Rue Washington
40 · B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tech for Palestine
Solidarity in Action
The time is now
We gather not merely to discuss the mechanics of oppression, but to construct the architecture of our collective liberation through tech.
Tech for Palestine brings together organizers, lawyers, journalists, policy workers, business professionals and engineers from across Europe and beyond — for workshops, networking sessions, and panels with leading names from the movement.
Conference themes
1. Media
-> Corporate media bias and narrative shaping: language, framing, and amplification
-> Exposing anti-Palestinian censorship and enforcing media accountability
-> Promoting alternative narratives and communication channels and supporting Palestinian reporting on the ground
2. Tech & corporate complicity
-> Big Tech monopoly power and dependency risks in the EU and beyond
-> Unethical uses of technology: surveillance, the weapons industry, AI misuse
-> Exposing corporate complicity and mobilizing businesses to stand with Palestine
3. EU-Israel relations
-> The EU-Israel Association Agreement and the mobilization for suspension and sanctions
-> EU responsibility: enabling impunity, occupation, and settler colonialism
-> Advocacy strategy: pressure points, coalition-building, and messaging
4. Legal action
-> Legal protection for the movement and privacy and security for organizers
-> The role of the ICC and ICJ and the collapse of international law
-> Strategic litigation against war crimes perpetrators around the globe
Speakers
Paul Biggar – Founder & CEO, Tech for Palestine
Paul Biggar leads Tech for Palestine, a collaboration of tech projects advocating for Palestine. He previously founded startups Darklang and CircleCI.
Dyab Abou Jahjah – Hind Rajab Foundation
Dyab Abou Jahjah is a political activist, speaker, and writer. He is the founder and also General Director of the Hind Rajab Foundation.
Hana Jalloul Muro – MEP, Spain
Hana Jalloul Muro is currently a Member of the European Parliament, representing the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group
Marwa Fatafta – MENA Policy and Advocacy Director, Access Now
Marwa Fatafta is a Palestinian digital rights advocate and tech policy expert. She leads Access Now’s work on digital rights in the MENA region as the Policy and Advocacy Director.
Jan Fermon – Bureau member, International Association of Democratic Lawyers
Jan Fermon is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar; specialist in criminal, international humanitarian and human rights law.
Claudio Francavilla – Associate EU Director, Human Rights Watch
Claudio Francavilla conducts advocacy on EU foreign policy, and has worked extensively on Europe’s response to Israeli crimes and the regional crisis.
Lama Nazeeh – 7amleh
Lama is a Palestinian lawyer and a human rights advocate serving as Advocacy Manager at 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media.
Nima Akram – Founder, NewsCord
Nima is the founder of NewsCord, a media watchdog that finds misinformation in real time and gives the public the means to make their voice heard in seconds through direct online action.
Alyna Smith – Researcher, Tech Infrastructure Coalition
Alyna is a researcher and advocate working at Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice for the Tech Infrastructure Coalition, looking at the relationship between infrastructural power and securitisation.
Tania Ellis – Business for Palestine
Tania Ellis is founder of the knowledge and action hub Business For Palestine (BFP). She has spent more than two decades advising companies on corporate responsibility, ESG, and sustainable business development.
Michel Collon – Co-founder, Investig’Action
Michel is a Belgian journalist and writer. Founder of the independent media Investig’Action. Analyst of war strategies and disinformation.
Daan de Grefte -Senior Legal Officer, ELSC
Daan is a Senior Legal Officer managing impact litigation work at ELSC, focusing on strategic litigation and advocacy projects on corporate and state accountability.
Mohamed Dawood – Founder, Justice 48
Mohamed Dawood is the Founder and President of Justice 48, working at the intersection of advocacy, legal strategy, and movement-building to advance justice for Palestine.
Ilya Kolpakov – TU PhD Student
Ilya is an activist and researcher with a technology background. His research is focused on exposing European high-tech complicity in genocide and the occupation of Palestine.
More to come
Lineup in progress
With several speakers already announced, we have more strong additions to the lineup currently being confirmed. Full list coming soon.