Symposium Speakers

• Amb. Andras Simyoni
  Director, the Center on Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University
• H. E. Amb. Byrganym Aitimova
  Representative of the Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations the Congress of Religious Leaders/Kazakhstan
• Dr. Claudio Ribeiro,
  Professor, Concordia University, Montreal
• Dr. Christoph Bartmann
  Executive Director, Regional Director North America, Goethe-Institut New York
• Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Scheider
  Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands
• David S. Jackson
  Executive Editor, the Washington Times
• Deirdre White
  President & CEO, CDC Development
• Pastor Dele Olowu,
  Chairman of Rccg Europe
• Pastor E.A. Adeboye
  General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God
• Rabbi Elie Abadie
  Founding Rabbi of the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue, Member Permanent Forum for Global Ethics and the Culture of Peace
• Emad E. Salem
  Deputy Director for International Programs, Battery Dance Company
• President Dr. Emil Constantinescu
  President, ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy; Former President of Romania; Former Rector of University of Bucharest
• Gordana Bekcic Pjescic
  MA in USA Studies, graduated in Serbian and General Literature
• H.E. Amb. Hubert John Charles
  Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the United States
• Rear Admiral Dr. Joyce M. Johnson
  Vice President of Health Sciences in the Health and Life Sciences Division of Battelle Memorial Institute; Former Chief Medical Officer and Surgeon General for the U.S. Coast Guard
• Dr. Ilaria Scaglia
  Professor, Asian and International History, Columbus State University
• Kingsley Smith
  Director, International Programs, National Public Radio (NPR)
• Mark C. Donfried
  Director & Founder, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
• Dr. Masoud Kavoossi
  Professor of International Business, School of Business, Howard University
• H. E. Amb. Mirsada Colakovic
  Permanent Representative of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the United Nations
• The Hon. Dr. Nazar Al Baharma
  Director - ICD Conflict Zones Mediation Center; Former Minister Of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain
• Sheikh Ramzy
  Director, Oxford Islamic Information Centre, Member of Un-A At Uk; Director Of Iqra At Iqra Istitute Oxford
• Grand Mufti Dr. Sheikh Abdel Salam Mraish
  Council Member, Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land
• Captain Todd Gatlin
  Acting Director, Office of International Affairs for the U.S. Coast Guard
• Wilfried Eckstein
  Head of the GI in Washington D.C
• Rabbi Yizthak Dayan
  Chief Rabbi of Geneva, Representative of the Conference of European Rabbis to the United Nations
• H. E. Amb. Dr. Srdjan Darmanovic
  Ambassador of Montenegro to the USA
• The Hon. Yasar Yakis
  Former Foreign Minister of Turkey