Our Speakers - International
- S.E. Abdul Bin Rimdap Ambassador of the Republic of Nigeria
- Abed Nadjib Minister Counselor at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Berlin
- Abenaa Adomako Co-Founder of the Initiative Schwarzer Deutscher
- Ambassador Abdulkadir Bin Rimdan Ambassador of Nigeria to Germany
- Adetoun Adebisi-Küppers CyberNomads
- Agnes Ciuperca Policy Planning Staff, German Parliament, FDP Party
- Agnes Kolodziej Political Affairs Officer, Canadian Embassy
- H.E Ambassador Ahmada R. Ngemera Ambassador of Tanzania to Germany; Former Minister of Industry, Trade, and Marketing for Tanzania; Former Deputy Secretary General of the East African Community, responsible for Finance and Administration
- Prof. Dr. Ahmet Evin Sabanci University
- Ahmet Kühlaci Deutscher Korrespondent der Zeitung Hürryiet
- Dr. Ahmet Lokurlu CEO Solitem Group, Aachen
- The Hon. Akua Sena Dansua Minister for Tourism of Ghana
- The Hon. Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi Former Prime minister of Sudan
- Alain Visser Managing Director for Sale and Marketing, Opel GmbH
- Senator the Hon. Alan Baird Ferguson The 22nd President of the Australian Senate
- Dr. Alan Berman Senior Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University, Australia
- Alan Minz Consul – Government of Alberta Germany Office
- The Hon. Alberto Jose Guevara Obregon Minister of Treasury and Public Credit of Nicaragua, Minister of Finance of Nicaragua
- Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO
- Alexander Longolius Chairman of the Board, Checkpoint Charlie Foundation
- Alexander Rahr One of Germany's leading Russia experts and a Putin biographer
- Alexander Sixt Development Director Sixt Car Rental
- Alexander Somoza Desk Office for the Nordic Region, German Foreign Ministry
- Alfred Sant Former Prime Minister of Malta; Currently Member of Malta's Parliament
- Dr. Alfred Schlicht Referat 606, Vortragender Legationsrat
- President Dr. Alfredo Palacio Former President of Ecuador; ICD Advisory Board Member
- Alicyn Vye Henning Director, Street Oscar's
- Prof. Dr. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Professor of Democracy Studies, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
- Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali Former Interior Minister of Afghanistan
- Ali Ahmet Acet Turkish Ambassador to Germany
- Ali Murat Başçeri Deputy Head of Mission of the Turkish Embassy
- Almut Möller Analyst on European integration and European foreign and security policy in the Middle East
- H.E. Minister Ama Tutu Muna Minister of Culture of the Republic of Cameroon
- Amine Filali Counsellor, Moroccan Embassy
- Ana Trisic Babic Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia & Herzegovina
- H. E. Ambassador Mr. Anatole Bacanamwo Ambassador of Burundi to Germany
- Dr. Andràs Simonyi Former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States
- Andrea Kurmann Actress
- Dr. Andreas Etges Profesor, John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free Univerity of Berlin
- Dr. Andreas Goldberg Zentrum für Türkeistudien
- Andreas Hüber One Germany
- Andreas Leuscher Associate Professor of Architecture.Environmental Design Studies, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
- Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath Chairman, BCCG
- Prof. Andreas Rasch Helmuut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg
- Andreas Wiebel Diplomat, Indian Embassy
- Andrej Kupetz President of the Zollverein School
- Andres Veiel German Film Director and Screenwriter; His upcoming film “If Not Us, Who?” is scheduled to compete for the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival
- Col. Andrew Budd Branch Chief, Strategic Policy & Concepts Branch, International Military Staff, NATO
- Dr. Andrew Dorman Senior Lecturer at King's College London, Associate Fellow at Chatham House
- Andrew Johnston Associate Professor, Department of History, Carleton University
- Andrew Nobel British Embassy Representative
- Andrew Sparrow Senior Political Editor, Guardian Online
- Anett Szabó Former Organizer of the "Karneval der Kulturen"
- Anja Fabiani Diplomat, Slovenian Ministry
- Prof. Dr. Anja Mihr Associate Professor, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, Utrecht
- Dr. Anna-Maija Mertens Director of the Finnish Institute
- Ms. Anna Kellner Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Anna Fotyga Former Foreign Minister of Poland
- Annamaria di Giorgio Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin
- Dr. Anne Duncker Bilateral Cultural and Media Relations Europe, incl. Turkey
- Anne Schreffler Professor of Music, Harvard University
- Anne Tallineau Schesch Cultural Attaché for Media and Film at the French Embassy in Berlin
- Dr. Anne V. Adams Director of the W.E.B. Dubois Memorial Centre for Pan-African Culture, Ghana
- Annette von Wesendonk Besucherzentrum German Foreign Office
- Annika Niemann Curator, IFA Gallery
- Dr. Anne-Juliane Hünnemeyer Economist for Projects in Developing Countries (KfW)
- Anthony Chapman German Honorary Consul General to Nova Scotia
- Prof. Anthony Giddens (Baron Giddens of Southgate) Professor Emeritus at LSE, Life fellow of Kings College Cambridge, Former Director of LSE
- Anthony Suau Photographer, 1984 Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer
- Dr. Ariel King Founder of the Ariel Foundation International Women Impacting Policy, Permanent Representative for the National Council of Women at the United Nations
- Armands Slokenbergs Director, Latvian Tourism Development Agency
- Arnecke Siebold Chairman of the German-Canadian Business Club and the German-Canadian Society
- Dr. Arno Truger Director - Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Dr. Arpad A. Sölter Head of Division “Strategy and Evaluation” at the Headquarters of the Goethe-Institut in Munich
- Dr. Arthur H. Westing Former Director of the United Nations Environment Program project on Peace, Security and Environment
- Assaf Gavron DAAD Artist in Berlin Program
- Axel Sabac El Cher Descendent of the Prussian-African Sabac El-Cher family
- Axel Schäfer SPD Representative in the Bundestag
- Axel Ströhlein Director of the State of Bavaria Québec Office
- Ayhan Kaya Director, European Institute at Istanbil Bilgi University
- Aygul Murtazina Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to Chad
- Aysen Özyegin Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, ACEV
- Baki Irmak Media Director of DWS
- Barbara Fraenkel-Thonet Director of the Goethe Institute, Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Barbara John Former Commissioner of the Berlin Senate for Immigration and Migration
- Ms Barbara Wolf Member of the division in charge of the Union for the Mediterranean and the G8 BMENA initiative, German Foreign Office
- Prof. Dr. Bassam Tibi A.D. White Professor-at-Large, Cornell University
- Dr. Beate Wagner Generalsekretärin Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen
- Beatrice Behn Deputy Director Britspotting
- Bendt Bendtsen Former Danish Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, Former Deputy Prime Minister
- Dr. Benjamin Barber Professor of Civil Society and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, author of bestseller, Jihad vs McWorld
- Benjamin Didszuweit Analyst Deutsche Bank, GMT Alumni
- Benjamin Hanna Cultural Affairs and External Communications, Public Diplomacy at German Foreign Office
- Benjamin Martin History Department, San Francisco State University
- Benjamin Titze Board Member of Amnesty International Germany
- Prof. Dr. Berit Sandberg Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin.
- Bertie Ahern Former Prime Minister of Ireland
- Prof. Bernd Schneider Helmholtz Insitute
- Bettina Muscheidt Political Desk Officer at the European Commission for Afghanistan
- Prof. Dr. Bietmann Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende GEW Rheinenergie
- The Hon. Bill Cash MP Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Bill Park Senior Lecturer at Kings College London
- H.E. Ambassador Birger Riis-Jørgensen Ambassador of Denmark to the UK
- Birgit Otto Policy Planning Unit, German Bundestag CDU/CSU fraction
- Birgitt Tovborg Cultural Attaché of the Danish Embassy
- Björn Gehrmann Diplomat, German Foreign Office
- Boun Nhang Laotian Minister
- Brain Foster PhD Candidate, Carleton University
- Dr. Bruno Fischli Member of the Board, Goethe Institut
- Burkhard Hinz Regional Director East Africa for the KfW Development Bank
- Carl Graf von Hohenthal Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany
- Amb. Carlo Ungaro Former Italian Ambassador, adviser to the Italian contingent of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Herat, Afghanistan
- H.E. Carlos dos Santos Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to Germany
- Carolina Galindo Hernández Humboldt University
- Carsten J. Diercks Rechtsanwalt and Member of TEAM EUROPE
- Carsten Rüpke Deputy Head of Division, Northern Europe Division, German Foreign Office
- Cassam Uteem Former President of the Republic of Mauritius
- Dr. Catherine Fieschi Director of Counterpoint
- Catherine Milliken Berliner Philharmonic
- Cem Özdemir Leader of the Green Party
- Chad Parker Organization of American Historians Newsletter
- Dr. Charles F. Doran Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations, John Hopkins University; Director of the Global Theory and History Program
- Dr. Fred Charles Iklé Former United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
- Prof. Charles Yankah President of the African Cultural Institute
- Chris Bryant MP British Minister of State for Europe, Member of the British Parliament for Rhonda (Labour Party)
- Prof. Dr. Christian Armbruester Judge Berlin Court of Justice, Professor of Law, Free University Berlin
- Christian Hornberg KfW Development Bank
- Christian Manhart Chief Section of Museums and Cultural Objects
- Dr. Christian Tuschhoff Free University Berlin
- Mr. Christian Noçon Famous German Indian Classical Musician
- Christian Spang Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo
- Christiane Schlötzer-Scotland Deputy Head of Correspondence, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Supporter of Ernst-Reuter-Initiative
- Christina Arend Runze & Casper Werbeagentur GmbH, Project Manager
- Christof Hertel Hamburg University of Technology, Institute for Transport, Planning and Logistics
- Christoph Lanz Director of Deutsche Welle TV
- Christoph Mailliet Executive Manager, Streetfootballworld
- Christos Katsioulis Co-ordinator for activities on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin.
- Prof. Cinnamon Dornsife Acting Director, International Development Program, Johns Hopkins University
- Claire Delahaye PhD Candidate, University of Paris III
- The Hon. Lieutenant General Clarence McKnight Former Director - Command, Control, and Communications, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US
- Claude Trudelle Director of the Berlin Office of the Representation of Québec
- Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert Head of the department of Energy, Transportation and Environment at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin (DIW)
- Dr. Claudia Nicolai University of Applied Sciences, Würzburg
- Claudia Ziegeler German African Business Association – Afrika Verein
- H.E. Ambassador. Clémentine Shakembo Kamanga Ambassador of Congo to Germany
- Colin Tweedy Chief Executive of Arts & Business UK
- Cornelius Adebahr Programme Officer at the Deutschen Gesellschaft dür Auswärtife Politik
- Curtis Anderson Gayle Associate Professor, Faculty of Art and Integrated Social Sciences, Japan Women's University
- Prof. Dr. Cynthia Schneider Professor of Cultural Diplomacy at Georgetown University, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands
- Ms. Dagmar Yu-Demski Head of Confucious Institute Germany.
- Dan Jørgensen MEP, Deputy Chairman of the Committe on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
- H.E Ambassador Dan Mulhall Ambassador of Ireland to Germany
- Daniel Fouchard Haitian Ministry of Tourism
- Daniel Kriener Division for United States of America and Canada Affairs
- Daniel P. Sullivan Senior Policy Analyst, Genocide Intervention Network/Save Darfur Coalition
- Daniel Tamayo Cultural Attaché; Luis Ayala, Economic Attaché
- Daniel Zimmermann Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
- Daniela Riedel Projektleiterin des Forschungsprojekts „Wahrnehmung und Bewertung der deutschen Einheit“
- Daniele Riggio Information Officer for Central Asia, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
- Danielle Fosler-Lussier Assistant Professor, School of Music, Ohio State University
- Darren Goetze Director of Strategic Engagement, on climate change in Canada and the EU
- David Bosold DGAP
- David Ellwood Johns Hopkins University/University of Bologna
- Davorin Kračun Former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia
- Dawit Shanko Listros Art Gallery
- Dawn Smith Member, Cultures in Harmony
- H.E. Amb. Delia Domingo-Albert Former Foreign Minister of the Philippines; Ambassador of the Philippines to the Federal Republic of Germany
- Prof. Dr. Dieter Ingenschay Humboldt University
- Dieter Christoph Urban Koc Holding A.S., Member of the Board of Directors
- Prof. Dietrich Thränhardt University of Münster
- Dr. Dietrich von Kyaw Botschafter a.D.
- H. E. Ambassador Dilshod Kh. Akhatov Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Germany
- The Hon. Dimitrij Rupel Former Foreign Minister of Slovenia
- Prof. Dr. Dipak R. Pant Professor of Economics, Head of the Interdisciplinary Unit for Sustainable Economy at the Carlo Cattaneo University
- Dirk Augustin Germany Foreign Office
- DJ Ipek Author and DJ
- Dobrila Popovic Senior Adviser for Music and Performing Arts in the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro Department of Cultural and Artistic Creativity
- Dominique Voynet Former Frencg Minister of Planning and Environment
- Dong Wang Professor of History, Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts
- Dorit Klebe Universität der Künste, Berlin
- H.E. Drobnič Ambassador of Slovenia
- Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider Director of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations
- Dr. Eckhart Cuntz German Ambassador to Turkey
- H.E. Ambassador Eddy Pratomo Ambassador of Indonesia to Germany
- The Hon. Edmund Bartlett Minister of Tourism of Jamaica
- Dr. Eduardo M. Ochoa Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, US Government
- Dr. Edward Freeman Elis and Signe Olsson, Professor of the University of Virginia
- Efthymios Efthymiades Embassy of Greece to Germany
- Amb. Elena Poptodorova Director, Security Policy Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria
- MdB Elke Hoff Defense Policy Spokesperson for FDP Caucu
- Encargado de Negocios Mexican Embassy, Berlin
- Elie Sharma Chairman of the Board Cryo-Nor
- Dr. Elif Cindik Medical Director for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinik am Schönen Moos
- Elin Lindberg Junior Chamber of Commerce
- Dr. Elisabeth Klotz Art Historian
- Emel Algan Abidin Vorsitzende des Islamischen Frauenvereins “Cemiyet-i Nisa”
- The Hon. Dr. Emil Constantinescu Former President of Romania
- Emily Ansari Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario
- Dr. Emina Keco Isakovic Ambassador Bosnia-Herzegovina to UN-Geneva
- Dr. Endre Horváth Deputy State Secretary Ministry for National Economy, Hungary
- Enno Harks Political Analyst, British Petroleum in Germany
- Prof. Dr. Enzo Weber Economics Professor, University of Regensburg
- Ercan Karakoyun Chairman of the Forum for Intercultural Diologue in Berlin
- The Hon. Dr. Erhard Busek Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Former Minister for Education & Cultural Affairs; ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister for Science and Research; Advisor to ECIKS (Economic Initiative for Kosovo)
- The Hon. Dr. Erkki Tuomioja Former Foreign Minister Finland
- Erna Hennicot-Schoepges European MP; Former Luxembourgian Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs (ICD Advisory Board Member)
- H. E, Ph.D. Ernesto Pinto-Bazurco Rittler Peruvian Ambassador to Romania
- Erwin Feldhaus Director of “ProMéxico” for Middle and Eastern Europe
- Eshete Tilahum Political Counselor, Embassy of Ethiopia in Germany
- Etyen Mahcupyan Director Democratization Programme, TESEV
- Dr. Eva Latham President of Human Rights Teaching International, The Hague, NL
- Dr. Eva Vass Department of Education, University of Bath UK
- Prof. Dr. Fadwa El Guindi Distinguished Professor, Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Qatar University
- Dr. Falk Mehdom Vice President of Product Management, Bombardier Transportation
- H.E. Fatoumata Siré Diakité Ambassador of the Republic of Mali to Germany
- Dr. Fawaz A. Gerges Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at LSE
- Professor Federico Forders University of Kiel
- Dr. Felgentreu Member of the Berlin City Parliament, SPD
- Feline Freier International Organisation for Migration
- Felix Sangano Muhire First Secretary of the Embassy of Rwanda
- Ferhan Alesi Intercultural Trainer
- Ferit Sahenk Chairman, Dogus Group
- H.E Ambassador Fesseha Asghedom Tessema Ethiopian Ambassador to Germany
- The Hon. Filippe Savadogo Minister of Culture, Tourism and Communication of Burkina Faso
- Dr. Florence Gauzy Bayerische Forshungsallianz (Bavarian Research Alliance)
- Florian Jäger German Foreign Ministry
- Frances Fox Piven Professor of Sociology and Political Science, City University of New York, Graduate Centre
- Dr. François Heisbourg Chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies
- François-Xavier de Donnea Former Mayor of the City of Brussels, Former Defence Minister of Belgium
- Dr. Frank Dörner Director of MSF-Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Frank Mehring Researcher at the Department of Culture, John F. Kennedy, Institute in Berlin
- Dr. Frank. Pfetsch Professor of International Politics Uni. Heidelberg
- Frank Thierfelder Division for United States of America and Canada Affairs
- Pastor Frank Williams Protestant Faith Fellowship Church
- Franklin Mikangou Chairman of the Board of Béto e.V.
- Fransiska Sülke Head of European Relations Unit for the Government of Neuköln
- Franziska Giffey Europe delegate of the Berlin district Neukoelln
- The Hon. Frédéric Pierret Executive Director, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
- Fredrick Langdal Representative of the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies
- Counselor Frode Solberg Norwegian Embassy
- Gabriela Eigensatz Cultural Counselor, Embassy of Switzerland in Berlin
- Gabriela Muñoz de Tukiendorf Cross-Cultural Consultant, MunozdeTurkiendorf Consulting
- Gabriela Trentin Mundo Español
- Gareth Reeves Prize Winning Actor, New Zealand
- Gavin James Campbell Associate Professor, School of American Studies, Doshisha University
- Gebhardt von Motke Former German Ambassador to the UK
- Dr. Georg Schmitz Vice President Munich Office, Region Americas, BMW
- Georg Simmel Professor of Diversity and Social Conflict at the Humboldt University, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences
- George Galloway Former UK MP, Vice President of the StopThe War Coalition
- The Hon. Georgi Pirinski Vice-President of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
- Gerassimos D. Arsenis Former Minister of Economics of Greece
- Gergana Passy Former Bulgarian Minister for European Affairs
- Dr. Gerhard Dannemann Director of the Center for British Studies, Humboldt University in Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Leitner Professor of English Philology at the Free University Berlin
- Dr. Gerhard Prätorius Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen AG; ICD Advisory Board Member
- Dr. Gerhard Sabathil Director for Strategy, Coordination and Analysis, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU
- Dr. Gerlinde Niehus Head Corporate Communications, NATO
- Prof. Gert Weisskirchen Member of the German Parliament, Spokesperson of the Social-Democratic Parliamentary Working Group on Foreign Affairs
- Prof. Dr. Gert-Joachim Gläßner The Speaker of the "Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences"
- Ms. Gesa-Stefanie Brincker Research Associate, CIFE and IEP
- Prof. Dr. Géza Jeszenszky Former Hungarian Foreign Minister, Former Ambassador to the United States
- Gökcen Demiragli Kreuzberg Museum
- Gonzalo Caceres Chief Correspondent for Latin America, Deutsche Welle TV
- Göran von Sydow Representative of the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies
- The Hon. Dr. Grzegorz W. Kolodko Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland; Professor of Economics, Kozminski University, Poland
- Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper Vice President for Olympic Education at the German Olympic Sports Confederation
- Guilletto Chiesa Member of the European Parliament and Journalist
- Günter Engelke Steering Committee of the German-Canadian Business Club
- Günter Piening Commissioner for Migration and Integration, City of Berlin
- Dr. Gunter Pleuger Former German Ambassador to the United Nations
- Günter Schaefer Artist
- Dr. Guz-Vetter Representative of the European Commission
- Hakan Lucius Leiter Länderreferat Türkei, European Investment Bank
- Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler Professor of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, President of the International Progress Organization
- Dr. Hans Günter Brauch Political Societies, Historian, Chairman of AFEs PRESS
- Hans Martins Chief Executive of the European Policy Centre
- Hans-Dieter Stell Auswaertiges Amt
- Hans-Ulrich Südbeck Diplomat, German Foreign Office
- Harald Leibrecht Member of the German Parliament, FDP Party
- H.E. Harry Gustaf Helenius Ambassador of Finland
- Hatice Akyün Journalist and Author
- Hazel Henderson Author and World-Renowned Columnist, Futurist, Consulstant in SRI and Equitable Sustainable Human Development
- Heather DeLisle Deutsche Welle
- Héctor Medellin TV Presenter and Editor
- Heidrun Tempel Sonderbeauftragte für den Dialog zwischen den Kulturen Auswärtiges Amt
- Heike Baddenhausen Bundestag Secretariat of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union
- Heiko Schwiederowski Head of the Africa and Development Policy Department of the DIHK – Deutscher Industrie- und Hangelskammerlag e.V.
- Heiner Flassbeck Former State Minister in the German Ministr of Finance, Director - Division on Globalisation and Development Strategies UNCTAD
- Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Heino von Meyer Director, OECD Centre Berlin
- Heinz Buschkowsky Journalist
- Heinz J. Kuzdas Photographer and Author of "Berliner Mauer Kunst: Mit East Side Gallery"
- Prof. Dr. Helmut Haussmann Former Minister of Economics of Germany, Professor of Business Management
- Henrik Adler Executive Assistant to the Director, Haus Der Berliner Festspiele
- Prof. Dr. Henrik Enderlein Associate Dean and Professor of Political Economy, Hertie School of Governance
- Herbert Grieshop Head of the Competitive European Programming
- H.E Amb. Dr. Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen Former German Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Former German Ambassador to NATO
- Prof. Herrera Moro Universidad de las Américas Puebla, México
- Ms. Hilda Hinidza-Elluh First Secretary, Embassy of Ghana to Germany
- His Excellency Minister Ho Anh Tuan Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam
- Holger Bürskens Executive Board Member of the Canadian-German Law Association
- Holger Haibach Member of the German Parliament, CDU Party
- Holer Löwendorf PhD Candidate, Temple University, Philadelphia
- Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann President and Founder of the World Security Network
- Hugh Mortimer Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Berlin
- Dr. Hüseyin Bağcı Department of International Relations, METU Ankara
- Hüseyin Sitki Leiter des Türkischen Filmfesticals in Frankfurt
- H. E. Amb. Ichiro Fujisaki Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America
- Minister Dr. Igor Lukšič Minister of Education and Sport of Slovenia
- Ika Hügel-Marshall Author "Invisible Woman: Growing Up Black in Germany"
- H.E. Ilgvars Klava Ambassador of Latvia
- Prince Immanuel Ben Yehuda African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem.
- H.E Ambassador Imomudin Sattorov Ambassador of Tajikistan in Germany
- Prof. Dr. Inderjeet Parmar Professor of Government, Manchester University
- Dr. Ines Michalowski WZB
- Prof. Dr. Inge Kaul Former Director of UNDP's Office of Development Studies
- Ints Dālderis Former Minister for Culture of the Republic of Latvia; Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; (ICD Advisory Board Member)
- Ionnis Kasoulides Former Foreign Minister of Cyprus
- Irina Slinchuk Head if the International German-Russian Club
- H.E. Prof. Dr. Isaac Chikwekwere Lamba Ambassador of the Republic of Malawi to Germany
- Isabella Ellaheh Hughes Curator, Critic, Consultant
- Dr. Ivanova Consultant and Trainer for Crosscultural competence, Moscow, Russia
- Ivaylo Kalfin Former Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ambassador J. D. Bindenagel Vice President for Community, Government and International Affairs at DePaul University
- Dr. J. P. Singh Associate Professor, Communication, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown University
- Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP; Former Deputy Chairman of the European Parliament
- The Hon. Lord Jack McConnell Former First Minister of Scotland; Former Treasurer to the Stirling District Council; ICD Advisory Board Member
- Dr. Jackson Janes Executive Director of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC
- H.E Ambassador Jacky Foo Ambassador of Singapore to Germany
- Dr. Jacques F. Poos Former Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Former Minister of Finance and of Foreign Affairs
- James Calderwood Partner, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger Law Firm
- The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham Former President of the Republic of Seychelles; ICD Advisory Board Member
- The Hon. Admiral James Milton Loy Former United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Former Commandant of the Coast Guard
- The Hon. Lieutenant General James B. Peake, M.D. Former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Former Surgeon General of the US Army
- Prof. James S. Robbins Senior Editorial Writer for The Washington Times
- Jan Bittner Policy Planning Staff of the CDU/CSU Party in the German Parliament
- Dr. Jan Oberg Director and Co-Founder of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
- Jan Techau German Council on Foreign Relations
- The Hon. Janez Jansa Former Prime minister of Slovenia; president of the Slovenian Democratic Party; ICD Advisory Board Member
- Jan-Erik Enestam Former Finnish Minister of the Environment and Defence
- Jan-Henrik Meyer Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Portsmouth
- H.E. Ambassador Janis Mazeiks Latvian Ambasador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the UN Office in Geneva
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz Former Defense Minister of Poland
- H. E. Amb. Jean Feyder Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UN Geneva
- Jean d'Haussonville Cultural Attaché of the French Embassy in Berlin
- Jean-Michel Tobelem Director, Option Culture, Paris
- The Hon. Jean-Paul Adam Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles
- Jeannine Kantara Journalist
- Dr. Jeffrey J. Anderson Graf Goltz Prof and Director – Department BMW Center for German 6 European Studies, Georgetown University
- Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Haynes Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict and Cooperation, London Metropolitan University
- Jeffrey van Staden Director of Elangeni African Adventures
- Jennry Friedrich-Freksa Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
- Jeremy Symons Senior Vice President, Conservation and Education Headquarters - Reston, VA
- Dr. Jiří Weigl Chancellor of the Office of the President of the Czech Republic
- Jessica Gienow-Hecht University of Cologne
- Dr. Jo Ritzen Former Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science; President of the University of Maastricht
- Dr. Joao Freire Brand Consultant for Brandia Central Regional; Editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa for the journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy journal
- President Joaquim Chissano Former President of Mozambique, Former Chairperson of the African Union
- Professor Joachim Schwalbach Professor of International Management, Humboldt-University Berlin
- Jochen Kühling Director, Plak Music,
- Jörg Metger German Consul General
- Jörg Wolf Atlantische Initiative
- Jörn Holtmeier Daimler AG
- Dr. Johan Galtung Norwegian Mathematician and Sociologist
- John Eichler Lawyer
- John Ferguson Executive Director, American Voices
- John Graham Former US Foreign Service Officer and UN Diplomat
- John Holden Visiting Professor, City University London Associate and Former Head of Culture, Demos
- John Kantara Journalist and Filmmaker
- Prof. John Long University of Illinois, Chicago
- Mr. John Lynch Chairman of the Jamaican Tourism Board
- John Shovlin History Department, NYU
- John Whitehead Director - British Council, Berlin
- Dr. John Willoughby Professor and Department Chair, Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C.
- Dr. Joris Voorhoeve Former Defence Minister of Holland and Professor of International Studies at Nederlandse Defensie Acadamie
- Jorge Sampaio Former President of Portugal, UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations
- The Hon. Jose Domingo Arias Villalaz Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Nicaragua
- Jose Filipe Torres CEO and Head of Strategy at Bloom Consulting
- Dr. Josef Braml Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations
- Professor Joseph S. Nye. Jr. Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University
- Joshua Sternfeld Associate Director and Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA Centre for Information as Evidence
- Dr. Joy Mighty Professor at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen's University Kingston
- H.E Ambassador Joy Wheeler Ambassador of Jamaica to Germany; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
- Rear Admiral Dr. Joyce M. Johnson Vice President for Health Sciences of a not-for-profit research organization
- Professor Juan Monroy Director and Founder of LACCS
- Judith Herrmann German Commission for UNESCO
- Judith Strohm Africavenir
- Ms Julia Bläsius Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Julia Boeck Public Relations, Tanas Art Gallery
- Julia Rawlins Head of the Global Europe Program
- Julie Tumler Büro Führungskräfte zu Internationalen Organisationen (BFIO)
- Juri Bottura MA Candidate in Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler Deutsche Welle
- Jutta Wolke Referatsleiterin Referat 208, Türkei
- Jytte Hilden Former Minster of Culture of Denmark
- Dr. Kaberi Chatterjee Leading traditional Manipuri dancer and authority on the dance form created by Rabindranath Tagore. Performed the title roles in authentic film versions of all three of Tagore's dance-dramas, which she also produced: Shyama (2009), Chandalika (2011) & Chitrangada (2011)
- Kai Preuschag Senior Vice President, Financial Product Advisory, KfW
- Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Wellner International Management and Controlling, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
- Dr. Karen Donfried Former Vice President of the German Marshall Fund of the USA
- Karen Zacur Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
- Karin Helmstaedt Canadian Journalist Deutsche-Welle TV
- Karine Walther Visiting Instructor, Department of History, Middlebury College, Vermont
- Amb. Karl-Erik Norrman Former Swedish Ambassador; Secretary General of the European Cultural Parliament (tbc)
- Dr. Karsten Neuhoff Research Director of the Climate Policy Impact at DIW Berlin
- Dr. Karsten Voigt Coordinater for German-American Partnership in the German Foreign Office
- Kat Gray Director, Benefict Labre House
- Katharina Borchert Editor in Chief of WAZ
- Ms Katharina Narbutovic Director of DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program
- Katharina Oguntoye Historian and Author
- Katherine Marshall Senior Advisor for the World Bank, Visiting Professor Georgetown University
- Ms. Katrin DiPaola Head of Department UK and Northern Countries, DAAD (The German Academic Exchange Service)
- Dr. Keith Dinnie Associate Professor of Business, Temple University Japan
- The Hon. Dr. Ken Lipenga Malawi Minister of Tourism and Culture
- Kenneth Gbandi African Heritage Magazine
- Khaifa Drame Senegalese Artist and Designer
- Khayyan Akbar Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Pakistani Embassy
- H.E. Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo (Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture of the Republic of Namibia)
- Kenan Kolat Chairman of the Turkish Community in Germany
- The Hon. Kingsley Makhubela Director-General of the National Department of Tourism of South Africa
- Kjell Magne Bondevik Former Prime Minister of Norway
- Prof. Dr. Klaus Bade Migration Researcher
- Klaus Dittrich PhD Candidate, University of Portsmouth
- Klaus Linsenmeier Director, Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America
- Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Croatian Ambassador to the United States, Former Foreign Minister
- Kornelia Bitzer-Zenner German Foreign Office – Aktion Afrika
- Kristiina Ojuland Former Foreign Minister of Estonia
- Kurov Denis Sergeevich Russian Embassy - 3rd Secretary on External and Security Policies
- Kurt Bodewig Former German Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
- Dr. Kwame Akonor Director of the African Development Institute
- Dr. Lacina Yeo Institute for Intercultural Education, Free University Berlin
- Larissa Fortak Owner of Gallery J&L Fortak
- Larissa Israel Community Development Office, Berlin Philharmonic
- Larissa Probst Vorstand Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Amnesty International
- The Hon. Senator Larry Lee Pressler Former US Senator from South Dakota
- Lars-Christian Cords Direktor fischerAppelt Berlin
- László Kovács European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
- H.E. Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu Romanian Ambassador to Germany
- Len Goucher Nova Scotia Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture
- Leo Riski Press Attaché, the Finnish Embassy in Berlin
- Leon Macioszek KfW Development Bank
- Dr. Leonie von Braun German Judge (Berlin Criminal Court), Chair of Amnesty Geramny's Coordination Group Against Impunity
- Ms. Lizza May David Filipino Documentary Director and head of Global Alien.
- Mr. Loay El-Shawarby Chairman of Nahdet El-Mahrousa's Board of Directors; Adjunct Lecturer of Law and Politics at Ain Shams and Al-Azhar Universities
- The Hon. Louis Sullivan, M.D Former US Secretary of U.S of Health and Human Services
- Dr. Lourdes Vallarino Chargé d’affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Panamanian Embassy in Berlin
- The Hon. Luc van den Brande Former Minister-President of Flanders, Belgium; Former President of the European Union's Committee of the Regions (CIVEX)
- Dr. Luc Reychler Professor of International Relations, University of Leuven, Director of the Center for Peace and Strategic Studies (CSIS)
- The Hon. Lucinda Creighton Minister of European Affairs of Ireland
- Dr. Lucio Renno GIGA Institute, Hamburg
- Prof. Dr. Ludger Volmer Former State Minister in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ludovic Dakossi Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of Benin
- Prof. Dr. Lufter Xhuveli Former Albanian Minister of Environment
- Dr. Lukrezia Jochimsen MdB
- Dr. Magnus Brechtken School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of German, Nottingham University, UK
- H.E Ambassador Dr. Makase Nyaphisi Ambassador of Lesotho to Germany
- Sir Malcolm Rifkind Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the UK
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Nitsch Freie Universität Berlin
- Prof. Manfred Pohl Chairman of the Board of Franfurter Kultur Komittee
- Manuel Feifel Attache Institutional Relations & Culture, Quebec Office, Berlin
- Manuel Sarrazin Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
- Dr. Marc Helbling Migration, Integration, Transnationalization, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
- The Hon. Dr. Marc Verwilghen Former Minister of Justice of Belgium
- Marcia Barrett Lead Singer of Boney M
- Marcin Zastrożny Polnisches Institut Berlin
- Marco Boasso Chief of Mission/ Special Envoy for Afghanistan - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- María Elena Agüero Deputy Secretary General of the Club of Madrid
- Maria Kalinovskaya Third Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Berlin
- Maria Kelt Director in the Swedish Ministry of Justice; Former Head of Section of the Division for Penal Law in the Ministry of Justice
- Minister Maria Cleofe Natividad Minister and Consul General of the Philippines.
- Mariana McGill Panamanian Director of Ecotourism Company ‘Latin America World’
- Marianne Heuwagen Former Director of Human Rights Watch Germany
- Marie Bernard-Meunier Former Ambassador of Camada to Germany
- Marie Malavoy MNA International Relations, Parti Québécois
- Dr. Marina Apaydin Deputy Director for Management at the World Heritage Centre, UNESCO
- Marina Laker Political Councilor, Canadian Embassy
- Marina Pendes Deputy Minister of Defense of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Marina Schuster MdB
- Mario Diel GMT-Beira, Executive Vice President, ConBridge KG International Consultants
- Mark C. Donfried Director - the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
- Ambassador Mark Geleyn Ambassador of Belgium to Germany
- Prof. Mark Hallerberg Professor of Public Management and Political Economy at the Hertie School of Governance
- Markus Löning German Government Human Rights Commissioner
- Markus Meckel First Democratically Elected Foreign Minister of the DDR
- Mart Laar Former Minister of Estonia
- Dr. Marta Moneo Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- Martin Beck German Institute of Global and Area Studies
- Martin Bell UNICEF UK Ambassador, Former British MP (Independent)
- Mr. Martin Capatinta Festival Director
- Martin Duespohl Director of the Kreuzberg Museum
- Martin Gutzeit Landesbeauftragter für die Unterlagen der Stasi
- Martin Hoffmann Member of the Petersburg Dialog
- Martin Hope Director Benelux and EU office at British Council. Former Director of British Council Moscow
- Mr. Martin Wilhelm Goethe Institute – Belgrade
- Mary Kimonye Chief Executive Officer, Brand Kenya Board
- Dr. Mary Lambkin Professor of Marketing, School of Business, UCD Quinn School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland
- Dr. Matilda Mroz Specialist in Cinematography and Film, University of Cambridge, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
- Matthias Höpfner German Ambassador to Canada
- Matthias von Kummer Consul General, German Consulate General Istanbul
- Matthias Stausberg Spokesperson, UN Global Compact
- Dr. Matthais S. Tantow Gallery Director, Tantow Gallery
- Matthew Stanard Department of History, Berry College
- Marzenna Guz-Vetter European Commission Representation Berlin
- Max Hofmann Deutsche Welle
- Maxim Minchev Director General - Bulgarian News Agency
- Meenakshi Shedde India Consultant to the Berlin; Locarno and Dubai Film Festivals; Winner of the National Film Award for Best Film Critic in 1999
- Meier Shiomo Strategic Advisor, the Public Diplomacy Division of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Israel
- Dr. Mekonnen Mesghena Director of Department for Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Democracy, Heinrich Böll Foundation
- Meike Eitel Founding Member, Association for Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
- H.E. Melitón Alejandro Arrocha Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama
- Memet Kilic MdB
- Merethe Stagetorn Defense Lawyer for the Danish Supreme Court
- Dr. Michael A. Bailey Colonel William J. Walsh Professor - Department of Government and Georgetown Public Policy Institute
- Michael Bauer Former Executive Director, African Development Bank, currently Chief of Protocol of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- The Hon. Michael Chertoff Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- Michael Hinterdobler Head of Division for International Relations for the State of Bavaria and former Director, Office of the State of Bavaria in Quebec
- Michael Louis Krenn Professor and Chair, Department of History, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
- Michael Knoll Head of the Berlin Office of the Hertie Foundation
- Michael Küppers-Adebisi Multimediakünstler und Kulturmanager
- Michael Pistecky Press Attache of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Berlin
- Michael Siebold Partner, Arnecke Siebold
- Michael Vögele Head of Section Civil Society and Institution Building, Delegaton of the European Commission to Turkey
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- Prof. Michel Cullin Head of the Austrian-French Centre of the Diplomatic Academy (Vienna)
- Michel Gagne Plant Manager BOC Gaz/Linde
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- Mike Geddes Media and Communications Director at the Berlin-Based Streetfootballworld
- Mike Kenneth Moore Former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Former Director General of the World Trade Organization
- Mike Reilly Diplomat British Embassy
- Mikko Missi Cultural Attaché at the Finnish Embassy in Berlin
- Miomir Žužul Former Foreign Minister of Croatia
- Miriam Chocobar Welthungerhilfe
- The Hon. Mirko Tomassoni Former Head of State of San Marino
- Ambassador Miro Kovač Ambassador of Croatia to Germany
- H.E Amb. Mitar Kujundzic Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina to the USA
- Mr. Molchanov Third Secretary, Foreign Policy Department, Russian Embassy Berlin
- Mohammadreza Farzad Award Winning Iranian Film Director & Poet, His film “Into Thin Air” is nominated and will be screened at the Berlininale 2011. Produced other award-winning films such as: “A Journey to Chazzabeh,” “Help me,” “Hiva,” and “The Burnt Generation”
- H.E Amb. Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal Ambassador of Morocco to Germany
- H.E Ambassador Mosud Mannan Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany
- Murat Ünal GMT Beirat und Vorstandvorsitzender, Funds@Work AG
- Murray Small Legs Blackfoot Nation
- Mustafa Kemal Öztürk Mitglied des Bremer Landtags, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
- N'Diaye Bah Minister of Tourism of Mali
- Dr. Nadia Oweidat St. Antony's College, Oriental Studies
- Nadja Grizzo Marketing and Communication Ruhr.2010 GmbH
- The Hon. Nahas Angula Prime minister of Namibia
- Natasha Kelly Editor of X-Magazin
- Ms. Nathalie van Loy Confucius Institute
- Nazmi Kavasoglu Author, Journalist, Project Manager, Recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Dr. Neven Managing Director of AUMA
- H.E Amb. Dr. Neil Parsan Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the USA
- Ney Artur Gonçalves Canani Head of the Political Department, Brazilian Embassy
- Niall Gibbons Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland
- Niamh Bhreathnach Former Irish Minister for Education
- Nicholas Cull Professor of Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California
- Dr. Nick Spitzer Professor of Anthropology and American Studies; Producer of Public Radio's American Routes
- Nick Tolhurst Lecturer in MBA Corporate Responsibility and Business Ethics at Steinbeis University
- Nick Williams Head, Operations Section, Operations Division, NATO
- Nicole Renvert Robert Bosch Stiftung
- Niels Helveg Petersen Former Minister for Economic Affairs of Denmark, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Niels Klabunde Researcher, Center of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity
- Mr. Nikitin Head of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Germany
- Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf Executive Director, Democracy Reporting International
- Nora Lafi Zentrum der Moderner Orient
- H.E Ambassador Norman Garcia Paz Ambassador of Honduras to Spain; Former Minister of Trade and Industry of Honduras; Former Minister of Tourism of Honduras
- Nouzha Skalli Moroccan Minister of Social Development, Family, and Solidarity
- Nurhan Yentürk Director, NGO Training and Research Centre, Bilgi University
- Dr. Oleg Kolobov Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Lobachevsky State University of Nijni Novgorod Russia
- Dr. des. Oliver Gliech Freie Universitaet Berlin
- Oliver Kumbambe Deputy Ambassador for Malawi
- The Hon. Ousman Jammeh Former Minister of Energy of Gambia; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gambia
- Øyvind Søtvik Rekstad Norweigan Embassy Representative
- Pam deVolder Public Affairs Department of the US Embassy in Berlin
- Paos Manologlou Special Projects Manager, Streetfootballworld
- Pascal Agboyibor Orrick's Financial Markets Group - Office Leader Paris
- Pascale Laborier Director of the Centre of Marc Bloch
- Patricia Doyle-Bedwell Professor, Dailhousie University
- Patrick Finney Lecturer in International History, Aberystwyth University
- Paul Banoba Transparency International
- Dr. Paul Carmichael Dean of faculty of Social Sciences, Ulster University
- H. E. Amb. Paula Dobriansky Former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs
- Paul-Eerik Rummo Former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education
- H. E. Ambassador Pekka Juhani Huhtaniemi Ambassador of Finland to the UK
- Per Ekedahl President, Jeunesses Musicales International and Senior Manager at the Swedish Concert Institute (tbc)
- Per Traasdahl Director and Founder of the Art Source Institute of Social Intervention
- Peter Altmaier Parliamentary State Secretary
- H.E. Dr. Peter Boehm Ambassador of Canada to Germany
- Dr. Peter Brandt Professor für moderne Geschichte FernUniversität Hagen
- H.E. Amb. Peter Burian Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the USA
- Peter Craven Journalist & Presenter, DW-TV, Germany
- Dr. Patrick Hart Director of the British Council Germany
- Peter Bihl Founder of Flachland Fest
- Dr. Peter Eigen Chairman of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, founder and Chair of the Advisory Council of Transparency International
- Dr. Peter Kirchschlaeger Co-Dorector, Centre of Human Rights Education (ZMRB), Lucerne, Switzerland
- Sir Peter Torry Former British Ambassador to Germany
- Petko Draganov Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
- Dr Petra Opitz Manager at DIW Econ
- Dr. Petri Hakkarainen Second Secretary, Embassy of Finland in Germany
- Mr. Phil Scanlan Australian Consul General to New York; Founder of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue
- Prof. Philip Dodd Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London
- Phillip Guerty Organization of American Historians, Magazine of History
- Ambassador Philip D. Murphy U.S. Ambassador to Germany
- Phyllis F. Oakley Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Population, Refugees, and Migration
- Pia Ehlers Head of Marketing and Communication at the British Council in Germany
- Prime Lee Dan Pearlman Consultants, Project Initiator
- Radmila Sekerinska Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Madedonia
- Raghunath Mahabir Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
- Rainer Eppelmann Civil Rights Activist. Former Minister for Demobilization and Defence
- Mr Rainder Steenblock Member of the EMPA - Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
- Prof. Raj Kollmorgen Professor für Soziologie Universität Magdeburg
- The Hon. Rajesh Jeetah Minister of Tertiary Education,Science ,Research and Technology of the Republic of Mauritius
- Prof. Ralf Barkemeyer Queen's University Belfast
- Dr. Ralf Brauksiepe MdB
- Ralf Fröhlich Director of Himmel och Jord
- Ray Blue Musician and Director of Cross Cultural Connection
- Prof. Dr. Refik Erzan Bosphorus University
- Reginaldo Vincentim Cooperativa dos Agropecuaristas Solidários de Itápolis
- Régis Présent Griot Journalist, La Gazette
- Mr. Reggie Moore Jazz Ambassador, Professor of Jazz & Musician
- Dr. Reinhard Insensee Humboldt University in Berlin
- Reinhard Juncker Working Group on Economic Cooperation and Development for the CDU/CSU Party
- Renate Künast Former Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany, Leader of the German Green Party
- Dr. Rene Gabriels Professor, University College Maastricht
- Renen Schorr Award-Winning Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer; Former Head of Israel’s first independent, national school for film and television, and Founder & Director of the Sam Spiegel Film & TV School, Jerusalem
- The Hon. Rexhep Meidani Former President of Albania
- Ribal Al-Assad Founder and Chairman of IMAN; Founder and Director of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria
- Ambassador Richard Clark Barkley Former US Ambassador to East Germany
- Richard Pells Professor of History, University of Texas
- Rick van der Ploeg Former Dutch State Minister of Education, Culture and Science. Professor of Economics, Oxford University
- Dr. Riem Spielhaus Researcher, East Asia Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
- Rita Müller-Roider Deputy Head of Division, Economic Development, City of Munich
- Rizwan Saeed Sheikh Director, Department of Cultural Affairs, Organization of the Islamic Conference's General Secretariat
- Robb Wood Doha Film Institute
- Robert Eysoldt Berlin-Based Crative Director and Project Developer
- Robert Kroes Professor of American Studies, University of Amsterdam/University of Utrecht
- The Hon. Major General Robert L. Nabors Former Commander of the 5th Signal Command (Manheim, Germany)
- Robert A. Saunders, Ph.D (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Economics & Politics, State University of New York)
- The Hon. Robert Walter MP Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Robin Lautenbach German renowned TV journalist and former ARD correspondent in Poland
- The Honorable Dr. Rocco Buttiglione Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies; Former Italian Minster of Culture; Former Italian Minister of European Politics
- Dr. Roderick Parkes Head of Brussels Office, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International & Security Affairs)
- Dr. Rokus de Groot Musicologist and Composer; Chair of Musicology, University of Amsterdam
- H.E. Amb. Roman Kirn Ambassador of Slovenia to the US
- Rory MacLean Bestselling Travel Writer
- Rose-Anne Clermont Haitian-American Author
- Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt Former President of the European Court of Human Rights, Professor, Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
- Rupert Scholz Former Minister of Defense of Germany
- H.E. Ruth Jacoby Ambassador of Sweden
- Dr. Ryan Prout University of Cardiff
- Prof. Dr. Sabine Berghahn Visiting Professor of Law, Politics and Gender at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
- Prof. Dr. Salah S. Hassan Professor and Chairman of Marketing Department, The George Washington University School of Business
- Samuel Jones Head of Culture, Demos
- Ms. Sara Bernshausen The Deutsche Guggenheim
- Sarah Bagel Street Football World
- Sarmad Hussain Cultural Commission, German Parliament
- H.E. Ambassador Mrs. Sarojini Seeneevassen-Frers Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany
- Prof. Dr. Sartaj Aziz Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan
- Prof. Dr. Scott Thomas Professor of Politics, University of Bath
- Ségolène Royal President of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council; Former Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party of France
- Senta Höfer Programmkoordinatorin Diplomatenkolleg, inter:est
- Sentürk Uzun Head of Department of Associations, Ministry of the Interior
- Sharon Memis Director, British Council USA
- Sheila Laursen Director of International Programs, YMCA Montréal
- Dr. Solomon Passy Former Foreign Minister of Bulgaria and Former Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE
- Semenov Oleg Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Lobachevsky State University of Nijni Novgorod Russia
- Serge Vaillancourt Director, Quebec Office, Berlin
- Dr. Sergei Nikitin Head of Representative Office, Russian Chamber of Commerce in Germany
- MdB Serkan Tören Integrationspolitischer Sprecher der FDP
- Mr Shahid Riaz Head of the ‘Deutsch-Pakistanische Gemeinschaft für Kultur und Demokratie’,
- Sharath Srinavasan Director of the Centre of Governance and Human Rights at Cambridge University
- Dr. Sigrid Newman University of Cologne
- Silvia Kofler Minister-Counselor, Head of Press & Public Diplomacy/Spokesperson, EU Delegation to the US
- Simon Anholt Author and Researcher; Pioneer of the term "Nation Branding"
- Simon Berry Founder and Director of Colalife
- Prof. Dr. Sophie Wennerscheid Director of the Lecture Kulturhus Berlin
- Spyros Mercouris Co-founder of the political party PASOK & Honorary President of the Network of Cultural Capitals and Cultural Months of Europe,
- Stefan Rinke, Prof. Dr. Professor Lateinamerika Institut, Fee University Berlin
- Stefan Sofianski Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Prof. Dr. Stefanie Gropper University of Tübingen
- Stefanie Jung KfW Development Bank in Berlin
- Stephanie Brancaforte Campaign Director for Avaaz.org
- Stephen Meyer MdB Chairman, German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group
- Dr. Stormy Mildner Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
- Mr. Sudher Vyas Indian Ambassador to Germany
- Süleymann Bag Redaktionsleiter Zaman Berlin
- Ms. Sun Ju Choi Head of Asian Women’s Film
- Susan George President of the Board of TNI and Honorary President of ATTAC-France
- Dr. Susanne Dröge Head of Global Issues Research Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
- Suvi Wartiovaara Finnland-Institut in Deutschland für Kultur, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft
- Ambassador Sven Erik Svedman Ambassador of Norway to Germany
- Ms. Svenja Gräfin von Reichenbach The Deutsche Guggenheim
- Tamer Ergün Head of Radyo Metropol
- Tana Ross Documentary Filmmaker
- Tassos Kriekoukis Greek Ambassador to Berlin
- Teresa Fogelberg Deputy Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative
- Teresa Pinto Basto Gouveia Former Foreign Minister of Portugal
- Dr. Terrie Romano Consul for Economic Affairs
- Dr. Terry Cooke CEO and Pesident of GC3 Strategy, Philadelphia
- The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Prof. Dr. Theodor Schilling Professor of Law at Humboldt University
- Amb. Thomas Stelzer Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs at DESA, UN
- Mr. Tikiri Bandara Maduwegedera Ambassador of Sri Lanka
- Thomas Gerhardt Leiter Emerging Market Abteilung der DWS
- Dr. Thomas Kunze Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- Dr. Thomas Michael Professor für Soziologie
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Roche Assistant Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sohar University, Oman
- Mr. Tilmann Santarius Director of International Climate and Energy Policy at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung
- The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson Former United States Senator from Arkansas
- Timo Goeschi Professor and Chair of Environmental Economics, University of Heiderlberg
- Dr. Timothy Emlyn Jones Dean, Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle
- Tina Silbernagl GTZ
- Todd Fletcher Director of Plural Arts
- H. E. Ambassador Tolendy Makeev Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Germany
- Tom Ferris Senior Economics Consultant
- Tomas Ehler Representative of the Czech Embassy in Berlin
- Tomasz Sadzyński Mayor of the City of Łódź
- Dr. Tomur Atagok Professor and Dean of the Art and Design Faculty in Yildiz University
- The Hon. Sir Tony Brenton Former British Ambassador to Russia
- Dr. Trevor Evans Professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
- Tristana Moore BBC Correspondent in Berlin
- Troy Davis Lecturer in Democracy Engineering, University of Strasbourg (France) and University of Freiburg (Germany)
- Tumenta Kennedy Programmdirector Wittenberg Zentrum fuer Globale Ethik
- Uli Finkenbusch Political Advisor, FDP
- Dr. Ulrich Brückner Jean Monnet Professor for European Studies, Stanford University in Berlin
- Ulrich Zachau Country Director, World Bank Turkey
- Ulrike Demmer Der Spiegel
- Dr. Ulrike Guérot European Council on Foreign Relations Representative
- Ukrike Holmgaard Cultural Attaché of the Swedish Embassy
- Ursula Leitzmann Intercultural Management Trainer
- Dr. Uschi Eid Member of the German Bundestag Buendnis 90/ Die Gruenen
- Üstun Ergüder Director, Istanbul Policy Center
- Uwe Optenhögel Director of the Friedrich Erbert Stiftung Nordic Office, Stockholm
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Former President of Latvia
- Valerija Mencej Head of State Promotion Section, Slovenia
- Mrs. Varnia Garcia Morales Honduran Embassy Delegate
- The Hon. Dr. Vasile Puscas Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs
- Dr. Verena Reichel Kristina Dengler, Roland Berger Consultants
- The Hon. Victoria Saidu Kamara Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sierra Leone
- Victoriana Mejia Marulanda Ambassador of Columbia to Germany
- The Hon. Vladimír Mečiar Former Prime Minister of Slovakia
- Professor Volker Berghahn Columbia University
- Volker Hagen Walz External Affairs and Public Policy for Turkey
- Volker Hauff Former German Minister for Research and Technology, Former German Minister of Transport
- Dr. von Moltke Former German Ambassador to the UK
- Vural Öger Member of the European Parliament
- Walid Maalouf Former Director Public Diplomacy at USAID; Former US Public Delegate to the United Nations
- The Hon. Walter Mzembi Tourism Minister of Zimbabwe
- Prof. Dr. Walther L. Bernecker Professor, Fridrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg
- The Hon. Walter Mzembi Tourism Minister of Zimbabwe
- Dr. Werner Press Attaché, Danish Embassy in Berlin. Chairman, The Association for Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
- Werner Hoyer, Dr. Member of the German Parliament and the European Liberal Democrats Party
- Mr. Werner Wnendt Head, Department of Culture and Communication, German Foreign Office
- Wes Sawatzky Managing Director/Consul – Government of Alberta Germany Office
- Wilfred Imoudu Secretary General of the Pan-African Forum, Berlin
- Willem Noe European Commission
- Senator William Emerson Brock III 18th United States Secretary of Labor; Former United States Senator from Tennessee; 8th United States Trade Representative
- William Davis Director, UN Information Center
- William Harvey Director & Founder, Cultures in Harmony
- William E. Moeller Pol-Mil/External Chief, Political Section, U.S. Embassy Berlin
- William McAllister Office of the Historian, US Department of State
- Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Former Prime Minister of Poland; Former Foreign Minister of Poland
- Wolfgang Hoelscher-Obermaier Deputy Head of Division, Latin America
- Dr. Yasser Thabet Journalist and author; Program Editor at Al Arabiya News Channel; Former Senior Producer at Al Jazeera
- The Hon. Yasar Yakis Chairman of the EU Committee in the Turkish Parliament; Former Foreign Minister of Turkey
- Yavuz Baydar Sabah and Today's Zaman
- Yoko Kawamura Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Seikei University
- Young C. Kim Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, George Washington University,Washington, D. C.
- Yulia Mikhailova Professor, History of International Relations, Hiroshima City University
- Yusuf Kanlr Turkish Daily News
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- Yvonne Rock National Coordinator for the Swedish Year of Multi-Culturalism 2006
- Mr. Zhuravlev Vice-Director, Russian Haus
- Dr. Zoe Ivanova Intercultural Training Consultant
- Dr. Zsuzsa Breier Executive Director, Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Kultur im erweiterten Europa e.V
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