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2012 Confirmed Speakers and Contributors

News Xchange brings together delegates as well as renowned speakers and workshop leaders from the world's most prominent media corporations and organizations, including established companies and innovative new start-ups. As a News Xchange delegate, you will have many opportunities to meet, network and share ideas with our speakers.

The speakers' page will be updated regularly. Stay tuned!

Faisal J. Abbas

Editor-in-Chief, Al Arabiya English

Abdulrahman Al Rashed

General Manager Al Arabiya Television

Adel Al Toraifi

Editor-in-Chief, Al Majalla

Becky Anderson

Anchor for CNN International

Erica Anderson

Manager, News - Twitter, Inc.

Caco Barcellos

Journalist and writer

Greg Beitchman

Global Head of Multimedia for Thomson Reuters

Monika Bulaj

Photographer, writer, activist

Rory Cellan-Jones

Technology Correspondent, BBC

Stephen Cole

Presenter for Al Jazeera English

Patrick Conroy

Group Head: News

Leif Coorlim

Journalist and editorial director of the CNN Freedom Project

Luchi Cruz-Valdes

TV5 Head of News and Information

Anne Diamond

Television anchor and radio host

David Dunkley Gyimah

Videojournalist and Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster

Nima Elbagir

International Correspondent for CNN

Khazar Fatemi

Freelance journalist, SVT

Elizabeth Filippouli

Director, Global Thinkers, London, UK

Guillermo Galdós

Cameraman, Producer and Director

Matthew Guest

Strategy Senior Manager, Deloitte

Faridoun Hemani

Broadcast journalist and founder of Linx Productions

Mariela Idivuoma

TV producer, reporter and newspresenter for SVT Sápmi

Samuel Idivuoma

Television producer, journalist, filmmaker and reindeer herder

Khadija Ismayilova

Award-winning journalist

Rosebell Kagumire

Multimedia journalist, specialized in the new media, conflict and development

Kenji Kohno

Deputy Director, International News Division, NHK

Pavlina Kvapilova

Director, New Media Division, Czech Television

Paul Lee

Head of Global TMT Research, Deloitte

Mark Little

Founder of Storyful.com

James Lyne

Director of Technology Strategy at Sophos

Sandy MacIntyre

Vice President (Video), Associated Press

Wendy MacNaughton

Artist and illustrator

Sonia Nazario

Journalist, Writer, Pulitzer Prize winner

Yvonne Ndege

Award winning Correspondent and Presenter

Lemi Olalemi

Director of technology at TV Continental

Ben de Pear

Editor of Channel 4 News

Mariane Pearl

Award winning journalist and writer

Nyani Quarmyne

Freelance photographer

Stefano Santucci

News Xchange 2012 photographer

Naseem Tarawnah

Writer behind the award-winning blog, The Black Iris

Ingrid Thörnqvist

Head of foreign desk, SVT

Ethan Zuckerman

Fellow, The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law; Founder, Global Voices

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