• The First Berlin Freedom Conference will be held on November 10, 2025, gathering over 60 international speakers to address the global decline of democracy.
• Key speakers include international dissidents and democracy leaders such as Masih Alinejad, Garry Kasparov, and Leopoldo López, along with German political figures.
• The conference is the centerpiece of Berlin Freedom Week and follows the General Assembly of the World Liberty Congress, an alliance of dissidents from over 50 autocratically ruled countries.
• The program features an “Ignite Talks” format for five-minute presentations of practical “Freedom Ideas” and discusses the critical roles of technology and media.

The First Berlin Freedom Conference is set to take place on November 10, 2025, bringing together international freedom fighters and experts to address the global retreat of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism. Hosted in Berlin, a city symbolic of overcoming dictatorship, the public event at the Gasometer (EUREF Campus) aims to analyze the challenges facing pluralism and freedom and develop strategies for defense.

The conference will feature over 60 international speakers, including prominent democracy and human rights figures such as Masih Alinejad, Garry Kasparov, Leopoldo López, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk. The discussions are structured around key themes, including the roles of economics, technology, media, and global cooperation in the struggle for freedom. German political figures, including Bundestag President Julia Klöckner, are participating, and the event is officially supported by Berlin’s Governing Mayor, Kai Wegner.

A unique feature of the conference is the “Ignite Talks” format, which encourages concise, five-minute presentations of “Freedom Ideas” focused on practical solutions and new perspectives for active democratic engagement. The conference is the centerpiece of Berlin Freedom Week, a larger initiative starting November 8 that includes over 130 events and the General Assembly of the World Liberty Congress, a major global alliance of dissidents and democracy activists. The entire initiative reinforces Berlin’s message of solidarity with those oppressed worldwide.