicaragua Youth Newsroom 208 Ms Brenda Mena Internews Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 209 Ms Dru Menaker IREX Director, Communities of Practice USA USA Partner 210 Mr Toby Mendel Centre for Law and Democracy Canada Canada Participant 211 Mr Roberto Mignone UNHCR Italy Participant 212 Ms Dunja Mijatović OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Speaker 213 Ms Xinia Miranda UNICEF Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 214 Mr Alain Modoux UNESCO Former ADG for Freedom, Democracy and Peace France Switzerland Speaker 215 Mr Kyaw Zwa Moe Myanmar Myanmar Participant 216 Mr Chhean Nariddh Moeun Cambodia Institute for Media Studies Director Cambodia Cambodia Fellow 217 Mr Mohamed H. M. M. Ibrahim Egypt Egypt Fellow 218 Ms Daniela Montero Hivos Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 219 Mr Samuel Moody Sierra Leone Association of Journalists Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Participant 220 Ms Julie Moore Internews Senior Program Associate USA USA Partner 221 Ms Marlon Mora Universidad Nacional Participant 222 Mr Andrés Morales La Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) Executive Director Colombia Colombia Speaker 223 Mr Juan Carlos Morales Serrano Freelance Journalist Colombia Colombia Participant 224 Mr Marcelo Moreira Abraji Brazil Brazil Speaker 225 Mr Dan Morrison University of Oregon USA USA Youth Newsroom 226 Ms Laura Mottaz Internews USA USA Partner 227 Ms Reem Mougheith Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Egypt Participant 228 Ms Virginia Murillo Herrera DNI Costa Rica President Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 229 Ms María Gabriela Murillo Murillo Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 230 Mr Muhammed Naeem Khan Muhammad Akram & Sons Org Pakistan Pakistan Participant 231 Mr Adrián Naranjo Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 232 Ms Allan Naranjo BigWebNoise Costa Rica Costa Rica Partner 233 Mr Juan Ramón Navarrete Monasterio Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos Regional Director Costa Rica Speaker # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 234 Mr Jose Navarro UNED Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 235 Ms Caroline Neil International News Safety Institute (INSI) Lead Trainer United Kingdom United Kingdom Partner 236 Mr Kaius Niemi Ilta-Sanomat Editor-in-Chief Finland Finland Partner 237 Ms Ma. Gabriela Núñez UNESCO Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 238 Ms Consuelo Olvera Treviño Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Mexico Mexico Participant 239 Ms Carla Orozco Odio COLPER Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 240 Ms Heather Orrange IFEX Campaigns and Advocacy Specialist Canada Canada Speaker 241 Mr Jose Otarola-Silesky IFEX Canada Canada Participant 242 Mr Binod Pahadi Nepali Manch Magazine Editor Nepal Nepal Participant 243 Ms Rowena Paraan National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Chairperson Philippines Philippines Speaker 244 Mr Luis Pardo Sáinz Asociación Internacional de Radiodifusión (AIR-IAB) President Chile Partner 245 Ms Maria Teresa Pastrana Berdejo Mexico Mexico Fellow 246 Mr Michael Pavicic Free Press Unlimited The Netherlands The Netherlands Participant 247 Mr Brian Pellot United Kingdom USA Participant 248 Mr Colin Pereira ITN Head of Safety & Security United Kingdom Portugal Speaker 249 Ms Leticia Perelstein Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Argentina Participant 250 Ms Nivaria Perera Rojas Colegio de Periodistas de Costa Rica Member Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 251 Mr Alvaro Perez UIA Uruguay Uruguay Partner 252 Ms Sara Gaviota Pérez Barrios Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Venezuela Youth Newsroom 253 Mr Efrain Perez Escobar UNDP/OHCHR Honduras Spain Participant 254 Mr Heber Amilcar Pérez Morales Pueblo CLIC Guatemala Guatemala Participant 255 Ms Silvia Perez-Baires ISOC Participant 256 Mr Lesther Uriel Pettiens Escoto RMJ-NG Nicaragua Nicaragua Participant 257 Mr Marko Bonfasio Phiri kubatana.net Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Fellow 258 Ms Ana Pineda Secretary of Justice and Human Rights of Honduras Honduras Honduras Speaker 259 Mr Edward Pittman Open Society Foundations (OSF) Program Coordinator, Open Society Media Program United Kingdom United Kingdom Partner 260 Ms Amna Popovac Croatia Croatia Fellow 261 Maikol Porras Morales Gobierno Digital Technical Secretary Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 262 Ms Biljana Presnall Jefferson Institute Vice President USA USA Partner 263 Ms Laura Puertas Meyer Telemetro Journalist Panama Peru Jury 264 Ms Rachel Pulfer Journalists for Human Rights (jhr) Executive Director Canada Canada Participant 265 Mr Orlando Castro Quesada CANARA Member of CANARA Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 266 Mr Luiz Orlando Quinhões Carneiro Journal do Brasil Brazil Brazil Participant 267 Ms Prima Jesusa Quinsayas Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) Legal Counsel Philippines Philippines Fellow 268 Mr Gustavo Delgado Ramirez CANARA Member of CANARA Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 269 Ms Luisa Maria Ramirez Lopez Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Mexico Participant 270 Ms Saida Swaleh Rashid Kenya Kenya Fellow 271 Mr Felipe Recondo O Estado de S.Paulo Brazil Brazil Participant 272 Ms Kathleen Reen Internews Vice President for ICT Programs and Policy USA Australia Partner 273 Mr Adnan Rehmat Intermedia Pakistan Executive Director Pakistan Pakistan Speaker 274 Mr Javier Darío Restrepo Journalist and Writer Colombia Colombia Speaker 275 Ms Emilie Revil Embajada de Canada Costa Rica Canada Participant 276 Mr César Ricaurte FUNDAMEDIOS Executive Director Ecuador Participant 277 Ms Anabella Rivera Demos Institute Guatemala Guatemala Participant 278 Mr Randall Rivera Vargas News Monumental Clock Director of News Costa Rica Speaker 279 Mr Roberto Rock El Universal Editor Mexico Mexico Partner 280 Ms Gabriela Rodriguez UNFPA Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 281 Ms Alina Rodríguez Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 282 Mr Francisco Rojas-Aravena Flacso Chile Chile Participant 283 Ms German Rosales Agencia Interamericana de Comunicación Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 284 Mr Roshan Bahadur Khadka Revolutionary Journalist Association Nepal Nepal Participant 285 Ms Marjorie Rouse Internews Senior Vice President for Programs USA USA Partner 286 Jeison Rubí Universidad Cenfotec Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 287 Mr Kevin Rubio IREX Program Officer USA USA Partner 288 Mr Claudio Ruiz ONG Derechos Digitales Chile Chile Participant 289 Ms Ana Sofia Ruiz Hivos Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 290 Mr Claudio Jose Ruiz Gallardo Chile Chile Fellow 291 Ms Catalina Ruiz Navarro Hoja Blanca Director Colombia Colombia Fellow 292 Mr Pablo Saavedra Inter-American Human Rights Court Secretary Costa Rica Speaker 293 Ms Magembe Sabbiiti Eddoboozi Newspaper Uganda Uganda Participant 294 Ms Mariama Saidou-Djermakoye UNESCO ODG/UNESCO France Organizer 295 Ms Camila Salazar Mayorga Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 296 Mr Ian Sánchez Fonseca UNIMER Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 297 Ms Paola Santamaria Sanchez Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Ecuador Participant 298 Ms Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Centre for Policy Alternatives Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Fellow 299 Mr David Sasaki Omidyar Network USA USA Participant 300 Mr Belén Satorre Berbegal Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Spain Participant 301 Ms Mabel Segura Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 302 Mr Claudio Segura Alfaro IBERIA RADIO TELEVISION INTERNACIONAL Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 303 Mr Nicolas Seidler Internet Society Policy Advisory Switzerland Switzerland Partner 304 Ms Diana Senghor Panos Institute West Africa Director Senegal France Jury 305 Serra Sebastià Busquets Universitat de les Illes Balears Professor of Contemporary History Spain Spain Participant 306 Bai-Bai Sesay Independent Observer newspaper Editor Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Participant 307 Ms Deborah Seward UNDPI Director, Stragic Communications Department USA Speaker 308 Ms Candice Shade Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago Participant 309 Mr Steven Shankman University of Oregon Director, Center for Intercultural Dialogue USA USA Participant 310 Mr Bruce Shapiro DART Center USA USA Participant 311 Ms Sandra Sharman UNESCO Uruguay Uruguay Organizer 312 Mr Robert Shaw International Media Support (IMS) Regional Advisor, Latin America Colombia Irish? Partner 313 Pavel Sheremet Belarussky Partisan Russia Russia Participant 314 Mr Luc Shillings Netherlands Embassy in Costa Rica Deputy Head of Mission Costa Rica Netherlands Speaker 315 Mr Daniel Sieberg Google Head of Media Outreach USA USA Partner 316 Ms Carla Sierra Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 317 Mr Raul Silesky IPLEX Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 318 Mr Wellington Silva Supreme Court of Brazil Social Communication Secretary Brazil Brazil Participant 319 Mr John Smith Internews USA USA Partner 320 Mr Frank Smyth Global Journalist Security Executive Director USA USA Speaker 321 Ms Geannina Sojo Navarro Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 322 Mr Carlos Solano Big Web Noise Costa Rica Costa Rica Partner 323 Mr Rodrigo Solis Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 324 Ms Mariela Solis Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 325 Mr Victor Sologaistoa UNESCO ERI/UNESCO France Organizer 326 Ms Emily Stanfield U.S. Department of State Special Assistant, Office of Global Programs USA USA Participant 327 Mr Aliaksandr Starykevich Belarusian Association of Journalists Belarus Belarus Fellow # Prefix Full Name Organization Position Country of Residence Nationality Role 328 Mr Leonardo Steller Solórzano Sutel Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 329 Ms Hannah Storm International News Safety Institute (INSI) Director United Kingdom United Kingdom Partner 330 Ms Marguerite Sullivan Center for International Media Assistance Senior Director USA USA Participant 331 Ms Fabiola Tercero Puntos de Encuentro Nicaragua Nicaragua Participant 332 Ms Yeama Thompson Journalists for Human Rights Senior Trainer Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Fellow 333 Mr Ricardo Uceda Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) Executive Director Peru Peru Speaker 334 Mr Eduardo Ulibarri Costa Rican Mission to the United Nations Ambassador USA Costa Rica Speaker 335 Mr Oscar Ulloa Presidency of Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Organizer 336 Ms Glenda Umana CNN en Espanol Anchor USA Costa Rica Speaker 337 Ms Melissa Vado COLPER Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 338 Mr Victor Valle Universidad para la Paz Costa Rica El Salvador Organizer 339 Mr Max Valverde Internews Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 340 Mr Jurgen van Meirvenne Embassy of Belgium in Costa Rica Costa Rica Belgium Participant 341 Ms Karin van Wijk DNI Costa Rica Costa Rica The Netherlands Participant 342 Mr Jorge Vargas UNODC Costa Rica Spain Participant 343 Mr Alejandro Vargas Johansson Escuela de Comunicación Colectiva Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 344 Ms María José Vargas Ramírez Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica Youth Newsroom 345 Ms Joana Varron-Ferraz CTS/FGV Researcher Brazil Brazil Speaker 346 Mr Egidio Vaz Raposo IREX Media Specialist for Advocacy and Alliances Mozambique Mozambique Partner 347 Ms Maria Eugenia Verela U creativa Costa Rica Chile Participant 348 Mr Leonid Vilchez Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. Press Officer Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 349 Ms María José Villalta Rieger Ctrl+Cat Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 350 Mr Daniel Villatoro www.plazapublica.com.gt Guatemala Guatemala Youth Newsroom 351 Ms Carolina Vossio Brigido O Globo Brazil Brazil Participant 352 Ms Rachel Waldstein U.S. Department of State Program Officer of Bureau of Educational & Cultural AffairsUSA USA Participant 353 Mr Christopher Walker Internews USA USA Partner 354 Ms Carol Lee Waters Internews USA USA Partner 355 Mr Carlos Watson ISOC Costa Rica Costa Rica Participant 356 Ms Jaclyn Weintraub Brewha Costa Rica Costa Rica Canada Youth Newsroom 357 Mr Aidan White Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) Executive Director United Kingdom United Kingdom Partner 358 Mr Mark Whitehouse IREX Vice-President USA USA Partner 359 Ms Elisabeth Witchel Committee to Protect Journalists Consultant USA USA Partner 360 Ms Lei Xiong Capital Women Journalists' Association Executive Director China People's Republic of ChinaFellow 361 Ms Yoriko Yasukawa United Nations Resident Coordinator in Costa Rica Costa Rica Japan Speaker 362 Mr Ishmael Seth Mante Yeboah Kencity Media Limited Journalist Ghana Ghana Participant 363 Ms Jane Zimmerman U.S Dept of State Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor USA USA Participant 364 Ms Dana Ziyasheva UNESCO Office in San José Advisor for Communication and Information Costa Rica Kazakhstan Organizer