The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2015
"Building Bridges of Peace and Reconciliation in Times of Greater Global Insecurity"
(Berlin; December 10th - 13th, 2015)
Conference Speakers & Delegates
The 2015 conference will bring together over 500 delegates coming from the fields of politics and religion together with senior academics and celebrated artists travelling to Berlin from all corners of the world to promote global peace in our interdependent world.
The Symposium will include Keynote Addresses from the Honorable Members of the ICD:
 President Emil ConstantinescuPresident of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy |
 President José Luis Rodríguez ZapateroPresident, ICD Advisory Board |
 Hon. Hans Eichel Minister of Finance of Germany (1999-2005) |
 MEP Michèle Alliot-MarieVice President of the ICD for the Francophone Countries |
 Vice President Linda LanzillottaVice President of the Italian Senate |
 Charles Huber (MdB) Member of the German Parliament |
 Lord Jack McConnellPresident, Africa EU Relations Program |
 Hon. Lawrence GonziPresident, ICD Program on the Mediterranean Region |
 Hon. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis President, Council for Cultural Diplomacy Studies |
 Judge Dragoljub PopovicJudge, the European Court of Human Rights |
 Judge Vagn Joensen President the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) |
 Judge Julia SebutindePresident, ICD Program on International Law & Human Rights |
 Judge Xhezair ZaganjoriChief Justice of the Supreme Court of Albania |
 President Vesna MedenicaPresident of the Supreme Court of Montenegro |
 President Fejzullah HasaniPresident of the Supreme court of Kosovo |
 Hon. José de Faria Costa Ombudsman of Portugal |
 Hon. Thuli MadonselaPublic Protector of South Africa |
 MP Ögmundur JónassonPresident IPAHP, (ICD) Human Rights Program |
 Nondas Cl. MetaxasCEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange |
 Mr. Jens Lorenz
Jeweler, Creator of the “Berlin Peace Clock” |
 Dr. Mohammed OmranExecutive Chairman, the Egyptian Exchange |
 Hon. Vlad Nistor (MP) President of the Senate, University of Bucharest |
 Prof. Michael Lederer Vice President, Furtwangen University |
 Rector Mircea Dumitru Rector, University of Bucharest |
 Prof. Anna Soos Vice Rector, Babeş-Bolyai-University |
 Hon. Prof. Mmantsetsa Marope Director, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO |
 Prof. Hans Köchler President, the International Progress Organization |
 MK Omer BarlevMember of the Israeli Knesset |
 Hon. MP Nouzha SkalliFormer Morroccon Minister for Family Affairs |
 Amb Ranko Vilovic Ambassador of Croatia to Germany |
 Hon. Solomon Passy President, The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria (ICD Bulgaria Branch Office) |
 President Valdis ZatlersFormer President of Latvia |
 Hon. Staffan NilssonFormer President of the EU Economic and Social Committee |
 Hon. Yasar YakisFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey |
 Hon. Ali Ahmad JalaliFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan |
 Hon. Erhard BusekFormer Vice Chancellor of Austria |
