Trust Conference is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s flagship annual event and a leading human rights forum. Normally held in the heart of London each year, the conference brings together some 600 delegates from diverse sectors representing more than 60 countries. This year, the forum moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers included Nobel Laureate and social entrepreneur Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Executive at Oxfam GB Danny Sriskandarajah, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists Joel Simon, Creative Director of Eco Age Ltd Livia Firth, Technical Research Manager at Stanford Internet Observatory Renée DiResta, Associate Director at UCLA and author of ‘Algorithms of Oppression’ Safiya Noble and Co-Founder and Director of Tandem Research Urvashi Aneja.
Missed the conference? No need to miss out. View all the panel discussions and keynote speeches here.
Interested in a specific panel? See below for individual recordings, where our speakers at the forefront of reshaping our recovery in a post-COVID world examined just how the pandemic has deepened social and economic inequalities, amplified threats to media freedom and will have lasting consequences for protecting and promoting human rights.
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Watch the session recordings below.
Beyond the Buzzwords: What does ‘Build Back Better’ mean in practical terms for our economies post-COVID?
Earth Focus
Earth Focus is an investigative series that reports on our changing environment and how it affects people around the world. This was a collaborative production between the Thomson Reuters Foundation and KCET.
The Guardians of the Forest
Our award-winning film follows an indigenous volunteer force who risk their lives patrolling a protected area of rainforest and destroying illegal logger camps in the Brazilian Amazon.
Paying the Price for Free Speech
How will media organisations survive financially after the pandemic?
Countering the ‘COVID-Crackdown’: How do we address the pandemic’s impact on media freedom?
Proxy Wars: The role of trust in building sustainable African media
Are African democracies under siege using the media as a proxy? Our panel discusses threats to media that are specific to their country or region, identifying major attacks on trust, revenue, and freedom of expression, and proposing creative solutions.
Civil Liberties Under Attack: Protecting Privacy and Freedom of Expression
What are the consequences of 2020’s surging reliance on technology for societies – and democracy?
Director Innovation and Public Policy, Africa at Mozilla
Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialisation at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Journalist and Curator, Baraza Media Lab
Chief Executive, Oxfam GB
Chief Executive Officer, Refinitiv
Professor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford
Executive Director, Dalberg Group
Executive Director, Committee to Protect Journalists
Investigative Journalist and Vice Chair, International Press Institute
Creative Director, Eco Age Limited
Group Editor-in-Chief, Eyewitness News
Director, the Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Feature Writer, The Standard
Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2006 and Founder, Grameen Bank
Journalist, Folha de S.Paulo
Global Opinions Writer, Washington Post
Technical Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory
Investigative Journalist
Associate Professor at UCLA and Author of ‘Algorithms of Oppression’
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters
Co-Founder and Director, Tandem Research
