SPEAKERS

More speakers to be announced soon for the 9th THISAM 2025!

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Nikolaos Panagiotou

Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Christos Frangonikolopoulos

Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Christoph Schmidt

Director, Education and Training, DW Akademie, Germany

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Sherri Hope Culver
Professor of Instruction, Klein College of Media and Communication, Department of Media Studies and Production, Temple University, U.S.
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Aphrodite Salas
Journalist and Professor, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
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Ludovic Blecher
IDation Founder and Partner, WhiteBeard, France
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Peter Caks
Researcher & teaching assistant, Institute of Media Coomunications, University of Maribor
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Andreas M. Panagopoulos
News Director, Journalist
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Shin Dong Kim
Professor, The Media School, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea & Chief Director, Knowledge Cooperative for Good Governance, Seoul, Korea
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Remzie Shahini-Hoxhaj
Professor of Communication, Department of Journalism, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina"
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Dejan Pralica
Full-time Professor at the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad
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Andreas Veglis
Head of Media Informatics Lab, School of Journalism & MC, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Greece
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Holger Briel
Professor of Cultural Theory and Media Studies at BNU-HKBU-UIC

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

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Steven Youngblood
Founding Director of the Center for Global Peace Journalism and Professor, Park University
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Renate Schroeder
Director of the European Federation of Journalists
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Νello Barile
Associate Professor at IULM University of Milan
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Dimitrios Bouras
Anthropologist photographer and documentarian, PhD
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Yannis Kotsifos
Director, Journalists Union of Macedonia and Thrace
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David J. Simon
Director of the Genocide Studies Program, Yale University
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Alicia Fawcett
Cybersecurity expert, McKinsey & Co 
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Evi Dekoulou
Assistant Professor in Media Management, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Edmond Fernandes
Director - Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health, Mangalore, India and Chief Executive Officer, CHD Group, India
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Vasileios Syros
Full Professor and Greek Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India)
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Chloé Fiodiere
Global manager, Journalism Trust Initiative, Reporters without Borders (RSF).
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J.J. Green
National Security Correspondent, WTOP
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Thomas Miller
Adjunct Professor, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, George Washington University
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Alexandru Giboi
Secretary General of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA)
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Signe Ivask J.J. Green
Researcher & lecturer,University of Tartu Assistant Professor, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
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Sadia Jamil
Assistant Professor and Director of Research, School of International Communications, The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
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Robert Ted Gutsche 
Associate Professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A.
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
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Ziyah Gafic
Director of VII Academy, photojournalist
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Alexis Papachelas
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University and DAAD Scholar to Deutsche Welle
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George Pleios
Head of the Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Dimitris Koparanis
Journalist, writer, chef
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Anna Kynthia Bousdoukou
Journalist, Managing Director of iMEdD, Executive Director Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) DIALOGUES
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Betty Tsakarestou
Associate Professor & Head of ADandPRLAB, Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University
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Theodora A. Maniou
Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus
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Doxa Komodromou
Spokesperson, Head of the Office for the Planning and Implementation of Formal Ceremonies of the University of Cyprus, Journalist
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Nicole Tung
Photojournalist
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Kelly Kiki
Project Manager Lab, Journalist
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Stratis Trilikis
Programs Director, Journalist
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Thanasis Troboukis
Project Manager Lab, Journalist
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Louisa Gouliamaki
Photojournalist
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Lida Tsene
Researcher and teaching associate, Advertising and Public Relations Lab of Panteion University
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Paul Lowe
Reader in Documentary Photography, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, UK
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Leora Kahn
Founder and executive director of PROOF: Media for Social Justice
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Nadezda Azhgikhina
Journalist, Human rights activist  
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Epaminondas Christophilopoulos
Deputy Chair at Foresight Team, Presidency of the Greek Government
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Sally Ann Cruikshank
Assistant professor, School of Journalism and Strategic Media, Middle Tennessee State University
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Mounir Ibrahim
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Truepic
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Eylem Yanardağoğlu
Associate Professor, Head of the New Media Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
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Alisher Siddique
Director of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service
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Jeremy Caplan
Director of Teaching and Learning, CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, New York City
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Leonidas Skerletopoulos
Founding partner, Social Marketing and Behaviour Change Institute of Greece (SMBC)
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Dren Gerguri
Lecturer, Department of Journalism, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Kosovo
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Aaron Sharockman
Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, Poynter Institute for Media Studies
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Angelos Athanasopoulos
Editor-in-Chief, Politics | Senior Diplomatic, Defense and EU Affairs Editor (Newspaper “To Vima”, Greece)
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Petra Kovačević
University of Zagreb/Cardiff University
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Mausumi Bhattacharyya
Associate Professor, Centre for Journalism & Mass Communication, Visva-Bharati University, India, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Clara Attene
Digital trainer and former Google News Lab Teaching Fellow
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Fanis Papathanasiou
ERT anchor/diplomatic correspondent
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Christopher Guess
Researcher Duke University’s Reporters’ Lab
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Henri Bohnet
Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) office in Athens
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Stamos Archontis
Ellinika Hoaxes
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Marije Arentze
Project Manager DROG
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Anthi Baliou
Senior Researcher, Peace Journalism Lab
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Ioannis Papadopoulos
Print reporter and multimedia producer at Kathimerini
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Paul Clemens Murschetz
Berlin University of Digital Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
 (associated researcher)
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Dimitris Xenakis
Journalist and Co-founder of Inside Story
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Elli Narewska
Digital programme manager, NewsWise, Guardian Foundation
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Anita Fábos
Professor of International Development, Community and Environment, Clark University
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Kirstine Føge Jensen
Berlin University of Digital Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
 (associated researcher)
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Klimentini Diakomanoli
Head of Press, Athens European Commission Representation
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Nico Drok
President of the European Journalism Training Association (EJTA)
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Elsa Poimenidou
Journalist, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
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Athina Pachatouridi
Berlin University of Digital Sciences
Austrian Academy of Sciences
 (associated researcher)
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Mattia Peretti
Journalism, AI Manager, Polis, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Giannis Mylopoulos
Creative Consultant and Digital Storyteller
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Jens Siegert
Team leader of the EU project "Public Diplomacy. EU and Russia"
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Veronica Yarnykh
Head of International Programs of UNESCO  
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Franak Viačorka
Vice President, Digital Communication Network
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Apostolos Staikos
Journalist, Euronews
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Athanasios Grammenos
Post-Doc Researcher, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Dimitris Giannakoudis
Coordinator & Specialist, Xanthi American Space (Xanthi TechLab)
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Mania Xenou
Founder and CEO of Reliant Communications
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Christian Spahr
Secretary General, Assembly of European Regions, Founder and board member, SEECOM
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Irene Andriopoulou
Head of Education, EKOME

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