Cross Continental Cooperation Summit 2014-2015
"Unlocking Potential: Uniting the World's Leading Powers to Promote Sustainable Economies, Global Human Rights and World Peace"
(London, Berlin, Bucharest, The Hague, Moscow, Brussels, Pristina; October 2014 - July 2015)
Speakers & Delegates
Speakers and delegates for the summit events include leading politicians, senior diplomats, governmental officials, senior academics, renowned authors, journalists, and celebrated artists.These speakers will include individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here ».
Speakers & Delegates for the Summit Events include:
- President Lech Walesa
President of Poland (1990 - 1995) - President Zheliu Zhelev
President of Bulgaria (1990 - 1997) - President Petar Stoyanov
President of Bulgaria (1997 - 2002) - President Vytautas Landsbergis
President of Lithuania (1990 - 1992) - President Stanislav Shushkevich
President of Belarus (1991 - 1994) - President Sali Berisha
President of Albania (1992 - 1997) - President Rexhep Meidani
President of Albania (1997 - 2002) - President Rudolf Schuster
President of Slovakia (1999 - 2004) - President Boris Tadić
President of Serbia (2004 - 2012) - President Petru Lucinschi
President of Moldavia (1996 - 2001) - President Viktor Yushchenko
President of Ukraine (2005-2010) - The Hon. Jan Ruml
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Czech Republic (1992 - 1997) - The Hon. Dr. Markus Meckel
Minister of Foreign affairs of former German Democratic Republic - President Hans-Gert Hermann Pöttering
President of the European Parliament 2007-2009; Chairman, Konrad Adenauer Foundation - Prof. Dr. Ivo Slaus
President of World Academy of Art and Science - Prof. Dr. Alexander Likhotal
President of Green Cross International - Amb. Katalin Bogyay
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Hungary to UNESCO; President of the 36th session of UNESCO General Conference - Marc S. Ellenbogen
President of the Prague Society - Mark C. Donfried
Director General of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - Prof. Dr. Daniel J. Caron
ENAP - École nationale d'administration publique, Quebec - Prof. Dr. Giuli G. Alasania
Chairman of the University of Georgia - Thor Halvorssen
The Human Rights Foundation/Oslo Freedom Forum - Eugen Doga
Member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova
- Ahmad A. Alzabin
Vice Chairman & CEO of ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company - Aleksandar Damjanovic
Chairman of the Committee on Economy of Montenegro - Alessandro Pansa
Former CEO of Finmeccanica - Minister Ali Hassan Bahdon
Minister of Communication of Djibouti - Anette Bickmeyer
Vice President of Sustainability Management at EON AG - The Hon. Anna Diamantopoulou
Former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities; Former Greek Minister for Development - Governor Azeema Adam
Governor of the Maldives Monetary Authority - Bernhard Schwager
Head Sustainability Office,Corporate Communications, Brand Management and Sustainability at Robert Bosch GmbH - The Hon. Bertie Ahern
Former Prime Minister of Ireland - Minister Besim Beqaj
Minister of Finance of Kosovo - Carina Geber-Teir
CCO of OP-Pohjola Group - Carlo Mazzi
Chairman of Prada S.p.A. - Christian Leitz
Head of Corporate Responsibility Management of UBS AG - Daniel Winteler
Managing Director of Miroglio S.p.A. - Daniela Lulache
CEO of SN Nuclearelectrica SA - Amb. Delia Domingo Albert
Former Foreign Minister of the Philippines; Former Ambassador to Germany - Dorji Phuntsho
CEO of the Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan - Eleonora Giada Pessina
Group Sustainability Officer of Pirelli & C. SpA - Fadi Khalaf
Secretary General of the Arab Federation of Exchanges - The Hon. George Papaconstantinou
Former Minister for Finance of Greece - Dr. Gerhard Prätorius
Director of CSR and Sustainability at Volkswagen AG - Prof. Giovanni Puglisi
Rector of the International University of Languages and Media IULM in Italy - Lord Jack McConnell Former
First Minister of Scotland - Jørgen Hallundbæk
CEO of Welltec - Prince Luitpold of Bavaria
CEO of König Ludwig GmbH - Mirjam Ernst
Sustainability Manager at Volksbank AG, Austria - President Mirko Cvetkovic
Former President of Serbia - Mohammed Abdulwahab Nass
CEO of Bahrain Flour Mills Company - Mokhtar Mehiri
CEO of Intermetal Tunisia - Moremi Marwa
CEO of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange - Nancy Pedot
CEO of Comptoir des Cotonniers - Nondas Cl. Metaxas
CEO of Cyprus Stock Exchange - MP Ögmundu Jonasson
Member of the Parliament of Iceland - Prof. Patrick Watson
Chairman of Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission - Petra Wadström
CEO of Solvatten AB - Dr. Philipp Mißfelder
Foreign Policy Speaker of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group - Radu Toia
Vice President of S.I.F. Transilvania S.A. - Rashed Al Blooshi
CEO of Abu Dhabi Securities - Rashid Bin Ali Al-Mansoori
CEO of Qatar Stock Exchange - Prof. Richard B. Davies
Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University - Roger Newman
Senior Vice President of Tech Mahindra - Silvio De Girolamo
Group Chief Internal Audit & CSR Officer of Autogrill - The Hon. Staffan Nilsson
Former President of the European Economic and Social Committee - Swapan Kumar Bala
CEO of the Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd. - Taavi Heikkilä
CEO of SOK Corporation
- 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
- Dr. Alfred A. Botchway
Director, Financial Engineering and Allied Services, Regent University - Dr. Andrea Ragusa
Associate Professor of Contemporary History, University of Siena - Ansel Wong
Trustee, Commonwealth Arts and Cultural Foundation; Managing Editor, Hansib Publications Limited - Bala Chandra
Visiting Fellow and Series Organiser, Institute of Commonwealth Studies School of Advanced Study, University of London - H. E. Amb. Claus Grube
Ambassador of Denmark to the UK - Crispin Reed
Managing Director Europe & UK, Fusion Learning - Dele Meiji Fatunla
Communications Manager, Royal African Society - Elliot Grove
Founder, Raindance Film Festival - H. E. Amb. Emil Brix
Ambassador of Austria to the UK - Ian Lucas (MP)
Member of the British Parliament - Lord Jack McConnell
Member of the House of Lords; Former First Minister of Scotland - Dr. Jonathan A.J. Wilson
Programme Leader, Marketing suite Masters Degrees, Greenwich University - Malcolm Allan
Managing Director, Place Matters - Matti Allam
Euroscreen Project & Communications Officer, Film London - Michael Lake
Director, Royal Commonwealth Society - The Hon. Natalie Louise Bennett
Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales - Nicholas Watts
Trustee, Chair of its Projects Committee, Commonwealth Human Ecology Council - Rt Hon. Nick Brown (MP)
Member of British Parliament - Prof. Dr. Nigel Morgan
Professor, Tourism & Events Marketing at the University of Surrey's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management - H. E. Amb. Pekka Huhtaniemi
Ambassador of Finland to the UK - Amb. Dr. Peter Turčinović
Former High Commissioner of Croatia to the UK - Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Görner
Chair of German in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, Queen Mary University of London - Rula Al-Abdulrazak
Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader, School of Business & Law, University of East London - Dr. Sheikh Ramzy
Imam, Director of Iqra Islamic institute - H.E. Tedwin Herbert
Acting High Commissioner of Trinidad & Tobago to the UK - Tony Haynes
Co-Founder, Grand Union Orchestra - Baroness Usha Prashar
Cross Bench Member of the House of Lords - William Arthurs
Editor, CityCity Magazine - Dr. William Crawley
Senior Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study University of London - Dr.Yehoeshafaht Ben Israel
International Staff Member, Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem
- Alessandra Roccasalvo
Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP, Kosovo - Judge Bekim Sejdiu
Judge, the Constitutional Court of Kosovo - Prof. Dr. Blerim Reka
Professor of Law, SEE University - President Enver Hasani
President of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo - The Hon. Enver Peci
Chairman of Kosovo Judicial Council - President Fejzullah Hasani
President of the Supreme Court of Kosovo - Flora Macula
UN Women Kosovo - Minister Hajredin Kuqi
Minister of Justice, Government of Kosovo - Joel Mermet
Senior Human Rights Expert - The Hon. Kadri Veseli
Chairman of the Parliament of Kosovo - MP Margarita Kadriu
Member of Parliament of Kosovo - Mark C. Donfried
Director General & Founder, ICD - Narasimha Rao
Chief of the UNHCR Mission, Kosovo - Ombudsman Sami Kurteshi
Kosovo Ombudsperson - H.E. Amb. Tracey Ann Jacobson
Ambassador of the USA to Kosovo - Judge Valdete Daka
Judge, the Supreme Court of Kosovo - President Vesna Medenica
President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro
- Dr. Abdulrahman Alhumedhi
Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Saudi Arabia to Germany - Ajay Prakash
President, Institute of Planning & Technology India; Chief Executive, Nomad Travels - Anita Mendiratta
Founder & Managing Director, CACHET Consulting - Aurélie Debusschère
Photographer & Artist - Camille Hoheb
Founder & Managing Director, Wellness Tourism Worldwide - The Hon. Minister Chaudary Muhammad Barjees Tahir
Federal Minister for Kashmir/Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan - Minister Darko Lorencin
Minister of Tourism of Croatia - H. E. Amb. Edouard Bizimana
Ambassador of Burundi to Germany - Minister Edward Zammit Lewis
Minister of Tourism of Malta - H. E. Amb. Elizabeth Salguero Carrillo
Ambassador of Bolivia to Germany - Frederike Wolter
Founder, favoroute.com - George Chogovadze
Head of Administration, Brand Development Department, Georgian National Tourism Administration - H. E. Amb. Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson
Ambassador of Iceland to Germany - Inga Hlin Palsdottir
Director, Tourism & Creative Industries, Promote Iceland - Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel Pop
Rector, Babes-Bolyai University - Karmen Mentil
Alpine Pearls Tourism Consulting - H. E. Amb. Karunatilaka Amunugama
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany - The Hon. Minister Lahcen Haddad
Minister of Tourism of Morocco - Maria Stylianou Michaelidou
Manager, Limassol Tourism Board, Cyprus - The Hon. Minister Navin Dissanayake
Minister of Tourism and Sports Sri Lanka - Vice Minister Patricia San Pablo
Vice Minister of Tourism of Bolivia - Patrick Saint Hilaire
Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Haiti to Germany - H. E. Amb. Ramón Custodio Espinoza
Ambassador of Honduras to Germany - H. E. Amb. Ranko Vilovic
Ambassador of Croatia to Germany - Rohana Athukorala
Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau - Samuel Mugisha
Managing Director, BIC Tours Ltd - The Hon. Minister Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin
Ministry on Tourism and Creative Industries of Haiti - Secretary General Taleb Rifai
Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) - Prof. Dr. Vasile Puscas
Jean Monnet Ad Personam Chair, Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University; Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs - Wilhelm K. Weber
Partner, SHS Swiss Hospitality Solutions AG
- MEP Amjad Bashir
(Member of the European Parliament) - MEP Agnes Jongerius
(Member of the European Parliament) - H. E. Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
(Judge, International Court of Justice) - MEP Ana Gomes
(Member of the European Parliament) - H. E. Amb. Buddhi K. Athauda
(Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Netherlands) - MEP Beatriz Becerra
(Member of the European Parliament) - H. E. Judge Christopher Greenwood
(Judge, International Court of Justice) - H. E. Amb. Darius Jonas Semaška
(Ambassador of Lithuania to the Netherlands) - H.E. Judge Daniel Nsereko
(Judge, Special Tribunal for Lebanon) - Appeals Counsel Dominika Svarc
(Appeals Counsel in the Office of the Prosecutor, International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia) - H. E. Judge Fausto Pocar
(Former President of the ICTY) - H. E. Amb. Francesco Azzarello
(Ambassador of Italy to the Netherlands) - MP Gwenaëlle Grovonius
(Member of the Parliament of Belgium) - H. E. Amb. Haim Divon
(Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands) - H. E. Secretary General Hugo Hans Siblesz
(Secretary General, Permanent Court of Arbitration) - H. E. Amb. Ireny Comaroschi
(Ambassador of Romania to the Netherlands) - H. E. Amb. Igor Popov
(Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the Netherlands) - MP Ingrid de Caluwé
(Member of the Dutch Parliament) - H. E. Amb. Jan Gustaf Håkan Emsgård
(Ambassador of Sweden to the Netherlands) - H.E. Judge Joyce Aluoch
(Judge, International Criminal Court) - H. E. Amb. Joseph Cole
(Ambassador of Republic of Malta to the Netherlands) - H. E. Judge Julia Sebutinde
(Judge, the International Court of Justice) - Barrister Karim A. A. Khan QC
(Barrister, International Criminal Court) - MEP Marju Lauristin
(Member of the European Parliament) - MEP Martina Anderson
(Member of the European Parliament) - H. E. Amb. María Teresa Infante Caffi
(Ambassador of Chile in the Netherlands) - MEP Mary Honeyball
(Member of the European Parliament) - MP Ögmundur Jónasson
(Member of the Parliament of Iceland) - H. E. Judge Peter Tomka
(President of the International Court of Justice) - Prof. Dr. Pauline F.M. van der Meer Mohr
(President Executive Board, Erasmus University Rotterdam) - General Director Steven van Hoogstraten
(General Director, Carnegie Foundation) - H.E. Judge Sanji Monageng
(Vice President, International Criminal Court) - Prof. Dr. Wouter Vandenhole
(Chair, the Law and Development Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp) - Principle Counsel Xavier-Jean Keïta
(Principle Counsel, Office of Public Counsel for the Defence, International Criminal Court) - Prof. Dr. Yvonne Donders
(Executive Director, Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL), University of Amsterdam)
