Cross Continental Cooperation Summit 2013-2014
"Unlocking Potential: Uniting the World's Leading Powers"
(Berlin, Washington, D.C., Sofia, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Addis Ababa, Helsinki; September 2013 - March 2014)
Summit Overview
The Cross-Continental Cooperation Summit of 2013-4 will be a culmination of 10 events taking place across the globe. The events will take place in major capital cities including Berlin, Washington D.C., Jerusalem, Ramallah, Addis Ababa, and Helsinki, with the continents of Europe, North America, Africa and Asia playing host to the events. The Summit will focus on the potential success for improved intercultural relations in uniting the great powers of the contemporary world to better face today's global concerns.The Summit will create a forum for the world's superpowers representatives to publicly discuss and promote upon a common goal, thus initiating potential solutions for contemporary and future world challenges while keeping individual interests at heart. The ultimate aim of the Summit will be to create a more stable public global environment by promoting intercultural dialogue between nations, consequently bringing the international community closer to a more prosperous future.
Participation in the Summit »
Participation in the Summit events are open to applicants coming from the governmental and diplomatic fields, academia & scholars, representatives from the civil society and private sector, journalists, artists, young professionals and students. Participation in the Beijing and Moscow events are by invitation only.If you would like to reserve a position and participate in the summit, please click on the link below and fill out the online application form:
Summit Speakers & Delegates
Speakers & Delegates during the conferences will 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 hereSpeakers & Delegates for the Summit include:
 President Francesco RutelliFormer Deputy Prime Minister of Italy |
 Hon. Michèle Alliot-Marie Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France |
 President Vaira Vīķe-FreibergaPresident of the Club of Madrid |
 The Hon. Jadranka KosorFormer Prime Minister of Croatia |
 The Hon. Mari KiviniemiFormer Prime Minister of Finland |
 Hon. Mirko CvetkovićFormer Prime Minister of Serbia |
 President Jorge PizarroPresident of the Senate of Chile |
 Hon. Dr. Supachai PanitchpakdiFormer Director General of the WTO |
 Hon. Staffan NilssonFormer President of the EU European Economic & Social Committee |
 Amb. Katalin BogyayPresident of UNESCO's General Conference 2011-3 |
 Hon. Winston PetersFormer Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand |
 Anna DiamantopoulouFormer EU Commissioner for Employment & Social Affairs |
 The Hon. Halldór ÁsgrímssonFormer Prime Minister of Iceland |
 Master Jun Hong LuWorld Renowned Chinese Spiritual Leader |
 The Hon. Bertie AhernFormer Prime Minister of Ireland |
 Roselyne Bachelot-NarquinFormer French Minister of Health, Youth Sports |
 Dame Tessa JowellFormer UK Minister for the Olympics |
 Prof. Dr. Sibrand PoppemaPresident, University of Groningen |
 President Valdis ZatlersFormer President of Latvia |
 President Emil ConstantinescuFormer President of Romania |
 President Ugo Mifsud BonniciFormer President of Malta |
 Prof. Dr. Murat TuncerPresident of the Hacettepe University |
 President Petru LucinschiFormer President of Republic of Moldova |
 President Arnold RüütelFormer President of Estonia |
 Prof. Dr. Rolf TarrachRector, University of Luxembourg |
 Antonio Mascarenhas MonteiroFormer President of Cape Verde |
 Prof. Dr. Ivan IlchevRector, Sofia University, Bulgaria |
 Beate FinckhCelebrated German Actress |
 Albert FortellCelebrated Austrian Actor |
 Minister Jean-Paul AdamForeign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles |
 Hon. Simon CreanFormer Australian Minister for Regional Development |
 Dr. Vladimir FilippovRector, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia |
 The Hon. Jan FigelVice President of the National Council of Slovakia |
