Speakers

Afternoon Keynote

Jennifer Robinson is one of the most esteemed and highly regarded human rights lawyers globally, who is renowned for her groundbreaking work in high-profile cases. Jen is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London and has acted in key human rights and media freedom cases in domestic and international courts. She is best known for her work defending Julian Assange and securing his release home to Australia, successfully defending Amber Heard, and is now taking climate change to the world’s highest court. Jen sits on the boards of the Grata Fund, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford University. Jen recently co-authored a book, How Many More Women – How the law silences women, with Dr Keio Yoshida, about free speech and tackling gender-based violence.

Morning Keynote

Todd Sampson is an adventurer, award-winning documentary maker, television presenter and businessman.  He is also the co-creator of the Earth Hour initiative, one of the largest environmental movements in history reaching over 1 billion people in 5500 cities worldwide. He is now the writer, producer and host of a number of international documentaries including Discovery Channel's Redesign My Brain, BodyHack, and more recently Life on The Line. One reviewer colourfully captured Todd's unique approach, “If Bear Grylls, Louis Theroux and Brian Cox had a love child together, it would be Todd Sampson.”