The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy 2014
"Applied Cultural Diplomacy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Best Practices & Future Strategies"
(Rome, Strasbourg, Brussels, Washington D.C., Baltimore, NYC, Zagreb, Cetinje, Madrid, Berlin, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Moscow; April - September 2014)
Welcome
The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy is now 7 years old and has become the world's largest event series in the field of Cultural Diplomacy. The seventh Symposia will take place in 2014 and will include large-scale events that will take place in different major capital cities around the world in cooperation with governments, leading academic institutions and civil society organizations throughout the months of April - September 2014.The 2014 symposia will focus on and explore best practices & future strategies for applied cultural diplomacy; and thus strengthen relations between states & communities and contribute to more just and harmonic relations between societies.
Symposia Participants »
Participation in the Symposia is open to governmental & diplomatic officials, academics, artists, journalists, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, young professionals and students as well as other interested individuals from across the world.If you would like to reserve a position and participate in the symposia, please click on the link below and fill out the online application form:
Symposia Speakers
Speakers during the Symposia will include heads of state, ministers, leading politicians, senior diplomats, senior academics, authors, dignitaries, human rights activists, journalists, musicians. These speakers will include a large number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here ».Speakers & Delegates for the Symposia include:
 President Filip VujanovićPresident of Montenegro |
 President Vesna MedenicaPresident of the Supreme Court |
 Minister Duško Marković Minister of Justice of Montenegro |
 Judge Göran LambertzJudge of the Supreme Court of Sweden |
 President Borge DahlPresident, Supreme Court of Denmark |
 Judge Fausto PocarFormer President of the ICTY |
 President António Silva GasparPresident, the Supreme Court of Portugal |
 Judge Julia SebutindeJudge, the International Court of Justice |
 Minister Nikola SelakovićMinister of Justice of Serbia |
 President Kailash PurryagPresident of Mauritius |
 The Hon. Alberto Gonzales80th United States Attorney General |
 President Ivo JosipovićPresident of Croatia |
 Minister Marianne JelvedMinister of Culture of Denmark |
 President Mogens LykketoftPresident of the Danish Parliament |
 President Václav KlausFormer President of the Czech Republic |
 Hon. Craig KennedyFormer President, German Marshall Fund of the US |
 Sen. Linda LanzillottaVice President of the Italian Senate |
 President Angelo FarrugiaSpeaker of the Parliament of Malta |
 Mufti dr. Aziz ef. HasanovićPresident of Meshihat of Islamic Community in Croatia |
 Archbishop Ignazio SannaArchbishop of Oristano, Italy |
 H.E Husein ef. KavazovicGrand Mufti of Bosnia & Herzegovina |
 President Stjepan MesićFormer President of Croatia |
 Hon. José Luis Rodríguez ZapateroFormer Prime Minister of Spain |
 Sen. Mihai Razvan UngureanuFormer Prime Minister of Romania |
 Judge Boštjan ZupančičJudge, the European Court of Human RightsMember |
 Ineta ZiemeleJudge, Section President, European Court of Human Rights |
 Regína JensdóttirHead of the Children´s Rights Division of the Council of Europe |
 MEP George Sabin CutasMember of the European Parliament |
 Senator Dominique TilmansMember of the Belgian Senate |
 Liri KopachiHead of Equality Division, Council of Europe |
The following Events will take place during April - September 2014:
