Schedule

Get ready for an extraordinary event. This is our 14th global conference and we expect over 1,500 journalists from over 100 countries and territories. The conference is a chance to learn from the best in the business — winners of the Pulitzer Prize and other top awards, pioneers of data journalism, and fearless investigators who have exposed corruption and abuses of power almost everywhere. 

Here’s a look at the schedule. We’ve integrated more than 400 pitches and proposals, as well as what past attendees have told us they most valued. You’ll find more than 100 workshops, expert panels, networking sessions, and special events — with more than 300 speakers from around the world. This is not the final program, there are more sessions and speakers to come. And the timings of panels may be subject to changes.

Sunday November 23

1:30pm
Environment
KLCC Level 3 - Conference Hall 1
Chinese infrastructure investments and supply chains in mining, fishing, and manufacturing span the world. But investigating their environmental impact, labor practices, and corruption is increasingly challenging. China's restricted press freedom, growing data opacity, and new laws limiting external access to investment information create significant reporting barriers. This session brings together journalists who have successfully investigated Chinese economic links in their regions, offering practical tools, methodologies, and alternative data sources. The focus is on presenting actionable techniques for remote investigation.
1:30pm
General
KLCC Level 4 - Room 403
ProPublica (USA) and CORRECTIV (Germany) have pioneered crowdsourcing investigations, developing innovative techniques that transform audiences from passive consumers into active participants in accountability journalism. This session shares proven strategies, helpful tools, and lessons learned from successful crowdsourced projects. Participants will also learn practical newsroom strategies for leveraging audiences to enhance investigations, build community trust, and amplify impact while avoiding common pitfalls.
1:30pm
General
KLCC Level 3 - Room 306
The current US administration's tariff regime, immigration policies, travel restrictions, and military operations are creating global ripple effects, so watchdog journalists need tools to track Washington's influence worldwide. This essential workshop guides international journalists through US governmental data, revealing funding, programs, and activities, as well as teaches you how to navigate databases showing federal expenditures, diplomatic initiatives, and policy implementations affecting local contexts and regions.
1:30pm
Tech
KLCC Level 3 - Conference Hall 2
While AI can pose challenges, it has helped journalists to work with large data troves and find hidden patterns - and its tools are available to both large and small newsrooms. In this practical panel that draws on powerful investigative projects, data experts show how AI tools can be leveraged to comb through everything from court records to images and political speeches to help uncover stories of public interest.
3:00pm
Crime & Corruption
KLCC Level 3 - Room 304
Oligarchs use vast wealth and political connections to shield corrupt business empires from scrutiny. This panel features reporters who have successfully penetrated these powerful networks despite legal threats and intimidation. Learn methodologies for tracing shell companies, identifying beneficial ownership, and mapping political relationships. Speakers share techniques for investigating hidden assets, following international money trails, and building bulletproof cases against well-protected targets while managing personal and legal risks.
3:00pm
Data
KLCC Level 3 - Room 302
While a growing number of reporters know how to dig into shell companies and hidden assets for “follow-the-money” investigations into fraud and corruption, many struggle with crunching of the numbers they've uncovered. In this workshop, a veteran journalist equips attendees with the ability to compute and work with percentages, rates, currencies, financial indicators, and the kind of mathematics that can be an investigator's friend.
3:00pm
Data
KLCC Level 3 - Room 303
In an era where data drives impactful storytelling, Python offers powerful analysis and visualization capabilities. This workshop demonstrates how AI tools like ChatGPT make coding approachable, empowering journalists to create data-driven stories independently. Designed for journalists without coding experience, the session starts with Python fundamentals and AI coding basics, as participants engage in hands-on Jupyter Notebook exercises. NOTE: Participants are encouraged to have Python (with Jupyter Notebook) installed on their devices and a ChatGPT account set up before attending. While familiarity with Python is helpful, it’s not required.
3:00pm
Documentaries
KLCC Level 4 - Plenary Theatre
Visual storytelling transforms complex investigations into compelling narratives that reach broader audiences. This panel features veteran video journalists sharing techniques for translating document-heavy investigations into engaging visual stories. Learn how to effectively use graphics, animations, and cinematography to explain financial crimes, data patterns, and corruption schemes. Discover strategies for maintaining journalistic rigor while creating accessible content that holds viewers' attention and drives impact.
3:00pm
Environment
KLCC Level 3 - Room 305
This practical session equips journalists with tools to investigate climate finance and corporate environmental crimes. Panelists demonstrate how to use stock exchange data and free resources to uncover overlooked stories about banks funding fossil fuel companies, corporate greenwashing practices, and how major corporations harm vulnerable communities. Attendees also learn cost-effective investigation techniques, including methods to track financial flows between investors and polluting industries.
3:00pm
General
KLCC Level 4 - Room 404
Before the digital age, paper documents held secrets that remain crucial for understanding our history. This panel explores how historical archives can illuminate contemporary investigations through real case studies. Discover how technology can unlock previously impenetrable records, from digitized manuscripts to AI-powered document analysis. Learn practical strategies for navigating archival systems, connecting past events to present stories, and uncovering long-buried truths that reshape our understanding of current events.
3:00pm
General
KLCC Level 3 - Conference Hall 1
Cross-border collaborative journalism can uncover stories that individual newsrooms cannot tackle alone. However, the success of these ambitious projects often hinges on skilled editorial leadership that can navigate complex logistical, cultural, and professional challenges. This panel brings together veteran editors who have led successful cross-border investigations to discuss their insights on team building, project management, and the editorial decision-making processes that transform individual reporting into powerful collective storytelling.
3:00pm
General
KLCC Level 4 - Room 403
Successfully managing an investigative team requires keeping "50 plates in the air at the same time and still smile," per panel speaker Coco Gubbels, author of "GIJN's Guide to Project Management in Investigative Journalism." In this practical workshop, Gubbels guides participants through the complete lifecycle of investigative projects: from initial planning and team assembly to monitoring progress and project closure. Attendees learn essential leadership competencies including managing team dynamics, crisis communication, risk assessment, and dealing with cultural differences.
3:00pm
Networking
KLCC Level 4 - Room 402
Meet other women from the investigative journalism community, get inspired, discuss challenges, build networks, and share resources and ideas. This networking session is an informal gathering and a chance to meet your colleagues and talk about how we can help each other. So relax, enjoy yourself, share your ideas, and come ready to brainstorm and collaborate. GIJN Women is a group created by the Global Investigative Journalism Network to discuss issues related to the work of women and non-binary investigative journalists. The group was formally created in Hamburg in 2019 and it currently has hundreds of members from around the world. You can apply to join us here: https://groups.io/g/GIJNwomen/. All sessions are first come, first served. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.
3:00pm
Networking
KLCC Level 4 - Room 401
Our networking sessions are just that: informal meet-ups where you can introduce yourself, talk about your work, brainstorm, and find colleagues to collaborate with. Here is a chance to meet colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere and help strengthen German-speaking investigative networks. All sessions are first come, first served. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.
3:00pm
Nonprofit & New Models
KLCC Level 4 - Room 410
Effective grant writing is crucial for nonprofit media sustainability, but the process often overwhelms busy newsrooms. This practical workshop teaches efficient strategies for identifying appropriate funding opportunities, crafting compelling narratives, and meeting funder requirements without consuming excessive time. Learn to align organizational strengths with funder priorities, develop reusable proposal templates, and avoid common pitfalls that waste effort. 
4:30pm
Data
KLCC Level 3 - Room 305
You've collected whois records, social media activity, online behavior, metadata, shared analytics, or ad IDs. But how do you evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each indicator to establish connections and draw conclusions? This workshop draws on approaches used by open source practitioners, intelligence analysts, and lawyers to provide investigators with easy to implement strategies for weighing and analyzing digital evidence.
4:30pm
Data
KLCC Level 3 - Room 302
In this workshop, journalists will learn how to build their own customized AI research assistants to strengthen their daily newsgathering and investigative projects. Participants discover how to use large language models to help check sources and analyze information through multi-step processes. Journalists will work with the latest no-code AI software to build applications. During the workshop, each participant will develop a user interface for their personal research assistant, gaining practical skills to integrate AI tools into their journalism workflow.
4:30pm
Data
KLCC Level 3 - Room 303
Telegram has emerged as a global information platform, a key reporting tool for tracking conflicts and breaking news — and also a favorite communication channel for malicious actors involved in disinformation, corruption, and organized crime. In this practical workshop — no programming expertise required — veteran investigative journalists share user-friendly tools and methods for scraping Telegram data, investigating public channels, collecting and archiving messages, and transcribing video content.
4:30pm
Data
KLCC Level 4 - Room 405
Local investigations don't always count on massive newsroom resources — impactful stories hide in accessible public records and community statistics. This hands-on workshop demonstrates how to uncover corruption, inefficiency, and misconduct in your own backyard using simple tools and publicly available information. Two experienced data instructors guide participants through practical exercises using local budgets, court records, and government databases to reveal patterns that expose local accountability failures and generate compelling investigative stories.
4:30pm
General
KLCC Level 3 - Conference Hall 1
Social media anonymity and generative AI have amplified manipulation campaigns, threatening democracies and elections worldwide. These sophisticated operations deploy fabricated content to impose false narratives on public discourse. Exposing the architects behind such campaigns requires combining digital forensics with traditional reporting techniques. Expert panelists share tips on dismantling influence operations and tracing anonymous actors, while providing practical tools for investigating similar manipulation campaigns in diverse contexts.
4:30pm
Human Rights
KLCC Level 4 - Room 404
Drawing on work from over 25 conflicts — including images used at The Hague to help indict and convict war criminals — Ron Haviv shares how investigative photojournalism uncovers truth, demands accountability, and shapes history. Participants will explore case studies from concept to execution, gaining practical skills and a clear understanding of the ethical responsibilities behind visual evidence to document war crimes.
Speakers
4:30pm
Networking
KLCC Level 4 - Room 401
Our networking sessions are just that: informal meet-ups where you can introduce yourself, talk about your work, brainstorm, and find colleagues to collaborate with. Here is a chance to meet other journalists from around the world who are seeking partners for transnational reporting in a relaxed atmosphere. All sessions are first come, first served. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.
4:30pm
Networking
KLCC Level 4 - Room 403
Our networking sessions are just that: informal meet-ups where you can introduce yourself, talk about your work, brainstorm, and find colleagues to collaborate with. Here is a chance to meet Russian-speaking colleagues from around the world in a relaxed atmosphere and help strengthen investigative networks across Eurasia. All sessions are first come, first served. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.
4:30pm
Networking
KLCC Level 4 - Room 402
Our networking sessions are just that: informal meet-ups where you can introduce yourself, talk about your work, brainstorm, and find colleagues to collaborate with. Here is a chance to meet colleagues from across Southeast Asia in a relaxed atmosphere and help strengthen the region's investigative networks. All sessions are first come, first served. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.
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