Sophie is a political economist, co-founder and director of Commons Network, a collaborative think thank for the new economy and the just transition based in Amsterdam. It works at the intersection of economic transition, the digital commons, post-growth and the role of governments. Sophie is a strong advocate of a European political perspective that supports digital commons and public digital infrastructure and has coordinated various coalitions and campaigns for this purpose. As a social advocate in politics, she has worked extensively on knowledge management and innovation policies at European and international level. Part of his current work is the development of incubation programs for the digital cooperative economy with the municipality of Amsterdam. She is also currently working with the Dutch Ministry of the Interior on a project on Digital Sovereignty and Policies, and is involved in the process for a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium on Digital Commons.

https://www.commonsnetwork.org/

Lorena Jaume-Palasí is founder of The Ethical Tech Society, AlgorithmWatch, IGF Academy, and she is a reference in algorithmic justice and AI.

https://www.ethicaltech-society.org/

Micaela Mantegna is known as abogamer, a video game lawyer, specialized in industry policy, trends, and regulation. Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, she does research on AI, video game policy, ethics, and immersive technologies for extended reality (XR). She created the first course in Artificial Intelligence and Law in Argentina at Center for Technology and Society, Universidad de San Andres and she is also a public policy advisor at the Argentinean Video Game Developers Association (ADVA).

https://www.abogamer.com/

Noyb (the acronym noyb stands for “none of your business”) is a non-profit organisation co-founded in 2017 by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems in Vienna. Schrems was responsible for the strategic litigation that annulled the Privacy Shield on the transfer of personal data of European citizens to the United States, among other cases. The entity aims to promote strategic litigation and launch media initiatives to strengthen data privacy, focusing on privacy issues and rights violations in the private sector.

https://noyb.eu/

Felix Mikolasch is a lawyer, specialised in data protection.

Civio is an independent non-profit organization that promotes transparency, access to information, and citizen oversight of public institutions. Through investigative journalism, data, public advocacy, and technology, Civio exposes abuses and mismanagement in the public sector, driving changes that benefit society. Since its founding in 2012, the organization has pushed for key reforms in legislation and public policies, always defending the right of citizens to know and participate in decision-making.

https://civio.es/en

David Cabo is an activist on transparency and public information issues and co-founder of Civio.

AI Forensics applies innovative methods to uncover digital rights violations and provide information to help shape regulatory policies. They are working towards a world where algorithms are accountable, adjustable, and avoidable. In other words, they are digital detectives shining a light on hidden algorithmic injustices and working to gain accountability and transparency from the tech industry.

https://aiforensics.org/

Salvatore Romano is the Head of Research at AI Forensics and an Industrial PhD candidate with the research group AI and Data for Society at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute in Barcelona. He works at the intersection of platform accountability and algorithmic audits.

La Quadrature du Net is an activist group based in Paris that promotes and defends fundamental freedoms in the digital world. Fighting censorship and surveillance from states and private companies, they question how the digital world and society influence each other. They work for a free and decentralised Internet.

https://www.laquadrature.net/en/

Félix Tréguer is a founding member and Research Director of La Quadrature du Net.

Míriam Hatibi is an activist and communication consultant, known for defending human rights and diversity and fighting islamophobia. Born in Barcelona in 1993 to Moroccan parents, Hatibi has emerged as an influential voice in debates about identity, integration and equality. With a degree in International Business Economics and a master’s degree in Internationalization, Hatibi has collaborated with various organisations and the media to promote a better understanding of and representation of Muslim and immigrant communities in Spain. Habibi is the author of [translated from Spanish] Look Into My Eyes. It’s Not So Difficult to Understand Each Other (2018) and Leila (2020).

https://www.instagram.com/miriamhatibi/

PiLP, Public Interest Litigation Project, is more than a law firm. It is a legal ally of various groups in the Netherlands, such as NGOs, movements, communities, activists, lawyers, and academics. Together, they strive to promote human rights, strengthen the rule of law, and create a more just world. Yours are some of the most important sentences against institutional abuses with data in your country.

https://pilp.nu/


Jelle Klaas is executive director and human rights lawyer at PiLP. He is one of the founders and has years of experience in strategic human rights litigation in the Netherlands.

Andrea Gumes is a political scientist and cultural journalist. You can find her on the podcasts Tardeo, Massa Dones, Ciberlocutorio (with Anna Pacheco) and La Cullerada, or on 3Cat with Nervi.

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Gumes

Anna Pacheco, journalist and master of Social Anthropology, focuses on social issues, feminisms, and popular culture. She is the author of the novel [translated from Spanish] Smart, Pretty, Clean (2019). In 2024, she published [translated from Spanish] I Was Here, and I Remembered Us, an essay about tourism, work, and social class.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pacheco

Arnau Monterde is the Director of the Democratic Innovation and Participation Services of the Barcelona City Council. Doctor in Information and Knowledge Society, he has been coordinator of the Technopolitics project of the Communication Networks and Social Change research group of the Interdisciplinary Internet Institute (IN3-UOC).
Monterde investigates the relationship between communication technologies and societies, particularly concerning political participation and democracy in the networked society. He is one of those responsible for the Decidim project, the digital participation platform promoted by the Barcelona City Council.

https://arnaumonty.net/

Xnet is a network of specialists and activists that carries out actions and proposes advanced solutions related to digital rights and updating democracy in the 21st century. It has been working for a free Internet and real democracy since 2008.

https://xnet-x.net/en

Simona Levi is a specialist in digital rights, founder of Xnet, Institute for Democratic Digitalisation and Director of the Postgraduate Course in Technopolitics and Rights in the Digital Era. She is the author of the report Proposal for a Democratic and Sovereign Digitalisation of Europe, commissioned by the Presidency of the European Parliament (2021) and the book [translated from Spanish] Democratic Digitalisation (Rayo Verde, 2024). She is a media communicator and advisor to countless citizen organisations and institutions. 2017 Rolling Stone magazine chose her as one of 25 people shaping the future. She is the promoter and (co-)author of several books, such as: FakeYou – Fake News and Disinformation (2019); Vote and get paid. Impunity as a form of government (2017); [translated from Spanish] Technopolitics, Internet and revolutions and [translated from Spanish] Free digital culture – Basic notions for the defence of what belongs to everyone (2012).

The Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) exists to support the digital rights community in Europe in strategic litigation to protect human rights in digital spaces. Since 2017, DFF has built an extensive activist network.

https://digitalfreedomfund.org

Cesar Manso is the legal officer of the Digital Freedom Fund. He has a law degree from the University of Costa Rica and two master’s degrees from the University of Barcelona, one in Human Rights and the other in Sociology. He also has a postgraduate degree in Technopolitics and Rights in the Digital Age from Pompeu Fabra University.

Irídia—Center for the Defense of Human Rights is an association that promotes and defends human rights, especially civil and political rights. Its main objective is to raise the standards of human rights protection in relation to institutional violence, racism and migration, historical memory, deprivation of liberty, and the right to protest.

https://iridia.cat/en

Anaïs Franquesa Griso is a Human Rights lawyer specializing in strategic litigation, particularly in criminal law, torture, police accountability, less-lethal weapons, repression and civic space. Director of Irídia – Centre for de Defense of Human Rights.

Fundació .cat was born due to a private initiative by the Catalan-speaking community to manage the .cat domain. The domain was approved in 2005 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Thanks to the Foundation’s initiative as the first cultural community to obtain its own domain, the doors were opened to all the others. The Foundation works to defend the cultural rights and internet quality of Catalan-speaking citizens in digital society.

https://fundacio.cat/en

Genís Roca is an expert in digital transformation, business development, and digital culture. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively on internet projects and digital strategy. Roca actively participates in different social and cultural projects and is currently the President of the Fundació .cat.

The Juice Media is 98.9% genuine satire, written and created by Giordano in a home studio in the backyard of suburban Melbourne, Australia, on the Wurundjeri lands.

Juice Media’s Honest Government Ads are satirical videos that parody government ads. Produced by The Juice Media, the series began focusing on Australian politics but has since expanded to address global issues. The videos are known for their blunt style, aiming to reveal truths about government operations and decisions that are often hidden by political rhetoric and the media circus.

https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads/

Josep M. Ganyet is a computer engineer by the Autonomous University of Barcelona with a speciality in Artificial Intelligence. He has worked in Human Interaction with Computers and teaches Audiovisual Communication classes at the Pompeu Fabra University.

https://mortensen.cat/en

Albert Cuesta is a journalist, analyst and technology translator. He was the leading promoter of the campaign to get Twitter to have Catalan language version.

https://jo.cat/albertcuesta

The Free Knowledge Institute (FKI) is a non-profit organisation founded in 2006 in the Netherlands. The FKI fosters the free exchange of knowledge in all areas of society by promoting freedom of use, modification, copying, and distribution of knowledge about education, technology, culture, and science.

https://freeknowledge.eu/

Wouter Tebbens is an engineer who has become an activist, who works in the digital field on self-organization and the construction of cooperative communities. He is co-founder of Free Knowledge Institute, The Things Network Catalonia, the femProcomuns cooperative, and Online Meeting Cooperative. He has worked with the municipalities of Amsterdam, Barcelona, and as the first Director of the PublicSpaces Foundation.

The Observatory TAS (Work, Algorithms and Society) is a non-profit association that aims to defend the interests and vindicate workers’ rights in the platform economy. It does this by searching and collecting data, exposing algorithmic violations and contractual illegalities, publishing periodic reports, promoting judicial actions, and defending ethical and inclusive work models.

https://observa-tas.org/en

Núria Soto is a journalist, Master in Anthropology and Ethnography by the UB. Former Deliveroo rider in Barcelona and spokesperson for Riders x Rights, she is a founding partner of Mensakas.

Iuridicum Remedium (IuRe) is a non-profit organisation based in the Czech Republic. It focuses on protecting human rights, especially those related to digital rights and freedoms.

https://iure.iure.org/

Jan Vobořil is a lawyer and co-founder of IuRe.

Amnesty International Catalonia is a non-profit association dedicated to 
the defence of human rights, independent and impartial, is part of Amnesty International, an independent global movement with more than 10 million members, activists, and supporters working for a better world where all people enjoy all human rights.

https://www.amnistiacatalunya.org/

Adriana Ribas has directed and coordinated the Amnesty International Catalunya office for over ten years and has represented the organisation before institutions, public authorities, and the media. Graduate in Political Sciences and Administration and specialist in human rights, with extensive experience as a speaker and trainer.

CIDOB (Barcelona Center for International Affairs) is an international affairs research centre that analyses global issues that affect political, social, and governance dynamics from the international to the local level. It aims to be a valuable tool for society, guarantee open access to knowledge, and promote the study of global issues that affect citizens’ daily lives. CIDOB seeks to influence decision-making processes and offer alternative visions.

https://www.cidob.org/en

Carme Colomina is a senior researcher at CIDOB focused on the European Union, disinformation, and global politics. She teaches international journalism and political communication and regularly collaborates as an analyst of European news in various media outlets.

The i2CAT Foundation, based in Barcelona, is a CERCA center dedicated to research and innovation in advanced digital technologies (5G/6G+, IoT, virtual and immersive technologies, AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, and space communications), as well as the social impact of technology. By promoting open, participatory digital social innovation with territorial reach, i2CAT helps pave the way toward a more ethical, fair, and sustainable digital society.

https://i2cat.net/

Alba Soler Turull is a political scientist, specialized in economics of public policy, and government technological innovation. She is currently conducting research on digital rights and responsibilities in the Digital society technologies area at i2CAT.

El Mundo Today, directed by Xavi Puig Ripoll and Kike García de la Riva since 2009, is the most influential (humorous) newspaper in Spain. It operates mainly on the Internet, where it can be read completely free of charge, plus its expansion through collaborations in the press, radio, theatre and television.

https://www.elmundotoday.com/

Minoria Absoluta is a content producer with many years of experience producing humour, entertainment, current affairs and documentary content for television, radio, theatre, immersive reality and publishing.

https://minoriaabsoluta.com/en

La Fera is a digital creation factory that promotes audiovisual projects in Catalan to enhance and grow them. It seeks to generate opportunities for content creators, streamers, and podcasts. One of its promoters is Albert Lloreta, audiovisual director and founder of the audiovisual cooperative Bonobo Films.

https://linktr.ee/laferacat

Albert Lloreta Ribalta is an audiovisual producer, president of La Fera, factory of digital creation in Catalan. He is and audiovisual director, founder of the audiovisual cooperative Bonobo Films. With La Fera he has developed training meetings for creators (miniapleks), accompanying programs such as the Embrió, digital campaigns and professionalization projects in the creators sector. With Bonobo Films he has worked for more than a decade in developing hundreds of multiformat audiovisual projects with a special interest in the issues inherent to digital culture and the social and cultural challenges and debates of the country, Catalonia.

A community that promotes a radically just and regenerative society. The commitment is to design systems where people can meet, learn, imagine, enjoy, and act to care for the earth and all the people who live on it.

https://parti.earth/

They are craft brewers from Barcelona. Since 2010 and with deep roots in the community, each beer brewed by Birra 08 tells a unique story that reflects the city’s diverse and creative essence. With each experience, they seek to inspire and share the love of craft beer, connecting with the local community and offering memorable moments of enjoyment and learning.

https://birra08.com/