The Arts Diplomacy Festival 2012
"Cultural Diplomacy in Practice"
(Berlin; March 22nd - 25th, 2012)
Conference Speakers
We are privileged to include as speakers many distinguished experts from the fields of culture and art, international politics, diplomacy, the private sector and civil society.Speakers for the Conference include:
- Aaron Schneyer
Executive Director of Heartbeat: New Sound Foundation - Amer Nabeeh Tadros Gerges
General Director for Programs & International Festivals, Foreign Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture of Egypt - Carly Schmitt
Public Artist and Creative Entrepreneur, Founder, President and CEO of Artist @ Large - Christian Kirsch
President, The International Delfic Council - Amb. Prof. Dr. Cynthia Schneider
Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, ICD Advisory Board Member - Dr. Darlene J. Sadlier
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, USA, writer on Lusophone literature, culture and film - H.E. Amb. Dilshod Akhatov
Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Berlin - Günther Schäfer
Historian, Artist and Gallery Owner - J. Christian B. Kirsch
Founder & Secretary General, International Delphic Council - Dr. Jay Malarcher
Associate Professor of Theatre and Dramaturg, College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University, USA - Amb. Karl-Erik Norrmann
Secretary of European Culture Parliament, ICD Advisory Board Member - Lauren Albert & Danielle- Natalie Kind
Brit Olam Organization - Madeline del Toro Cherney
Adjunct faculty in the International Academic Programs at Stony Brook University, USA - Oliver Becker
Film Producer & Director, Occasione Documentaries - H.E. Amb. Omar Zniber
Ambassador of Morocco to Berlin - Sabine Kacunko
Installation Artist - Sankajit Guha
International Dancer and Performer - Prof. H.S. Shiva Prakash
Counsellor for Education & Culture, Indian Embassy to Germany - Svetlana Shumakova
Theory and cultural history chair, The state academy of culture. Kharkov, Ukraine - Dr. Tschen-fong Wu
Deputy Representative Taipeh Vertretung - Werner Wendt
Director, Cultural Department of the Germany Foreign Office
