Cross Continental Cooperation Summit 2016-2017
"Unlocking Potential: Uniting the World's Leading Powers to Promote Sustainable Economies, Global Human Rights and World Peace"
(NYC, Brussels, Paris, Bucharest, Berlin, Abuja; September 2016 - December 2017)
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 Bujar NishaniFormer President of Albania |
 President Tarja HalonenFormer President of Finland |
 The Hon. Yves LetermeFormer Prime Minister of Belgium; Secretary-General, IDEA |
 The Hon. Reinhold LopatkaMember of the Austrian National Council |
 Minister Lilyana PavlovaMinister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU 2018 |
 The Hon. Gert WeisskirchenFormer Senior Member of the German Parliament |
 The Hon. Rashed Al BaloushiChief Executive, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange |
 The Hon. Nouzha SkalliFormer Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family, and Social Development of Morocco |
 The Hon. Ögmundur JónassonFormer Senior Minister of Iceland |
 The Hon. Hans KöchlerPresident of the International Progress Organization |
 Emil Constantinescu »President of Romania (1996-2000) |
 Amb. Oleg SerebrianAmbassador of Moldova to Germany |
 Amb. Ramon Custodio EspinozaAmbassador of Honduras to Germany |
 Amb. Abdallah Saleh PossiAmbassador of Tanzania to Germany |
 Rector Dragan DomazetRector, Belgrade Metropolitan University; Former Minister of Education |
 The Hon. Hrant BagratyanFormer Prime minister of Armenia |
 Hedva SerUNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Special Envoy for Cultural Diplomacy |
 MEP Alojz PeterleMember of the EU Parliament; Former Prime Minister of Slovenia |
 President Viktor YushchenkoFormer President of Ukraine |
 President Bujar NishaniPresident of Albania |
 President Atifete JahjagaFormer President of the Republic of Kosovo |
 Marek BelkaFormer Prime Minister of Poland |
 Hon. Pedro SánchezFormer Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
 Hon. Elmar BrokChairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs |
 Hon. Lawrence GonziFormer Prime Minister of Malta |
 Hon. Thuli MadonselaPublic Protector of South Africa |
 President Emil ConstantinescuFormer President of Romania |
 Hon. Erhard BusekFormer Vice Chancellor of Austria |
 Judge Dragoljub PopovicJudge, the European Court of Human Rights |
 Hon. Jan FigelEU Commission Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion |
 Nondas Cl. MetaxasCEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange |
 Altabt Gregor Ulrich Henckel DonnersmarckEmerited Abbot of Heiligenkreuz Abbey |
 Dr. Gerhard PrätoriusHead of CSR & Sustainability, Volkswagen AG |
 Hon. Anna Diamantopoulou Former Greek European Commissioner for Employment |
 Dr. Mohammed OmranExecutive Chairman, the Egyptian Stock Exchange |
 Hon. Mihai Razvan UngureanuFormer Prime Minister of Romania |
 Minister Lilyana PavlovaMinister of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria |
 Sen. Leila de LimaFormer Secretary of Justice of the Philippines |
 President Valdis ZatlersFormer President |
 Hon. Ján ČarnogurskýFormer Prime Minister of Slovakia |
 Hon. Mirko CvetkovicFormer Prime Minister of Serbia |
 Hon. Hrant BagratyanFormer Prime Minister of Armenia |
 Hon. Rui Duarte BARROSFormer Prime minister of Guinea – Bissau |
 Hon. Janez JansaFormer Prime Minister of Slovenia |
 Hon. Ögmundur JónassonFormer Minister of Justice of Iceland |
 Amb. Elena PoptodorovaFormer Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States |
 Hon. Erna Hennicot SchoepgesFormer Speaker of the Parliament of Luxemburg |
 Hon. Nouzha SkalliFormer Moroccan Minister for Family Affairs |
 Hon. Ali Ahmad JalaliFormer Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan |
 Hon. Yasar YakisFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey |
 Prof. Dragan Domazet Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University |
 Albert FortellCelebrated Austrian Actor |
 Hon. Fani Palli-PetraliaFormer Minister for Employment and Social Protection of Greece |
 Francisco Mariano Manuel Fernandez AmunateguiAmbassador of Chile to Germany |
 Faisal J. Abbas Editor-in-Chief , Arab News |
 Prof. Hans KöchlerPresident of the International Progress Organization |
 Hon. Hassan B. DiabFormer Minister of Education of Lebanon |
 Judge Gabriela BogasiuVice President of the Supreme Court of Romania |
 Hon. Luca JahierPresident of Group Various Activities, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) |
 Ombudsman Joseph Said PullicinoParliamentary Ombudsman of Malta |
 MdB Heribert HirteMember of the German Parliament |
 Archbishop Nicodemus Daoud M SharafArchbishop of Iraq |
 Ombudsman Lucia FranchiniOmbudsman of Tuscany |
 Ints DalderisFormer Minister of Culture of Latvia |
 MEP William Richard Fletcher Van InglewoodMember of the European Parliament |
 Judge Milka RistovaJudge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia |
 Hon. Lufter XhuveliFormer Albanian Minister of Environment, Forests and Water, Agriculture and Food |
 Hon. Moses AliFirst Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda |
 Amb. Tony BrentonFormer British Ambassador to Russia |
 President Emil ConstantinescuPresident of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy; Former President of Romania |
 Hon. Edmund StoiberFormer Minister President of Bavaria |
 Hon. Dr. Supachai PanitchpakdiFormer Director General of the WTO |
 Hon. Jürgen TrittinFormer German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation & Nuclear Safety |
 Hon. Erkki TuomiojaFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland |
 Hon. Dirk NiebelFormer German Minister for Economic Cooperation |
 The Hon. Minister Fernando VazMinister of Tourism and Crafts of Guinea-Bissau |
 Dirk Glaesser(Director, Program for Sustainable Development of Tourism, UNWTO) |
 Minister Ephraim KamuntuMinister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities of Uganda |
 Hon. Markus MeckelFormer Foreign Minister of the German Democratic Republic |
 Philipp Lengsfeld (MdB)Member of the German Parliament |
 Hon. Rupert ScholzFormer German Minister for Defence |
 Bernhard SchwagerHead Sustainability Office, Robert Bosch GmbH |
 Hon. Gert WeisskirchenFormer Senior Member of the German Parliament |
 Chairman Nondas Cl. MetaxasCEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange |
 Amb. Ali Ahmad JalaliAmbassador of Afghanistan to Germany |
 CEO Tiaan BazuinChief Executive Officer, Namibian Stock Exchange |
 Amb. Ramón Custodio EspinozaAmbassador of Honduras to Germany |
 Amb. Jauhar SaleemAmbassador of Pakistan to Germany |
 Amb. Alberto GuaniAmbassador of Uruguay to Germany |
 Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor KhanManaging Director, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) |
 Jovo RabrenovicDirector General in the Directorate for Development of Nation Brand, Ministry of Economy of Montenegro |
 Marija CvorovicHead of the Department for Development of Nation Brand, Ministry of Economy of Montenegro |
 Maria Stylianou MichaelidouManager, Limassol Tourism Board |
