Conference Agenda

Program Agenda »

The Conference will focus in particular on the following Issues:

The Global Migration Crises

Arts, Culture & Applied CD

State Multiculturalism & Cultural Diplomacy Sustainable Development & the Global Economy

Peace building & Reconciliation

Conference Overview

The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy is the world's leading event in the field of cultural diplomacy hosted and organized by ICD in partnership with other leading institutions at the end of each year.

The current political situation in many regions and countries such as North and Central Africa, Ukraine, Greece, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, South Sudan, Somalia and others together with the deteriorations of social norms for the use of violence, emphasizes the growing need for a greater cultural dialogue, understanding and trust in order to avoid further escalation. The 2015 Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy will therefore focus, on raising awareness and support for activities that promote global peace, stability and prosperity.

The 2015 Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy aims to present all successful CD practices in the area of the arts, sports, music, and cinema that the field of cultural diplomacy has to offer to the international community for their application to try to remedy and ease these growing global challenges. The conference will bring together leading politicians, religious leaders, senior academics and celebrated artists together with representatives from areas of conflict in order to establish new institutions and initiatives that will help with these challenges using the practice of cultural diplomacy together with other practices and means.

Conference Locations

Based in Berlin, the conference will be hosted in the ICD House of Arts & Culture and at the German Parliament.

Conference Speakers & Delegates

The 2015 conference will bring together over 500 delegates coming from the fields of politics and religion together with senior academics and celebrated artists travelling to Berlin from all corners of the world to promote global peace in our interdependent world.

The Symposium will include Keynote Addresses from the Honorable Members of the ICD:

President Emil Constantinescu President of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy	President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero President, ICD Advisory Board	Hon. Hans Eichel Minister of Finance of Germany (1999-2005)
MEP Michèle Alliot-Marie Vice President of the ICD for the Francophone Countries	Vice President Linda Lanzillotta Vice President of the Italian Senate	Charles Huber (MdB) Member of the German Parliament
Lord Jack McConnell President, Africa EU Relations Program	Hon. Lawrence Gonzi President, ICD Program on the Mediterranean Region	Hon. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis President, Council for Cultural Diplomacy Studies
Judge Dragoljub Popovic Judge, the European Court of Human Rights	Judge Vagn Joensen President the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)	Judge Julia Sebutinde President, ICD Program on International Law & Human Rights
Judge Xhezair Zaganjori Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Albania	President Vesna Medenica President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro	President Fejzullah Hasani President of the Supreme court of Kosovo
Hon. José de Faria Costa Ombudsman of Portugal	Hon. Thuli Madonsela Public Protector of South Africa	MP Ögmundur Jónasson President IPAHP, (ICD) Human Rights Program
Nondas Cl. Metaxas CEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange	Mr. Jens Lorenz Jeweler, Creator of the “Berlin Peace Clock”	Dr. Mohammed Omran Executive Chairman, the Egyptian Exchange
Hon. Vlad Nistor (MP) President of the Senate, University of Bucharest	Prof. Michael Lederer Vice President, Furtwangen University	Rector Mircea Dumitru Rector, University of Bucharest
Prof. Anna Soos Vice Rector, Babeş-Bolyai-University	Hon. Prof. Mmantsetsa Marope Director, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO	Prof. Hans Köchler President, the International Progress Organization
MK Omer Barlev Member of the Israeli Knesset	Hon. MP Nouzha Skalli Former Morroccon Minister for Family Affairs	Amb Ranko Vilovic Ambassador of Croatia to Germany
Hon. Solomon Passy President, The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria (ICD Bulgaria Branch Office)	President Valdis Zatlers Former President of Latvia	Hon. Staffan Nilsson Former President of the EU Economic and Social Committee
Hon. Yasar Yakis Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey	Hon. Ali Ahmad Jalali Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan	Hon. Erhard Busek Former Vice Chancellor of Austria

Conference Participants »

Participation in the conference 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 conference, please click on the link below and fill out the online application form:

Certificate of Attendance - All conference participants will be awarded an official certificate of attendance upon completion of the program, which will provide details of the speakers who took part and the topics discussed. Each certificate will be signed by members of the Conference Committee.

Participant Papers » - The Conference Committee encourages academic research and analysis of issues related to the goals of the Conference. The Conference Committee would therefore like to welcome the participants of the conference to submit a paper they would like to be considered for presentation at the conference as well as being included in the proposal document that will be issued following the conference and will be sent to all governments and leaders of the international community worldwide.