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
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