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The ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2012 is the world’s leading event in the field of cultural diplomacy. The 2012 Annual Conference will include four large-scale events dedicated to the fields of cultural diplomacy, arts and culture. ICD Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2012 will take place in four different countries throughout the entire month of December and will include over 200 high-level speakers from the field of art, cinema and music, and over 4000 participants. In addition to the main five events of the Annual Conference, additional events will take place around the world in all 5 continents simultaneously during the month of December. (More »)
Artists for the Symposia include »
Bill Bailey
English Comedian, Musician and Actor (Hollywood, December 10-13, 2012) (more) |
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The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy is the world’s leading and largest event in the field of Cultural Diplomacy. The Symposia 2012 will include five large-scale events incorporating the fields of cultural diplomacy, international politics and economics, and international human rights. The events will take place in three different countries throughout the entire month of June and will include over 200 high level speakers and over 2000 participants. (More »)
Speakers for the Symposia include »
Amb. Rufus Yerxa
Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization - WTO (Geneva, June 13th, 2012) (more) |
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Martha J. Kanter
Under Secretary of Education, US Department of Education (Washington D.C. June 26th - 28th, 2012) (more) |
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The following events will take place in June 2012:
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(Berlin, June 1st - 4th, 2012) more »
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(Geneva, June 13th - 15th, 2012) more »
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(Berlin, June 20th - 22nd, 2012) more »
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(Washington D.C, June 26th - 28th, 2012) more »
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(Berlin, July 25th - 27th, 2012) more »
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 ICD Young Leaders Forums 2012 (More »)
Speakers for the Young Leaders Weeklong Seminars include »
The Power of Africa is the third Africa related conference that is being hosted in the beginning of 2012. It will focus on the possibilities and barriers that the African countries are facing in terms of economic and political bargaining power as well as the prospect of speaking with one voice on the international stage. (More »)
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The Ankara Conference on Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution stands out as the ICD's effort to impact the international system at its most sensitive and efficient level: conflict resolution and peacebuilding, taking the Mediterranean as the focus of our study (More »)
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The Berlin International Economics Congress 2012" is one of the leading global conferences combining the fields of International Economics, Nation Branding and International Relations with an interdisciplinary and multinational program. (More »)
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2012 Call for Solutions (Read »)
We seek innovative, solutions that can leap across industries accelerating the timeline of reaching ZERO+ and have positive impact on our ocean.
(This year's theme is: LEAP TO ZERO+)
What is Cultural Diplomacy (More »)
Learn more about cultural diplomacy from ICD Director of Cultural Diplomacy Research & Practice, Amb Dr. Cynthia Schneider (Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University; 61st Ambassador of the USA to the Netherlands)
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2009:
"The Role of Soft Power in the International Environment"
(Berlin, 27th - 31st July 2009)
Mark Donfried explains why Managers might want to use "soft power" rather than More Traditional "Hard" Methods like those espoused by "The Prince" Author Niccolo Machiavelli
ICD Speaker Corner
On February 29th 2012, Mr. Ribal Al Assad (Founder & Chairman of the Iman Foundation) held a Public Speech about the Human Rights Situation in Syria, including a moment of Silence for the Victims
(Berlin Brandenburg Gate,
February 29th, 2012)
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