The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2011
"Hard Vs. Soft Power in Global and National Politics: Innovative Concepts of Smart Power and Cultural Diplomacy in an Age of Interdependence, Digital Revolution, and Social Media"
(Berlin; May 11th - 15th, 2011)
Symposium Speakers
- The Hon. Ana Trisic Babic
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia & Herzegovina - H.E Amb. Andras Simonyi
Former Hungarian Ambassador to the USA - H. E. Ambassador Mr. Anatole Bacanamwo
Ambassador of Burundi to Germany - Bettina Muscheidt
Desk Afghanistan, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU - H.E Amb. Clémentine Shakembo Kamanga
Ambassador of Congo to Germany - H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider
61st Ambassador of the United States to the Netherlands - H.E Ambassador Dan Mulhall
Ambassador of Ireland to Germany - H. E. Ambassador Dilshod Kh. Akhatov
Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Germany - H.E. Amb. Delia Domingo-Albert
Former Foreign Minister of the Philippines; Ambassador of the Philippines to the Federal Republic of Germany - Prof. Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider
Director of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations - H.E. Ambassador Eddy Pratomo
Ambassador of Indonesia to Germany - The Hon. Dr. Emil Constantinescu
Former President of Romania - The Hon. Dr. Erkki Tuomioja
Former Foreign Minister Finland - Dr. Emina Keco Isakovic
Ambassador Bosnia-Herzegovina to UN-Geneva - H.E Amb. Fesseha Asghedom Tessema
Ambassador of Ethiopia to Germany - The Hon. Georgi Pirinski
Vice-President of the National Assembly of Bulgaria - Dr. Gerhard Sabathil
Director for Strategy, Coordination and Analysis, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU - Prof. Dr. Hans Köchler
(Professor of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, President of the International Progress Organization) - Ms. Hilda Hinidza-Elluh
First Secretary, Embassy of Ghana to Germany - The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham
Former President of the Republic of Seychelles - The Hon. Janez Jansa
Former Prime minister of Slovenia; President of the Slovenian Democratic Party - H.E. Ambassador Janis Mazeiks
Latvian Ambasador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the UN Office in Geneva - H. E. Amb. Jean Feyder
Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UN Geneva - John Ferguson
(Executive Director, American Voices) - John Whitehead
Director - British Council, Berlin - H.E. Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu
Romanian Ambassador to Germany - The Hon. Luc van den Brande
Former Minister-President of Flanders, Belgium; Former President of the European Union's Committee of the Regions (CIVEX) - The Hon. Lucinda Creighton
Minister of European Affairs of Ireland - The Hon. Dr. Marc Verwilghen
Former Minister of Justice of Belgium - Maria Kelt
Director in the Swedish Ministry of Justice; Former Head of Section of the Division for Penal Law in the Ministry of Justice - Merethe Stagetorn
Defense Lawyer for the Danish Supreme Court - The Hon. Michael Chertoff
Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security - The Hon. Mirko Tomassoni
Former Head of State of San Marino - H.E Amb. Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal
Ambassador of Morocco to Germany - H.E. Ambassador Mosud Mannan
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany - The Hon. Rexhep Meidani
Former President of Albania - Ribal Al-Assad
Founder and Chairman of IMAN; Founder and Director of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria - H.E. Ambassador Mrs. Sarojini Seeneevassen-Frers
Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany - Amb. Thomas Stelzer
Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs at DESA, UN - The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron
Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson
Former United States Senator from Arkansas - The Hon. Dr. Vasile Puscas
Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs - The Hon. Vladimír Mečiar
Former Prime Minister of Slovakia - The Hon. Yasar Yakis
Chairman of the EU Committee in the Turkish Parliament; Former Foreign Minister of Turkey - Mr. Werner Wnendt
Head, Department of Culture and Communication, German Foreign Office - The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic
Former Minister of Justice, Republic of Croatia
