The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy 2017
"The Time is now: Utilizing Cultural Diplomacy to Unite the World's Cultures before Hard Power takes the Lead"
(Berlin, Bucharest, Addis Ababa, Brussels, London, New York City; April - November 2017)
Speaker List for the Symposia
Speakers and delegates during the symposia will include leading politicians, senior diplomats, leading governmental officials, senior academics, renowned authors, journalists, and celebrated artists. 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:
| H. E. Mr. Adama Dieng United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide |
Agha H. Jafri Secretary General American Muslim Congress |
| Alejandro Posse Consul General of Panama in New York |
Ali Sadun Engin Producer of the “Proofs of Creation and the End Times” Programs on Channel A9 |
| Prof. Dr. Colette Mazzucelli New York University |
David Daimond, Manager Theatres without Borders |
| Ambassador Diego Gómez Pickering Ambassador of Mexico to the United Nations |
President Emil Constantinescu Former President of Romania; the Initiator of the Institute for Advanced Study of Levantine Culture and Civilization |
| Gazi Monir Ahmed President of Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Khoso Assistant Professor at the Area Study Centre, Far East and Southeast Asia, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Prof. Dr. Jean Krasno, Professor Political Science Department, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, City College of New York |
Jessica Litwak, Manager Theatres without Borders |
| President Joyce Hilda Banda Former President of Malawi |
H. E. Amb. Katalin Annamária Bogyay Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations |
| Malique Mohammed President, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, UK Branch |
Mark C. Donfried Director General, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy |
| Michael DiNiscia Researcher and Administrator, the John Brademas Center of New York University |
Michael John Williams Ph.D, Director, Program in International Relations, Graduate School of Arts & Science, New York University |
| Noah J. Hanft President & Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution |
Dr. Omer Salem Director, International Organization for Peace |
| H.E. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See |
Minister Péter Szijjártó Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary |
| Prof. Dr. Remus Pricopie Rector of the National School of Political and Administrative Science |
Richard H. Pildes Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law |
| Dr. Sabir Michael Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Work, University of Karachi, President of the Research Advocacy & Social Training Institute (RASTI) Pakistan |
Suyeb Ahmed President of International Affairs Jamiat-e Ulema e Islam, Bangladesh and Founder Principal of Markazul Uloom, London UK |
| H.E. Amb.Teodoro Lopez Locsin Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the UN |
Prof. Dr. Xenia Hanusiak Global Cultural Fellow, University of Edinburgh, School of International Cultural Relations |
| Rabbi Yakov D. Cohen Founder and Director, Institute of Noahide Code |
