3rd day

Moderator: Filip Vulović Progamme Assistant at Civil Rights Defenders and Pride Belgrade Representative Biography: Filip Vulović is human rights activist from Belgrade, Serbia, with a years-long experience in the LGBTI+ movement, as well as transitional justice and post-war reconciliation among youth in the Western Balkans. Filip works at Civil Rights Defenders, an international human rights organization that supports human rights ... Read More

Moderator: Misza Czerniak Co-President of European Forum of LGBTI+ Christian Groups Biography: Misza Czerniak was born in Moscow, Russia but since 2011 has been living in Warsaw, Poland. He is an Orthodox Christian and a gay man. He currently serves as the co-president of the European Forum of LGBTI+ Christian Groups, an umbrella association of over 40 groups from all ... Read More

Moderator: Cianán Russell Senior Policy Officer, ILGA Europe Biography: Cianán Russell is a Senior Policy Officer at ILGA-Europe based in Brussels, Belgium, working on policy and advocacy relating to trans, intersex, health, conversion practice, data collection, and the anti-gender movement in Europe and Central Asia. They started LGBTI activism in the US in 1996, and have previously worked with the ... Read More

Moderator: Dr Carla Maria Reale Postdoctoral researcher - University of Genova, Member at Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies - University of Trento Biography: Carla Maria Reale holds a PhD in Comparative Public Law. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Genoa and a member of the Board of the Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies at ... Read More

Moderator: Sofia Papadopoulou Journalist/Editor-in-chief, Full member of the Editors’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESIEMTH), the International Federation of Journalists and the European Federation of Journalists and Active member of the Association of Balkan News Agencies-SE Europe since 1999 and the Mediterranean Alliance of News Agencies (AMAN) Biography: Journalist/Editor-in-chief Fields of journalistic interest: Diplomatic affairs, energy, migration. Studied ... Read More

Moderator: Stella Belia President at Greek Rainbow Families Biography: Stella Belia is 58 years old, the biological mother of two boys - according to their own statement - but also of many others who see her as the "mother of the group". She defines herself as a woman, a lesbian, an activist, the president of the Rainbow Families and a ... Read More

Moderator: Dr. Kalliopi Chainoglou Associate Professor - Department of International & European Studies, University of Macedonia   Margaritis Schinas Vice-President EU Commission    Michael O'Flaherty Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe   Miltos Pavlou Socio-Legal Researcher and EU LGBTIQ Survey Manager, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)   A. Chaber Executive Director at ILGA-Europe Biography: A. Chaber is the ... Read More