Programme
Nobel Peace Conference 2026
With the Peace Prize 2025 to Maria Corina Machado as a backdrop, we ask:
13:00 - 13:15
OPENING SESSION
Kjersti Fløgstad, Executive Director, Nobel Peace Center
Ingvill Bryn Rambøl, Host
Sree Sreenivasan, Co-host
13:15 - 14:30
SESSION 1
Defending Democracy in the Face of Rising Authoritarianism
Keynote speech followed by a conversation between Nobel Peace Prize laureates and a Gen Z activist
Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize 2025 (via video link)
Ales Bialiatski, Nobel Peace Prize 2022
Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize 2023 (pre recorded video)
Andrew Regalado, Activist, USA
Generation Z: Shaping Democracy's Future
Keynote speeches by:
Gina Romero, UN Special Rapporteur
Rakshya Bam, Activist, Nepal
14:30 - 15:00
BREAK
15:00 - 16:45
SESSION 2
The Struggle for Truth: Democracy’s Renewed Frontline
Keynote speech by Maria Ressa followed by a conversation between Nobel laureates and a Gen Z activist
Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize 2021
Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel Peace Prize 2016
Wanjira Wanjiru, Activist, Kenya
Solutions to Strengthen Democratic Movements
Elevator pitches followed by a Q & A with expert
Ricken Patel, D-Hub
Lisbeth Pilegaard, European Endowment for Democracy
Bryan Sims, Humanity United and Iva Dobichina, Ford Foundation
Haakon Gjerløw, Acting Director, Prio
Building Transnational Democracy Movements
Presentation of the outcome of the Gen Z workshops
Ivan Marovic, Executive Director of International Center for Non-violent Conflict
with Gen Z representatives
Concluding remarks
Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair, Norwegian Nobel Committee
The Nobel Peace Conference 2026
3 September 13:00 - 17:00
