Dictatorships Fear What We Must Build: Collective Intelligence and Action

What do dictatorships fear most? It’s noise, connection, and solidarity. Resistance together.
In this deeply personal and politically charged keynote, Omezzine Khelifa shares her journey from growing up under dictatorship in Tunisia to witnessing—and participating in—the uprising that sparked the Arab Spring. Reflecting on what it means to lead, resist, and rebuild in the face of systemic collapse, this talk is a call to reject isolation, reclaim community, and harness the power of collective intelligence. As democracies backslide and authoritarianism spreads, we must move beyond romanticized notions of savior leadership and toward radical solidarity and participatory systems that can evolve, include, and inspire. 

This session invites participants to rethink not only how we govern creatively —but how we dream and act, together.