The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013
"Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building Bridges for a United Global Community"
(Berlin; December 17th - 21st, 2013)
Summit Speakers & Delegates
Speakers & Delegates during the conferences include among others heads of state & leading politicians, senior diplomats, leading governmental officials, senior academics, renowned authors, journalists, and celebrated artists. These speakers will include a large number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here.The following are among the speakers for the summit:
- Dr. Ahmet Hadi Adanalı
Advisor of Prime Minister of Turkey for Dialogue among Civilizations - Albert Fortell
Celebrated Austrian Actor - Prof. Dr. Álvaro Escribano Saéz
Vice Rector, Universidad Carlos II de, Madrid - The Hon. Anna Diamantopoulou
Former European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities; Former Greek Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs - President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro
Former President of Cape Verde - Prof. Dr. Aquien Pascal
Vice President, The scientific Council, Université Paris 4 Sorbonne - President Arnold Rüütel
Former President of Estonia - Prof. Dr. Athanasios D. Koustelios
Vice-Rector, University of Thessaly, Greece - H.E Amb. Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu
Ambassador of Republic Turkey to Germany - Beate Finckh
Celebrated German Actress - The Hon. Bertie Ahern
President of the ICD Program on the Transatlantic Relations; Former Prime Minister of Ireland - Bill Summers
ICD Advisory Board Member; Celebrated American Musician - Prof. Dr. Bulyzhenkov Igor Edmundovich
Rectorate Councellor, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - Csaba Sándor Tabajdi (MEP)
ICD Advisory Board Member; Member of the European Parliament - The Hon. Cyril Svoboda
President, Diplomatic Academy of Prague; Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic; Former Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic - The Hon. Dame Tessa Jowell
Former UK Minister for the Olympics - Prof. Dr. Dragan Domazet
Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University; Former Minister of Science of the Republic of Serbia - The Hon. Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili
ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Vice Prime-Minister, State Minister of Georgia for Reintegration; Former Foreign Minister - President Dr. Emil Constantinescu
President of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy; Former President of Romania; Former Rector, University of Bucharest - Prof. Dr. Enver Halilovic
Rector, University of Tuzla - The Hon. Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus - The Hon. Dr. Erhard Busek
ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria; Former Minister of Education - The Hon. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges
Vice President of the ICD Advisory Board; Former Speaker of the Parliament of Luxemburg; Former Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs - Prof. Dr. Euripides G. Stephanou
Rector, University Of Crete - The Hon. Dr. Francesco Profumo
Former Minister of Education of Italy; Former Chancellor of the Polytechnic University of Turin - The Hon. Francesco Rutelli
Honorary President of the ICD; Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy; Former Minister of Culture and Tourism; Former Mayor of Rome - The Hon. Gigi Tevzadze
Rector, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia - Dr. Günter Seufert
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - Prof. Dr. Gwenaele Proutière-Maulion
Vice President, European Affairs and International Relations, Université de Nantes - The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson
Vice President of the ICD; Former Prime Minister of Iceland; Former Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers - Amb. Dr. Heinrich Kreft,
Director for international Education and Dialogue among Civilizations, German Foreign Ministry - The Hon. Hrant Bagratyan
Former Prime Minister of Armenia - H. E. Amb. Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu
Ambassador of Republic Turkey to Germany - Prof. Dr. Ioannis A. Mylopoulos
Rector, The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Prof. Dr. Ivan Ilchev
Rector, Sofia University, Bulgaria - The Hon. Jadranka Kosor
Former Prime Minister of Croatia - The Hon. Jan Figel
Vice-President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Former European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth - Prof. Dr. Javier Casalí
Vice-president of International Relations and Cooperation, Public University of Navarre - Minister Jean Paul Adam
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Seychelles - Prof. Dr. John Chi-Kin Lee
Vice President, Hong Kong Institute of Education - Hon. Jorge Pizarro
President of the Senate of the Republic of Chile - Rear Admiral Dr. Joyce M. Johnson
ICD Advisory Board Member; Rear Admiral (Ret.) U.S. Public Health Service - Master Jun Hong Lu
World Renowned Chinese Spiritual Leader - H. E. Amb. Katalin Bogyay
Permanent Delegate of Hungary to UNESCO; President of the General Conference of UNESCO (2011-13) - Dr. Khaldoon Aba Hussain
Chief Executive Officer, Isa Cultural Centre, Bahrain - Liviu Jicman
Vice President of the Romanian Cultural Institute - Lorenzo Fontana (MEP)
Member of the EU Parliament - Prof. Dr. Ľudomír Šlahor
Vice Rector for International Relations, Comenius University, Bratislava - The Hon. Luc van den Brande
ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister-President of Flanders-Belgium; Former President, European Committee of the Regions - Marcia Barrett
ICD Advisory Board Member; Lead Singer of Boney M - The Hon. Mari Kiviniemi
Former Prime Minister of Finland - Prof. Dr. Mehmet Aydın
Former Minister of State of Turkey; Former Member of Parliament - Prof. Dr. Michael Lederer
Executive Vice President - International Affairs & Executive Education, Furtwangen University - The Hon. Michèle Alliot-Marie
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France; Former Minister of Justice; Former Minister of the Interior - Prof. Dr. Mircea Dumitru
Rector, University of Bucharest - The Hon. Mirko Cvetkovic
Former Prime Minister of Serbia - Prof. Dr. Murat Tuncer
President, Hacettepe University, Turkey - The Hon. Nouzha Skalli
ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Moroccan Minister of Social Development, Family, and Solidarity - The Hon. Ögmundur Jónasson
President of the ICD Program for Human Rights; Former Minister of the Interior of Iceland; Former Minister of Justice & Human Rights - Ojars Eriks Kalnins (MP)
Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Latvia - Prof. Dr. Patrick Quinn
Provost, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy - Prof. Dr. Paul De Knop
Rector, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Prof. Dr. Pedro Nonell
Director, EENI Global Business School, Spain - President Petru Lucinschi
Former President of Republic of Moldova - Ribal Al Assad
Founder & Chairman, The IMAN Foundation - Prof. Dr. Rolf Tarrach
Rector, University of Luxembourg - Prof. Dr. Romulus Brancoveanu
Dean, Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest - The Hon. Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
Former Minister of the Environment of France; Former Minister of Social Affairs - The Hon. Rubén Arosemena Valdés
Former Second Vice President of Panama - Prof. Dr. Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño
President, IE University, Spain - Prof. Dr. S. Sibrand Poppema
President, University of Groningen - The Hon. Simon Crean
Former Australian Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government; Former Minister of Trade; - Prof. Dr. Soodursun Jugessur
Chancellor & Chairman, University of Mauritius - The Hon. Staffan Nilsson
ICD Advisory Board Member; Former President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) - The Hon. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Director General of the World Trade Organization; Former Secretary-General of the UNCTAD - The Hon. Tsiaras Konstantinos (MP)
Member of Parliament Karditsa; Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece - President Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
Former President of Malta - Minister Urmas Paet
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia - President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Former President of Latvia - President Valdis Zatlers
Former President of Latvia - Prof. Dr. Vlad Nistor
President of the Senate of the University of Bucharest - The Hon. Dr. Vladimir Filippov
Rector, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia; Former Minister of Education of Russian - Prof. Dr. Wahid Omar
President / Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - The Hon. Winston Peters
Former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
