The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU
“Sustainable Economic Growth, Further Integration and Common Identity: Moving towards a European Consensus”
(Brussels; July 3rd - 5th, 2013)
Symposium Speakers
The following are among the speakers for the Symposium:- Agnieszka Skuratowicz
Member of Cabinet of the President of the European Commission - Algirdas Saudargas (MEP)
Member of the European Parliament - Prof. Dr. Angela Liberatore
Professor, Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels - H. E. Amb. Avet Adonts
Ambassador of Armenia to the European Union - Barbora Ondejcikova
Student of MSc. in European Politics and Policies at KU Leuven in Belgium; Graduate in MA in Diplomatic Studies, cum laude, at Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies in Malta - H. E. Amb. Bernard Valero
Ambassador of France to Belgium - Prof. Dr. Bruno Coppieters
Professor, Political Science Department, Free University of Brussels - Minister Didier Reynders
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs of Belgium - President Dr. Emil Constantinescu
President, ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy; Former President of Romania - The Hon. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges
Vice President, ICD Advisory Board; Former MEP; Former Minister of Culture of Luxembourg; Former Speaker of the Parliament - Prof. Dr. Glen Newey
Professor, Political Theory, Free University of Brussels - Irina Bratosin D'Almeida
Research Associate, Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences - The Hon. Jan Figel
Vice-President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic; Former European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth - Jonas Slaats
Theologian and Anthropologist; Head of MANAvzw - H. E. Amb. Kornelios S. Korneliou
Ambassador of Cyprus to the European Union - Klaus Bondam
Director, Danish Cultural Institute - László Surján (MEP)
Member of the European Parliament - H.E. Amb. Lazar Elenovski
Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the Kingdom of Belgium; Former Minister of Defense of Macedonia - Leyla Abdullayeva
First Secretary of the Mission of Azerbaijan to European Union - Margareta Hanes
Independent Researcher, Research Project: Evaluating the Concept and Practices of Democratic Governance in Europe - Mark C. Donfried
Director & Founder, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - H. E. Amb Marlene Bonnici
Permanent Representative of Malta to the European Union - H.E. Amb. Mihnea Motoc
Ambassador of Romania to the European Union - H. E. Amb. Paw Lwin Sein
Ambassador of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the European Union - Philippe Suinen
CEO, Wallonia Foreign Trade and Investment Agency and Wallonie-Bruxelles International - H. E. Amb. Poul Skytte Christoffersen
Ambassador of Denmark to the European Union - H.E. Amb. Rami Mortada
Ambassador of Lebanon to the European Union - Senator Richard Miller (MP)
Member of the Belgian Senate; Member of the Parliament of the Francophone Community - Stefan Gerold
Head, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Brussels Office - Sylvain Berger
Consular General of France to Brussels - Tea Ivanovic
Researcher, International Studies, Virginia Technical University - Prof. Dr. Tom Casier
Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent - H. E. Amb. Vangelis Vitalis
Ambassador of New Zealand to the European Union - Veli Yüksel (MP)
Member of the Flemish Parliament - H. E. Amb. Vesselin Valkanov
Ambassador of Bulgaria to Belgium and Luxembourg
