Forum on Cultural Diplomacy in the Commonwealth 2014
"Celebrating Art and Culture in the Commonwealth as Key Features of Nation Branding"
Held Parallel to the BFI London Film Festival 2014
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Conference Speakers
Speakers for the conference include:- 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
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