José Manuel Ribeiro
President of IOPD 2024 and Mayor of Valongo
Cas Mudde
Keynote speaker, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs
Luísa Salgueiro
Mayor of Matosinhos
Aaron Landsman
Manchester UK and New York, NY
Ahmet Pekyatirmaci
Mayor of selcuklu Municipality, Turkiye
Alain Ramanana
National Institute for Decentralisation and Local Development (Madagascar)
Albert Fernand Okéké Yapi
Municipality of Cocody
Amanda São Vicente
University of Algarve
Ana Rita Martinho Guímaro Moreira
Cascais Environment
Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach
UN-Habitat
Ana Luísa Massingue
Ana Paula Fontinha
Municipality of Almada
Ana Umbelino
Municipality of Torres Vedras
Anders Nordh
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Andrea Cervera Robles
Open Politics Institute
Andreas Wolter
Deputy Mayor of Koln, Germany
Andrés Barrios Arenas
Centre for Applied Studies
Andrés Falck
Coglobal
António Barbot
Polytechnic Institute of Porto - School of Education
António Candeias Martins
COIDESO - University of Huelva
Anzhelika Pylypenko
Local Democracy Agency of Dnipro
Arlindo Cesário Ngozo
Municipality of Gondola
Arnau Monterde Mateo
Municipality of Barcelona
Ben Palmquist
Partners for Dignity & Rights
Benedetta Cosco
CISDPDH-UCLG
Bru Aguiló Vidal
Diputación de Barcelona
Bruna Araújo Carvalho
Municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão
Bruno Castro
VisionWare, Sistemas de Informação (Portugal)
Bruno Venâncio de Abreu Costa
Municipal Government of São Paulo
Carla Bezerra
Brazilian Government
Carla Güell Font
Resilience.Earth, Cooperative
Carola Gunnarsson
Councillor of Sala (Sweden), UCLG Special Envoy for Freedom, Solidarity and Fighting Violence against Local Political Leaders
Celina Su
City University of New York
César Silva
WireMaze (Portugal)
Cesare Ottolini
International Alliance of Inhabitants
Claudia Isela Guzman Gonzalez
Institute for Democratic Development and Competitiveness (Mexico)
Cristiano Gianolla
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
Daniel Pereira
University of Algarve
Daniela Chong
UN-Habitat
David Pontes
Director of Público newspaper
Diego Calvo
Enreda Coop
Diogo Silva
Member of the Youth Council Valongo
Dmytro Bilotserkovets
Kyiv City State Administration
Drissa Ouattara
Centre for Information, Training and Budget Studies
Emilia Koikkalainen
Council member of Keuruu, Finland
Emilia Saiz
Secretary General of UCLG
Diego Ramalho Freitas
State of Goiás
Felipe Tannus Moreira da Costa
Municipality of Osasco
Felix Bonne
Head of Participatory Democracy, City of Dudelange, Luxembourg
Firdaous Oussidhoum
UCLG
Friederike Fleischer
Los Andes
Garazi Uriarte
GOOGAZ in colab. with Ayuntamiento de Esplugues de Llobregat
Gbenagnon Lagrange Fidèle Mahoudjro Sinmenou Agnankpe
Laboratory for Diplomatic Research and Action (Gabon)
Gema Barbara Plana
Director of Housing - Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Geraldina Bonifácio
Municipality of Boane
Giovanni Allegretti
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
Gisele da Silva Craveiro
Colab-USP
Guðný Bára Jónsdóttir
The city of Reykjavík
Hélder Bento Namburete
Municipality of Maxixe
Igor Unica Grego
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
Iñigo Iturrioz
GOOGAZ in colab. with Ayuntamiento de Esplugues de Llobregat
Irakli Jgharkava
ALDA
Irati Arejita
GOOGAZ in colab. with Ayuntamiento de Esplugues de Llobregat
Isabel Celeste Fonseca
University of Minho Law School
Isabel Luciano
Participatory Budgeting Project
Isabel Xavier
Municipality of Cascais
Isabella Rusconi
Centre for the Study of Socioeconomic Change and the Territory - University Institut of Lisbon
Jaqueline Damasceno
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
Jens Kimmel
Consul Democracy Foundation
João Carlos Gomes Ferreira
Mozambique Participatory Budgeting Network
Joe Mathews
Democracy Local (Germany)
José Carlos Mota
Local4action Hub Valongo: Participation4All
José de Almeida
Municipality of Cascais
Jovial Setina da Cruz
Mozambique Participatory Budgeting Network
Juan Domingo Viola
Secretary of Citizen Participation and Youth at the Municipality of Córdoba, Argentina
Julião Zacarias Gueze
Mozambique Participatory Budgeting Network
Katy Rubin
Legislative Theatre and Perfect City
Karim Boussak
VNG International - Unit East & Southern Africa
Khadim Rassoul Gueye
IOPD Africa
Khammassi Mesona Amira
International Association for Participatory Democracy and Patrimoine AID Patrimoine
Konstantinos Koukas
Congress of Local & Regional Authorities- Council of Europe
Laura Thomas
European Capital of Democracy
Lina Maria Martinez Quintero
Participant in the Empower Young Voices Project and Erasmus+ mobilities, Valongo ICESI University
Liza Nathalia Rodríguez Galvis
Secretary General of the Governorate of Valle del Cauca (Colombia)
Lluis Rabell
Barcelona City Council
Lourdes Tibán
Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado Provincial de Cotopaxi
Lucas Rohan
NOVA - FCSH Institute of Communication
Luis Esteban Galicia León
Municipality of Ocoyoacac
Lusine Aleksandryan
Local Democracy Agency of Armenia
Lyndsay Gavin
Office of Performance & Innovation of the city of Durham
Mahouton Marius Elvis Djossou
Faculty of Tourism, Culture and Hospitality (ESTHUA Angers)
Manuel João Cruz
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
Marco Meloni
Southempton University
Maria Tereza Zolyomy Torres
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
Mehmet Ballazhi
Municipality of Hani i Elezit
Miguel Valdez
School of Engineering and Innovation, The Open University
Mohamed Moutaoukid
Expert in Governance and Inclusive Development (Marrakech)
Maddalena Alberti
ALDA
Marta Costa
Municipality of Valongo
Moira Praça
Municipality of Almada
Monica Corrigan
Aequalitas
Myroslava Smirnova
Kyiv City State Administration
Nelly Ouassenan
Deputy Mayor of Cocody (Ivory Coast) and Co-President of the IOPD for Gender Equality
Niamh Kelly
Belfast City Council
Nolito Quilang
Ormoc City
Nuno da cruz
London School of Economics (LSE)
Olga Almeida
Valongo High School
Oliver José Peña Estévez
Councillor, Esplugues de Llobregat (Spain)
Orlando Rodrigues
Councillor of the Municipality of Valongo
Oscar Gussinyer Galceran
Resilience.Earth, Cooperative
Patrícia Marques dos Santos
Municipal Government of São Paulo
Gisele da Silva Craveiro
Colab-USP
Paula Cardoso
Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
Paulo Delgado
Polytechnic Institute of Porto - School of Education
Paulo Francisco
Municipality of Loures
Pedro Brás
Parish of Massamá e Monte Abraão
Pedro Carneiro
Valongo´s representative in the Metropolitan Youth Strategic Group (Portugal)
Roberto Falanga
Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
Rodrigo Almeida
Municipality of Lousada
Roel Camps
City of Antwerp
Sabrina Fialho
Institute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon
Said Jamal
Municipality of Maputo
Salissou Mahane Mourtala
Masons of Education Association (Niger)
Sameiro Araújo
Municipality of Braga
Sami Kanaan
Mayor of Geneva, Switzerland
Sigurlaug Anna Jóhannsdóttir
Democracy advisor, City of Reykjavík
Sheba Najmi
Code for Pakistan
Silvia Remolina Diaz
Open Policy Institute - Bogotá (Colombia)
Sílvia Viegas
University of Algarve
Sinara Sandri
PHOENIX
Sonia ZDOROVTZOFF
Deputy-Mayor of Lyon, France
Sophie Guillain
RES PUBLICA
Soraia Gonçalves
Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave
Stefan August Lütgenau
Foundation for strong European Regions, Foster Europe
Stefan Sindelar
European Capital of Democracy
Susana Lopes
Polytechnic Institute of Porto - School of Education
Teresa Vicente
Municipality of Cascais
Tiago Cabral
Valongo´s representative in the Metropolitan Youth Strategic Group (Portugal)
Ulrika Stöök
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Viorica Tudos
Local Democracy Agency of Moldova
Wojeich Firek
Jagiellonian University in Kraków; Democracy in Practice Association
Zilda Maria Espedita Costa da Silva
Cascais Environment
Zoë Wilkins
People Powered
Bachir Kanouté
Cécile Roth
Celina Su
City University of New York
Cristiano Gianolla
Fátima Vieira
Firdaous Oussidhoum
Giovanni Allegretti
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra
Gisele da Silva Craveiro
Colab-USP São Paulo
Inês Cardoso
Director of Jornal de Notícias newspaper
Irakli Jgharkava
ALDA
João Baracho
CDI Portugal
José Carlos Mota
Miguel Silva Graça
Mohammed Mustafa
ALDA
Nelson Dias
Oficina Association
Paulo Delgado
Priscila Carvalho
Sinara Sandri
Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra