The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2014
A World without Walls; Opportunities for Peace Building in a Time of Global Insecurity
Berlin; November 7th - 10th, 2014
Held Parallel to the Berlin Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall"
Held Parallel to the Berlin Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall"
Conference Speakers & Delegates
The 2014 conference will bring together world leaders coming from the fields of politics and religious together with senior academics and celebrated artists travelling to Berlin from all corners of the world to promote global peace in our interdependent world. These speakers will include individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here ».Speakers for the Conference include:
- Judge Abdulkadir Ilhani
Deputy Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Turkey - HRH Prince Africa Zulu of Onkweni
Zulu Prince; Chairman of the Prince Africa Zulu Foundation Trust - Prof. Dr. Álvaro Escribano
Vice Rector, University Carlos III of Madrid - The Hon. Andreas Khol
Former President of the Austrian National Council - Anggun Cipta Sasmi
Indonesian and French-Naturalised Singer-Songwriter - The Hon. Anna Diamantopoulou
Former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities; Former Greek Minister for Development - Rev. Árni Svanur Daníelsson
Priest, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland - President Arnold Rüütel
Former President of Estonia - Dr. Arthur Hirsch
Director, Webster University, Vienna Campus - Dr. Benjamin Barber
World Renowned Political Theorist and Author - HRH Prince Boris Petrović-Njegoš
Hereditary Prince of Montenegro; Grand Duke of Zeta and Grahavo - The Hon. Cyril Svoboda
President, Diplomatic Academy in Prague; Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic - Prof. Dato' Sri Dr. Zaleha Kamaruddin
Rector, International Islamic University Malaysia - MP Dora Bakoyannis
Member of the Greek Parliament; Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece; Former Mayor of Athens - President Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson
Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland - H. E. Amb Elena Poptodorova
Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States - President Emil Constantinescu
Former President of Romania - Hon. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Former Foreign Minister of Cyprus - Judge Fausto Pocar
Former President, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) - President Fejzullah Hasani
President, Supreme Court of Kosovo - Prof. Dr. Finn Kjærsdam
Former Rector; Aalborg University in Denmark - Judge Göran Lambertz
Judge, Supreme Court of Sweden - The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson
Former Prime Minister of Iceland - The Hon. Iveta Radičová
Former Prime Minister of Slovakia - The Hon. Jadranka Kosor
Former Prime Minister of Croatia - MP Jan Figel
Vice President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic; Former European Commissioner for Education, Training & Culture - HSH Prince Jan Lubomirski-Lanckoroński
President of Kulczyk Lubomirski Property; President, the Princes Lubomirski Foundation - Jermaine Jackson
Celebrated American Singer, Member of The Jackson 5 - Prof. Dr. John Latham
Vice-Chancellor, Coventry University - President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Former Prime Minister of Spain - President Josip Leko
Speaker of the Croatian Parliament - Prof. Dr. Karel Luyben
Rector Magnificus, Delft University of Technology - Prof. Dr. Karin Röding
Vice-Chancellor, Mälardalen University - The Hon. Lars Lokke Rasmussen (MP)
Former Prime Minister of Denmark; Leader of the Opposition (Leader of the Centre-right Liberal Party, Venstre) - The Hon. Lawrence Gonzi
Former Prime Minister of Malta - The Hon. Massimo D'Alema
Former Prime Minister of Italy - Dr. Mmantsetsa Marope
Director, International Bureau of Education, UNESCU - Amb. Mustafa Mujezinović
Former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to UK - Prince Radu of Romania
Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen - HRH Raja Remigius Kanagarajah of Jaffna
The Royal Family of Jaffna, Sri Lanka - MP Reinhold Lopatka
Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of Austrian People´s Party - President Rexhep Meidani
Former President of Albania - Priest Roman Bogdasarov
Deputy Chairman of the Department of the Moscow Patriarchate for Church-Society Relations - Thuli Madonsela
South African Advocate & Public Protector of South Africa - Prof. Sir Timothy O'Shea
Principal of the University of Edinburgh - Prof. Dr. Tine Pars
Rector, the University of Greenland - President Tui Atua Tupua Tamase Taisi Efi
Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa - Mufti Vahid-ef. Fazlović
Mufti of Tuzla - President Valdis Zatlers
Former President of Latvia - President Vicente Fox
55th President of Mexico - The Hon. Yves Leterme
Former Prime Minister of Belgium; Secretary-General, International IDEA - President Živko Budimir
President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
