Oslo Freedom Forum
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Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is a series of global conferences run by the New York–based non-profit Human Rights Foundation under the slogan "Challenging Power".[1] OFF was founded in 2009 as a one-time event and has taken place annually ever since. The forum aims to bring together notable people, including former heads of state, winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, prisoners of conscience, as well as of other public figures in order to network and exchange ideas about human rights and exposing dictatorships.
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Founded | 2009 (Oslo, Norway) |
Patron(s) | Peter Thiel |
Organised by | Human Rights Foundation |
Website | www |
The main OFF conference is held annually in central Oslo, Norway, while satellite events have been held in San Francisco, New York, Taiwan, and on college campuses in the United States. OFF talks are live-streamed and consist of lectures and panel discussions taking place in front of a live audience.[2]
OFF was founded by human rights activist Thor Halvorssen.