SplinterCon’s program is shaped by a committee of researchers, technologists, activists, and policy experts, who carefully review all speaker and participant applications. Each submission is evaluated individually, with a focus on original research, real-world case studies, and practical tools that contribute to a deeper understanding of national splinternets, censorship circumvention, and digital sovereignty.
We prioritise voices from affected communities, frontline technologists, and those working at the intersection of policy and infrastructure research. Proposals are assessed based on their relevance, originality, and practical impact, ensuring that SplinterCon remains a space for the most urgent and insightful discussions in the field.
Roya Ensafi
Associate Professor, the University of Michigan
Alexey Sidorenko
Director, Teplitsa. Technologies for Social Good
Lai Yi Ohlsen
Senior Product Manager, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloudflare;
Adjunct Lecturer, Parsons School of Design.
Mart van Santen
Co-Founder & Director, Greenhost
Jean-Philippe Décarie-Mathieu
Co-founder, Crypto.Québec
Ethan Zuckerman
Associate Professor, the University of Massachusetts.
Isabela Bagueros
Executive Director, the Tor Project
Amir Rashidi
Director of digital rights & security
Fereidoon Bashar
Executive Director, ASL19
Hammer
Founder and Director, Project Ainita.
Dmitri Vitaliev
Founder and CTO of eQualitie
Marion Moreau
Independent journalist.
Founder, Hors Normes Media
Nicolas Diaz
Head of Digital Security, Reporters Without Borders
Nick Sullivan
Cryptography and systems security
Mallory Knodel
CTO, Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington
Ksenia Ermoshina
Researcher, eQualitie, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris
Aurang
Aurang Zarvun, Director of Technology Innovation
Alena Epifanova
Research Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations.
