Darren Coventry-Howlett leads Dublin City Interfaith Forum's 'Safe Haven' project, addressing intolerance and extremism through interfaith methods. He's also Assistant Director at the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR). Previously, he served 18 years as a police sergeant in An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police, gaining extensive experience in frontline, community policing, policy, and strategy development, especially in hate and extremism policing. His postings included DMR South Central and North Central, and Kildare Garda divisions, along with specialist roles in the Garda National Community Policing Office and Diversity & Inclusion Office. Darren was the Irish OSCE/ODIHR national point of contact for combating hate crime and remains a contact for the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), training internationally on hate and extremism prevention. He holds an LLM in Human Rights in Criminal Justice from the University of Limerick, an MSc in Equality Studies from UCD, an MPA in International Inspection and Oversight from John Jay College, a BA in Law and Administration of Justice, and a BA in Police Studies. A Certified Inspector General Investigator, he's passionate about human rights, equality, P/CVE, interfaith dialogue, and restorative practices, with training in mediation and restorative practices facilitation. Darren serves on the MPAIO advisory board at John Jay College and is a trustee of 'Little Blue Heroes', a charity for sick children and families.

Bastiaan, with a background as a Naval/Military Police and Intelligence Officer, has evolved into an expert in addressing radicalization and extremism within Dutch municipalities over the last decade. He holds a Master's Degree in Social and Political Science and is certified as a Radicalization and Terrorism Expert. As a project manager, he primarily focuses on preventing and countering violent and political extremism, especially in youth and street cultures, in both offline and online environments. His approach involves enhancing interagency cooperation at various levels and integrating academic research with policy and practical implementation. This unique combination of experiences enables him to provide essential insights and "practical eye openers" for both researchers and frontline workers. Bastiaan's role extends to contributing to conferences and seminars, where he shares his knowledge and perspectives on combating radical ideologies in the Netherlands. As a consultant, he has significantly contributed to developing multi-agency online living labs, handbooks, and awareness campaigns, and has conducted workshops on radicalization prevention and community outreach. His diverse experience, curiosity, and policy understanding give him a unique viewpoint in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PVCE).

Stéphane Duguin is the CEO of the CyberPeace Institute. Humanitarian, entrepreneur, investigator, he spent two decades tracking how criminals groups and terrorists organisation weaponise disruptive technologies, such as Al, against vulnerable communities. At Europol, Stephane led major international counter cybercrime, terrorism and hybrid threats operations, and investigated threat actors deploying cyberattacks, illegal content and disinformation techniques. Stephane leads the CyberPeace Institute to provide free cybersecurity for the most vulnerable and hold threat actors to account for the harms they cause. Stéphane Duguin sits on the Board of the Datasphere Initiative and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Open Quantum Institute, the Global Forum on Cybercrime Expertise (GFCE), the Tech4Trust initiative, the Fighting Terrorist Content Online (FRISCO) and the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA). Stéphane has published a book, over 50 articles, book chapters, conference papers, and commentary essays exploring themes like AI, cybercrime, disinformation, and OSINT techniques. Holding numerous keynotes, he shed light on criminal innovation in the age of technology. Stéphane served in EUROPOL as senior manager in the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the European Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU), and the Europol Innovation Lab.