Nikki Gladstone is a community manager, writer, and advocate for digital rights. Since 2017, she has worked with Access Now as the Director of RightsCon, the world’s leading summit on human rights and technology. Before Access Now, Nikki worked with the Wilson Center’s Digital Futures Project on the foreign policy implications of emerging technologies, and as a Graduate Fellow with the University of Toronto’s Digital Public Square. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University and a Master of Global Affairs degree from the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.