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)
The ICD is proud to publish the official timetable for our International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2011
| Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 |
Thursday, May 12th, 2011 |
Friday, May 13th, 2011 |
Saturday, May 14th, 2011 |
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 |
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| 08:30 | Registration - Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 09:30 | Welcome Words The Hon. Janez Jansa (Former Prime minister of Slovenia) The Hon. Yasar Yakis (Former Foreign Minister of Turkey)  (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Michael Chertoff (Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security) Location: ICD House |
(09:00) Visit to the German Foreign Office Germany and State-Sponsored Cultural Diplomacy (Visit, Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: German Foreign Office Representative Location: The German Foreign Ministry A visit to the German Foreign Ministry followed by a group discussion on the Ministry’s works |
"Identity, Globalization, Cultural Diplomacy and Smart Power" (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Dr. Vasile Puscas (Former Romanian Minister for European Affairs) (Lecture & Discussion) H.E. Amb. Eddy Pratomo (Ambassador of Indonesia to Germany) Location: ICD House |
(10:00) "Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Best Practices in Cultural Engagement in Iraq" (Lecture & Discussion) John Ferguson (Executive Director, American Voices) Location: ICD House |
"The United Nations and Global Challenges: The Role of Soft Power in Multilateralism" (Lecture & Discussion) H.E Amb. Thomas Stelzer (Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs at DESA, UN) Location: ICD House |
| 10:25 | Break | Break | Break | ||
| 10:35 | Protest, Revolution and Democracy in Northern Africa and the Middle East: The Role of Technology in Empowering Citizens (Interactive Panel Discussion) Moderator: The Hon. Yasar Yakis Speakers: The Hon. Michael Chertoff The Hon. Rexhep Meidani The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson The Hon. Janez Jansa Location: ICD House |
Travel Time to the ICD House
Dr. Gerhard Sabathil (Director for Strategy, Coordination and Analysis, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU) |
The Future of the United Nations in a Globalized World: Revision and Reform (Interactive Panel Discussion) Moderator: H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider Speakers: The Hon. Dr. Emil Constantinescu The Hon. Rexhep Meidani The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham The Hon. Dr. Vasile Puscas H.E. Amb. Eddy Pratomo The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic Location: ICD House |
(Continue) "Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Best Practices in Cultural Engagement in Iraq" (Lecture & Discussion) John Ferguson (Executive Director, American Voices) Location: ICD House |
“Soft and Smart Power in Contemporary Foreign Policy” (Lecture & Discussion) H.E. Ambassador Mrs. Sarojini Seeneevassen-Frers (Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany) Bettina Muscheidt (Desk Afghanistan, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU) Location: ICD House |
| 11:30 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | |
| 12:00 | "Culture and Communication - A central Pillar of German Foreign Policy“ (Lecture & Discussion) Werner Wnendt (Director - Department of Culture & Communication, The German Foreign Office) Location: ICD House |
"Morocco: Widespread Reforms for a Modern Society" (Lecture & Discussion) H.E Amb. Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal (Ambassador of Morocco to Germany) (Lecture & Discussion) H.E Amb. Fesseha Asghedom Tessema (Ambassador of Ethiopia to Germany) (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Vladimír Mečiar (Former Prime Minister of Slovakia) Location: ICD House |
(11:50) "Hard/soft Security - the Role of the EU and the EU-UN Relationship" (Lecture & Discussion) H.E. Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu (Romanian Ambassador to Germany; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs) H.E. Amb. Mosud Mannan (Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany) H.E Amb. Clémentine Shakembo Kamanga (Ambassador of Congo to Germany) Location: ICD House |
The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in Contemporary International Relations (Interactive Panel Discussion) Moderator: The Hon. Dr. Erkki Tuomioja Speakers: The Hon. Rexhep Meidani The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson The Hon. Luc van den Brande The Hon. Yasar Yakis The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider Bettina Muscheidt John Ferguson Location: ICD House |
"The Notion of Power in International Relations and the Future of the United Nations Organization" (Lecture & Discussion) Dr. Hans Köchler (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, President of the International Progress Organization) Location: ICD House |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Sunday Lunch |
| 14:30 | (15:00)"A New Take on Hard and Soft Power" (Lecture & Discussion) H.E Amb. Andras Simonyi (Former Hungarian Ambassador to the USA) (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Rexhep Meidani Former President of Albania Location: ICD House |
Genocide as a Form of Struggle for Freedom (Lecture & Discussion) H.E Amb. Dr. Emina Keco Isakovic (Ambassador of Bosnia-Herzegovina to the UN Office in Geneva) (Lecture & Discussion) H.E. Amb. Janis Mazeiks (Latvian Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva) H. E. Amb. Jean Feyder (Ambassador of Luxembourg to the UN Office in Geneva) “The Crime of Genocide - some Reflections Regarding its Scope and Challenges for the Judicial System" (Director at the Swedish Ministry of Justice with Special Responsibility for Human Rights Issues and International Criminal Law) |
(14:00) "Smart Power and Double Standards: The Role of Values in Western Foreign Policies" (Lecture & Discussion) Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider (Director of the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations) (Lecture & Discussion) H.E Amb. Dan Mulhall (Ambassador of Ireland to Germany) The Hon. Lucinda Creighton (Minister of European Affairs of Ireland) |
"Hard or Soft Power for the Middle East and North Africa". (Lecture & Discussion) Location: ICD House The Hon. Yasar Yakis (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Georgi Pirinski (Lecture & Discussion) H.E. Amb. Delia Domingo-Albert Location: ICD House |
Participant Papers Prof. Aleksandar Fatić - Empathy in Diplomacy Josiane Martin O’brien - "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" Dr. Stuart Murray - Sports-Diplomacy: a hybrid of two halves James G. Cussen - A Twentieth Century Tordesillas': Or How Soft Power Works Sometimes Jay Zwirblis - Redefining Peace and Security Using Social Networks |
| 16:00 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 16:30 | Lecture & Discussion H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider (Former US Ambassador to the Netherland) (Lecture & Discussion) John Whitehead (Director - British Council, Berlin) Location: ICD House |
Managing Diversity in a Globalized World: Towards Sustaiable Peace and Development for All Dr. John Packer (Director, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, UK) (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic (Former Minister of Justice, Republic of Croatia) (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Dr. Marc Verwilghen (Former Minister of Justice of Belgium) Merethe Stagetorn Defense Lawyer for the Danish Supreme Court Location: ICD House |
Lecture & Discussion The Hon. Ana Trisic Babic Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia & Herzegovina The Hon. Luc van den Brande (Former Minister-President of Flanders, Belgium; Former President of the European Union's Committee of the Regions (CIVEX)) |
"Globalization: a Flat World with Deep Fractures" (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Dr. Emil Constantinescu (Former President of Romania) (Lecture & Discussion) The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson (Former United States Senator from Arkansas) Location: ICD House |
"Moving Towards Smart Power": Smart Power in Domestic and International Politics (Interactive Panel Discussion) Moderator: Mark Donfried Speakers: The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham John Ferguson Bettina Muscheidt Dr. Hans Köchler Location: ICD House |
| 18:00 | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | (17:30) Travel Time to the Embassy of Uzbekistan | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments | Tea, Coffee & Refreshments |
| 18:30 | The Social Media and the Internet: Redefining the Distribution of Power between Governments and Citizens (Interactive Panel Discussion) Moderator: H.E Amb. Andras Simonyi Speakers: The Hon. Michael Chertoff The Hon. Rexhep Meidani The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson The Hon. Janez Jansa The Hon. Carlos Westendorp The Hon. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider Location: ICD House |
Reception - Initiative Launch Event » (Keynote Speech, Panel Discussion, Reception) "Enforcing the Genocide Convention" (Keynote Speech) The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron (Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal Court for the Former Yugoslavia) (Interactive Panel Discussion) Moderator: The Hon. Janez Jansa Speakers: The Hon. Dr. Marc Verwilghen The Hon. Dr. Zvonimir Paul Separovic H. E. Amb. Jean Feyder H.E Amb. Dr. Emina Keco Isakovic H.E. Amb. Janis Mazeiks Dr. John Packer Maria Kelt Merethe Stagetorn |
Uzbekistan Embassy Event The Embassy of Uzbekistan to Germany hosts the participants and speakers for an evening reception, featuring live music, refreshments and a welcome speech from H. E. Ambassador Dilshod Kh. Akhatov Location: Embassy of Uzbekistan to Germany |
Developments, Challenges and Opportunities in the Evolving World Order (Interactive Panel Discussion) Moderator: H. E. Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider Speakers: The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson H.E Amb. Thomas Stelzer The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham The Hon. Yasar Yakis Zvonimir Paul Separovic Dr. Hans Köchler Bettina Muscheidt Location: ICD House |
Farewell Group Dinner |
