The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2011

"Hard Vs. Soft Power in Global and National Politics: Innovative Concepts of Smart Power and Cultural Diplomacy in an Age of Interdependence, Digital Revolution, and Social Media"

(Berlin; May 11th - 15th, 2011)
The ICD is proud to publish the official timetable for our International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2011
  Wednesday,
May 11th, 2011
Thursday,
May 12th, 2011
Friday,
May 13th, 2011
Saturday,
May 14th, 2011
Sunday,
May 15th, 2011
08:30 Registration -
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
09:30 Welcome Words

The Hon. Janez Jansa
(Former Prime minister of Slovenia)

The Hon. Yasar Yakis
(Former Foreign Minister of Turkey)
(09:40) "Hard Power, Soft Power"
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Michael Chertoff
(Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security)

Location:
ICD House
(09:00) Visit to the German Foreign Office

Germany and State-Sponsored Cultural Diplomacy
(Visit, Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
German Foreign Office Representative

Location:
The German Foreign Ministry

A visit to the German Foreign Ministry followed by a group discussion on the Ministry’s works
"Identity, Globalization, Cultural Diplomacy and Smart Power"
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Dr. Vasile Puscas
(Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs)
"The Role of Soft Power and Its Significance in the Realm of Internal and External Policies of Indonesia"
(Lecture & Discussion)
H.E. Amb. Eddy Pratomo
(Ambassador of Indonesia to Germany)

Location:
ICD House
(10:00) "Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Best Practices in Cultural Engagement in Iraq"
(Lecture & Discussion)

John Ferguson
(Executive Director, American Voices)

Location:
ICD House
"The United Nations and Global Challenges: The Role of Soft Power in Multilateralism"
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E Amb. Thomas Stelzer
(Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs at DESA, UN)

Location:
ICD House
10:25 Break   Break   Break
10:35 Protest, Revolution and Democracy in Northern Africa and the Middle East: The Role of Technology in Empowering Citizens
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
The Hon. Yasar Yakis

Speakers:
The Hon. Michael Chertoff
The Hon. Rexhep Meidani
The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson
The Hon. Janez Jansa

Location:
ICD House
Travel Time to the ICD House
(11:30) Lecture & Discussion

Dr. Gerhard Sabathil
(Director for Strategy, Coordination and Analysis, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU)
The Future of the United Nations in a Globalized World: Revision and Reform
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider

Speakers:
The Hon. Dr. Emil Constantinescu
The Hon. Rexhep Meidani
The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson
The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham
The Hon. Dr. Vasile Puscas
H.E. Amb. Eddy Pratomo
The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic


Location:
ICD House
(Continue) "Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Best Practices in Cultural Engagement in Iraq"
(Lecture & Discussion)

John Ferguson
(Executive Director, American Voices)

Location:
ICD House
“Soft and Smart Power in Contemporary Foreign Policy”
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E. Ambassador Mrs. Sarojini Seeneevassen-Frers
(Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany)
Lecture & Discussion

Bettina Muscheidt (Desk Afghanistan, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU)

Location:
ICD House
11:30 Tea, Coffee & Refreshments   Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments
12:00 "Culture and Communication - A central Pillar of German Foreign Policy“
(Lecture & Discussion)
Werner Wnendt
(Director - Department of Culture & Communication, The German Foreign Office)

Location:
ICD House
"Morocco: Widespread Reforms for a Modern Society"
(Lecture & Discussion)


H.E Amb. Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal
(Ambassador of Morocco to Germany)
"Religion and its Impacts on the Culture of the People - Ethiopian Perspectives"
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E Amb. Fesseha Asghedom Tessema
(Ambassador of Ethiopia to Germany)
"Globalization in Political and Economic Context"
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Vladimír Mečiar
(Former Prime Minister of Slovakia)

Location:
ICD House
(11:50) "Hard/soft Security - the Role of the EU and the EU-UN Relationship"
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E. Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu
(Romanian Ambassador to Germany; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Lecture & Discussion

H.E. Amb. Mosud Mannan
(Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany)
Lecture & Discussion

H.E Amb. Clémentine Shakembo Kamanga
(Ambassador of Congo to Germany)

Location:
ICD House
The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in Contemporary International Relations
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
The Hon. Dr. Erkki Tuomioja

Speakers:
The Hon. Rexhep Meidani
The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson
The Hon. Luc van den Brande
The Hon. Yasar Yakis
The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic
H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider
Bettina Muscheidt
John Ferguson


Location:
ICD House
"The Notion of Power in International Relations and the Future of the United Nations Organization"
(Lecture & Discussion)

Dr. Hans Köchler
(Professor of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, President of the International Progress Organization)

Location:
ICD House
13:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Sunday Lunch
14:30 (15:00)"A New Take on Hard and Soft Power"
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E Amb. Andras Simonyi
(Former Hungarian Ambassador to the USA)
Pecularities and Trend to a Changing World Order
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Rexhep Meidani
Former President of Albania
Location:
ICD House
Genocide as a Form of Struggle for Freedom
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E Amb. Dr. Emina Keco Isakovic
(Ambassador of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the UN Office in Geneva)
"How to make Prevention of Genocide more Effective"
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E. Amb. Janis Mazeiks
(Latvian Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva)
Lecture & Discussion

H. E. Amb. Jean Feyder
(Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UN Office in Geneva)

“The Crime of Genocide - some Reflections Regarding its Scope and Challenges for the Judicial System"
Maria Kelt
(Director at the Swedish Ministry of Justice with Special Responsibility for Human Rights Issues and International Criminal Law)
(14:00) "Smart Power and Double Standards: The Role of Values in Western Foreign Policies"
(Lecture & Discussion)

Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider
(Director of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations)
“Ireland, Europe and Soft Power Diplomacy”Lecture & Discussion
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E Amb. Dan Mulhall
(Ambassador of Ireland to Germany)

The Hon. Lucinda Creighton
(Minister of European Affairs of Ireland)
"Hard or Soft Power for the Middle East and North Africa".
(Lecture & Discussion)

Location:
ICD House

The Hon. Yasar Yakis
Sharing Power Horizontally and Vertically - and Responsibility?
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Georgi Pirinski
"Soft Power and People Power"
(Lecture & Discussion)

H.E. Amb. Delia Domingo-Albert

Location:
ICD House
Participant Papers

Prof. Aleksandar Fatić
  - Empathy in Diplomacy

Josiane Martin O’brien - "Hard Vs. Soft Power in Global and National Politics: Innovative Concepts of Smart Power and Cultural Diplomacy in an Age of Interdependence, Digital Revolution, and Social Media"

Dr. Stuart Murray - Sports-Diplomacy: a hybrid of two halves

James G. Cussen - A Twentieth Century Tordesillas': Or How Soft Power Works Sometimes

Jay Zwirblis - Redefining Peace and Security Using Social Networks
16:00 Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments
16:30 Lecture & Discussion

H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider
(Former US Ambassador to the Netherland)
„Cultural Relations in the 21st century: a British Council perspective“
(Lecture & Discussion)

John Whitehead
(Director - British Council, Berlin)

Location:
ICD House
Managing Diversity in a Globalized World: Towards Sustaiable Peace and Development for All

Dr. John Packer
(Director, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, UK)
International Response to Genocide
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic
(Former Minister of Justice, Republic of Croatia)
"The Belgian Experience on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Dr. Marc Verwilghen
(Former Minister of Justice of Belgium)
Lecture & Discussion

Merethe Stagetorn
Defense Lawyer for the Danish Supreme Court

Location:
ICD House
Lecture & Discussion

The Hon. Ana Trisic Babic
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia & Herzegovina
"Multi - Level Governance : Responsibility and Cooperation, a Lever for Better Governance in an Evolving World“

The Hon. Luc van den Brande
(Former Minister-President of Flanders, Belgium; Former President of the European Union's Committee of the Regions (CIVEX))
"Globalization: a Flat World with Deep Fractures"
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Dr. Emil Constantinescu
(Former President of Romania)
"The Republicans, The Democrats and the Role of Cultural Diplomacy in US Foreign Policy"
(Lecture & Discussion)

The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson
(Former United States Senator from Arkansas)

Location:
ICD House
"Moving Towards Smart Power": Smart Power in Domestic and International Politics
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
Mark Donfried

Speakers:
The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham
John Ferguson
Bettina Muscheidt
Dr. Hans Köchler


Location:
ICD House
18:00 Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments (17:30) Travel Time to the Embassy of Uzbekistan Tea, Coffee & Refreshments Tea, Coffee & Refreshments
18:30 The Social Media and the Internet: Redefining the Distribution of Power between Governments and Citizens
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
H.E Amb. Andras Simonyi

Speakers:
The Hon. Michael Chertoff
The Hon. Rexhep Meidani
The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson
The Hon. Janez Jansa
The Hon. Carlos Westendorp
The Hon. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin
H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider


Location:
ICD House
Welcome Group Dinner at "Ach Niko Ach"
Reception - Initiative Launch Event »
(Keynote Speech, Panel Discussion, Reception)

"Enforcing the Genocide Convention"
(Keynote Speech)

The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron
(Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal Court for the Former Yugoslavia)
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Reassessing the Effectiveness, Application and Implementation of the Convention
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
The Hon. Janez Jansa


Speakers:
The Hon. Dr. Marc Verwilghen
The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic
H. E. Amb. Jean Feyder
H.E Amb. Dr. Emina Keco Isakovic
H.E. Amb. Janis Mazeiks
Dr. John Packer
Maria Kelt
Merethe Stagetorn
Group Dinner at "Zillemarkt"
Uzbekistan Embassy Event

The Embassy of Uzbekistan to Germany hosts the participants and speakers for an evening reception, featuring live music, refreshments and a welcome speech from H. E. Ambassador
Dilshod Kh. Akhatov

Location:
Embassy of Uzbekistan to Germany
Developments, Challenges and Opportunities in the Evolving World Order
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider

Speakers:
The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson
H.E Amb. Thomas Stelzer
The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham
The Hon. Yasar Yakis
Zvonimir Paul Separovic
Dr. Hans Köchler
Bettina Muscheidt
Symposium Cultural Event

Location:
ICD House
Farewell Group Dinner