The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2017
"Promoting Global Collaboration, Unity and Peace through Cultural Diplomacy"
Conference Speakers
The conference will bring together speakers and delegates coming from the fields of politics and religion together with senior academics and celebrated artists to promote Global Collaboration, Unity and Peace through Cultural Diplomacy in our interdependent world.
The Conference includes Keynote Addresses from the following Honorable Members of the ICD:
President Bujar Nishani
Former President of Albania
President Tarja Halonen
Former President of Finland
The Hon. Yves Leterme
Former Prime Minister of Belgium; Secretary-General, IDEA
Minister Lilyana Pavlova
Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU 2018
The Hon. Reinhold Lopatka
Member of the Austrian National Council
The Hon. Gert Weisskirchen
Former Senior Member of the German Parliament
The Hon. Rashed Al Baloushi
Chief Executive, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
The Hon. Ögmundur Jónasson
Former Senior Minister of Iceland
The Hon. Nouzha Skalli
Former Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family, and Social Development of Morocco
The Hon. Hans Köchler
President of the International Progress Organization
Hedva Ser
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy
Amb. Oleg Serebrian
Ambassador of Moldova to Germany
Amb. Ramon Custodio Espinoza
Ambassador of Honduras to Germany
Amb. Abdallah Saleh Possi
Ambassador of Tanzania to Germany
Rector Dragan Domazet
Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University; Former Minister of Education
The Hon. Hrant Bagratyan
Former Prime minister of Armenia
MEP Alojz Peterle
Member of the EU Parliament; Former Prime Minister of Slovenia
