National Whistleblower Day Schedule Is Live!

National Whistleblower Day 2021 Media Advisory

Published on July 27, 2021

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National Whistleblower Day Schedule Is Live!

WASHINGTON, D.C. | July 27, 2021 — The National Whistleblower Center’s (NWC) 2021 National Whistleblower Day celebration begins tomorrow at 7 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 28th and runs until Friday, July 30th. The schedule for the week of celebration’s programming is now available, here. Members of the media are encouraged to RSVP for National Whistleblower Day 2021 for updates and a link to join the event.

The 2021 National Whistleblower Day schedule is listed below for your convenience:

Global Whistleblowers

Advocates from Around the World

Starting 7 AM EDT

12 PM United Kingdom, 1 PM Berlin, 7 PM Shanghai, 9 PM Sydney

7:00 AM Introduction: Siri Nelson
Panel: Australian Whistleblower Law

Dr. Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Keiran Pender, and AJ Brown

7:35 AM Speech: Giancarlo Spagnolo

Intermission

8:00 AM Panel: International Whistleblower Advocates

Mark Worth, Gilbert Sendugwa, Pamela Forward, Darko Ivanovic

8:45 AM Panel: UK Whistleblowing

Georgina Halford-Hall, Mary Robinson MP, Anthony Stansfeld, Lindsey Rogerson, Alexandra Sidossis

9:30 AM Live Chat with Siri Nelson and Mark Worth

 

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10:00 AM Panel: EU Whistleblower Directive

Mark Worth, Wendy Addison, Zuzana Grochalova
Dr. Caroline Raat

Intermission

11:00 AM Interview: Apple Whistleblower Thomas Le Bonniec
11:30 AM Whistleblower: Brad Birkenfeld
11:40 AM Live Q&A Chat with Siri Nelson

 

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12 Noon Exclusive: Jane Turner Interviews Sen. Grassley

 

Whistleblowing Works!

Government Leaders Celebrate Whistleblowers

Starting 10 AM EDT

Introduction

10:00 AM Introduction: New NWC Executive Director, Siri Nelson (with Stephen Kohn)
10:15 AM Panel: View from Whistleblower Advocates

Jeb White, Tom Devine, Marcel Reid, Danielle Brian, Siri Nelson

10:45 AM Speech: Baroness Kramer

Government Leaders Support Whistleblowers!

11:00 AM Speech: Michael Horowitz
Speech: Henry Kerner
Speech: Rob Storch
Speech: Marty Walsh
Speech: Gary Gensler

Intermission

11:30 AM Interview: History of National Whistleblower Day

 

Sherron Watkins and Stephen Kohn

12 Noon Congress: Sen. Charles Grassley
Congress: Sen. Ron Wyden

Whistleblowing Works

12:15 PM Speech: Giancarlo Spagnolo

Intermission

Members of the House and Senate Support Whistleblowers!

12:30 PM Congress: Rep. John Garamendi
Congress: Rep. Kathleen Rice
Congress: Sen. Joni Ernst
Congress: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema 
Congress: Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Congress: Rep. Jackie Speier

Live Chat

1:00 PM Live Chat with Siri Nelson and Jason Foster

 

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Meet the Whistleblowers!

1:30 PM Siri Nelson and Jane Turner
Whistleblower: Sara Thompson
Whistleblower: Kimberly Young-McLear
Whistleblower: Allison Gill

Whistleblowers and Climate

2:00 PM Speech: Mark Toney
Speech: Chip Barber

Intermission

2:30 PM Exclusive: Jane Turner Interviews Sen. Grassley
3:00 PM Closing for the Day

 

National Whistleblower Day

Recognizing Whistleblowers and Understanding Whistleblower Protections

Starting at 9 AM

10:00 AM Introduction: Siri Nelson 
Whistleblower Recognitions

Jane Turner and Siri Nelson

Panel: NASAA: Whistleblowing at the State Level

Faith Anderson, Lynne Egan, Jason Sterzer

Panel: Federal Employee Whistleblowers

Michael Kohn and Siri Nelson

Panel: Life After Whistleblowing

Jacqueline Garrick, Ted Blickwedel, Christian Greene, Martina Buck, Aaron Westrick

Panel: How Whistleblowers Changed the FBI

Frederic Whitehurst, Robert Kobus, Jane Turner

Intermission

12:30 PM Panel: Money Laundering

Dean Zerbe and Eric Hylton

Panel: Non-Disclosure Agreements

Michael Kohn and Siri Nelson

WNN Exclusives

1:00 PM Whistleblower: Kimberly Young-McLear
Whistleblower: Allison Gill
Whistleblower: Brad Birkenfeld
Whistleblower: Rebekah Jones
Whistleblower: Sara Thompson
Interview: Apple Whistleblower Thomas Le Bonniec
2:00 PM Panel: Social Media Whistleblowing

Gretchen Peters, Katie Paul, Ifeoma Ozoma

2:30 PM Speech: Neil Henrichsen
Speech: Mark Zaid

 

Speech: Michael Atkinson

Intermission

2:45 PM Panel: Legislative Priorities from Whistleblower Advocates

Andrew Lautz, Irvin McCullough, Jacqueline Garrick
Siri Nelson, Tom Devine, Melissa Wasser, Stephen Kohn

3:30 PM Panel: Tax Whistleblowers

Eric Hylton, Steve Miller, Stephen Kohn

4:00 PM Panel: Wildlife Whistleblower Law

Danielle Kessler, Andrea Crosta, Dr. Tanya Wyatt, Dan Ashe

Event Closing

4:45 PM Thank you!
5:00 PM Interview: History of National Whistleblower Day

 

Sherron Watkins and Stephen Kohn

 

For more information, please contact Nick Younger at nick.younger@whistleblowers.org.

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